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Rebecca Marston

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  1. Post update

    Rebecca Marston

    Business reporter, BBC News

    Well, there was plenty of stuff in the final half hour. Tech-tastic. The Live Page is ending its day. Back Live from 06:00.

  2. Apple results

    More: Quarterly revenue up 32.5%, helped by 35% rise in iPhone sales. There'll be a full write up on the site very soon.

  3. Apple results

    Shares down 3.5% after bell on those results.

  4. Apple results

    At last. Apple revenue $49.6bn - just above hopes.

  5. Apple results - no not yet

    Apple store

    Sound of thrumming fingers on desk...

  6. GoPro results

    GoPro screen grab

    Action camera maker GoPro profits for the quarter up 72%. Growing popularity outside the US with surfers and the like helping. Profits only £35m though. A minnow. Still waiting for Apple results.

  7. Microsoft results

    Those tech giant results are pouring out. Microsoft posts loss of $3.19bn on restructuring. Nokia, weak demand for Windows, and job cuts all not helping.

  8. Apple shares

    Were down a bit ahead of those results. Shares down 0.8% at $131.01.

  9. Yahoo results

    Yahoo swings to $22m loss, revenues higher.

  10. US market close

    US shares were down at the close with the Dow Jones falling about 1% to 17,920. Disappointing results from IBM and United Technologies didn't help. Big boys Apple and Microsoft are due out anytime now. We're hawk-eyed for them.

  11. French speed camera 'hooding'

    France's tobacconists are masking speed cameras with hoods. They want to deprive the government of money in what they say is the same way they will be if demand for cigarettes drops when they are forced to sell them in plain, unbranded packages. The first was a month ago, and they've been at it ever since. The group representing France's tabac bars, the Buralistes Confederation, said: "It's a sign that anger is mounting." A protest march is planned in Paris tomorrow. Shame we have no pictures of hooded cameras at the mo.

  12. Osborne banking

    Chancellor George Osborne says he isn't getting softer on banking regulation. His approach had been questioned after he let tough acting chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, Martin Wheatley, go. There was a report that officials were preparing to relax new ring-fencing rules: "That's not the case. These are decisions now for the regulators. [Bank of England Governor] Mark Carney, you know [BoE Deputy Governor] Andrew Bailey. These are not people who would welcome being leant upon by me."

  13. Carney on UK rates

    The Bank of England will need to decide around the turn of the year whether the time is right to start to raise interest rates from their current record low, Governor Mark Carney said on Tuesday. He's been speaking at the Policy Exchange think tank. Nothing new in the comments. An earlier Reuters poll found most economists think they will go up gradually from about Spring next year.

  14. Greece debt rating

    You probably don't need reminding that CCC+, the new rating ascribed to Greece by agency S&P, is still junk.

  15. Greek debt rating

    Credit reference agency Standard & Poor's raised Greece's credit rating two notches to CCC+. The move follows the preliminary deal struck on its third bailout. It said though Athens defaulting on its debts was no longer inevitable in the coming months the chances of Greece having to pull out of the euro were reduced, though still "high".

  16. US Stairlift recall

    Acorn

    Acorn Stairlifts is recalling 34,500 motorised stairlifts in the US. Its Consumer Product Safety Commission said it had because of deaths involving them in the UK. It involves five versions of the Superglide 120 model, which were made in the UK. They cost about $3,400 and were sold between March 2007 and December 2011.

  17. Japan inflation

    The Bank of Japan's governor thinks reflationary measures there are working. He says he expects inflation to rev up considerably in coming months, saying it is on track to reach its 2% target by the first half of fiscal 2016.

  18. Apple store back working

    Apple's App Store, Apple Music, iTunes Store and some other services which were disrupted for more than three hours on Tuesday are now back up and running, says the company.

  19. It's all Greek to Buffett

    Warren Buffett

    Sometimes we hacks really want stories that sound too good to be true, to actually be true. This is not one of those moments, unfortunately. It seems Warren Buffett, the legendary American investor, has not bought a Greek island. Stories about the Berkshire Hathaway boss buying St. Thomas, an uninhabited island near Athens, began kicking around on the weekend in Europe but have been roundly denied by the Sage of Omaha. "It is a total fabrication," Mr Buffett told the World-Herald newspaper (which he happens to own). "He won't even buy a new house," his daughter, Susie Buffett, added.

