businesses will grow unbelievably. as a result of these big businesses coming in.t is really good to see that money that is going to be repatriated. under the tax cuts and job acts, what i'm seeing with small businesses, they are talking about getting a 20% deduction from the revenue. then they participate in the reduced tax brackets. mentioned, they can expect that -- expense that for five years. , and at a bakery in boston providence actually. a huge bakery. they make all of the bread for trader joe's and all of that. someone told me this is so great . the owner told me, that of an over there cost $4.5 million. i want to get a new one and we will take even more bread and support more people. it was a tangible example that was standing right there. i'm going to be able to expense it. he said this is going to be a shot in the arm for the gross of my desk growth of -- growth of my business. differencesthe between the conservative approach a tech policy and the liberal approach to tax policy at the small business level? it's how these things are somewhat connected, w

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really very focused on helping businesses. cutting taxes are red tape making it easier to work with business recruiting opportunity. sometimes they teased me that i don't have to but i think of it as persistence. the fact of the matter is, i've been there. i know what it is like to put everything on the line to start a small business. it's very hard. i now frustrating it can be. i think you bring a fire in my belly to help businesses. >> to put in perspective was fabulous indices see this success is incredible when the come back in our country. >> so we should be proud the background of being in the private sector was a huge help. i started businesses and i've told the story before that i know what it's like to go home. i cofounded a company about having the right checks to keep the lights on, that puts things in perspective about the hard work that's in fall. so the way i view government is how many private-sector jobs that we created in our state. in the never on manufacturing jobs, we don't create the jobs is all of you tha

runs the business now. a grand child is in the business. it will probably be a fourth generation. this man in the united states, he didn't invent artificial intelligence. he didn't do anything that just like mrs. b., selling furniture. any one of us could have entered those businesses. he lived by the creed basically of the delighting his customers and working with people and establishing the relationship with them so that they in turn would want to delight the customers. we couldn't go out there and take care of every rental car possibility. he learned how to project himself and his attitude watowa his fellow man and his desire to make a friend out of every customer. he managed to take very ordinary cars and turn them into this extraordinary business from virtually nothing. it illustrates several points. one is you don't necessarily get it right the first time. the car leasing business, basically we're competing on the cost of money to finance cars. it's very hard to delight a customer when you tell them to send you a monthly check for five years. at the age of 40 with all of tha

as we had intended, the larger businesses pay a larger share of business tax and business fee revenue, over 40% is paid by businesses with over $100 million in san francisco gross receipts. as i said based on our projections for this upcoming year, the payroll expense tax will likely not be fully phased out by the end of implementation period. with the assistance of the treasurer's office, ours office has been computing the payroll tax rate using formulas in the legislation since 2015 and we have a projection for 2018 that the final payroll tax that we'll be computing is about .49%, which is about two thirds cut of the original payroll tax, but not fully phasing it out. again, though, the good news from a financial point of view, this is showing overall business tax revenue under the new system in yellow and what would have been the case with the old 1.5% payroll system. of course, we've had a lot of economic growth since we passed this and both measures are growing. the old system and new system both would have led to a lot of growth in revenue. but what we're mainly interested in is

the next big businesses of the small businesses of today. we just have to make sure that people understand that it would cut the red tape and find ways to provide financing give people the assistance and opportunities to to government if we do that the future is bright for our country, eight if we don't will continue to hurt people will be overseas and we cannot have let that happen. [applause] what i would urge you to do is pick up the phone and call your local congressman collier mayor governor you'll get them on the phone clean get their secretary they say i'm a small business person and i need help. it isn't that i don't want any regulation, i just don't want regulation despite the growth. you, they ask your secretaries who called however they care about. government will work for you just have to be smart enough to demand it and say you don't is to me i will have a business. [applause]

