At formula one recently. And a little later in the programme well be speaking live to the boss of one of the big teams in the sport mcclaren. Zach brown also has lots of other roles. So today we want to know, what would you like to ask him . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. 0k, everybody is going, what does trump on, trump of mean . I would explain why we get to the markets welcome to the programme. We start with facebook, because despite predictions of a slowdown, the worlds Biggest Social Network keeps getting more popular, more profitable and more powerful. Late on wednesday it reported quarterly numbers that were much better than expected. They round off another year of rapid growth that has seen it become one of the biggest advertising businesses on the planet. Its massive reach has also raised concerns about the amount of influence it can have, and the reliability of information thats shared on it. So we put a Little Something together for you. Just how big is facebo
Investors with its profits news shares are up over 3 in london. Well continue our disability works series by meeting the woman whose college of fragrance is changing the lives of blind people in mumbai. And. Tooty fruity the president of iceland says Pineapple On Pizza should be banned are you a lover or a hater of fruit as a topping . Let us know your thoughts. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. I will begin by stating i am for Pineapple On Pizza. Give us your views on this, it is a very hot debate. We will be asking all of our guests, as well. We start with electric car maker and Clean Energy Company, tesla. Its share price has been soaring in recent months and it was up again late on wednesday after it reported better than expected results. Tesla is still losing money but less than expected. More importantly though it has reassured investors its on track to expand beyond the niche luxury car market and enter the big league in car production. Lets show you why
Its a 2 trillion business that just keeps accelerating. But is the global car industry changing gear fast enough . We report from the new York Auto Show. Plus, airbnburglary the home rental giant says its tightening security after users advertised their homes, which then got robbed. We have a special investigation. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. We have got that friday feeling which means it is good friday which means you are probably not watching you are probably in bed if you are watching, i have an exciting snapshot for all of the news for you, will start in new york with annual auto show opened its doors the public. The car business had a bit of a bumpy ride during the financial crisis but today, its bigger and more profitable than ever. Let me show you how big. According to the swiss bank ubs, the global Auto Industry is now worth this. Over 2 trillion a year. Thats more than the entire economy of italy or brazil. And heres why last year, more than 88 milli
Uks City Of Culture. And matt has the weather. Good morning. The extended weekend will be a little bit on the cool side, with the clouds they are, and some rain here as well. There will bea some rain here as well. There will be a decent amount of dry and sunny weather to go with it. I will have your full easter forecast in around about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story the us military have dropped the biggest Non Nuclear Weapon ever used in combat, in afghanistan. President trump described the mission, to destroy a series of Underground Caves thought to have been used by so called Islamic State, as a very Successful Mission. 0ur North America editor john sopel has more. This is the gbu as, also known as a moab, a massive 0rdnance air blast, or as it is more commonly known, the mother of all bombs. The largest Non Nuclear Weapon ever deployed. The target so called Islamic State in afghanistan. We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters used to move around
Vin diesel returns for the eighth installment in the Fast And Furious series. Film criticjames king gives us his verdict on this and the rest of the weeks Cinema Releases. Our main story at 5 the Afghan Government says 36 militants from the so called Islamic State group were killed when the United States dropped one of its biggest non Nuclear Bombs in the Eastern Province of nanggarhar on thursday. The commander of us forces in Afghanistan Generaljohn Nicholson said the attack had been coordinated with the government in kabul, and that no civilians were harmed. But theres also been criticism former afghan President Hamid karzai condemned the bombing as inhuman. Our south asia editor Jill Mcgivering reports. This is american hard power in action. The moment the us dropped, for the first time, the biggest Non Nuclear Weapon it has. It was a moab, nicknamed the mother of all bombs, and it was targeting underground bases in eastern afghanistan, a stronghold of the so called Islamic State g