And from cows to coding. We meet the woman with a remarkable career that began on a farm in rural illinois and has taken her all the way to the shining lights of silicon valley. And with polls now open in the uk General Election, we promise a politics free programme. So let us know what you make of the stories were covering today. Get in touch in the usual way. Use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. When we say politics free, we do refer to the uk election and not the politicking going on at the moment in the middle east. We start in the gulf state of qatar, where concerns are growing about the economic fallout after neighbouring arab states cut off diplomatic and trade ties over its alleged support of terrorist groups, something doha denies. Late wednesday, top Credit Rating Agency Standard and poors cut qatars Credit Rating, with a warning it could be cut further still. Its stock market is down almost 10 in the last three days, and its currency is at an 11 ye
Bea this person. They said you will not be a very good woman, you should just be a man. And that really upset me. That full report in the next 15 mins or so. And an american nhs doctor tells this programme hes been separated from his family because of a mix up over his visa which means adopted sons were prevented Fromjoining Him in birmingham even though his birth son was allowed to move to the uk it was scary for them because they we re it was scary for them because they were fingerprinted and put in a holding cell, a nice holding cell, but they knew they were being detained. We are completely separated and we cannot make plans. Half the family is gone and i have iio half the family is gone and i have no idea when they are going to be back. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Later on, well hear about the Google Employee who says biological differences between the way men and women are wired is the reason there are so few women in tech jobs. The guy says women tend to
In venezuela. I do not think it is fair, what has happened the past few months in a country, that you have had the majority of venezuelans protesting, demanding change, demanding free and fair elections, and they have been received by the National Guard and police with tear gas, with rubber bullets, and sometimes with regular bullets, would shotguns. More than 120 people have been killed. And according to the attorney general, she has said that more than 90 of those who have been killed our opposition protesters. Especially young people between 20 and 30. So there has been violence in venezuela, we condemn all violence. I do not think it is fairto all violence. I do not think it is fair to say that it has been on both sides. There is one side that has insisted on protesting peacefully, and every time that the police or National Guard appear, it ends with people being killed. Just tell us about the opposition and who they are. The opposition has evolved since it began in venezuela. Toda