Increasingly stretched, could home testing kits like this one help bear the burden . And, our twitter question of the day are you fed up with fake news . Should Tech Companies be doing more to keep your newsfeed fa ke news free . That is a tongue twister just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome. We start with the growing backlash against social Media Companies over their role in the spread of fake news. Today executives from Facebook Youtube which is owned by google and twitter will be questioned about the issue by british members of parliament at a public hearing in washington. Critics have given the tech giants an unflattering new acronym baadd. As in big, anti competitive, addictive and destructive to democracy. Last month, facebook reacted to criticism by refocusing on updates from friends and family, rather than news publishers and brands. It says that has led to people spending 50 million fewer hours a day on the network a fall of around 5 . Facebook has admitted 146 mi
Today, we want to know as the premier League Football tv rights auction looms once more would you pay more to keep watching the footie . Let us know. Just use the bbcbizlive. We start in Silicon Valley where the giants of the Technology World have been reporting their latest results. The biggest of them all apple has been hailing its best ever quarter. That means its edging ever closer to becoming the worlds first trillion Dollar Tech Company by stock market value. Lets show you the numbers because they are staggering. Apple made revenues of more than 88 billion in the three months to the end of december, the all important Holiday Shopping season. 20 billion of that was profit. That was up 12. 6 on the Previous Year setting a new earnings record for the firm. Apple sold 77. 3 million iphones in the quarter. That was down slightly on last year raising concerns the iphones popularity is waning. But remember many sales were of the more expensive and profitable iphone x and we should put t
Time this week. Live from london, thats our top story on welcome to the programme. Friday 9th february. Were live until 11 this morning. Of a stock market correction. Plus, clean up or pay up to come up with a plan to tackle air pollution orface eu fines. And the markets are all down again, as expected. As expected. This is how they stand as they open on friday. About a raise in Interest Rates. Editor, kamal ahmed. About anything in the programme. Just use bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. There seems to be no stopping the global stock market sell off. It was another gut wrenching day for investors on wall street. Wiped out more than 1000 points for the second week. Major asian markets also suffered sharp losses. So lets look at the numbers. What have we got . Down for thatjust have a look at the percentages. Nikkei. 3 . The dow is down 4 . You can see any difference, really as anyones. As anyones. Do it looks as though the european markets will all follow. Markets will a
Marriage, we speak to a heterosexual couple fighting for a Civil Partnership, the problem is they are only available to same sex couples. This is being debated in the house of commons today. Should the law be changed to allow it to be available for everyone . Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Well be talking about Prostate Cancer. The number of men dying from this has now overtaken the number of women dying from Breast Cancer for the first time in britain. Wed like to hear from you. Are you suffering from Prostate Cancer . Or maybe someone in your family . Or have you survived it . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victorialive. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Theresa may has insisted she is delivering what the british people want on brexit, despite persistent criticism of her approach from within the conservative party. The Prime Minister has ended
And well be getting the inside track on marketing the world famous kew gardens. Its commercial boss tells us how the gardens funds one of the largest plant collections in the world. Today we want to know about your travel trials as ryanair profits take off, are you fretting about the prospect of disrupted flights over the summer hols . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. The heir to samsung, the worlds Biggest Smartphone maker, walks free as south korea Court Suspends his jail term for corruption. The Appeals Court upheld jay y lees bribery conviction but cut his prison sentence to a suspended term, ordering his immediate release. Lee, the vice chairman of samsung electronics, saw his sentence for charges including bribery and embezzlement, suspended so he does not have to serve time. Lee was convicted in connection with the sprawling Corruption Scandal that brought down former south korean president too. Why is it so significant and that a