0nline retailer amazon leads a barrage of tech earnings. Its sales were up 34 in july to september, compared to the same period last year. And its bye, bye, bye to floor trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. After more than 30 years, its going fully electronic. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. Inafew in a few moments will be live on the floor of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for one last glimpse before it closes. Thursday was a huge day for Technology Company results. Four of the big global tech giants reported their latest earnings. Alphabet, googles parent company, microsoft and twitter all posted their key numbers. But lets start with a look at amazon. The retailer reported revenues of almost 41; billion in the three months betweenjuly and september thats a jump of 34 over the same period last year. But profits were virtually unchanged since last year thats because this is often the quarter when amazon chooses to pile a bunch of money into its own projects like tech
Its friday 27th october. Im vicki young. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has called on senators to approve direct rule over catalonia, amid an escalating crisis over the regions push for independence. The Catalan Parliament could respond by declaring independence. Lets cross over live now to my colleague in barcelona. You join me live outside the Catalan Parliament, where after weeks of turmoil, demonstrations and chaos and anger, this Catalan Crisis finally looks to be coming to a head. In the last few minutes, ca rles head. In the last few minutes, Carles Puigdemont, the catalan president , arrived here at parliament. We understand one of the motions he put to a vote today is a declaration of independence, a declaration of independence, a declaration that catalonia will be a sovereign state, independent, they will notify the eu, and any think madrid two sides will be irrelevant because it will be outside catalan law. That flies in the face of
You have the remaining slow traffic along the span as well. This accident in millbrae still southbound 101 out there for about an hour. Car with a tire stuck underneath it. They have police on scene and the tow truck is on the way. A look at drive times out of the central valley. Highway 4 from antioch to concord just under 25 minutes. And from marin, san rafael into San Francisco under 20 minutes there as well. Long stretch of signals out along highway 4 near discovery bay. Sue, thank you. Breaking news from san jose. A live picture from a kfc restaurant. It burst into flames around 4 30 this morning. You see firefighters have a large presence there. They were able to knock down the flames and are now conducting an investigation. Now here is what it looked like earlier. Fire Officials Say this is somewhat unusual because the fire appears to have started in the dining area not in the kitchen. Cropley avenue between Lakewood Drive and north capital avenue still closed until further noti
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About the breach and whats sdoon to protect them and who is the latest to blame. They can take my Social Security number an i have so much medical problems its crazy. Plus a dance party protest invites pences neighborhood hundreds were there and thousands were talking on social media. We have all the details. Fox news at 10 starts right now. We begin tonight with that developing news in houston, texas, where president george h. W. Bush and wife barbara bush are both hospitalized tonight. Im tony perkins. Im shawn yancy. Today the 92yearold former president was moved taken to ten receive care unit and treated for acute respiratory problem stemming from pneumonia. Doctors perform aid procedure to protect and Clear Airways and were told mr. Bush is resting comfortably and will stay in icu for observation. Mrs. Bush, 91, was admitted to the hospital this morning precaution after she suffered from fatigue and coughing. Well have more on their conditions later in the show with a live report