We start with black friday. The annual shopping binge after the thanksgiving holiday is now a global phenomenon, with retailers around the world offering discounts on everything from Kitchen Appliances to tvs to clothing. But its also becoming the focus of concerns about the environmental cost of consumerism. Spending in the us, the home of black friday, is forecast to hit more than 29 billion over the next four days. Theres an added incentive this year us retailers want to do as much business as possible ahead of a new 15 import tax due to hit chinese made goods later this month. It would affect 160 billion worth of goods, including popular gifts like smartphones, toys and clothes. Dont expect the frantic scenes in the shops of black fridays past though its increasingly being done online. Thats where more than three quarters of us are looking for bargains here in the uk, according to pwc, and the trend is the same around europe and the us. But are more of us growing uncomfortable with
Decides to fight back against a us decision to impose more restrictions on it and. Telling porkies with your meat we speak to the Company Making pork out of peas which says the fake meat trend is here to stay and its at the top of every parents in tray just how do you keep your kids safe online . Well speak to a man who thinks artficial intelligence is the answer. Today we want to know what you do to limit your childrens smartphone use . A new study shows one in four kids are addicted to their phones. Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. We start with black friday the annual shopping binge after the thanksgiving holiday is now a global phenomenon. Retailers around the world are offering discounts on everything from Kitchen Appliances to tvs to clothing. But its also becoming the focus of concerns about the environmental cost of consumerism. Spending in the us the home of black friday and the worlds biggest economy is forecast to hit more than 29
[ screaming ] and thats basically how the dow can mruj 181 points while the s p sits at 7. 3 and the nasdaq declines. 3 . I would say this market is enamored with growth meaning it would pay beyond reason for any company thats scoring much faster than the average name or company in the s p 500. Often, that gets hidden perhaps because of earnings surprises or takeovers. You may not see it that starkly as there could be momentary sparks of yearoveryear growth for just about anything. Sometimes, though, its so stark as to be painful. The house of pain and today was one of those days and it continued into the after hours. First, lets deal with the two stocks that caused the dow jones to yell timber in todays action. Before we get to the confluence of stocks including apple, microsoft, and yahoo and goprothat reported after the bell and not to mention chipotle. The first utex thats how its known on the street has been considered the bluest of blue chips whether its aerospace, defense, heati
Happenings in the financial world. Sally is here with World Business report. The boss of the uks biggest business lobby group, the cbi comic gives us her reaction to the Snap Election called for by the british Prime Minister. The cbi, gives. And we talk to facebook about policing violent material on the social media website following the suicide of murder suspect steve stephens. Hello and a warm welcome to you. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme well have all the Market Numbers for you as the global slide in shares continues in asia and the Pound Sterling holds its gains. We were sure those numbers at the end of the programme. But first, here we go again. Nine months after becoming Prime Minister, theresa may is ready dice and betting on a strong victory in a Snap Election on june the act. Today, mps are expected to vote in favour of the proposal, which theresa may says will bring greater certainty as britain prepares to leave the european union.
This building will be opening up studio b, allowing anyone who wants to step in front of the camera and the Television Viewing audience on channel 30 to express their views about what happened to officer johnson, whether its reading a poem saying a prayer or standing in silence, anything. The station wants to give the public a megaphone to speak about the tragedy that took place, something that create tv tries to do when theres something that impablths the community in a big way. Its a partnership with us we have brought on parents of young folks that have been tragically killed in this community and had rich dialogues with young people around that. This is what we do. So you know certainly opening the studios for reflections on officer johnson was appropriate for us. Create tv will open channel 30 to the public from noon to 2 00 this afternoon. Studio b is located at 255 west julian, just by the guadalupe. Theyll hold a candlelight vigil for officer johnson at 6 30 in the 2300 block n