Also in the Programme India could be about to deal a major blow to crypto currencies by banning digital tokens such as bitcoin, ripple, and ethereum. And its the firm behind some of the biggest glossiest magazines in the world, but how is conde nast, the publisher of vogue, go, vanity fair adapting to the Digital World . Well get the inside track on making print pay. Hello and welcome to business live. A special edition of the programme coming to you live from westminster. Its a big day here in the uk for the countrys politics, because in a few hours from now, the governing conservative party will have a new leader. And i have to say, its getting very warm as well markets and investors will be keeping a close eye on developments, to see how the change of leadership will effect post brexit trade negotiations. So far, the uk has agreed continuity deals with 12 countries and regions. These include a group of countries from south america and the caribbean, and agreements with norway and sw
Dont forget you can get more on all our stories on our website, just log onto our website bbc. Co. Uk. And im on twitter, im lvaughanjones now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Us stocks recover as china take steps to stabilise its currency, the yuan, with asian markets follow suit . And the formula physics success. Suit . And the formula physics success. We catch up with a young female asian entrepreneur on a mission to promote women in science. Hello, and welcome to Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. We start with the markets and it is a mixed picture here in asia. Japans nick ayers opened and australian stocks are currently flat stop japans nikkei, not taking cues from us stocks which opened up overnight. And the yuan is now at a slightly higher rate to the us dollar, after sliding beneath the us dollar for the first time in ten years. A lot of a nalysts the first time in ten years. A lot of analysts are citing a lot of uncertainty in the market regardin
European markets, as you can see, have opened, and on the whole pretty flats. And how low can you go . Signals of rock bottom borrowing costs from top central bankers and Global Growth jitters. Its been a busy week in news. Well get the inside track from our friday editor. Today we want to know fortnites worlds cup, 30 million up for grabs, as a 15 year old brit reaches the final, are parents right to tell kids gaming is a waste of time . Let us know just use bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start with Online Retail giant amazon, because it has revealed another set of mind boggling sales figures. Ceo jeff bezos says efforts to make one day delivery the norm for prime customers are paying off, with accelerating sales growth. Shares have fallen, though, as investors were disappointed with how little profit amazon is making on all that business. Lets show you the details. Amazon made revenues ofjust over 63 billion in the three months to the end ofjune. That was up 20 on
As the countdown to brexit continues talks about whether the uk can do a trade deal with the worlds biggest economy, the United States is among the Top Priorities. The uk foreign secretary dominic raab is in washington today to meet his opposite number mike pompeo. Total trade in goods and services between the worlds first and sixth largest economies was worth 262. 3 billion last year. Two weeks ago President Trump said after a phone call with borisjohnson that could be multiplied three to four, five times under a post brexit trade deal but gave no details on how. At the moment the eu accounts for almost half of all the uks imports and exports, thats more than three times as much as the usa which at almost 15 has the biggest share for an individual country. A trade deal could close that gap but the unresolved question about how irish border will be kept open could make it difficult to get it through congress. The us is one of the guarantors of the good friday Peace Agreement and many p
The british Prime Minister says he wants a fast track visa scheme to attract foreign scientists to the uk. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Hoover disappointing. Shares are down sharply after the firm reported its latest results uber. Brisk domestic demand, japans economy grew stronger than expected, betrayed tensions are expected to weigh the future. In the future. Hello and welcome to this friday edition of Asia Business report. Im Sharanjit Leyl. Edition of Asia Business report. Im shara njit leyl. We edition of Asia Business report. Im Sharanjit Leyl. We start with uber because it shares are falling sightly in extended wall street trade sharply. The firm has lost over 5 billion in the three months tojune. Over 5 billion in the three months to june. The bbcs over 5 billion in the three months tojune. The bbcs Michelle Fleury has more. Responding to urban puzzle make Second Quarter results, ubers Second Quarter results. Uber has turned into the magical mone