And how and why do things go viral online . We meet one of the firms that says it can do it all for you for a price. Well get the inside track on the world of online marketing. Today, we want to know do social media ads reel you in or switch you off . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Packed as usual so lets get started. Does europe need to do more to protect itself from foreign takeovers . From german manufacuring to greek ports and uk data centres, theres growing concern about how to make sure investment doesnt cost know how. And eu trade ministers are discussing this at their meeting in bulgaria today. Foreign direct invesment into the eu thats when Companies Invest their money in Foreign Countries came in at 370 billion last year. Not all of it is considered uncontroversial. The president of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker said in september, europe must always defend its Strategic Interests such as technology, defence and
From foreign takeovers . Across the European Union its an issue of growing concern with eu trade ministers meeting today to discuss the latest developments. Foreign direct invesment into the eu thats when Companies Invest their money in Foreign Countries came in at 370 billion last year. Not all of it is considered uncontroversial. President of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker said in September Europe must always defend its Strategic Interests such as technology, defence and infrastructure. One of the biggest deals to spark concerns was the 2016 purchase of kuka germanys largest maker of Industrial Robotics by chinas midea for 5. 5 billion dollars. And there is particular concern about companies linked to foreign governments. As china looks increasingly overseas at technology and manufacturing interests, its investors spent a record 43 billion on eu purchases in 2016. Thats almost double the previous year. Just yesterday germanys financial regulator said it would look into t
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