The ftse is down. The size of the divorce bill has investors worried and well explain why. And how do you fancy dinner with a stranger . No, were not talking about a first date, but a new app that promises to serve up a local, authentic home cooked dinner at the press of a button. And so today we want to know if sally or i nipped round to your place, what would you make us . Whats on the menu at your house . Let us know. Use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Sendin send in your invitations. Wed love to come round for dinner sometime apple is the worlds most valuable company and it made another huge profit in the first three months of the year. But it was a bit of a mixed bag. The california based giant sold just under 53 billion worth of products as it continues to dominate the smartphone market. But surprisingly iphone sales actually fell by 1 mainly because customers are holding off purchases while waiting for the tenth Anniversary Model expected this autumn
Apple takes yet another giant bite out of its competition, making a profit of over 11 billion in the Third Quarter of the year. Up up and away, us shares hit a record high for a fifth day in a row. We tell you whats driving the astonishing growth. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme well be live in china for the latest on a possible trade war with the us. Lets start with the worlds most valuable company. Apple has published its latest set of results and they show revenue growing to 16. 1 billion for the three months tojuly. That combined with a prediction that it will bring in as much as 52 billion in the next quarter saw shares rise by up to 6 in after hours trade to hit a record high. Apple made a pre tax profit of 11. 3 billion in the three months from april to the end ofjune, a solid rise on the previous year. This year the iphone is ten years old, but its not been performing so well in china, where sales this quarter were flat and total chines
Before on wall street and a strong session in asia. If youre going on holiday, what do you do with these things, your pets . Would you let someone stay in home for free if they agree to look after your pets for you . We will speak to the man who is trying to make a business from that very idea We Wa Nt Business from that very idea we want to know how far would you relocate for work . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Yes, do send in your thoughts and your questions about the stories were covering. Including staying in peoples homes looking after their pets. In a decade apple has sold more than 1. 2 billion iphones and it seems like the worlds most valuable company. It doesnt see any end to our enthusaism for one of the 21st centurys most revolutionary products. It appeared to dismiss fears of a delay to the expected september release of its latest model as it told us it made 16. 1 billion of sales in the three months from april to june. So
Chain migration and the diversity lottery visa program. Theres wiggle room there, trish. Shepard is it giving republicans Heart Attacks there . Theyre thinking of the shut down. Thinking how can i ever win . I disagree with robin. One thing about the schumer shut down that played into trumps hands and played in his favor trish, you have to remember looking historically, americans are not paying attention to the government shut down. Reagan shut it down three times with 3 growth. I want him to draw a line in the sand and say one of the reasons i was elected is to build a wall and to have increased Border Security. The thing that is puzzling to me, trish, somehow obama found 150 billion to bribe the mullahs and we kind find 25 billion to build a wall . You know theyre going to find it. Of course. Walk me through how this will play out politically speaking
for the democrats. Theres a sense that they just want to open the flood gates, get rid of ice and i dont know as that plays into peori