Talk you through the winners and losers. Hotel booking websites are nothing new, but how do you stand out in a flooded market . The man behind the secret escapes site is here to tell us how hes filling rooms with cheap deals on posh hotels. And we want your thoughts on that facebook vr headset. You can wear it anywhere and without plugging it into a computer, but is it a fad or the future . Let us know, use bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Get in touch. Vr, ar, bad pr, do not hold back, we want to hearfrom get in touch. Vr, ar, bad pr, do not hold back, we want to hear from you. Vr, ar, bad pr, do not hold back, we want to hear from you. We start in sanjose california, where facebook boss Mark Zuckerbergs announced plans for this, a Virtual Reality headset that you can wear anywhere and doesnt need to be plugged into a computer. The oculus go will cost 199 and be on sale early next year. Facebook is hoping the gadget will finally kick start mass interest in Virtual Reali
Education are disbursed by riot police. We begin with breaking news story in the last hour there has been two bombs in the iraqi capital baghdad. We know that the blasts targeted hotels and 10 people at least 10 people are reported to have been killed. Our reporter imran kahn is on the phone and joins me live now from the iraqi capital. Imran, what do we know about the areas targeted . Reporter well, what we do know is that bombs went off in the certainty of town. I was actually in my office when i heard what was likely to be the first explosion percentage one of the loudest explosions i have heard. We are in the center of town. The explosion probably took place near a thole which is very popular with Foreign Tourists and foreign n. G. O. Workers rather and journalists. The second bomb went off near the sheraton which is another hotel popular with local people here. Its the beginning of the weekend here, so people is would have been outgoing to the hotels meeting friends and family, et
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Democraticallyelected president. Closing the Digital Divide. The u. S. Plans to give millions of low income people Free Internet access. And we begin in bangkok where talks to tackle the growing migrant crisis in Southeast Asia are underway. But tensions between neighboring countries remain with delegates from myanmar are angry over being singled out over the rice us thats a quote. The u. N. Is calling on myanmar to recognize the row hundred began minority as citizens. They have be been urged to address the root causes of this exodus, this is a quote by taking full responsibility for all of its people. Veronica pedro a is live for us in bangkok so, tell us what is happening at this meeting. Reporter we are in a break at the moment and there are 17 nations as well as two u. N. Agencies that are discussing this boat crisis thats happened from the bay of bengal down to the sea and in to the ma lack a straights. A couple of hours ago we heard from the bengal minister who clarified this is
Dennis hastert was being blackmailed. He paid hundreds of thousands in hush money and the feds found out his church is blinded found out he charged that line about illicit payments to coverup misconduct that apparently occurred before his political career began. Straight out of the can you believe this file. The irs paid 2. 3 billion in bogus refunds. Neverland, Michael Jacksons estate in california up for sale for 100 million. Varney co. Is about to begin. Im not going to sing it, but we are indeed moving. I wanted to sing, but they wouldnt let me. We are moving to prime real estate in the Financial News business. That would be the 9 00 hour, 10 00 hour and 11 00 hour. Three whole hours we start at 9 00 a. M. Monday june 1st. The same gray show and i really hope you will be there with us. Lets get going. What a time to hold an election. In the middle of a massive bribery scandal, the soccer governing body is right now voting for president. The current are expected to keep the job desp