  20. US interest rates

    Capital Economics has its eye firmly on the US Fed and the timing of a rise in interest rates. September is looking increasingly like a done deal, according to its latest briefing. "We don't anticipate any major changes from the Fed... We wouldn't expect any heavy hints that a September rate hike is coming, even though that is by far the most likely lift-off date. At most, it is possible that a reference to the 'firming' of core inflation might be slipped in." Today's jobs news is further support for its view.

  21. Apple disruption

    Apple logo

    More on the outages being suffered by some Aple users today. The blog Apple Insider said the disruption was likely to have been caused by the volume of traffic associated with the announcement of MTV's 2015 Video Music Awards nominees, made exclusively on Apple's Beats 1 music service. The tech giant's latest results are out in a few hours, by the way.

  22. Many Greek companies 'face closure'

    Greek restaurant

    Greece risks seeing a wave of companies forced out of business within weeks because of restrictions on foreign transfers that have persisted even after banks reopened this week, the head of the Athens Chamber of Commerce warns. In a letter to the finance ministry, Constantinos Michalos said the restrictions meant companies that rely on foreign suppliers were unable to pay their bills, creating "huge problems" in many sectors. "The vast majority of Greek companies are a step away from being forced to shut down operations," he wrote. If capital controls are still in place by mid-August, companies would start going out of business, Mr Michalos added.

  23. Red Bull attack

    Business producer Mark Broad tweets this observation about the presser being held by the surfer involved in a shark attack on Sunday:

    View more on twitter
  24. Business Live 'looks good'

    "Business live looks good to me." Delighted you think so. No money changed hands in the creation of this email, BL assures other readers...

  25. London market close

    The FTSE closed down 19.62 at 6,769.07, a fall of 0.29%. Car insurers were boosted by up to 4.5% after the AA reported premiums had risen for the first time in almost three years. Direct Line, eSure and Admiral among those rising against the rest of the market.

  26. Apple disruption

    Apple screengrab

    Link here

  27. US job growth continues

    The US Labor Department says unemployment rates fell last month in 21 states and were unchanged in 17. Widespread job growth and a shrinking workforce is reducing the ranks of those out of work.

  28. Citigroup new fine

    Reuters says Citigroup representatives allegedly told consumers there were 30-day ``free'' trials for some products, when there wasn't, or sold them fraud and identity theft protection when Citigroup wasn't performing such services at all. In a statement, Citi said it stopped illegal practices in 2013 and is in the process of issuing refunds or credit card statement credits to the affected customers.

  29. Citigroup new fine

    Citi sign and flag

    Citigroup is being fined $700m for illegal credit card practices by the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered its consumer bank to pay the fine after about seven million customer accounts were affected by Citibank's "deceptive marketing" practices, including misrepresenting costs and fees and charging customers for services they did not receive.

  30. Toshiba scandal

    "This case reminds me of the Olympus scandal a few years ago and is a warning to all investors to steer clear of Japanese equities. Corporate governance is unsatisfactory and there is an unwillingness to prosecute the directors of major companies for publishing fraudulent accounts," he tells the Live Page.

  31. Affairs website hack

    Ashley Madison website

    The Information Commissioner's Office is warning people to watch for identity theft as a result of the Ashley Madison affairs website hack: "If personal data is hacked from websites and posted online, there can be a risk of identity theft. There are measures you can take to guard against identity theft, for instance being vigilant around items on your credit card statements or checking your credit ratings. There are more tips and information on our website."

  32. Harley Davidson shares

    Harley early model

    Shares in the bike giant are up 3% now following results. These showed a fall in profits but weren't as bad as had been feared. The symbol under which they trade is HOG. In Frankfurt, where they also trade, the symbol is HAR. That might mean "bristle" in German. Or mist.

