there's lots to do in mumbai. that's me!e living away from mumbai in the past decade. today, he is reunited with his childhood friends, and enjoying watching his young self play tabla for the bbc. sometimes at lunch, i play tabla, an indian drum. so cute! i'm gaurav, i'm 2a years old. when i was eight years old, i started playing tabla. i used to go to tabla classes for the next six years. notjust a talented tabla player, gaurav was also a child actor. but during his last years of school, he decided to do something very different. basically i wanted to work for the society. there were only two options, becoming a proper surgeon or physician. that was one option, and dentistry was the other option. during my high grades, i was inclined towards biology and medicine. and during that time, i had braces on my teeth. so i used to be frequently visiting the dentist. the dental chair, the instruments and all that really fascinated me. a degree in dentistry followed. it took five years to qualify. when i became a qualified dental sur

mumbai generates over 10 thousand tonnenes of wasaste a. but itit has a shortrtage of ruh dudumps and landfill s site. the city is located on a a peninsula, and is fast running out of space. the waste problem is starting to affect tourism. this tour operator says it's putting visitors off. >> it is a mixture of people, and the attitude of the government. i would say it's pathetical from the government's angle. people will change when the goverment is promoting to change. >> but how likely is it that will happen? so-called 'waste pickers' earn their living collecting and recycling mumbai's mountains of trash. traditionally, these waste pickers are so-called 'dalits' -- that means they're at the bottom of the hindu caste system. >> i collect between 150 and 200 kilos of trash per day. i separate the paper and plastic and sell it on. >> we can't accompany her any further, because the police intervene and stop us filming. the city authorities are well aware that the existence of the waste pickers is bad for mumbai's image. tackling mumbai's gar

sameer hashmi is in mumbai. lovely to see you. tell us a bit more about today's agenda.ing a couple of events with the underwriters come with. he is attending an event where they will be talk about start—ups, after which they are addressing a conference that will have business leaders from the world of financial services. you we re the world of financial services. you were referring to the uk being the biggest exporter of financial services. so they want to pitch that is one big industry where the uk and india can really partner. because india, as you know, is a growing economy, that is trained to grow its digital base across the country, and the uk is trained to say that they could partner with india to meet those aspirations, particularly when it comes to digital rollout across the country. and so, this is very important groundwork that is going on, yesterday and today, in terms of any future trade deals that are hammered out. you have to be reminded that they cannot have any official trade talks, yet. that is right. both the finance minister and the chancellor of indi

, do you still refer to it as bombay or sort of become used to mumbai? >> i kind of use mumbai for people who get confused when i am talking about bombay being the exact same city and i was born in 1984, it was mumbai in 1996, and i was so used to calling it bombay and for me a lot of the city that i see is, in my head, still bombay, so i have still have not made a complete chao association or the rather the dissociation from bombay and moved into mumbai fully, i haven't done it. so, yes, when i talk to the press i try to say mumbai as much as i can because that is the right term. >> rose: isn't it the most interesting city? >> hmm. i think the people from new delhi would come charging after me if i said. >> rose: i think of that as a government seat. >> yes. i would say it is a fascinating city in terms of the extremes that you will see. you see there almost every other part of india but in bombay or mumbai there is no escaping it, as soon as you land into the city, you are bombarded by, your senses are just assaulted right away, and in that sense it is

use monday -- mumbai?: i use monday -- for some. i still look around the city and see bombay. when i talked to the press, i tried to say mumbai. charlie: is it the most interesting city? freida: i think the people of new delhi would come charging after me. is a fascinating city in terms of the extremes that you see. you see that in almost every part of india, but in bombay or mumbai, there is no escaping it. you are bombarded. your senses are assaulted right away. in that sense, it is very extreme. somehow you have to cope with it. charlie: my impression is i see more indians, more actors born origin,, of indian doing well in terms of global cinema. freida: i have to say, every time i meet people, i say there is 1.2 million people -- billion people in india. if you think there are people without talent, it is a big offense. people are coming to india to film a lot in india. it will continue to happen, using india as the backdrop, as well as using india actors and musicians moving into the west, hollywood,

