Investors with its profits news shares are up over 3 in london. Well continue our disability works series by meeting the woman whose college of fragrance is changing the lives of blind people in mumbai. And. Tooty fruity the president of iceland says Pineapple On Pizza should be banned are you a lover or a hater of fruit as a topping . Let us know your thoughts. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. I will begin by stating i am for Pineapple On Pizza. Give us your views on this, it is a very hot debate. We will be asking all of our guests, as well. We start with electric car maker and Clean Energy Company, tesla. Its share price has been soaring in recent months and it was up again late on wednesday after it reported better than expected results. Tesla is still losing money but less than expected. More importantly though it has reassured investors its on track to expand beyond the niche luxury car market and enter the big league in car production. Lets show you why
Bank shares are pulling down that market. Battle of the bands well speak to the boss of a Company Bringing the likes of hozier and bastille straight to your living room. Today we want to know, as more car brands consolidate, does it matter which badges on the back of your car . Is there enough choice in the car . Is there enough choice in the car market . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Do get in touch with your thoughts on this story. Our top story today. General motors, as was widely expected is selling opel and vauxhall General Motors will sell opel to psa group the French Company that owns peugeot and citroen. The price . 2. 33 billion. As we speak, both companies are hosting a Press Conference in paris. Buying gms Loss Making European Operations will make psa the continents second biggest car maker after volkswagen and ahead of french rival renault. And it will be a giant. Last year, psa and gm europe sold a combined 4. 3 million vehicles an
After that much better than expected jobs report in the us last week. The chinese economy may be slowing, but tourism is booming well get the inside track on chinas rise as a holiday hotspot. Another form of tourism doing well is adventure tourism, up 65 a year. With retirees fuelling the growth, swapping the cruise ship for the canoe. Is it your idea of holiday hell. We want to hear from you. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Decision day is getting ever closer for the dutch and tonight they get what for many could be a decisive last and tonight they get what, for many, could be a decisive last look at the candidates before wednesday elections. The leading candidates will hold their final tv debate later. The dutch vote is the first of three big elections across europe this year Casting Uncertainty over the continent. Soon after come the votes in france and germany. Financial markets are watching them all closely. Not least for what their results might mean for the future of the euro.
Markets. And well be getting the inside track on one start up that is taking used batteries and giving them a second life. As the boss of United Airlines, we wa nt to as the boss of United Airlines, we want to know when have you wished youd apologised sooner . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. As south africas president jacob zuma celebrates His 75th Birthday, the festivities may be rather more low key than usual. In less than a week, the countrys members of parliament are scheduled to hold a vote of no confidence against the president. Why . It comes after he ousted some of his key political opponents in a recent cabinet reshuffle. Today, members of the public are expected to take to the streets in protest at the move, but mr zumas decision also has big implications for the economy. South africa has been downgraded to junk status by two of the leading debt ratings agencies, fitch and s p. They argue that the reshuffle will hamper the countrys efforts to manage
Elections, they have delivered but are they overconfident . We will discuss the matter. Making sure you hire heroes, not zeroes. Well meet the man who says tech is the best way to vet new recruits. Asa as a Whistle Blowing Engineer wins 1 million for reporting a cruise ship for dumping waste, we want to know, would the chance of the big payoff make you more likely to blow the whistle . Let us no. Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Some of the worlds most powerful people from business and politics are meeting in berlin today. They also all happen to be women. Its part of an initiative called w20 set up by 20 of the worlds leading nations. So whos going and whats it all about . Attending the summit will be Christine Lagarde the head of the imf, Angela Merkel the Chancellor Of Germany and ivanka trump, daughter and special assistant to the president of the united states. The group wants to highlight the issue of womens economic participation