sure it is absurd to say you tax google apple facebook and amazon now we tax your wines is completely morani we tax the technology companies because they reap enormous profits in our country millions of billions of euros and there's no reason for them not to pay taxes why in exports are a completely different thing. it is unclear how much the us tax on wind will actually cost the french economy if it ever came to that experts say it's mostly makers of cheaper wines that might feel the pinch as their fathers won't find buyers in the us as for the country's best vintages they should be fine. but usually j.t. she feels for the united states is the biggest export market for the french outside the e.u. but only in terms of value not volume that means the american strength french wine that is expensive and i'm sure an american who buys a bottle for $100.00 or $150.00 won't think twice before buying a bottle price at $180.00 or $200.00. for the others there's always a decent california fun dell to toast with. and that is your business update here on d w for me and the team and thanks for kee

and finally, the sun has a published an investigation where it found evidence amazon employees in bucharest romania monitor thousands of alexa recordings, hearing private family conversations, arguments and even couples having sex. so let's begin. with me is independent analyst dr stephanie hare. good to talk to you, stephanie. the ft first of all, because this is the big story for us today, the pound is the weakening and it's been doing that for a while now. the mood music has been there among investors and their not happy about basically the unknown of what will happen in 0ctober, particularly all this talk ofa 0ctober, particularly all this talk of a no—deal brexit. 0ctober, particularly all this talk of a no-deal brexit. why do investors hate it so much? i think it's the

amazon is working hard to increase profit and to do that it needs workers they should be flexible and not too costly in the u.s. it's now become quite a trend for workers to camp in vans close to warehouses of online giants the w's all over sell it reports. the recreational the hey kill the r.v. a symbol of freedom. home is wherever you take it and were ever work may take you. to. a campground near an amazon warehouse in hebrew on kentucky is home to a round it doesn't work camp purse it's 2 pm time to get up for robert barker he works the night shift. with morning good morning robert how you doing and. how was your shift it was great ok yeah easy money man you know basically robert you have your whole life inside that van yeah i've been living in my van for 6 years now. working seasonal work for amazon and i've done some also i've worked a job in alaska salmon cannery have worked there and beat harvest and. amazon has been really good to me and it's really easy money and allows me the freedom to do what i want. robert is $46.00 he has no partner no children and very few expenses amaz

ivan 3 to our new. 80 year old ivan cantor is the oldest employ yet amazon's hebrew and warehouse he and his wife law reign work to top up their pensions and they say to have a better life personally i need a home base ah. but. that the ferment i don't like to get out travel to and this gets a free opportunity to do that. more financial security but you have to hit the road to get it perhaps not everyone's dream but it seems to work for something. a lot of criticism about amazon and concern about what the growing online troop industry will mean for work environments in the united states but one thing seems to be clear though the work tempers in kentucky one helping with the lifestyle a job. well my camper van is parked outside and that's it from the other g.w. business team thank you so much for watching. fake hair and real story. where i come from a lot of women like me have fake hair sometimes the hair style takes up to 200 that's a lot of time that needs to be filled so people at the sun long talk about what's happening in their lives. i became a journalist to be a storyteller and

of amazon say yesterday that they are seeing some early benefits of this. they saw a slight acceleration in north american sales a little bit stronger and our national sales they always point. to this prime day where it's always a record but basically it's another record survey they are saying that they're seeing the benefits but he also said you know this is sort of a shock to the system the size of this investment is it's really it's going to take a while it's going to take us a few quarters to really see how it plays out now financial market correspondent see delay any talking to us and now to some other global business stories making the news. the u.s. economy failed to live up to donald trump's promises of 3 percent growth last year the commerce department says the world's biggest economy grew more slowly in $28000.00 than previously estimated revised official figures put growth down to 2 and a half percent he was trying to trade wars we're seeing on some. u.s. microblogging and social networking service twitter added 5000000 new uses in the 2nd quarte

