Technology is proving problematic. Well explain why. We took it with the main issues gcioss we took it with the main issues across the Financial Markets in europe. Style and substance. We meet the man who designs everything from jewellery to furniture, from bikes to video games. But what exactly makes good design . Complaints about british betting firms have soared 5000 in 5 years and last year gamblers lost a record £14. 5bn. So is gambling too easy . Should more be done to keep players safe . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Welcome to the programme. Thank you for your comments on gambling. One asked if it is so easy why have they lost 1a billion plans . Good point. We start in hong kong, where its the tenth week in a row for demonstrations and increasingly businesses are having to choose between staffs right to protest and not upsetting beijing. Over the weekend, hong kongs flagship carrier Cathay Pacific fired two airport employees a
Im trying. Ive got to get help. This morning, more stars coming forward with new allegations amid reports that weinsteins company may have known about payoffs to women for years. All that, plus the girl scouts furious over the boy scouts plan to accept girls. Yes indeedy. Grigorus again the yankees cap an epic comeback while the nationals force a deciding game against the cubs. And remember the dress that sparked a huge debate. The shoes that have everyone asking what color do you see . Discuss amongst yourselves today, thursday, october 12, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today, its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast, were glad youre with us on this thursday morning. Another cup of coffee for you staying up late watching the yankees. I caught up this morning. A lot of yankee fans in the studio happy. They move on in the playoffs. Well have more about that in a mom
What weve seen this week goes back to one of the crises coming out of the 1865 civil war. What a week it has been. What is your key observation on what youve seen . Guy this repricing of risks around the fed, the Ripple Effect of that, and the negative rates has negative consequences. That is the world the market is coming to terms with this week. Tom some of the themes this morning on surveillance from london and new york. Right now, to get you up to speed, heres vonnie quinn. Vonnie the u. S. , russia, and other powers have agreed on a partial ceasefire in syrias civil war. Ofre will be airdrops humanitarian assistance in some areas. Coalition attacks would continue against islamic state. The truce represents a cause in the syrian conflict, not an agreement to end it. German chancellor Angela Merkel warns that the country cant throw away its values. Merkel has launched a campaign for the coming state elections. She is working on reducing the Record Number of refugees entering the cou
Were anticipating more significant total, that would be further to the south. The bulk of the storm is going to be off to our south, you see that with the heavy rain in through North Carolina giving over to snow through parts of virginia, maryland, closer to our area. Boy, driving down to baltimore, philly or d. C. It is contained to the social. The National Weather service issuing an advisory, parts of the forks as well. An inch of a trace or two. The Cool Temperatures mean that roadways will be slick. So obviously well be watching that and you know who is watching that right now, alex dennis, whats going on alex. We already have changes as you make your way out there. A lot of green, the bridge is closed until 5 00, youll stick to the gothels bridge as an alternate. And a 45 Miles Per Hour speed visibility, poor road conditions. Traffic. And already some stacking i think they are in the process of clearing et out. Lower level, fine at the toll plaza and lincoln and the holland tunnel
Im ray suarez. Apple with its itunes reshaped the industry and put a few brick and mortar storie stores to the. Creating billions in sales. Since itunes is a story that carries just about everything and never runs out of shelf space. But now the financial sometimes reports apple may be getting ready to do Something Big in response to the rapid rise of streaming. After making white ear buds, apple may be getting ready to wrap beats around your head before jumping into the stream. Reporter apple took a big bite out of the Music Industry with the invention of the ipod andy Tunes Music Store at the turn of the century. It changed the way people bought and listened to music. Itunes is still the largest music seller but for the fires time itunes sales decreased just. 1 but still a decrease. Now there is direct competition for itunes from Online Streaming Services like pandora and spottify. Its a huge growth business. Revenue from Music Subscription Services rose 50 last year to more than 1 b