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the ftse is down. the size of the divorce bill has investors worried and we ll explain why. and how do you fancy dinner with a stranger? no, we re not talking about a first date, but a new app that promises to serve up a local, authentic home cooked dinner at the press of a button. and so today we want to know if sally or i nipped round to your place, what would you make us? what s on the menu at your house? let us know. use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. sendin send in your invitations. we d love to come round for dinner sometime! apple is the world s most valuable company and it made another huge profit in the first three months of the year. but it was a bit of a mixed bag. the california based giant sold just under$ 53 billion worth of products as it continues to dominate the smartphone market. but surprisingly iphone sales actually fell by 1% mainly because customers are holding off purchases while waiting for the tenth anniversary model ....
later in the programme we ll get the inside track on a tech company which aims to tackle the worldwide problem of poor eyesight. a new survey has found that online spending in the uk has fallen for the first time since 2013. today we want to know whether your expectations of the future are affecting your spending decisions? do get in touch just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. so emmanuel macron has won the french presidency, and now the hard work begins. his first challenge will be to form a government with crucial parliamentary elections in june. the outcome of that will determine how much power the new president has to tackle the lengthy list of economic problems. france has had a high unemployment rate for decades: currently around 10% of the workforce or 3 million people. that compares with less than half 4.3% across the border in germany. the problem is worse for young people: 24% of those between the ages of 15 and 2a don t ha ....
losers in europe, on the they are all up. also in the programme, we ll get the inside track on a smartwatch that allows parents to keep tabs on their children. but is wearable tech really the solution to parenting problems or just a technology too far? let us know. just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. please get in touch with your views on that story about parenting, wearable technology, or anything else we are covering. south korea is just a few hours away from finding out who its next leader will be. the election comes after the former president park geun hye was removed from office as part of an ongoing investigation into corruption. the country s economy bounced back strongly following the 2008 financial crisis, but in recent years, quarterly growth has struggled to break above 1%. what are the presidential hopefuls offering to try to change the fortu nes offering to try to change the fortunes of south korea? the current frontrunner moon jae ....
and we look back at the past week in business, when us markets had their worst day since november, and the economy was the main focus in the uk election. that s all with our business editor, simonjack. we always want to hear from you. it s easy to get in touch with the programme just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. it is friday, we have got that friday feeling. we start in france where the new president, emmanuel macron, says he expects no honeymoon from the public after his first week in power. he now has to try and win a majority in next month s parliamentary elections and implement the economic policy he says can turn the country around. so what is macron economics and can it solve france s problems? macron calls himself ‘neither right nor left‘, he s a centrist, and, sure enough, the team he announced on wednesday is a diverse mix of figures from the left, right and centre. he says his economic policy is based on the nord ....
on the last few days. the ftse just starting up a little bit. we ll take a look at what this means for prices at the pump. and following the vice like grip of the handshake between presidents trump and macron, we re getting to grips with the perfect greeting and asking how important is the handshake? hello and welcome to business live. yesterday it was nato, today it s the g7. a different place, sicily this time, a different combination of world leaders, a different agenda. let s take a look at why it s important. these seven countries account for getting on for half of the world s wealth about 46%. but many of them are struggling with comparatively stagnant economies. the international monetary fund is forecasting the world s economy will grow by 3.5% this year, butjust1.9% in the g7. also high on the list of worries the rise of trade protectionism after president trump came to power promising to put america first . the other g7 members will be pushing him to soft ....