in a lot of criticism about amazon and concern about the growing online tree industry would mean for work environments in the united states but one thing seems to be clear that the work campers in kentucky applied to nothing but the lifestyle they chose. it could be a unique place to explore the universe from a wide offering jobs to locals but plans to build a giant telescope of how wise tallest mountain have met with fierce resistance from protest us and they to say the place is sacred. trouble in paradise the construction of the 30 meter telescope on the u.s. state of hawaii's tallest mountain mounted care sparked outrage among locals the $1000000000.00 project is said to be a massive boost to why it's economy which is heavily dependent on blue paint tourism jobs but protesters say the mountain is sacred and they're blocking access to the construction site. we're willing to clear out if the mare and the governor and the t.m.t. promises that they will not build on monaco representatives of the 30 meter telescope remain committed to the project you know we've been working in the comm

there's always been a sort of interesting dynamic with investors and amazon amazon was really it really wasn't profitable and told around 2015 and it only started posting real like above $1000000000.00 profits in 2017 and investors are really willing to just sort of look aside and focus on the revenue growth and that sort of helped it become one of the biggest companies in the world despite only having small revenues but what's sort of shifted over the past few years is that amazon's revenue growth has started to slow it's sort of face saying new competition and it's facing just you know the problems that come with being such a massive company and i think that's been really concerning for investors so people really want to see amazon make a big investment and you know the future of growth for this company is so i think they're generally was you know i think investors are looking for amazon to make these investments and they're willing to sort of discount the profits and we did see that and the stock reaction yesterday there was general concern about about the cost of this and we saw the

but amazon is facing growing pressure over its sheer size and power. it's facing antitrust investigations in the us, along with the other tech giants, and earlier this month, the european commission also began an investigation into whether amazon is abusing its role as a marketplace provider. victoria. with us now is hussein kanji, a partner at venture capital firm hoxton ventures. thanks very much for coming in. i wonder whether you think amazon is really abusing its market dominance? it isa really abusing its market dominance? it is a hard one. it definitely has a lot of market power, and like most big companies it will exert that power, but in the end consumers benefit from lower prices, so the traditional behaviour sees customers suffering when prices go up, and thatis suffering when prices go up, and that is what we complain about with infrastructure, but in this case eve ryo ne infrastructure, but in this case everyone kind of wins, but amazon really wins in a big way. well, that is eight, it is not a traditional monopoly, so traditional monopoli

numbers google pound alphabet crushes their expectations and triples its profits in the 2nd quarter and amazon has delivered growth to. also on the show germany's wrecked causes germany records rather its hottest day and farmers are bracing for a poor harvest. when in rome recycle as the romans do the city is testing a new ecology bonus for train coming. to business to business i'm going to have off as a bell and welcome we begin in the tech world where 2 of the biggest names have presented their figures for the quarter that ended in june quarterly profits google's parent company alphabets tripled to just under $10000000000.00 figures feed most analysts expectations were down to higher effort advertising spent on searches on you tube a different story amazon big spending on speedy shipping meant profits were lower than expected. now we tend to think of on as an as a big online shopping google as a search engine but much of the money these giants make comes from rather hazy source these days cloud computing and. it's division a ws generated more revenue on its own then mcdonald's microsoft's in

‘s fulfilment centres think that amazon ‘s fulfilment ce ntres ca n think that amazon ‘s fulfilment centres can keep pace with a lot of this because productivity appears a little off? amazon has been a lead in the commerce market, that's why it has been so successful, drones of the next day delivery, we have regular issues there so we don't know which countries will allow drones first the uk is one of the markets that is trying to open up drones regulation. but i expect suddenly amazon has warehouses that have some of the most advanced robots in the same way that a british company does, amazon is improving all aspects of delivery and also moving into new markets like healthcare, luxury goods, et cetera. google, and amazon, i should say the parent company, they both have their specific set of challenges in both reporting accelerating growth, due think anti—trust probes are going to play anti—trust probes are going to play a big role in the future?” anti—trust probes are going to play a big role in the future? i do. the biggest issue for regulation right 110w biggest issue for