  33. US shares open

    US shares have begun Tuesday's session. Shares are lower - the Dow Jones index is down 113.64 at 17,986.77 points. Later, three of the world's biggest tech companies report results, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo. After the close of play.

  34. Harley Davidson results

    Investors aren't displeased with Harley results. Shares are up 5%. Pre-market trading at the mo. Wall Street's open is in a few minutes.

  35. Harley-Davidson results

    Harley bike

    Getting the afternoon news off to a roaring start is Harley-Davidson. Results lower, the strong dollar meant their products overseas were less affordable. To make it worse, rivals cut their prices, making the classic Harley more costly by comparison. Net income was about $300m - 15% lower than last year's number.

  36. Post update

    Rebecca Marston

    Business reporter, BBC News

    Good afternoon. I'm your host now. Stand by.

  37. Toshiba scandal done solely for 'reputation'

    BBC Radio 4

    "Toshiba wanted to sustain face and show they were still the big old mighty Toshiba" says Seijiro Takeshita, a professor at the school of management at Shizuoka University in Japan, about Toshiba inflating its operating profit over the last six years. "It's very disappointing because it is considered a blue chip company in Japan... It was all about saving face. None of it was done to inflate anybody's wallet, which is a sharp contrast to corporate crime you find in other parts of the world" he told the World at One.

  38. Greece to vote on further reforms

    A Greek national flag flutters atop the parliament building

    Greece has set 20 August as the date by which talks with international creditors will be completed over a third bailout package. On Wednesday parliament will vote on further reforms, which include new rules on how banks can be refinanced and rules that will cut costs in the nation's civil justice system. However, Jan Randolph from research firm IHS Global Insight warns: "The state itself may be foot dragging... because their heart is not in it and nor is really the government. And that's the problem. You're forcing someone who doesn't really want to do this and it could easily regress and lapse."

  39. Admiral stands out among flat FTSE shares

    FTSE 100

    After lumbering out of negative territory this morning and making gains, the FTSE 100 has now fallen back to where it started the session. Insurance firm Admiral is leading the index, up 5.2%. Insurers have been helped by a survey showing that car insurance premiums are on the rise.

  40. 'Extremely tough' savings

    BBC assistant political editor, Norman Smith

    The savings being asked of non-protected departments, in the spending review, are "extremely tough" says BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith on News Channel. The cuts are "on a par" with the cuts achieved in the previous parliament. Some of the £20bn in savings will come from devolving functions out of Westminster, finding greater efficiencies and selling government land - apparently the Ministry of Defence owns 1% of the land in the UK.

  41. Public spending cuts

    UK public spending

    The 2015 spending review contains this chart of where the government spends public money. The NHS, defence and overseas aid have protection from cuts. The government also says that per-pupil funding for schools will be protected. The government hopes to announce cuts to non-protected departments by November.

  42. Public spending cuts

    HM Treasury is asking departments to model two scenarios, of 25% and 40% savings in real terms, by 2019-20. You can find more detail of the spending review here.

  43. Via Email

    Traders 'wistful' over Greek crisis

    Remember the Greek crisis? It seems some city traders, looking ahead to some slow summer months, are already nostalgic for those weeks of tension. This from David Madden, market analyst at IG: "Not too long ago traders were sick of hearing about Greece, but now they look back on the frenzied activity of those weeks with a wistful sigh. Next month Greece will have to stump up a few billion to keep its creditors sweet, but until then it looks to be all quiet on the Greek front. " We're pretty sure the Greek population, particularly those unable to get work or withdraw money from the banks, are less 'wistful' about the national drama.

  44. China screams for ice cream

    BBC World News

    Alex Beckett from Mintel analysts

    China has become the world's biggest consumer of ice cream, overtaking the US, according to market analysts Mintel. Alex Beckett, Mintel's food analyst, says on World Business Report that the population of China is four times that of the US, and that ice cream is an "aspirational Western" product, which appeals to the Chinese. Also, as the Chinese become richer, he says, there are more freezers in peoples' homes.

