social scientists are calling for people not to be declared old until they are seriously frail and approaching death. that s in the guardian. with us is jane foley who s a senior fx strategist at rabo bank. the times front page, predictions of tory losses. we know the history of modern polling, but it is an interesting turn of events. just eight days to go? yes, and they beanpole suggesting she could win in a landslide. this appears quite different. some polls have suggested that labour has been gaining momentum. many have suggested that this is because of the dementia tax, theresa may has done a u turn on that. it has to be said that with this particular poll, there is a lot of variation. there are results that suggest she could even win 8015 seat majority a 15 seat. suggest she could even win 8015 seat majority a15-seat. giving that there have been so many wrong predictions, with the brexit referendum in the us election, it is difficult to know? yes, and of course with t
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 what s driving the astonishing growth. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme: we ll be live in china for the latest on a possible trade war with the us. let s start with the world s 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 it s not been performing so well in china, where sales this quarter were f
where people have been left with out any. this is about the broken housing system and there is a massive contrast, as we know, in this part, where this awful fire happened, between the very rich and of course the very poor. it makes the point that within this part, this is an article which at the guardian says was perhaps mistakenly sent to the guardian, but it does highlight this issue apparently within this area where the tower was, 1652 empty homes and of those over 1000 classified as on occupied, the implication that the wealthy own homes not in the tower but in the posh surrounding areas for investment purposes unoccupied. because they are wealthy they are not rented out, they are lying empty. you say it is the uk broken system but the london housing market is totally in its own ranking, isn t it, ina is totally in its own ranking, isn t it, in a way. it is a massive attraction for international investors who want to put their money into various assets around the worl