from delhi to mumbai, we track the agenda of philip hammond on his india visit.iland's property sector, 20 years after the asian financial crisis. welcome to asia business report. we are live from singapore. british finance minister philip hammond heads to mumbai today as part of the uk's trade push to show that there a world of opportunity for britain outside of europe. his first stop in delhi on wednesday saw him meet with india's finance minister. the uk wants to attract the brightest minds. that's what philip hammond told founders from india's start—up community at a cafe in central delhi. his discussions with the finance minister included trade, financial services and infrastructure and talks focused on a post except trade deal. big uk plans to tighten immigration, but this didn't come up. business leaders seemed optimistic about the future. there is a great ability and opportunity for india to really liberalise its regime on how financial industry is expanding india. instead of rising domestic sales and a dramatic change in the digital world, thanks to the

samir hashmi is in mumbai for us. central bank is likely to say today about that problem? well, sally, a direct comment is not expected from the governor of the central bank. there are two reasons for that. number one, the e— monetisation programme seems to have been settled on the ground now. —— di monetisation. there is enough liquidity in cash now. this problem has really reduced over the last few months. that is why the government —— governor may not say anything directly. as far as interest rates are concerned most economists predict they will hold rates. there are two reasons. number one, due to demonetisation people started depositing their cash in banks, and there is too much cash in the banks right now. number two, there are inflation has seen an uptick in stock the governor of the central bank does not see any reason to cut interest rates at this time because they feel that banks are already flooded with cash any to start releasing that into the system. they may look at other tools within the ability of the

we mention that philip hammond is in mumbai, schmoozing.t in strasbourg, the european parliament discussing brexit as we speak. and city hall in london, we have the london chamber of commerce hosting an event where they have invited european business leaders from across europe to discuss brexit and how to work together across europe. we were talking to —— hoping to talk to the president of the frank frankfurt's chamber of commerce but technical reasons mean we cannot so apologies. but luckily, kathleen brooks is here in the studio to talk about the papers. we want to focus on the story about this equal pay proposition in iceland. it is really at the forefront of equal pay and equal rights. it seems like this could be a world first. definitely. iceland already has the lowest gender pay gap according to the consumer prices index. it is not just about financial equality and pay equality but political equality will come into it. also, iceland's economy is going great guns, expanding by 7% in the first quarter. these type of things seem to happe

ich indian press shows the notorious kingpin of the irs scam captured at the mumbai airport two week ago. now india media is buzzing with reports of boyish mumbai resident accused of orchestra orchestrating those fake irs calls to millions of americans. accused of swiping millions of dollars from his victims. >> it's very likely that mr. tucker's employees may have been behind a call that an american would have received. >> reporter: according to authorities, he started out as a legitimate call center worker. >> this call is from the internal revenue service. >> reporter: but allegedly used the service for scams, recruiting other youngsters to help. >> they are called freshers, which means they are just out of college typically, this may be their first job. >> the irs is filing a lawsuit against you. >> reporter: she says at first, many of them don't realize their work is a scam. >> a lot of them think they're legitimately working for the u.s. government and getting people to pay their back taxes. >> and now that he is behind bars, she says don't expect the calls to stop. >> i think

ich indian press shows the notorious kingpin of the irs scam captured at the mumbai airport two week now india media is buzzing with reports of boyish mumbai resident accused of orchestra orchestrating those fake irs calls to millions of americans. accused of swiping millions of dollars from his victims. >> it's very likely that mr. tucker's employees may have been behind a call that an american would have received. >> reporter: according to authorities, he started out as a legitimate call center worker. >> this call is from the internal revenue service. >> reporter: but allegedly used the service for scams, recruiting other youngsters to help. >> they are called freshers, which means they are just out of college typically, this may be their first job. >> the irs is filing a lawsuit against you. >> reporter: she says at first, many of them don't realize their work is a scam. >> a lot of them think they're legitimately working for the u.s. government and getting people to pay their back taxes. >> and now that he is behind bars, she says don't expect the calls to stop. >> i think it's

mumbai chased the target of 143, carting england scene tymal mills for six to win the game.zzie. the iraqi government has told people living in mosul to stay inside as security forces prepare for an assault aimed at dislodging so—called islamic state militants. thousands of civilians are still trapped in the city, which has been held by is since 2014. the iraqi government fears that locals in the town are being used as human shields. 0ur defence correspondentjonathan beale is embedded with troops. the prize is in their sight. the old city of mosul and its most famous landmark, the leaning minaret of the al—nuri mosque. this is where abu bakr al—baghdadi first appeared as caliph of the so—called islamic state. they still control it and most of what you can see. but for how much longer? translation: the mosque is now very near and soon we will advance. we know the enemy is weak and on its last legs. a visit to the front line, though, tells a different story. for the past few weeks, the iraqi advance has slowed to a crawl. resistance is still fierce. these federal police are su

