The trillion dollar Tech Industry gathers in las vegas In Search Of The gadgets that will get it growing again. Plus polarising opinion we find out whats behind the scramble for lithium and whether the boom is heading for bust. Welcome to World Business report. Im Sally Bundock also in the Programme Alibaba cracks down on counterfeiters. Details in a moment. But first. We start in las vegas where thousands of Technology Executives are gathering for the annual Consumer Electronics show which opens today. Its the most important event of the year for the Tech Industry a chance for companies to show off the gadgets we will, they hope, soon be buying. Its a huge business and also an increasingly tough one. According to the Consumer Technology association which organises the las vegas show we will buy Gadgets Worth close to a trillion dollars this year. The problem is the industry as a whole is not growing. If its accurate that figure would be down around 2 on 2016. And it would be the the f
Day, we are talking you through the winners and losers is that rory with make up on . Cutting out the middle man. Well talk to the boss of a tech company hoping to Revolution Ise well talk to the boss of a tech company hoping to revolutionise the way we transfer money abroad. And keeping with all things tech we want to hear from you. What are the gadgets that you cant live without and have changed your life . Let us know use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Iam i am predicting that for many of you you will be saying it is your smartphone but for me, it is my kettle, i cannot live without it we start in las vegas where thousands of Technology Executives are gathering for the annual Consumer Electronics show which opens today. Its the most important event of the year for the Tech Industry a chance for companies to show off the gadgets they hope we will soon be buying. Its a huge business and an increasingly tough one. According to the Consumer Technology association whic
And jones at. Jobs bonanza. The 85 billion dollar aleshin in the room. Billiondollar elephant in the room. Brazil becomes the latest target in the global ambition plan. Now to our lead. Amazon pledging to create 100,000 new jobs in the u. S. Over the next 18 months. Similar announcements from tech heavyweights like alibaba and ibm. Amazon has been growing rapidly but could this announcement keep the company on the right side of Incoming Trump administration . Speaking wednesday at the news conference, the president elect emphasized the importance of job creation. Mr. Trump we are going to create jobs. I said i will be the greatest jobs producer that god every created and i mean that. I am going to work very hard on that. Spencer covers amazon and joins us from seattle. And with us for the hour as our. Uest host, now, first of all, do you t you, spencer, give us an idea of whether this is another p. R. Stunt or if there are concrete plans coming from amazon to and enact this . This is l
And jones at. Jobs bonanza. The 85 billion dollar aleshin in the room. Billiondollar elephant in the room. Brazil becomes the latest target in the global ambition plan. Now to our lead. Amazon pledging to create 100,000 new jobs in the u. S. Over the next 18 months. Similar announcements from tech heavyweights like alibaba and ibm. Amazon has been growing rapidly but could this announcement keep the company on the right side of Incoming Trump administration . Speaking wednesday at the news conference, the president elect emphasized the importance of job creation. Mr. Trump we are going to create jobs. I said i will be the greatest jobs producer that god every created and i mean that. I am going to work very hard on that. Spencer covers amazon and joins us from seattle. And with us for the hour as our. Uest host, now, first of all, do you t you, spencer, give us an idea of whether this is another p. R. Stunt or if there are concrete plans coming from amazon to and enact this . This is l
Welcome to squawk alley for a tuesday, jon fort, sarah eisen and myself. The dow record high today along with the nasdaq, the s p is working on it. The president making comments moments ago on the ongoing debate on hiS Immigration ban. He says the Appeals Court needs to go his way. The president is meeting with a group of sheriffs across the country at the white house right now. We got a piece of tape in a few minutes ago when he was asked about the travel ban and the Court Proceedings for that. Here is what the president had to say. Were going to take it through the system. Its very important for the country regardless of me or whoever succeeds at a later date. We have to have security in our country. Not clear what exactly he means by take it through the system but he probably means all of the way up to the Supreme Court at this point. The president also said he would approve the pipeline deals, thekeystone and dakota pipeline details. He has not gotten any phone calls. A group here