Muted start. And Chlorinated Chickens, the Electric Mini and tech titans well be looking at whats been a busy week in today we want to know does great wealth bring great responsibility . Yesterday amazon founder jeff bezos was, briefly, the richest person in the world what would you do if it was you . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start with retail giant amazon it has seen its shares fall sharply after its latest figures disappointed wall street. The good news it is raking in huge sums of money as its sales keep expanding. The bad news its spending a fortune on developing its business and that is making investors nervous. Lets show you the details. Total sales in the three months tojune jumped almost a quarter compared to last year to just under 38 billion. Unfortunately they spent almost all of it Operating Expenses surged to well over 37 billion. That means there wasnt much actual profit a comparatively measly 197 million and down 77 on last
There appears to be little appetite for listening to both sides. This was the scene as two, count them two people, showed up in ferguson this evening. Appearing to defend the Police Officers rights in this case. An appearance that lead to this. This. Go. Go. Go. Go. In new york, i think as a supporter of the officer, now. Obviously not. And theyre not the only one whos appear to be somewhat intollerant of the notion justice here might not lead to an indictment of this Police Officer. Listen to the missouri governor last night. A vigorous prosecution must now be pursued. The attorney for Michael Browns family joined me yesterday. He wants charges brought. When i asked what will happen if the grand jury does not indict this Police Officer, what happens next . They need to come back with an indictment. And meet state senator naseed who warned the prosecutor quote, if you should decide not to indict this Police Officer the rioting with we witnessed will seem like a picnic compared to the h
Louis suburb tonight there appears to be very little appetite for listening to both sides. Two people showed up in ferguson this evening. And appearance led to this. Go. Go. Go. Go. In new york, i think as a supporter of the officer, now. Obviously not. And theyre not the only one whos appear to be somewhat intollerant of the notion justice here might not lead to an indictment of this Police Officer. Listen to the missouri governor last night. A vigorous prosecution must now be pursued. The attorney for Michael Browns family joined me yesterday. He wants charges brought. When i asked what will happen if the grand jury does not indict this Police Officer, what happens next . They need to come back with an indictment. And meet state senator naseed who warned the prosecutor quote, if you should decide not to indict this Police Officer the rioting with we witnessed will seem like a picnic compared to the havoc that will likely occur. Protestors chant no justice, no peace. But justice is su
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