he died in hospital in mumbai this morning. he was also an mp for the ruling bjp party.prime minister narendra modi described him as a popular actor, dedicated leader and a wonderful human. we are going to take you live to leeds where theresa may is going to be speaking shortly. she has been campaigning across parts of north england and also hopefully hearing a response to some of the comments made by the german chancellor angela merkel on brexit. so much happening of course in the latest developments concerning the general election. a lot of talk earlier today about the comments boris johnson, not lot of talk earlier today about the comments borisjohnson, not only in relation to the uk strategy in syria but also what someone described as an attack, a personal attack on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. it will be interesting to hear what theresa may have to say, not only about that but also about brexit. looking very happy in leeds, just being introduced before we hear her comments. boris johnson had mentioned that concerning those, that strategy or potential strategy in

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a parcel of land was bought in mumbai and was developed into a satellite city and business up, afirst business up, a first for india at the time. today, they are managing a group of companies. the family trust runs schools and hospitals across the city. they are one of india's india's waca one this is a new series, busy breakfast. we caught up ora series, busy breakfast. we caught up or a bite to eat. that is the... i give igivea i give a lot of emphasis to brea kfast. i give a lot of emphasis to breakfast. i spend some time on it. the major thing is also the fact i don't get much time to really have lunch. it is quite a busy day. what i read it in now? it is interesting. this is my sunday special. —— what are we eating now? it is a mix of dahl and roti. it is different but traditional. how important is brea kfast? traditional. how important is breakfast? i am a workaholic by nature. i spend 20% of my daily time on nonbusiness activities. when people say i need to go to the golf course to get a peace of mind, for me it is different. a&e to work on couege me it is different. a&e to wor

million but he was shown little respect by his international teammate jos buttler who's playing for the mumbaistokes for two sixes in a row it was stokes who had the last laugh though. he made a quickkfire 21 and his supergiant side reached their target of 185 with 7 wickets and one ball to spare. in rugby league, superleague leaders castleford tigers beat reigning champions wigan warriors by 27 points to 10. castleford were ahead for most of the match and wigan's resistance crumbled when greg eden intercepted a wayward pass and ran almost the entire length of the pitch to dive over the line. it's only the sixth time in superleague history that castleford have beaten wigan on their own turf. it leaves them without a win in four matches. kyle edmund will play the first match of britain's davis cup quarter—final tomorrow against france's lucas pouille edmund helped britain to the last eight by winning his second singles in the tie against canada in february. he takes on pouille, who reached the quarter—finals of wimbledon last year. dan evans, who is british number one for the tie in the absence

the england wicketkeeper has been starring for the mumbai indians today.hots as they chase the kings 11 punjab total of 19844. now, it's generally tradition for the groom not to see the bride's wedding dress before the big day. but one woman from greenwich who was diagnosed with breast cancer has shown us her specially designed gown — hope her husband's not watching — because she's planning to run the london marathon in it... to run the london marathon in it. immediately after getting married early that morning! chris slegg has been to meet her this is a picture of me doing my first ever ten k run. i did itjust a week before my last chemotherapy, when i was diagnosed with breast cancer. 0n when i was diagnosed with breast cancer. on my right, this is my fiance duncan. fiancee for only three more days. on sunday morning duncan becomes jackie's husband. they will get married at one of london's famous landmarks and then the big day will get bigger. we are getting married at 730 in the morning on the cutty sark. that's before walking up the hill to run the lon

first up, samuel badree took one playing for the royal challengers bangalore against the mumbai indiansent his side losing by four wickets. england bowler tymal mills conceded the winning runs with this six. remarkably, badree‘s feat was matched by australian andrew tye. he took three in a row for the gujarat lions against rising pune supergiant. he also bowled ben stokes earlier in the innings. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are journalist and broadcaster helen croydon, and business editor for the independent, josie cox. i will come to you in a moment. let us i will come to you in a moment. let us start with a quick overview of the papers. we will start with the mirror. we will start with the mirror. the mirror says north korea and the us are edging towards a nuclear war as kim jong—un threatens a merciless response to any provocation. the same story on the times, with china warning that a conflict could break out "at any minute". the telegraph reports on the

