On the indian markets, not one we talk about much, i will tell you about that later. And mobile adverts targeting you based on where you are well be talking to a firm giving away free wifi but with a catch. Three years after it started in sweden, a Company Becomes the first in the us to microchip its employees. We want to know, would you sign up for it . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. The micro chipping, convenient maybe, but lots of privacy issues. We will get into that later. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Three of the worlds most valuable Internet Firms release their latest numbers this week. The biggest by far is googles parent, alphabet. It has just reported a 21 jump in revenues. That was better than expected, but there was less cheer when it came to earnings. Net profit fell 27. 7 to 3. 5 billion. Hitting the bottom line was a 2. 7 billion fine by the European Commission which ruled the firm abused its power by promoting its own shopping Comparison Service in its search r
Warns of dire consequences. If they do that, then its game on. This morning, where the showdown could be headed. Breaking his silence. Scott peterson, speaking out for the first time in nearly 15 years, claiming he did not kill his wife, laci, and their unborn child. I was the last one to see laci that day. This morning one of the nations most notorious convicted murderers in his own words from death row. Those stories, plus gert strengthens into a hurricane overnight. Swift justice for taylor. And the silent song thats racing up the charts. [ silence ] today, tuesday, august 15th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us on this Tuesday Morning. When you have a chance, you have to explain that silence of music thing to me. Thats over my head. Well explain it, i promise. Its a busy morning. A lot of news to get to. We want to start with the protest
On. This morning, where the showdown could be headed. Breaking his silence. Scott peterson, speaking out for the first time in nearly 15 years, claiming he did not kill his wife, laci, and their unborn child. This morning one of the most notorious convicted murderers in his own words from death row. Those stories, plus gert strengthens into a hurricane overnight. Swift justice for taylor. And the silent song thats racing up the charts. [ silence ] today, tuesday, august 15th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. When you have a chance, you have to explain that silence of music thing to me. Thats over my head. Its a busy morning. We want to start with the protests facing the president , after it took him two days to denounce the hate groups in the car attack in charlottesvillech virginia. Were going to start with kristen
Covering starbucks. Jess getting under way and hes got his left hand on the other red phone or right hand. Ready for that microsoft call which will start off in just about a half hours time. Out of washington, lets get to eamon javers. Reporter focused on those comments by sean spicer, Board Air Force one today talking about a border tax. Let me tell you whatson spicer said this afternoon. If you tax the 50 billion at 20 which is, by the way, a practiced that 160 other countries do by doing that we can do 10 billion a year in tax revenue and easily pay for the border wall just through that mechanism that is a 20 tax on imports. That comment got a lot of attention this afternoon just a few moments ago. Sean spicer invited a few of us in to his office to clarify those comments. He wanted to emphasize that his comments were not prescriptive. This is not saying what our plan is. Hes saying this is just one of a number of options. And, in fact, the white house chief of staff Reince Priebus
Congressman mike bishop was up all night. He was marking up the bill. The president has summoned his cia chief to the white house. Follows the massive site search. The wikileaks founder. They will be there to explain. And whether americas tech giant will reach out on his offer to fix the leaky software. On wall street eight years ago the financial crisis cloud parted. On this anniversary will be see the slip and slide in oil. Where yes than less than an hour for the closing bell. Lets start the countdown. c liz weve a couple of breaking news pieces here. What we are doing as we are watching the gigantic text company and the cyber breach of spine secrets. Those are some of the names must start the countdown. Anything that comes out of this meeting because of course it was a cia who somehow left this breach happened we will let you know. They are down. We do have google moving slightly higher. To the story that riveted market ruptures. They are i had need i and the panic button. For the