Trumps tax cuts and those french elections. Riding the wave of the Foodie Revolution. Celebrity chef mark hix will be with us to talk, food, fads and investment. Today, we want to know is cash your king . A survey says a third of us would rather pay digitally, do you still carry cash or is contactless the future . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Cash, rachel. Always carry that with you. I shouldnt say that. I dont have any cash on me shaking up the tax system has been a major theme of the trump administration. Today hes promising what he describes as A Big Announcement on his planned reforms. In fact, mr trump has already said hes planning what hes called maybe the biggest tax cut weve ever had. During the campaign he talked about cutting the top individual tax rate from 36. 9 to 25 . In terms of business, he wants to cut the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 . Mr trump has also proposed charging american firms a one off tax ofjust 10 on money they bring back to the us fro
Markets at the moment, or down down is likely because investors were disappointed by president johns actions. The strike President Trumps actions. Funding the enterepreneurs well meet the man whose bank specialises in getting cash to small businesses. Rishi khosla , the boss of Oaknorth Bank will be here. And United Airlines, still trying to deal with the fall out from their overbooked flight, will now offer up to 10,000 to give up your seat. What would be your price . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and a warm welcome to Business Live. Welcome to the programme. We start with President Trump because once again hes taken the Business World by surprise. The white house has confirmed it has told the leaders of canada and mexico they wont be scrapping the north American Free trade agreement. But instead they will seek to renegotiate the terms of it. President trump has repeatedly vowed to pull out of the pact bill clinton signed in 1993. In september he called it the Si
Own Rory Cellan Jones who will also steer us through the world of flying cars. Flying pigs, more like it. And how do you like to read . Ebook sales in the uk have fallen 17 as readers bring back the book do you tap or turn . And why . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in Silicon Valley where three of the biggest names in technology have been reporting their numbers for the last three months. We are talking about the tech titans google, amazon and microsoft. And it seems they are just getting bigger and bigger. The numbers are jaw dropping, take a look. Dominates online advertising. But its still managing to grow very fast. Googles Parent Company alphabet saw revenues jump by almost a quarter on last year. Up 22 to 24. 8 billion. Remember this Isjust 3mths Worth of sales. 5. 5 billion of that was profit. Its the same story with amazon. Its one of the worlds biggest retailers it dominates Online Shopping and still saw sales grow over 22 to a
The ftse is down. The size of the divorce bill has investors worried and well explain why. And how do you fancy dinner with a stranger . No, were 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 . Whats on the menu at your house . Let us know. Use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Sendin send in your invitations. Wed love to come round for dinner sometime apple is the worlds 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 expected this autumn
Later in the programme well 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 dont have a job. The other big iss