numbers google parent alphabet crushes expectations and triples its profits in the 2nd quarter and amazon delivers growth too but our investors how to be get the lowdown from wall street. also want to show germany records its hottest day ever farmers are bracing for a poor harvest. and one of roland burris cycle as the romans through the city is testing out a new ecology bonus for train commuters. this is the business i'm on in berlin welcome we begin in the tech world where 2 of its biggest names have presented their figures for the quarter that ended in june alphabet of the company that owns the tech giant google reported quarterly profits tripling to $9900000000.00 the figures beat most analysts expectations and came from higher advertising spend on searches and on you tube. on 2nd quarter profits were up 3.6 percent to $2600000000.00 in sales jumped by 20 percent as customers flock to its one day delivery scheme. our markets correspondent host said louise the joins us now from wall st louis so to talk heavyweights too closely watched quarterly results what stood out to you. a couple o

. —— and amazon and getting paid to play video games. we start with amazon as shares have fallen after its earnings disappointed investors. revenues for the three month to the end ofjune came in at 63.1; billion dollars. up about 20% from a year ago, just over 2.6 billion dollars was actually profit but the crux is it was less than expected. the company has been spending heavily, some $800 million alone in the past three months, to make one day delivery the norm but it is facing pressure of its size and power and facing an anti—trust investigation as well as being probed in europe. michelle flurry has more. the wave of record profits has more. the wave of record profits has a crested. by more than 3.5% from a year ago but fell short of wall street expectations, worse still, the ecommerce giant want not to expect much improvement in the next quarter as it ramps up spending. investors have been used to amazon the money making machine. they topped $10 billion for the first time. this was fuelled by the success first time. this was fuelled

the big qn for amazon this quarter was could they reacti -accelerate growth. at 20% it was short of the levels of the last few yanrs. ile, profits took a hit, missing wall street's expectation and coming down from record levels. o azon telling investors expect more investment ahead as it continues to implement one-day shipping. deidre bosa, "nightly business >>> alphabet stock has been lagging the market this year, in part because of concerns about slowing growth, but the company just said its net revenues actuallyaccelerated, jumping 21%. jason hal steen says hedge funds were short alphabet too which move.explain the i'm josh lipton for "nightly business report", san francisco. >>> here is why these reports are so important. when taken together,zo a and alphabet make up 13% of the nasdaq composite index, and when you add in dow component intel, together they make up 7% of the s&p 500. >>> and that brings us to intel's quarterly results, which ew past earnings estimates and topped revenue forecast. the semidu cor company confirmed that apple is acquiring the m

amazon 2nd quarter profits were up 3.6 percent to $2600000000.00 amazon sales jumped by 20 percent as customers flock to its one day delivery. our markets correspondent was san luis joins us now from was st louis so 2 attack heavyweights 2 closely watched quarterly results what stood out to you. a couple of things that you know it's a case that not only did company b. done revenue on their names for sure but have even lowered costs that leads to where a spect in these represents the payments google makes it to companies like apple for example for its search engine to be the default browser all devices also welcome by its investors $25000000000.00 buyback program or no amazon no good the reaction though you know one day shipping costs seem to be helping sales but reducing deals will continue their current quarter also it's a business that disappointed with revenues growing all the 37 percent this is the 1st time over the last 5 years 10 for the most lucrative recorded world below 40 percent on all the store side despite continued promotions at whole foods new openings obama so go with

amazon they've just released their circuit order results and guess who's got the numbers for your think should know those should be here right after the break stick around for that. to. my 1st boss was the sewing machine. icon for all women their phones by the social tools and then something as simple as learning how to write a by side isn't. since i was a little good i wanted to have them by sight the both my home and he took me me as them until. finally they gave up and mentioned buying on my side of the bunch returns because sewing machine sewing i suppose was more apt procreates for those than writing them by as no i was only child for those moving back home for bones by the juneteenth and social norms and inform them of old dead basic rights my name is them out of the home and i wore hats he's a. big . a big day for a big tax and it's come with even bigger number google parent alphabet crushes expectations and triples its profits in the 2nd quarter and amazon delivered growth too but are investors how to beat or get the lowdown from wall street. also on the show germany records its