i can't do business with you guys. i -- i can't do business with you guys.ell, when you want to do business, give me a call. that's all right! i mean, as far as that goes, there's other -- there's other people. i have a backup plan, so... i still love you, though, marcus! can we go out on a date now? [bleep] you. yes, i did go on a date with nancy. no, i did not. of course, i didn't go on a date with nancy and she asked me like three times. i don't give a [bleep]! in the case of tom and nancy, the crazy was so elevated, that their ability to even be in a room together was impossible. but there are other situations where people actually can work through their family drama. a good example of that would be courage. b, a woman's fashion brand in new york city. now the owner nicolas goureau had taken the business over from his mother when the business fell on hard times. but my issue with nicolas is that he didn't respect his mom. he was abusive, he was outspoken, he didn't really appreciate what she had built. and i knew i had to get to the root of the problem.

my business is a cannabis business, which is new to us. i have a delivery service, and before that, i was a hairstylist to all the silicon valley elite, which are -- and they work with a lot of startups here. i'm seeking this position to the small business commission because i see need for cannabis industry representation. as we know, the core of the economy of any city is their ability for small businesses to be sustainable and profitable. small businesses in our neighborhoods contribute to communities in both creating jobs and establishing safer neighborhoods for our residents. i look forward to contributing to ensure the small business commission to serve the public in the most effective and efficient way. cannabis, without question, is going to be a big tourist commodity, and with that being said, because i am on the other side of the business, and we do do deliveries to the tourists, i think i can have a fresh perspective on not only the cannabis, but even small businesses, being a small business owner. i've worked for the department

more businesses -- more business means the business thrives, it employs more people. more people means that they can buy from their neighbors. more business in, more sales is what does it for business. how can the city help? well, the city and county of san francisco is the largest employer in san francisco. it has almost four times more than the largest private employer, yet when the city has to buy a light bulb up here, they're going to go to know where mississippi if it's one penny cheaper to get it from them. why aren't they buying it from san francisco. you put the money back into san francisco businesses, we can thrive. the city does this all the time with their largest purchase, employees. they have a policy of getting prevailing wages, the highest and best wages because san francisco costs more, and we have very good employees. well, san francisco costs more for businesses, and we should also get higher prices for the people that sell here in the city. i think that's a way to help this whole problem. thank you. >> my name is hans hansen. i'm president of starb

it's about the second step of growth for businesses, not just that -- that incubative business. clark takes it a step further with continued mentorship. there's been countless times when i've called clark staff and asked their advice about my company profile, my pitch to a client or even how to approach certain business situations. this mentorship has continued on-site with the amazing help of stacey tosuda and rachel brown. clark means it when they value local growth. the warriors, construction and ma munsen have introduced us and continue to open money doors for work. clark has also held the most meetings on the warriors project. in one, they setup over 500 match making businesses like ours. they help facilitate one-on-one. it's hard to go up to people and meet them when they're bigger contracts. clark helps facilitate those meetings. they go beyond good faith effort, and as a result my family's business is now -- we're -- we're -- we're supplying and working on the chase center project, which is a sense of pride for us. clark also most recently held an open house for local co

businesses. all it does is line the pockets of abusers coming into our area that will target dozens of businesses in a day or week's time only to leave our community without even going into these businesses. in my district alone, barnwood restaurant, sued and shut down. sued.treet inn, county ford trucks, sued. city hall, sued. county sued. in my hometown, seven businesses less than a mile apart on the same road were sued by the same plaintiff. 43 businesses in the city of mow desso -- modesto from all sued by the same plaintiff. california has been ground zero for this abuse. even the state legislature in a state that is not considered conservative by any means, has a.d.a. lawsuit measures aimed at trying to curb this. the federal government has a job to fix this and that's one of the reasons that i'm co-author and support the a.d.a. education reform act. i especially support its provisions to increase business owner education on a.d.a. compliance, which i believe my amendment can help to streng