  45. Questioning corporate Japan

    BBC World News

    Juliana Liu

    The report which uncovered accounting discrepancies worth $1.2bn at Toshiba pointed to the causes, the BBC's Juliana Liu tells World Business Report. The report said that after the global financial crisis, there was pressure on executives, which led them to inflate profits. Juliana said that the report has made people question corporate Japan where, she says, there is minimal encouragement to allow junior executives to speak out.

  46. UK public borrowing falling

    Britain's public borrowing fell to £9.4bn in June from £10.2bn a year earlier, according to the Office for National Statistics. For the April to June period borrowing was £25.1bn, down 20% from the same period last year.

  47. Free energy for some Npower customers

    Customers who have had complaints with npower and are awaiting a resolution from the company, after going to the Ombudsman, will get free energy or have their bills reduced. About a thousand people are thought to be affected. The move comes after pressure from energy regulator Ofgem.

    Anthony Pygram, senior partner at regulator Ofgem said: "We expect npower to implement Ombudsman decisions on time. Our intervention has only been necessary because of npower's failure to do this. This has led to further frustration for affected customers who have already been waiting some time to have their issue resolved. We are continuing our investigation into npower's customer service issues and expect significant improvements from the company to address these."

  48. 'Magical thinking' in the markets

    A trader looks at the Dax index

    There's a sobering editorial in the Financial Times written by James Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a respected commentator on the markets. He says: "Far from dealing in science, central bankers, and, to a degree, investment bankers and securities analysts, employ magical thinking." He says that central banks are focused on crisis prevention, part of which is "to keep the bouncing bond and stock market balls moving in their sanctioned orbits".

  49. Salary spreadsheet causes angst at Google

    This is fascinating stuff. A Google employee set up a shared spreadsheet of salaries at Google. Strange, exciting and slightly depressing events followed. You can see what happened courtesy of Wired website.

  50. Toshiba: Similarities to Olympus scandal

    Toshiba logo

    Many people on Twitter are pointing out that the Toshiba scandal bears a strong resemblance to the scandal that emerged at Olympus in 2011. The then chief executive, Michael Woodford, challenged the board of directors over suspicious payments related to takeovers. The ensuing investigation revealed that losses had been covered-up since the 1990s. In July of 2013 three former executives at Olympus were given suspended jail terms for their role in the scandal.

  51. Apple results due later

    Business Live

    LJ Rich, BBC Tech correspondent

    Ahead of Apple's quarterly results later today, BBC Technology correspondent LJ Rich tells Business Live that we will see how well the Apple smartwatch has been selling. "When the iPhone and the iPad came out, there was very little on the market to compete with them. But with the watch, there are lots of companies with similar products on the market. I wore an Apple watch for a week and I found myself thinking 'I wish it could do more'," she says.

  52. Automotive shares lead europe higher

    Continental tyres

    The FTSE 100 is bumping around break even in early trading. Royal Mail shares are among the biggest losers, down 0.6%, after the company reported flat revenue for the second quarter. AO World shares are the biggest winners on the FTSE 250, up 4.7%. The online seller of domestic appliances reported a 6.5% rise in sales for the three months to the end of June. In Frankfurt the Dax is 0.1% higher, led by car makers and car component makers. The Cac-40 in Paris is a touch higher, also led by automotive shares.

  53. Eurostar 'needs to do better' on disasters

    BBC Radio 4

    Eurostar needs to do much better when handling catastrophes says chief executive Nicolas Petrovic on the Today programme. In January services were badly disrupted following a lorry fire. "It's been very difficult for our passengers when these closures happen. All we can do is pass on information that we get from the police in these situations. I do agree we need to do better but we are investing constantly to improve our systems to make it better for our customers," Mr Petrovic said.

  54. BreakingToshiba chief executive to stand down

    Breaking News

    Toshiba's chief executive and president Hisao Tanaka will resign, following a report on Monday that the company inflated profits by $1.2bn between 2008 and 2014. Vice chairman Norio Sasaki is stepping down. Chairman Masashi Muromachi will succeed Mr Tanaka as chief executive.