over at amazon, soaring demand for its cloud business, the tech infrastructure thatis business, the tech infrastructure that is used by many businesses, it continues to contribute to the bottom line. the well‘s biggest online retailer is expected to post strong revenue for the second quarter. and healthy travel demand should help airlines mitigate some of the impact of a prolonged grounding of boeing 737 max jets. they are the two us airlines with the largest 737 max fleets. that is michelle, of course and itjust underlies how busy it is. joining us is richard hunter, head of markets at interactive investor. lots of earnings and we have mentioned at the european central bank, your thoughts on the ecb today? we have just been hearing from victoria about the german manufacturing data and of course, thatis manufacturing data and of course, that is very much the power within the european union so they are clearly in trouble, but at least we are not speaking like a couple of yea rs are not speaking like a couple of years ago about debt anymore, it is just that growth hasn't materialised soi

it is happening with apple and amazon and a number of other tech giants. so, this will probably just be an ongoing book and i don't ever see it ending. facebook needs to compartmentalise that and continue with their business, appealing to advertisers and to the daily, at give users. this could be one red flag for the social media giant going forward. what about getting into the cryptocurrency realm? how does this play into their future earnings, or could it hurt them, with so many critics, such as president trump and the trump administration? what a phenomenal move by facebook. i think there will a lwa ys move by facebook. i think there will always be critics in whatever they do. from what we have been hearing and reading, it is really targeted towards the south asian markets, which is india. the cryptocurrency could be tagged. they have millions of users of whatsapp in india. you are talking about india, but of course there were talks earlier this week that india is planning to ban private cryptocurrencies, and they are looking at setting up their own? th

third, regulators could zero in on the amazon prime fly. whe if amazon is using money from other business units toid subsidize or music services, how can other companies that do have to make a profit compete? deidrebosa, "nightly business report." >>> finally, as we mentioned, parentgolphabet and et a ogle could be under scrutiny. here is josh lipton. >> google could be inme the gove crosshairs in part because of the estimated 80% market share in search. antitrust officials will have to decide if it is a monopoly harming consumers. but google officials recently testified on capitol hill, disputing that argument. >> foron example, whenmers search for information they can choose among amazon, yelp, microsoft, travelocity and many otheromnies like these that consistently report strong user growth. if you don't want to use google, there are many other information providers available. >> reporter: and then there is >> i don't think anybody reasonable is going to come to the conclusion apple is a monopoly. our share is much more modest. weon't ha

announced an anti trust investigation into leaving internet firms believed to include google facebook amazon and twitter we're looking into whether the online platforms have been abusing their market dominance and hindering competition white house has accused social media platforms of story censoring conservative viewpoints on. privacy trade wars and tariffs that take a toll on world trade and its latest forecast of the global economy the international monetary fund has slightly revised growth expectations downwards for most regions in the world. the number of shipping containers on their way to china could decrease soon the punitive tariffs imposed by the usa and china on each other are a particular burden on world trade and with the development of the global economy the international monetary fund also sees a risk in u.s. sanctions which could interrupt global supply chains in the technology sector apparently a reference to the u.s. government's conflict with chinese telecoms equipment maker huawei. after global growth of 3.6 percent last year the i.m.f. expects only 3.2 percent this year

the justice department didn't name any companies, but facebook, google, amazon and apple are likely to be scrutinised in the wide—ranging probe. it marks the latest scrutiny of the tech giants' power over the american economy. the international monetary fund has cut its growth forecasts for the global economy for this year and next. it predicts growth of 3.2% in 2019, and 3.5 % in 2020. the organisation said growth "remains subdued" and there is an urgent need to reduce trade and technology tensions. reports say that nissan plans to expand job cuts to over 10,000 to help turn around its business. that would include the 4,800 job cuts it announced in may. let's go to our asia business hub where shara njit leyl is following the story. lovely to see you. so what is nissan likely to be doing? what are the report saying? well, that's right, sally, you say these 10,000 jobs potentially cut, all based off media reports citing unnamed sources. nissan's spokesman has told the bbc the company does not comment on such speculation but we know that these potential cuts come after the car—maker