is businesses comply, the serial plaintiffs filing multiple lawsuits businesses st require that the businesses, even if they get the money, have to comply with the alleged violation. and this is happening throughout the united states. let me mention just a few of these. in florida, a plaintiff named howard coleman, filed 529 of these lawsuits. california, a person named vogel filed 124. pennsylvania, a playoff named mylo brought 21. and even in new york, the plaintiff brought 24 lawsuits. what are they doing? these plaintiffs may not even the in the state where violation is supposed to occur. these plaintiffs may not even be disabled themselves. but they will file the lawsuit against these businesses, the sometimes using google maps, to find a violation in the parking lot. send a letter from a law firm saying you comply with paying us this lawsuit, or paying us this shakedown, or we will continue the lawsuit. and many businesses file -- pay the extortion. it's become a profit industry. it doesn't help the disabled. contrary to what the other side has said, these lawsuits do not help the disabl

the chase mobile app available with business checking. chase for business.. and tank. and tiny. and this is laura's mobile dog grooming palace. laura can clean up a retriever that rolled in foxtails, but she's not much on "articles of organization." articles of what? so, she turned to legalzoom. they helped me out. she means we helped with her llc, trademark, and a lot of other legal stuff that's a part of running a business. so laura can get back to the dogs. would you sit still? this is laura's mobile dog grooming palace and this is where life meets legal. you'll have 49.9% of the business. erica: i would feel comfortable with at least 55%. lemonis: i would feel more comfortable if i had 55%, too. erica: i've never had to answer to anybody. maybe it's a control thing. lemonis: so, it's a "yes" or a "no"? deposit the check or you don't. erica: it's definitely a "yes." lemonis: okay. okay. now we're able to put actual dollars into growing our inventory, but in the mean time, erica has to put the finishing touches on all the recipes especially after the feedb

small business hiring. ok. i'm intrigued of the topic so i'm excited to see that someone's tackling it. >> yeah. you know, i think it's an exciting opportunity for this project. it makes a lot of sense in this project in particular. we're looking at 70% of the work would still be completed on site. the entire ground floor level as we talk about it now would be completed on site. mostly so you can achieve those large open spaces for community rooms and the units themselves and the connecting corridors constructed off site at a modular facility and this project lends itself well to that because there are not a lot of unit types. they're pretty standardized and it would definitely -- hopefully save us about six months in vertical construction time. we'll be putting out an r.f.q. or r.f.p. for modular provider. there is a couple of entities out there. there is a brand-new provider in vallejo. we'll be looking at what our options are. that the point, too, we'll have selected a provider so they will be able to weigh

and it is still a family business.that have run it and kept it very much for the next generation, thatis very much for the next generation, that is the key element, train within the house, bring in the next group of tailors and cutters that make the company. let's wallow in the history for a little bit, really amazing, you have brought in this ledger, it is really heavy, i'm going to try to show this to the viewers, basically... this is the first major book? 1846, he was a very clever gentleman, his father was a cloth merchant, but henry poole became a cutter and a bit of a dandy and a socialite, people like prince bertie and napoleon, came to him in1846... prince bertie and napoleon, came to him in 1846... his measurements prince bertie and napoleon, came to him in 1846. .. his measurements are in here. all handwritten. plenty in here. what do these numbers tell us, not only about the way we have changed, people getting taller and wider, but interesting insight into their lives, when they have been back a couple of ti

businesses face a huge challenge.to a real—time news cycle. the breadth of media and the fact that social media can now drive conversations about reputation online just makes the task much harderfor online just makes the task much harder for businesses. this online just makes the task much harderfor businesses. this is online just makes the task much harder for businesses. this is why the human led efforts are not as good as artificial intelligence at doing thesejobs at good as artificial intelligence at doing these jobs at such a scale. are robots better at spotting fake news than real people? algorithms can get it wrong. algorithms can get it wrong but humans can‘t do this at scale. we have to look at this combination of algorithms plus human led experts and that‘s synergy between the two i think it can ultimately help solve this problem. 0ne ultimately help solve this problem. one of the key things we need to understand is that there are a bunch of signals that can be tracked and monitored as they can use and these

