The ftse is down, and the spanish market, all down following what happened yesterday. And well be getting the inside track on the big tech stories of the week, including the ongoing row over russian hacking in the us. Rory cellanjones will be here to talk about his exclusive interview with the founder of Kaspersky Labs later in the programme. So today we want to know, how safe do you feel online . And do you trust Internet Security companies . Let us know, just use the hashtag, bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start in the estonian capital tallinn, where European Union finance ministers are gathering this weekend. Top of the agenda are plans for a shake up of the way huge tech firms, the likes of google, facebook, apple and amazon, pay taxes. The giants of the so called Digital Economy have faced criticism in europe forfailing to pay what some see as their fair share of tax. So whats being proposed . Well, the plan is to make the Companies Pay tax wherever in the eu t
Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents call 2027488002. Regis on social media on reach us on social media, on twitter cspanwj and facebook. Com cspan. More on the new report from bloomberg news. It says that americans are officially freaking out. For those lying awake at night worrying about health care, the economy, and the overall feeling of divide between you and your neighbors, at least one source of comfort, your neighbors may be lying awake to the two thirds report beingor 62 stressed out about the future of the nation according to the American Psychological Association Survey in august and released on wednesday. The worry about the state of the union tops longstanding stressors such as money, work, and cuts across political proclivities. We are talking to you and getting your thoughts. Let us know if you are feeling stressed out about the future of the country. Here to tell us more about the evans, the ceo of the American Psychological association. He i
Puerto rico for about a year and a half. The debt crisis, the public alsoh issue, the grid, and their consideration of statehood, independence, voting. So, basically, i have been developing our puerto rico beat for two years. And of course, when Hurricane Irma and maria a hit, it was no question. I was going to go down and see what happened. So, yeah. Host ok, and you describe the situation in puerto rico as in environmental catastrophe. How much does this have to do with situations before the landfall of hurricanes irma and murray at, and how much is due to the storms . Guest the important thing to understand about mariko, infrastructure, debt, those things were crippling the island the storms. People were saying, any storm would bring the great down. Any storm would cause problems with debris and trash. There is justfor trash. The roads are already bad in the mountains and hospitals were already closing. Mostly depends on diesel fuel for its energy and anything that could disrupt sup
Grown gdpwise 5 per year since 2000. Violent extremism is amongst the major risks to economies in part of africa. Tunisias gdp gross has been cut from 3 to 1 . Chads gdp contracted 1 in 2015 from a growth of 5 in 2014. And countries like kenya and nigeria saw a reduction of 25 of tourism following terrorist attacks. We in undp estimate that at least 33,000 people have died on african soils since 2011 as victims of violent extremism. And 6 million are currently internally displaced due to radicalization. Mr. Chairman, over the last two years undp has held a number of consultations, conducted a series of studies and commissioned research to better understand the violent extremism scourge in africa. These various studies and research converge in showing three major findings. One, while the drivers of radicalization are multifaceted and defy easy analysis, their major roots are to be found in the combination of poverty and low human development, a sense of economic and political exclusion
Behind the scenes, facebook began an Aggressive Campaign to combat criticism of the company, calling some of the criticism antisemiti antisemitic. Because when this place does what it was built for, then we all get a little closer. And President Trump taking aim at Robert Mueller on twitter again, this as Text Messages from a trump friend and adviser, the one and only roger stone, indicate he knew about the Wikileaks Dump days before it took place. And on the clock. Six hours away from a deadline. The count for every vote in florida. A recount reset by mechanical failures and political bickering. A judge extending the mailin and provisional ballot deadline to this saturday. This as President Trump is weighing in with an absurd a completely absurd conspiracy theory, claiming voter fraud. All while california is still burning. At least 56 people now dead with hundreds still missing. While those who did survive are trying to pick up the ashes of what was their life. Were going to begin th