sofia thomas, thank you.ensive new car, sold to an unnamed buyer for at leats £9.5 million before tax. it is thought to have taken the previous new car record — about £8—9 million for a rolls—royce sweptail. with engine power about 20 times a ford fiesta, the car was built to celebrate bugatti's 110th birthday. morgan has also celebrated its 110th birthday by selling itself to a group of italian investors for an undisclosed sum. the announcement came yesterday as the company unveiled its latest model. and japan's iconic cartoon cat hello kitty is to appear in her first hollywood film, 45 years after her creation. sanrio, the firm behind the mouthless cat, is to make the movie after five years of talks about rights for the big screen. we have been looking at the markets for awhile. hardly any introduction. the ftse is up, looking fairly slow. legal and general down 4%. the pound against the euro, 1.16. that is all we have got time for. just one other note, we have just heard figures on the us deficit. the figu