mumbai managed to chase their target of 143 — carting england seamer tymal mills for six to win the gamesport and i'll have more in sportsday 6.20pm. thank you. a huge operation is under way to move around 30,000 people from besieged towns in syria. in a deal between the government and rebel forces people from two rebel—besieged shi'ite villages in northwest syria are being taken to government—held areas near aleppo, while evacuees from rebel—held madaya, near damascus, have been bussed to idlib province. joining me now from amman injordan is alun mcdonald, a regional manager for save the children which works with local partners on the ground in syria. how bad weather conditions in the camps? the towns that were being evacuated had been under siege for two years and conditions have deteriorated to horrific levels. aid, food and medicines had been blocked. we have seen children dying from malnutrition and illnesses which should be easily treatable if ed was allowed in. people have not been able to leave. there are checkpoints and snipers all around the town. children have been shot dead b

mumbai is closed for a public holiday.le has ordered 17 million of its low led screens for the new iphone. reportedly release eight models of its eighth iphone latest tier with a curved screen -- one with a curved screen. chip supplier imagination plunged 60% after apple revealed it will stop using its technology in new products. imagination said it will abandon its graphic technology with iphone. imagination may lose a future royalty payments from apple which considered acquiring the company as recently as last year. local news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts at more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. it is time to see how the asian markets are shaping up. david, we did not get quite the great lead-in from wall read overnight and we got a lot of holidays. markets are closing in a lot of the countries in asia. volume is going to be like. people are at the beach, some of the pub, europe was on a 10th of up percent -- was up a 10th of 1%. we are getting the same pullback from wall street

have similar strikes in cities including mumbai, -- and -- if their demands were not met. international tourism has picked up in the capital. this after tourists stayed away from terror attacks in 2015. france is not leaving anything to chance. >> after two years of declining numbers following the paris attacks, tourists are coming back to the french capital. >> i'm from italy, germany, malaysia. >> 2017 has started strong. hotel reservations were up by 20% january. and it's not just paris looking to profit from tourism. is also hoping to encourage visitors like these indian tour guys, looking for new destinations off the beaten track. >> usually only paris and the south of france. other reasons are not known well. >> more and more indian tourists are choosing france for their holidays. in 2015 there were over 500,000. that has nearly doubled in 5000 -- in five years. the market promising the french tourism officials acknowledge that indian visitors need particular attention. chauffeur, money, a cook. they are used to being looked after. >> at the chateau, they tailor the

philip hammond's trade mission to delhi and mumbai is part of an effort to build a partnership with indiafuture as a global manufacturing powerhouse. our business correspondent joe lynam has more. depending on how britain quits the eu, the city of london is set to lose thousands ofjobs in the coming yea rs lose thousands ofjobs in the coming years as some banks and insurers leave to remain in the single market. now the chancellor philip hammond is looking to court new customers. he leads a delegation of business leaders as well as the governor of the bank of england to india this week, hoping that indian companies will use the city of london to fund the estimated £1.2 trillion of spending needed to modernise indian‘s infrastructure. they hope to use the trip to open new markets in india for companies that are part of the new technology sector. all of this forms the backdrop for a comprehensive free—trade agreement which britain hopes to sign with india want it formally leave the eu but that won't be easy. india is yet to sign any free—trade deal with anyone and one stumbling block could b

maybe it is fun to join in the french foreign legion mumbai novels. then received a letter back that said i have never been more ashamed when i receive that letter from you. from a very strict presbyterian family could not even whistle on the sabbath. if he made enough money to retire from the practice of law and then went from a bohemian poet t.s. letters and diaries and journals that was incredible to read. and because of joseph there is so much to rightabout. >> is selling like he acts -- exercise that in a fun way. teeeleven explanation you can offer for that? >> not only with their long experience working with african-americans is in the south but there is is a a moment in the early 1870's to be sent as an on for a and had then at war and much to the chagrin of the army commander said today basically an armed. and then to put down the weapon. and then in a very conciliatory way. but on the reservation and ended is puzzling. even that is hell with should be retained and went to washington and convince the government with the first issues and he ma