wholesalers is part of its larger efforts to expand international market share and about wants to take on amazon's b. to b. venture and as a business in the process it. ties between south korea and japan have come under strain again in a route that dates back to colonial times between 910 and 945 the korean peninsula was under japanese rule many koreans were forced to work for japanese japan's companies now some of these laborers are demanding that their one time employer it's a big heavy industries sells its korean assets and use the proceeds to compensate its former workers. it's the worst japan south korea ra in years a group of aging korean ex laborers make their case carrying signs saying no abbé no mitsubishi and we waited 74 years mitsubishi must apologize and compensate they were forced to work when the korean peninsula was under tokyo's colonial rule between 101-1905. in 2018 south korea's supreme court ordered mitsubishi to pay compensation tokio insists compensation has already been paid under a 1965 treaty nippon steel and nazi food because she have already had south korean assets sei

the justice department didn't name any companies, but facebook, google, amazon and apple are likely to be scrutinised in the wide—ranging probe. it marks the latest scrutiny of the tech giants' power over the american economy. the company behind social media app snapchat says it added 13 million daily active users in the last quarter. snap inc beat analysts' estimates as it got a boost from a better version of its android app and the launch of new augmented reality photo lenses. shares of snapjumped 9% in after hours trading. we have many companies reporting their earnings this week and ford is one of them. ford will announce its latest earnings later, after showing a strong first—quarter on growing demand for its pickup trucks and suvs. ahead of that the carmaking giant has revealed details about its plans to develop an all—electric version of america's best selling vehicle — the f150 pickup. bbc business correspondent michelle fleury has more. ten double—decker train cars weighing over1 ten double—decker train cars weighing over 1 million ten double—decker train cars we

own being to the market place amazon business in the process. our financial correspondent yan's quarter joins us now from wall street yes so alibaba taking on amazon going head to head with amazon what chance does on about to have here. well i mean overall ali baba already has some experience in the us and the market to be to a piece of business the business market is huge it's estimated to surpass this year a trillion dollars so there was quite some potential and if i understand correctly ali baba's going a bit of a different way than. that specially small american companies are going to keep the customer relationships and old saw the data sold that is something that has not been offering that easy in the process so yes there is a certain chance for ali baba to get a piece of this is a huge market. some do opportunities there then but timing is obviously clearly an issue what impact would the us china trade war have on our plans to push further into the us. timing certainly could be better in regards to the trade tensions between china and chin

thejustice department didn't know many companies, but facebook, google, amazon, and apple are likely to be scrutinised in this wide—ranging probe. it marks the latest scrutiny of the tech giants' power over the american economy. in other news, nissan motors reported to cut thousands of jobs globally nissan motors reported to cut thousands ofjobs globally to improve its performance, according to the new service the car maker will more than double the a800 layoffs is announced in may. vaudevillain announces latest earnings later after showing a strong first quarter, growing demand for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. 0ut for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. out of that the car making giant has revealed details to develop an all electric version of the f1 50 develop an all electric version of the f150 pickup. michelle fleury has all the details. ten a double—decker train cars weighing over a million being towed bya weighing over a million being towed by a truck. but this is no regular pickup. it is for‘s electric f150. the goal to commence customers that switchin

they went partnering with the biggest online retailer in the world, amazon. potential home buyers now can go through amazon's turn key portal to a rea ag page where they enter information about what they want anare then connected with a real ag brand agent including coldwell banker, senturynd 21, sotheby's corcoran. they then step back in with up to $5,000 wor of free services like painting, cleaning, hanging your tv as well as p the home installed by amazon after the closing. >> your package comes with a curated suite of smartome products. >> like a ring video doorbell. >> reporter: it is a strategyde gned to boost sales for both amazon and real ag. >> t we need involve the consumer experience with the transaction. thut program is not just a helping people get into the right house with a great agent, but it is about havinge then power of amazon's home services and a fully-equipped smart home be ready for them when they're ready to move in. >> alexa, turn on the tv. >> ok f. >> reporte amazon, the benefit for now is to boost sales of its smart home products l