our business." >> "your business" sponsored by american express open, helping you get business done. >>> hi, everyone. i'm jj ramberg. and welcome to "your business," the show dedicated to helping your growing business. heavy rain, strong winds and flooding. the city of houston is still rebuilding after the destruction left behind by hurricane harvey. the widespread damage forced houston to shut down which, as you can imagine, was a major blow for area businesses. one owner had a gut feeling that they were going to be tough times ahead, so he changed up his entire sales strategy to make sure that his business didn't become a victim, too. ♪ >> the store was absolutely shut. there was a decision to think outside the box and not be a statistic. >> it is hard to shake the images left behind from hurricane harvey in houston. >> the whole surrounding area was absolutely flooded. we were kind of on our own island. >> local business owner travis weaver feared for the future of his store. >> i knew if we di

which is why we try to get every single business in this room even if you are a really small businessven for the kid who was pitching to me in the court or giving me one of his product but every single person in this room has at least one problem even if it is trying to find a roof for the person sleeping in the street every day. if there is a problem in this world every single person will feel that much better for it and did six years time when they look back on their life for their career -- and their careers. and as the businesses get bigger you can adopt bigger podiums to use your entrepreneurial skills to take on the big problems in this world. we cannot let government solve the problems of the world they don't have those skills to do s so. [applause] and it is great fun. with that gathering. and to have people together with 300 organizations. and then we try to resolve them every year so can we use satellites so as businesses get more successful they are more entrepreneurial and aware than you get back into position when you can. >> that is tremendous. >> culture is really impor

business and t.v. . this is the place i come to basically how does the course in space are called i have. got you have guys of ideas they come together and it builds awesome things. so this is pretty much where you got started in exactly i was young then lots of ideas. and i decided to jump in and try one of you saying that this coffee shop was actually your first clinton it was. they really helped us it must be dear to you that you're you're helping out small businesses definitely one of the most frustrating thing about doing a business is fading you know and from my journey i realize that. if i had a better control of what's happening in the business then that would have made it easier to sustain it and to succeed and so that's the vision for him to create. an opportunity for people to build entire businesses and industries around one of the clients that's using them persisting is a smart fellow it's not a very innovative company what they do is they drive you home in your own car so they're. using all

and as we've done since 2016 with our small business acceleration program serving over 160 businesses, we've certainly seen some success there. we certainly have a long way to go, but it's a great start in supporting those businesses. now to talk about the planning department, i want to invite up aaron starr from the planning department. >> good afternoon, supervisors, aaron starr, manager of legislative affairs for the planning department. i want to go over the tools that we have to help the planning corridors, and help shape more inviting commercial spaces and corridors. so the first tool is the individually named neighbor commercial districts. there are two typed of nc districts in the see. there's general neighbor commercial districts like nc-1, 2, and 3, they're individually named like noriega, and folsom. unlike individual named nc districts, region district presents its own challenges, and there's not one set of solutions for every district. next, vertical zoning controls are utilized more in the city's nc districts although they are used to a lesser extent in districts like th

business than a big business formulating strategy?r. porter: a small business has less resources, less math, capital, so they have to be very clear about who they are trying to serve, who they are trying to create a competitive advantage with. they cannot cover it up with sheer resources and math. i love talking to small business owners about strategy because they are people that -- they listen, and if they believe you, they do it, whereas in so many big companies, it is a complicated political process to get the company to move in any direction. it is very refreshing to me. is it more challenging in the sense you don't have a team to help you formulate your strategy? you have to come up with it on your own, do all of it. is that a bigger challenge for small business? at some level it is a strength because too many bigger companies delegate strategy to these outsiders who, frankly, don't do it very well. consulting is very good at getting data, understanding your environment, getting better, kind of, visibility on the industry, but al