i love chicago mumbai the way. chicago is a great city. and i really didn't know.re is a cartoon of me sitting at an airport and the person saying to me, mr. dimon, there are no scheduled flights to new york. [laughter] jamie: when i go to chicago, they did not believe i was going to move here. they said, are your kids going to school here? i said, yes, i'm staying here. and i tell them in chicago, if i die in chicago and they ship my ashes back to new york, they would say, i told you. [laughter] jamie: i did not know. i thought remember the banking , industry was consolidating, so i knew if i did a good job, i would be part of that. but i did not know i would be an acquirer. building up a bigger bank. it is not up to me. it is also up to a board of directors. you make a company as good as you can and that creates all the opportunities you have. david: would you say that the u.s. economy is in reasonable shape? jamie: america has the best hand ever dealt of any country on this planet, ever. ♪ david: what would you advise to get the economy growing at a better clip?

the "wall street journal" is reporting that police in mumbai, india say they caught the 24-year-old man behind those calls. the callers threaten americans with arrest and get victims to pay with debit cards on the phone. i introduced you to many victims over the years. at the height the scam was bringing in about $150,000 a day and employed hundreds of phone bank workers. authorities say he stole roughly 3$350 million over two years. >>> a summer road trip will cost you more. a perfect storm is brewing in california where we're looking at a double whammy when you buy gasoline. analysts at gasbuddy.com, a site that tracks fuel prices, says california's new gas tax combined with the more expensive summer blend gasoline will make filling up more expensive. and there's worse news. adding to the cost, international tensions which are already affecting oil prices. there's no prediction of how much we will pay. today the average pies for gasoline in san francisco is $3.13 a gallon for regular. that's up 5 cents over last week. >>> getting a first job is going to be harder in the coming months

first up — samuel badree took one playing for the royal challengers bangalore against the mumbai indians england bowler tymal mills conceded the winning runs with this six remarkably, badree's feat was matched by australian andrew tye. he took three in a row for the gujarat lions against rising pune supergiant. he also bowled ben stokes earlier in the innings. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. for now, good night from us. quite a cool day for most of us today and quite chilly in some parts of the country. this isn't going to change through the easter weekend or indeed well into next week. it will stay rather cool, but at least we have some sunshine and the rain for most of us should not be too heavy. that cool air is shown by these arrows hit, all the way from the arctic and some air tries to get in but never winds, so always on that cold side through the weekend, and into the next week as well. it has been wet in some areas today, certainly the north of wales here, having its fair share of rain anglesea through snowdonia. through this evening the weather fr

philip hammond's trade mission to delhi and mumbai is part of an effort to build a partnership with indiaess correspondent joe lynam has more. depending on how britain quits the eu, the city of london is set to lose thousands ofjobs in the coming years, as some banks and insurers leave to remain in the single market. now, the chancellor, philip hammond, is hoping to court new customers for britain's financial services expertise. he leads a delegation of business leaders, as well as the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, to india this week, hoping that indian companies will use the city of london to fund the estimated £1.2 trillion of spending needed to modernise india's infrastructure. the government also hopes to use the trip to open new markets in india for companies like transferwise, part of britain's rapidly growing financial technology or fin—tech sector. all of this forms the backdrop for a comprehensive free—trade agreement which britain hopes to sign with india once it formally leaves the eu. but that won't be easy — india has yet to sign any free—trade deal with anyon

police arrested 24-year-old sagar thakkar, seen here wearing a black hood, today at the mumbai airport. he faces criminal charges in india and the united states. thakkar's call center workers allegedly impersonated i.r.s. and immigration agents and threatened them with arrests, today, eta directed police across the border in france to sites where it had hidden guns, ammunition and explosives. the spanish government called on eta to go further by disbanding and asking forgiveness from families of 800 people killed in its attacks. eta declared a truce six years ago. south korean automaker hyundai is recalling about 1.5 million cars and s.u.v.s in the u.s., canada and south korea to fix an engine problem. the company says a manufacturing defect could make engines stall and increase the risk of a crash, though hyundai says it's received no such crash reports. the recall covers popular models like the 2013 and 2014 hyundai sante fe sport s.u.v. and sonata midsize cars, and various kia models made between 2011 and 2014. a complete list is posted on our web site, www.pbs.org/newshour. >> sree

