To chris wright, the man responsible for signing Spandau Ballet. The New York Times is offering people a brexit tour of london. It is the brexit means brexit tour. Were asking you today whats your most memorable tour and was it that expensive . Just use the hashtag bbc Business Live. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start with the worlds second biggest car maker, toyota, which has just reported its latest set of financial results. Its not good news. Full year profits are down 21 . This is the first time in five years that the company has reported a drop in earnings. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes is in tokyo. Rupert, what more can you tell us about the figures . Good morning, rachel. It is a fall for toyota as expectedment more than expected, but its still, you know, if profits of 16 billion are bad then it is a problem that a lot of companies would like to have, but thats a fall to 1. 83 trillion yen and there is expectation that it will fall again this Financial Year
Explain who the winners and losers. And how sleep became big business. Well meet the man behind a new generation of mattresses giving traditional bed makers nightmares. And as barbies long time boyfriend, ken, gets a makeover hes got new hair styles, body types, new clothes and new skin colours so today we want to know, what childhood favourite of yours should get a revival and makeover . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Do get in touch about ken, plastic fantastic or not . Also any thoughts you might have about the stories we have including this one about uber. Travis kalanick, the Chief Executive of the Ride Hailing Service uber has resigned following demands from five major investors. Last week he said he was taking indefinite leave of absence after a series of scandals hit the company. Its battling allegations of harassment, discrimination, and corporate misconduct. This is a story that has been getting more and more intense in recent weeks, recently published we re re
And those trump promises pushing wall street to more record highs. And as President Trump orders a review of the financial rules designed to stop another nightmare on wall street, well be getting the inside track from our economics editor Kamal Ahmed On that and the rest of the stories hes been covering this week. As snow hits new york city, how much do you think it costs to clear an inch of the white stuff off the streets . One dollar . One hundred dollars . A Million Dollars . well give you the answer at the end of the show. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in the us where, as youve been hearing, japans Prime Minister shinzo abe meets President Trump later. Trade will be high on the agenda. Remember, one of mr trumps first actions as president was to withdraw from the 12 nation Trans Pacific partnership trade deal signed by obama and strongly supported by the japanese. Mr trump called it a terrible dealfor the us. He wants a fairer trading relations
As the big tech firms respond to the latest Wikileaks Revelations well be getting the inside track on all the biggest tech stories of the week with our Technology Correspondent rory cellan jones. Theres a report in the times in london that fewer people are taking time off sick from work because they frightened for their jobs. We want to know whether you have hauled yourself in as sick as a dog for fear of the sack. Just use bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in detroit in the usa where in a few hours time volkswagen is due to plead guilty to charges of fraud and Obstruction Ofjustice by cheating diesel emissions tests. The formal plea will draw a line under the us side of the scandal following a plea bargain reached in january. But its far from over. Vw has admitted 11 million vehicles worldwide had software installed to beat Regulators Checks on emissions. In some cases they were up to a0 times higher than the us legal limit. So far thats led to around 20 billion in settle