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muted start. and chlorinated chickens, the electric mini and tech titans we ll be looking at what s been a busy week in today we want to know does great wealth bring great responsibility? yesterday amazon founder jeff bezos was, briefly, the richest person in the world what would you do if it was you? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. we start with retail giant amazon it has seen its shares fall sharply after its latest figures disappointed wall street. the good news it is raking in huge sums of money as its sales keep expanding. the bad news it s spending a fortune on developing its business and that is making investors nervous. let s show you the details. total sales in the three months tojune jumped almost a quarter compared to last year to just under $38 billion. unfortunately they spent almost all of it! operating expenses surged to well over $37 billion. that means there wasn t much actual profit a comparatively measl
PresidentEconomyThingsTarget3AmazonJeff-bezosWealthBrieflyResponsibilityChickensStart eating up to 10 portions of fruit and vegetables a day may help us to live longer. research from imperial college london claims boosting our intake to 800 grams a day could prevent thousands of deaths from heart disease and cancer. an investigation by the bbc has found there are nearly ten thousand drivers across the uk still on the roads despite having 12 or more points currently on their driving licence. good morning. it s thursday the 23rd of february. welcome to bbc newsroom live. parts of the uk are facing travel disruption as storm doris arrives with winds reaching 9amph. there are severe weather warnings for across northern england, east anglia, north wales and the midlands, and there is snow predicted in higher areas in scotland. about 8,000 homes and businesses are without power in northern ireland due to trees falling onto overhead lines. network rail are imposing speed limit of 50 mph on several train lines and the aa is reporting traffic disruption on major roads
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