wrapped in a decorative paper painted by a local artist recently found the interest of a global player amazon and soon they will be offered online congolese consumers can already buy the chocolate in local cafes. go think it was put on them thank you because it's produced locally jobs get created and people get taken care of this is encouraging she was selling chocolate from congo is not only a business idea it's also telling the world that there's a different hopeful side of congo. aging populations are a ticking time bomb when elder generations retire declining birth rates mean they're left and replaced in a country's workforce and that's a big problem in asia and in europe especially for china russia germany japan and south korea whose indigenous workforce is a shrinking rapidly but in africa the picture is quite different the united nations' world population division says the number of working age africans those aged 15 to 64 will increase by almost 39 percent by the end of the century let's zoom in on one particular now africa's biggest economy and that would be nigeria will probably see

other slow-growth dividend-paying blue chips are up even more than the s&p 500's 19% gain d toe and amazon and long-term with their growth outlook have powered large cap indexes higher by 24% this year. on the losing side are cheap stocks and banking, transportation andal pharmas that need the economy to quicken or policy shadows to lift. the powerful preference for in perceived certy right now is understandable given slowing growth and mixed messages about fed policy.s ther always a chance these trends could go too far. a s iilar trend 2016 after l the president election, for instance. it's tough to know if a similar turn-anger around is on the way and it's possible toov pay for even what seems to be a sure thing. for "nightly busii'ss report," mike santoli. >>> two major credit rating agencies are cutting their outlook for boeing. the reason, concerns about the 737 max. and tha weighed on the stock price in today's session. phil lebeau has more. >> four months after the faa grounded the 737 max, credit firms are raising concerns about how long it will take to get th planes backe air. moo

those include boeing, ups, ford, amazon, facebook and google's parent company alphabet. this monday, though, a drop in profits is forecast at oil services company halliburton, less demand for its equipment and services is to blame as oil producers cut back on spending and drilling. and whirlpool is expected to report higher second—quarter earnings. the us home appliance maker is credited with cutting costs and successfully raising its prices to try to offset higher steel and aluminium costs. that's michelle, based in new york. simon french, chief economist for panmure gordon joins us now. a busy week, we've heard from michelle, give us your take on the corporate stories. on corporate results, there's two things to look out for, first of all, most of the annual comparisons for companies will be quite difficult because global growth was going really strongly at the start of 2018 and up against difficult scenarios will give usa against difficult scenarios will give us a bellwether sense further global growth slowdown has translated to topline growth, that's the first thin

it's not amazon or apple, but microsoft. and it has just proved again why it is the world's most valuable publicly traded company. injust three months, this giant brought in almost $34 billion in revenue. about the same amount as the value of cyprus‘s entire economy. and unlike a number of the tech giants, this company is actually making money. in fact, $13 billion of profits. how? office software and cloud computing are proving to be the big money—spinners for microsoft. the likes of microsoft 365 and the azure business in particular. what's powering all of this? an unexpected rise in the number of new desktops and notebooks being sold around the world. they're up by almost 5%. why? companies are trying to replace old machines still running on windows 7 before support for the software expires next year. there's also the fear that this could be a much more costly investment in the future if trade tariffs rise. all of this has helped the company cement its place at the top of the wall street tree. you can how this year it

it's not amazon or apple — but microsoft. and it has just proved again why it is the world's most valuable publicly traded company. injust three months, this giant brought in almost $34 billion in revenue. about the same amount as the value of cyprus‘s entire economy. and unlike a number of the tech giants, this company is actually making money. lots of it. in fact, $13 billion of profits. how? office software and cloud computing are proving to be the big money—spinners for microsoft. the likes of microsoft 365 and the azure business in particular. what's powering all of this? an unexpected rise in the number of new desktops and notebooks being sold around the world. they're up by almost 5%. why? companies are trying to replace old machines still running on windows 7 before support for the software expires next year. there's also the fear that this could be a much more costly investment in the future if trade tariffs rise. all of this has helped the company cement its place at the top of the wall street tree. you can how

