3000 talked to a team of british researchers who take an optimistic view. while it is not always a good plan but it's much like cameron it was. just the roof really getting better . a global $3000.00 special report. starts august 19th on g.w. . it's been a big day for big tech and it's come with even bigger numbers google power and alphabet precious expectations and triples its profits in the 2nd quarter amazon has delivered growth to. take in this gig economy to the next level. living next to that. and actually enjoy the lifestyle. when in rome recycle as the romans do their city is testing a new ecology bonus for brain commutes. this is the business of berlin 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 at google's parent company alphabets tripled to just under $10000000000.00 the figures beat most analysts expectations and were down to advertising spend on such as and on you tube a different story of amazon where big spending on speedy shipping means profits lower than expected. let's bring in our financial cost bunch delay any. has been investing a lot into prime is it worth it. i think it's going to take a little bit longer to get visibility on so these investments that amazon is making they're really long term investments it's investments into things like warehouses and new workers into training into sort of the infrastructure that underpins this

whole prime system we did see the c.f.o. 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 international sales they always point to this prime day where it's always a record but basically it's another record so they are saying that they're seeing the benefits but he also said you know if 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. is 25 years old really only started to make real money to use go on investors with losses or grow up in revenues. 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 stock sell off but the c.f.o.

was sort of outlining the their rationale here they the stock recovered so it's dealing with thank you. now amazon as we are working hard to increase profits and to do that it also needs work is now for most of us it's not unusual to move to a different city to take up a new job but in the so-called good economy moving house 2 way a job is can become necessary on a weekly basis workers in the u.s. now camp in vans and trailers close to warehouses of online giants like amazon have no fixed address and many actually appreciate the feeling of freedom this lifestyle gives them our correspondent all of us zealot 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. good morning good morning robert all you do and. how is your shift it was great oh great yeah easy money man you're basically rubber 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 i've done some also i've worked a job in alaska salmon cannery have worked and beat harvest and. amazon's 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 amazon paces camp side his health insurance and $15.00 an hour when he works managing customer returns it's a temporary contract for a couple of months. the cantar family lives next to robert. over 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 burke 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 then get for free opportunities 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 some. in a lot of criticism about amazon and concern about what the growing off life trade

industry would mean for work environments in the united states but one thing seems to be clear that the work campers in kentucky not quite happy with the lifestyle they just. are reporter all of us all as. friends comic iran has lowered its sales forecast partly because of the problems at its papa company in this on the japanese from this week announced plans to cost 12 and a half 1000 jobs the situation is not quite so desperate at rhino but it sold 6.7 percent fewer cars during the 1st half of this year its profits almost hoft to just under a 1000000000 euros dragged down by this sum which has long accounted for a large part of red nose bottom line the french comic has turned over for the rest of the year is expected to remain at a similar level to last year. now if we're talking about tourism we usually think of some drenched beaches in the tropics fought out as the nations

that don't spring to mind immediately take russia for example here's a fun fact around $25000000.00 tourists travel there every year most of them to moscow the problem only a tiny fraction of them comes back for a 2nd visit travel restrictions and complicated visa regulations are partly to blame the russian government now plans to invest more than a 1000000000 euros to attract more visitors. the trip to moscow's red square. for many chinese a more attractive destination than the eiffel tower in paris tunnel soon or cheap moscow is one of the most popular spots for chinese tourist. in europe easy travel regulations for chinese group to us have generated a real boom. but russians want to welcome other nationalities to tour operators have ambitious goals. but i've asked that we expected a growth rate of about 20 percent in 2019 families but unfortunately we aren't

seeing it nor there are more tourists than last year you know a preliminary figure after the season says it's around 10 percent. but there's a lot more to see than just moscow russia also has spectacular natural sites like lake baikal in siberia away from the big cities though tourist infrastructure is lacking and complicated visa regulations have a deterrent effect on many people as a tourist destination russia is a nice place to visit but very few holiday makers come a 2nd time. if i remember correctly the number of people visiting russia for a 2nd time is ear opener 2 percent of those are likely to be businessmen on a return trip. many of us who travel abroad have been to rome and paris several times but unfortunately few tourists come back to russia. the government wants to change that it's reportedly considering easier visa regulations better hotels and

more servers russia wants to become one of the 10 most visited countries in the world. electronic cigarette maker jewel told the u.s. congress it never intended its products to be used by teenagers companies co-founder insisted to house lawmakers that it had not designed its flavors to be appealing to young users congressional committee has also heard from parents and students who queues jule off directly marketing to teenagers it is illegal to sell the cigarettes to under eighteen's in the u.s. they use among high school students nearly doubled in the last 2 years. economists will tell you it's all about the incentives that's especially true when it comes to recycling the city of rome is now trying a new system to get roman stories cycle more incentive is quite simple you get

a free ride clifford conan explains. step one get your phone sky and step 2 feature plastic bottle into the automatic recycling bin step 3 get $0.05 credited toward your ticket fair these machines are still in the test phase but consumers like them already. do it go see it at the level of it's great for the plastic that we're not going to throw away if you don't it's also good for the cash back for the ticket transport may be yet another 2 positive things that once you know they're not. there but if you give a kid it's an amazing initiative. it's going to encourage plastic recycling and you can also earn something for the subway ticket but. we've got a. single ticket cost $1.00 euro and $0.15 meaning a free ride is 30 recycled plastic bottles away. roams mayor virginia

raji says her city is the 1st major european capital to try such a scheme but it still starting small. only 3 machines have been placed in different train stations on the trial run will take a year. only then will it be clear whether the eco bonus has made a difference in the city's plastic pollution an unholy problem in the eternal city . that's from me and the business team then for more business news features and back on stories check out. business to do. this quick look of global markets.

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