simon, thank you very much, simon emeny there.ho doesn't want to see those. you are watching business live. our top story: black friday sales have begunin top story: black friday sales have begun in the united states and around the world. a quick look at how the markets are faring at the start of the trading day in europe. seemingly lacking direction a bit, they have opened slightly higher but 110w they have opened slightly higher but now moving into the red, fairly flat in paris, and that is what the pound is doing against the dollar, just above 1.30 three. —— 1.33. now it's our chance to look back on some of the biggest business stories of the week. here in the uk the budget gave us another insight on the public finances and in the us the clues were in the federal reserve's latest minutes. andrew walker is our economics correspondent. he's here to talk about the main points from the uk budget. the chancellor bases his predictions on the office but it was the luthi, and they have downgraded their forecast of economic growth, they