we'll get the thoughts of our economics correspondent, andrew walker.e want to know, if you were subjected to bullying or misconduct at work, would you report it? let us know — just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. welcome to the programme. are tech stocks in for another hammering after disappointing quarterly earnings reports from two of the so—called fangs? that's the acronymn for facebook, alphabet, netflix and google. thursday saw some respite after strong figures from twitter and microsoft. now amazon — the world's largest online retailer — has reported record profits of $2.9 billion, quite a leap from the $256 million it reported for the same period last year. that's an increase of close to 46%. however, a disappointing sales forecast for the christmas season sent amazon shares down more than 7% in after—hours trading. and if you're constantly googling on your mobile phone you've helped its parent company alphabet to post a 37% rise in third—quarter net profit. but that was also below expectations. also out with earn

andrew walker there with the economic consequences.tteo salvini's coalition partner and also deputy prime minister. his reaction to today "this is the first italian budget that the eu doesn't like." "this is the first italian budget written in rome and not in brussels!" when we were in milan a few weeks ago, we spoke to the journalist anna momigliano — this is her take. "in the short term, this eu commission thing is a boost to the government narrative" and anna joins me again now. —— i was able tojoin earlier and she said what she meant by that. this government is run on eurosceptic. they present themselves as the true independent government. what is happening right now, it allows both the league and 5—star to say "see, we are the true people —— tripathi of the people. of people living in brussels. —— the league and five star. italy is one of the most eurosceptic countries across the area, this general feeling among people, the europeans people but these bureaucrats don't want money spent on more people. and in the short term... 0h, s

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walker junior of the united states court of appeals. he is the author of a number of contributor to two books on constitutional law and civil rights. the reverend dr. andrew bennett is program director -- he is an ordained begin in the catholic or diocese of toronto and eastern canada. he served as canada's first ambassador for religious freedom and head of the office for religious freedom from 2013 to 2016. he simultaneously served as canada's head of delegation to the international holocaust remembrance alliance. body which leads international efforts to holocaust education, research and remembrance. fromlds degrees in history -- he received his phd from politics -- in politics from the university of edinburgh. he and i have actually known he was ar since 1997. precocious phd student and i was a study abroad student and actually had hair. this is in many respects a continuation of a conversation we were having even back then. dr. sophie van bijsterveld joins us from the netherlands. she graduated in law from the university of an borough -- of rad -- insecure 2014 she has been professor of religion law and society at radboud university. has publishedd ex