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business news live from singapore. the owner of kfc, pizza hut and taco bell in china reports of strong profits thanks to hungry consumers. and handmade guitars from the philippines. turning to the internet to save a vanishing craft. good morning, asia and hello, world, glad you could join us for this edition of asia business report. it has been 30 years since the first kfc restau ra nt 30 years since the first kfc restaurant opened in china. the company has come a long way and its owner reported its latest results and the profit is up by nearly 40% other than kfc it also owns pizza hut and taco bell. there are more than 7600 outlets throughout the mainland. consumers have shown their appetite for western style fried chicken and pizza. spinning off its china business has certainly paid off. the sceptics were wrong. if you look at china there is a yen to spend. not only do they have a yen to spend they also have you won. what we are seeing is that chinese consumers want ....
we re on the bruce lee trail in hong kong. he wore this in game of death. get ready to get behind this taxi. i get a lesson in how to take iconic instagram images from an expert. oh, that s good. with new laptop bans on internationalflights, we look at the gadgets you can still take on board. leejun fan, better known as bruce lee, may have been born in san francisco, but in the early 1970s, he put both kung fu and hong kong on the map. # everybody was kung fu fighting # after starring in a succession of cult martial arts movies, he became the most famous asian film star in the world. and today, almost 45 years since his untimely death, at the age of 32, he is still credited as being the man who brought chinese actors and martial arts into the mainstream. here in hong kong, they re rightly proud of their most famous son. now the film that really shot bruce lee to international stardom was enter the dragon in 1973, shot mainly on location here in hong kong. if you re a fa ....
baby charlie gard accused the hospital of treating him. the hospital of treating him. the hospital treating him of lying to a judge. they say they have new proof the child therapy could help him. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. india s cattle trade, a major decision looms ahead of one that will affect business and religious communities in india. and it s venue saw growth, we look at the ambitious plans stretched across the 7000 miles between china and the uk it s the new silk road. good morning, asia, hello, world, glad you could join us for this tuesday addition of asia business report. i m rico hizon and we kick off with india were the highest court there will look at the government s recent decision to ban the sale of cattle for slaughter through animal markets. their leather and beef export industry said the government move violates the right to free trade. it s a case that could affect the livelihoods of more than 20 million wor ....
it s 6am in singapore, ”pm in london and 6pm in washington where donald trump s son in law and trusted adviser, jared kushner, has made a rare statement before the cameras, after appearing before a senate intelligence committee. his message: there was no collusion between russia and the trump campaign to influence the us presidential election. the bbc‘s north america editor jon sopel has the story. jared kushner, the husband of ivanka, the son in law of the president, and the closest confidante of donald trump to find himself in the cross hairs of the sprawling russia investigation. a man who s normally found studiously avoiding the limelight today found himself uncomfortably the centre of attention. after giving evidence to the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors, he returned to the white house to insist he d done nothing wrong. i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contacts. i have n ....
muted start. and chlorinated chickens, the electric mini and tech titans we ll be looking at what s been a busy week in today we want to know does great wealth bring great responsibility? yesterday amazon founder jeff bezos was, briefly, the richest person in the world what would you do if it was you? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. we start with retail giant amazon it has seen its shares fall sharply after its latest figures disappointed wall street. the good news it is raking in huge sums of money as its sales keep expanding. the bad news it s spending a fortune on developing its business and that is making investors nervous. let s show you the details. total sales in the three months tojune jumped almost a quarter compared to last year to just under $38 billion. unfortunately they spent almost all of it! operating expenses surged to well over $37 billion. that means there wasn t much actual profit a comparatively ....