shares plunged as much as 20% in mumbai, the biggest decline since 2009.higher tariffs to make up losses due to an increase in coal prices. higher tariffs could be allowed only if there were changed to indian laws. they closed 2% lower in mumbai. shery: america's top auto dealer is not buying tesla. says the twoo relative company's value is less and making it value less than gm is inexplicable. he praised elon musk for creating a brand with a strong following. investment in clean energy fell 17% last quarter as he was in china scale back support. than $53 million was spent on projects including renewables, efficiency, and electrical cars. that is the lowest investment for the period since 2013. there were bright spots, including a sale share by tesla. our next guest feels china is doing many things the u.s. can learn from in terms of clean energy by creating extraordinary job growth. ahave just tannenbaum, he has hedge fund based here in the -- new york. there was a followed 70% investment in china, we will talk about how china is doing better, but i want

and at ii.30pm we'll bring you india's millenials, where the bbc speaks to young adults from mumbai,across the social classes, about their hopes and dreams. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the 27 remaining european union countries have unanimously adopted guidelines for negotiating britain's withdrawal. the president of the european council, donald tusk, said the summit in brussels had approved a firm and fair mandate for setting the terms of brexit. my colleague ben brown is in brussels. the first thing donald tusk said, which was of huge interest, was he emphasised what he called the outstanding unity of the 27 as they press ahead? that is right. unity has been the watchword among the remaining 27 eu leaders and there have been plenty of summits here in brussels that have been acrimonious and contentious and drawn out, not this one. this was over in just over three hours and only one minute after they sat down, the 27 leaders agreed the eight pages of the negotiating guidelines for the brexit negotiations to be carried out. there was a round of applause, the chief negotiator,

stokes was great form for rising pune supergiant yesterday — helping them to a narrow win against the mumbaithjos buttler and chris woakes, will be back for england's matches against south africa, as well as the icc trophy. kyle edmund has been knocked out of the second round of the barcelona open. the british number two was beaten in straight sets by the world number nine austria's dominic thiem. he lost 6—1 6—4. thiem will player british no. three dan evans or mischa zverev in the next round. the quarter finals are under way at the world snooker championship in sheffield. five time champion ronnie o'sullivan is playing china's ding junhui. ding took the first three frames before o'sullivan won the next three to level the match. ding knocked in a re—spotted black to edge ahead again. o'sullivan hit back though to take the last frame of the session to make it 4—4. the second session is this evening. kyren wilson is taking onjohn higgins at the moment too. higgins leads 4—3. it is the best of 25 frames. cyclist lizzie armitstead says "extremely difficult personal circumstances" led to her mis

chris woa kes will when against the mumbai team.ewcastle have made an immediate return to the premier league after beating preston a—1. they needed a win to follow brighton and secure promotion. they got a 2—1 lead before the break and their task was made easier when the goalkeeper handled the ball on the line. the championship is so physical and so difficult to play two games a week, three games in eight days, sometimes. it is not easy on players coming back from the premier league. people don't realise that it is totally different, the conditions. we need to change half of your squad. so do these things and to win and to keep all the fans behind the team, i think has been a fantastic season and we have to enjoy a couple of it. serena williams says the comments about her unborn child ra cyst. the captain has been suspended and bounced making remarks about williams. williams responded that she was disappointed. about how these comments could be made. great britain's ice hockey players won their second game in their group beating est

mumbai is closed for a public holiday.democrats have set the stage for confrontation, with a no vote to block president trump's supreme court nominee. majority leader mitch mcconnell has said judge near gorsuch -- neil gorsuch will be confirmed one late or another, which may be invoking the nuclear option, eliminating the 60 vote filibusters. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 100 countries -- 120 countries. i'm haslinda amin. haidi: thank you. japan is finding itself under the u.s. microscope due to its bilateral trade balance and its contentious current account surplus. tokyo has reasons to argue it shouldn't be criticized, partly because it is making money from investment in the u.s. and is creating jobs. japane our bloomberg macro editor, james with us. vice president mike pence going to japan later this month. are we expecting these sensitive issues to be on the agenda? reporter: yes. the u.s. treasury will bring out the list later this month, and mike pence will