very positive results for microsoft which is now the richest company in the us, overtaking apple and amazon and currently valued at over $1 trillion. that magical number we have been talking about recently. profit up to $30 billion, up recently. profit up to $30 billion, up from $9 billionjust recently. profit up to $30 billion, up from $9 billion just a year recently. profit up to $30 billion, up from $9 billionjust a year ago and it quarter. profit driven by their cloud computing business. the growth is slowing but that is attributed to the law of large numbers. it is so big it is becoming more difficult to have the same rate of growth they have had as of late. analysts were wanting 68% growth. it managed 64% growth but i do not think that will cause too much concern. good news for microsoft also is that the hardware is performing well. the laptop tablet hybrid they brought out a loan is a $1 billion business. —— alone. like so $1 billion business. —— alone. like so many things at the moment, while many did not think it would work, it has. i'm abc world news this week we have been

amazon and microsoft are the two finalts for the contract that could be worth $10 billion. mr. trump said he's received complaints from other tech companies some of whom said such a large and important contract should be awarded to more than one company. >>> also, in washington, a wildly popular app is coming under scrutiny. a leading senator is calling for the fbi to investiga it and the democratic national committee is warning against using it all together. andrea day explains why. >> it's the app tha can make you look decades older or younger in seconds.il withons tapping into the technology. posting shots all over social media. the viral hit is under fire with fears that personal data could be shared with the russian government. the companyehind it is located in saint petersburg. this is the field cto at data security company baronas. >> people are realizing i'm uploading potentily very personal information to a company in russen. >>e minority leader chuck schumer calling on the fbi and ftc to investigate.d he dnc urging presidential campaigns to delete the app immediately.

they have never touched live sport whereas amazon. they never touched mainstream entertainment. most of what next for dexter scripted drama. i don't think they will but they have to consider whether they will look at other entertainment genres and that as a way to bolster their subscriber base. presumably, especially as on the horizon disney its own screening, streaming service and apple, they are going to have to work hard to retain customers. apple, they are going to have to work hard to retain customersm apple, they are going to have to work hard to retain customers. it is the first time that they are subscriber base has gone down in america. not since they split their subscriber dvd rental service have they seen a drop in customers. always on the record saying words to the effect that netflix want to make your favourite tv show. i am not sure that is right because disney is loved, apple will be investing a lot of money. the advantage they have is they were the first to market and they were the first to market and they already have this big subscriber base. disney of course a

in new antitrust regulators will investigate online retailer amazon to see if it uses data from 3rd party merchants to improve its own market position. inquiries from the office of the e.u. competition commissioner margarita stocker follows complaints from merchants who say click and purchase data on their sells through the site are being used to improve amazon's positioning of its own merchandise coincidentally germany's antitrust authority announced wednesday an agreement with amazon for the retailer to assume more liability for 3rd party order fulfillment and let's check in with our financial correspondent in new york he ends quarter europe once again applying pressure on a american tech giants any reaction there on wall street to these announcements well i mean we did see it takes stocks a little bit under pressure here in the wednesday session and we do not just get the regulatory oh political pressure out of europe but also within the united states there is quite a debate going on but interestingly enough wall street does not seem to be too concerned at least at this point if you lo

. >>> amazon is facing an investigation by the europeanon commisnto the company's dealings with third party merchants. the commission plans to look at whether amazon isin bre antitrust rules by abusing its power as both an independent seller and retailer of its own products. separately, amazon says this year's prime days exceeded last year's black friday and cyber monday salcombined, selling more than 175 billion items. shares were down a fraction to 1,992.03. >>> cnc financial beat estimates thanks to a rise in income and loans. they saw the portfolio increase more than 6% in the quarter, l by commercial lending. the stock was up a fraction to 139.6. >>> strong borrowingelped u.s. bank corp. results top expectations, residential rd loans and credit were key in those categories. stock rose more than 2% as a result to 54.22 today. >>> microsoft ish partnering w at&t in a multi year cloud deal reportedly worth more than $2 billion. at&t will now use microsoft's azure cloud system as well as a microsoft package that includes windows x and office applications. software that both companies