  55. Eurostar successes

    BBC Radio 4

    A high-speed Eurostar train exits the Channel Tunnel

    Eurostar has reported the highest number of passengers ever recorded in one quarter. Nicolas Petrovic, chief executive of Eurostar, is on the Today programme. "We can see that the leisure market is doing very well, especially out of the UK as sterling is getting stronger against the euro." Revenues rose 1.5% to £232m in the second quarter.

  56. Toshiba shares rise following scandal

    Toshiba Corp President and Chief Executive Officer Hisao Tanaka

    Toshiba shares are more than 6% higher following news of a $1.2bn accounting scandal on Monday. The company said that independent investigators had found that profits had been overstated by almost $1.2bn between 2008 and 2014. So why are the shares higher? One analyst pointed out that shares have already fallen 20% since May. "The numbers are out and investors have no further reasons to sell for the moment, so we are seeing some repurchasing momentum," Mitsushige Akino, executive officer at Ichiyoshi Asset Management, told Bloomberg News. Company president Hisao Tanaka is expected to resign over the scandal.

  57. Royal Mail reports flat revenues

    Royal Mail

    Royal Mail has issued a trading update. Sales were flat for the three months to 28 June - its first quarter. It reported a 3% rise in the number of parcels delivered, but revenue from those deliveries rose just 2%. Royal Mail said the pricing environment for parcels remains "very competitive".

  58. UK manufacturing wants help

    BBC Radio 4

    On the Today programme John Longworth, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce has a list of measures that he thinks would boost manufacturing in the UK. "Enable businesses to invest without being taxed, provide loan capital, and also enable businesses to get the skills that they need to grow. And definitely improved infrastructure, and current account balance and exports - these two areas are where the government has failed in so far."

  59. All change in the letters business

    BBC Radio 4

    Royal Mail issues a trading update at 07:00. The industry is changing fast says Sue Noffke from Shroders on the Today programme. "There's been a lot of change within the traditional players within parcels. Some have exited the business, some have gone bust, then we've seen some new players like Amazon delivery, as well as the threat of click and collect."

  60. Gold price slide

    BBC Radio 4

    Gold bars

    The move downwards for gold prices over the last 24 hours is all to do with China revealing the scale of its gold reserves for the first time in six years, says Sue Noffke, UK Equities Fund Manager at Schroders on the Today programme. "It was a lot lower than people had been expecting. But in general, gold has been sliding from its peaks back in 2010 when there was an awful lot more fear in the world about whether we would ever recover from the global recession."

  61. PayPal goes it alone again

    Radio 5 live

    PayPal CEO Dan Schulman rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York

    On Wake Up To Money Rupert Keeley the chief executive of Paypal Europe, says that 30% of payments are now made on mobile devices and he expects that number to increase. Mr Keeley avoids answering, when asked if Apple's new payment service is going to raise competition. He sees the company offering a broader range of financial services - PayPal has already moved in to consumer lending and money remittance. PayPal shares closed 5.6% higher on their first day back on the market on Monday.

  62. Payday lenders complain about regulation

    BBC Radio 4

    The organisation that represents payday lenders says that new regulation means its members are rejecting 80% of loan applications, reports Zoe Conway on the Today programme. The Consumer Finance Association quotes research that shows 4% of those rejected go to illegal lenders. That might not sound like a large percentage, but it's double the proportion that the regulator estimated would turn to loan sharks, before it tightened rules on lenders, Zoe reports.

  63. Car insurance premiums rising

    Radio 5 live

    After around four years of little change, car insurance premiums rose by 5% in the second quarter of the year. Ian Cowper, spokesman for the AA says that premiums have actually fallen over the last two years. He fears that an increase in the insurance premium tax, announced in the budget, will end the big discounts that firms use to attract new customers. Mr Cowper says that insurance companies do not tend to make money on car insurance until the second or third year a customer is with them.

  64. Post update

    Ben Morris

    Business Reporter

    Good morning. Asian markets are mixed following a flat close for US shares on Monday. Watch for results from Royal Mail later this morning and car insurance premiums are on the rise. You can email us at bizlivepage@bbc.co.uk.