if you're based in silicon valley, mumbai, or beijing, there is really not much difference in what youto do. how does it really matter? you are distributing globally in any case. the entrepreneurs are mobile. they can do anything, anywhere. caroline: are you starting to see perhaps -- i spoke with the adobe chief executive, and he said we will go where the talent is. will we see more and more satellites set up in india and china to harness the right tech talent? >> they are doing that already in a major way. microsoft has 10,000 employees, ibm has more employees in india than anywhere else except the u.s. it is the right thing for companies to do. i think we are able, financing here, infrastructure here, culture here that can promote technology in a big way. if we lose the lead, the world will be a loser, so it is incumbent on us to keep the u.s. in the forefront. caroline: we have seen some deep pockets in china going into india. are you seeing more competition, not only u.s. vcs, but china? >> yes. competition is good for us. they are our partners and competitors, so net-net, it is p

the latest business flash headlines. 20%es plunging as much as in mumbai, the biggest the client since2009. why? they cannot charge higher tariffs to make up for losses due to an increase in coal prices. the court saying high tariffs could be a loud if there is a change in indian laws. shares of tata power 2% lower. haidi: investment in clean energy fell as u.s. and china scale back support. billion was spent on projects including renewables, efficiency, and electric cars. that is the lowest investment since 2013. there were blind spots, including tesla and investment by germany, mexico, and japan. basedd: london hermes targets rio chair on diversity. they have said the ceo has not done enough to -- enough. let's get back to the latest chinese inflation numbers, cpi, ppi diverting, that story. we bring back the senior economist and strategist with credit agricole. it is great to have you with us. i want to bring up this chart that shows the correlation between the factory gauge as well as producer inflation, ppi, pmi, #7361 on your terminal. you see this broad trend. as we get into the

he was nabbed in mumbai they were posing as irs agents and told victims in the u.s.told back taxes and could be arrested or deported if they did not pay up. 15,000 americans fell for the scheme but it started to unravel in october. >>> technicians and call center republics protested outside of an at&t store yesterday and had been without a working contract for a year now and they are asking for better job security and better pay, and they look forward to reaching a fair agreement as soon as possible and these are some of the most highly paid union represented employees and that will not change. >>> a turkish airlines flight ended up with an unexpected passenger and the crew is getting worldwide recognition. that passenger was a baby girl. about halfway during the flight to west africa, a woman onboard went into labor 28 weeks into her pregnant and so the crew responded and delivered the newborn, and mom and baby are doing fine and the airline posted these pictures. >> so sweet. glad they jumped into action and everything is okay, right? >>> hey, natasha and matt. it'

when it comes to jakarta, mumbai and sydney. australian shares are trading at a two-year high.job report could be the trigger to push the asx 202 above 6000 points. take a look at what is moving. the euro is on a decline. treading water above a one-month low. when we take a look at some of the gainers so far, we do have the pound and the rand, as well as the ruble on the up. the rand gaining some ground after the reserve bank governor said it may take five to seven years to regain the investment grade rating. take a look at the commodity space. we do have industrial metals continuing to drop. her copper, aluminum. we are seeing it come through in the oil space. that is a look at what is happening in hong kong. shares are sliding over 1% here over -- headed for a one-month low. index is at risk and should be towards the 10,000 area. let's check in from equity movers. iswill see that sharpe falling for five straight days in tokyo. analysts are expecting more declines. china's finance investment falling 55% earlier, falling by the record 85% very toshiba halting two days. they are

the suspect was nabbed in mumbai, india this week.l centers in india posing as irs agents. they told u.s. taxpayers they owed back taxes and they could be arrested or deported if they didn't pay up. about 15,000 americans fell for the scheme, but it started unraveling back in october. >>> if you did some holiday shopping online at gamestop, you might want to keep an eye on your credit cards. krebs on security reports hacker mace have taken credit card information from its website. that includes names, addresses, credit card numbers, expiration date, even the three digit security codes. they were reportedly stolen between september and february. gamestop told krebs it received notification of a potential breach from a third party. they hired a top security firm to investigate. >>> a big announcement is expected tomorrow for soccer fans in the u.s. the u.s., mexico and canada are expected to officially unveil a joint bid for the 2026 world cup. the united states last hosted the world cup in 1994. and that tournament still holds the all-