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 measl
lots coming up today, have you bought diet pills? many are illegal and deadly but can be bought online. get in touch with us as we are talking about that also some new research that might seem a bit suprising which is that people who drink three to four times a week are less likley to develop type 2 diabetes than those who never drink we will explain all. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. the bbc understands at least 60 buildings have failed a new fire safety test. the test is seen as more they were owe than previous ones as more materials were analysed together for the first time. so far, just nine of the buildings which failed have been identified. they re in salford in greater manchester. the local council is asking for help from central government to meet the cost of replacements. ministers will publish the full test findings later this