and welcome to "your business," the show dedicated to helping your growing business. a couple years ago we went to santa monica, california, to meet the founder of dog vaca. an online service to match dog owners with pet sitters. the last year, everything changed for this company when their biggest competitor acquired it in all stock deal. we decided to find out what it takes to merge develop different cultures, two different teams and two different platforms in a way that makes sense for both the company and the customers. it was just another regular work day at the santa monica headquarters of pet sitter booking company dog vaca, that is until it wasn't. >> that morning our ceo called an all-hands meeting and brought the whole company in, sat us down and said, we're being acquired by rover, which was kind of a shock for us. >> it was a shock for the employees, but not for the executive team. they had been working on this for years. aaron easterly, the ceo of seattle-based rover, dog vaca's biggest competitor, had always considered the possibility of merging the two

we run a good business. we take care of the business.t that we tell other people when they say to you, "it's not possible," you say to them, "i'm an example. it's possible." and you have to really be a leader and show people that. that's why i invested in you because i felt like you earned the shot, and you are one unbelievable mother. lisa: thank you. lemonis: i guess most importantly, i wanted both of them to know that they are worthy, and they deserve to be here. this is for you. you've earned it. that's your key. and i have a very strong feeling that in years to come, this thing is gonna be huge. it's time to run a business. cory: wahoo! lemonis: okay? lisa: thank you. thanks. ♪ we got an office ♪ we got an office, we got an office ♪ cory: oh. mom, look. headphones. ♪... giordano: faded royalty designed by rocco. lemonis: a streetwear designer tries to storm the new york fashion world. giordano: we're rebels in the fashion business. we do what we want. lemonis: but he can't get out of his own way. giordano: this is what's been holdin

is businesses comply, the serial plaintiffs filing multiple lawsuits businesses st require that the businesses, even if they get the money, have to comply with the alleged violation. and this is happening throughout the united states. let me mention just a few of these. in florida, a plaintiff named howard coleman, filed 529 of these lawsuits. california, a person named vogel filed 124. pennsylvania, a playoff named mylo brought 21. and even in new york, the plaintiff brought 24 lawsuits. what are they doing? these plaintiffs may not even the in the state where violation is supposed to occur. these plaintiffs may not even be disabled themselves. but they will file the lawsuit against these businesses, the sometimes using google maps, to find a violation in the parking lot. send a letter from a law firm saying you comply with paying us this lawsuit, or paying us this shakedown, or we will continue the lawsuit. and many businesses file -- pay the extortion. it's become a profit industry. it doesn't help the disabled. contrary to what the other side has said, these lawsuits do not help the disabl

after i finished in college, i wanted to go into business and get a good business experience. i had worked at fidelity during the summers, so i came here to new york and i worked in the strategy practice for management consulting firm booz allen hamilton, you know well, and that was a great experience. i had been a liberal arts undergrad, so being immersed in business analytic challenges was a terrific experience. david: did your father say, ok, now you have an obligation to come into the family business? abigail: he never said i had an obligation to come into the family business. and it is interesting because both of my parents always encouraged me and my siblings to do what we wanted to do. do the things that we were most passionate about with our lives. and my father in particular, he, his family, his father's family, before his father had become a lawyer, they had a dry goods store. and they had run it in their family for a couple of generations. and his uncle had been pressured by his family to go work in the dry goods store. and he hated it. he did not enjoy the work. he

real estate business appreciated 20%. we think there is a real opportunity to continue to grow there. the real estate business today is in an interesting point where you have concerns about interest rate increases and there are weak performance over the course of the last 6 to 9 months being impacted by that. being a counter balance to the fact that real estate values themselves should be going up. that creates a pocket of opportunity. the way we do it where we pick sectors we like, medical office, senior active living. certain regions of the country does present a chance to take advantage of what we think are dislocations from pricing and yet still taking advantage of economic tail winds. maria: we are living longer and that's creating opportunities. >> one of the most of underring areas in real estate today is in europe. we have a turbo charged relatively speaking economy and the real estate market hasn't been growing the last five or six years. maria: thanks for joining us. the carlisle group's co-veo, glenn young kib.

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say it's doing to business.mbers of commerce has accused theresa may of "continued ambiguity". the eu's brexit negotiator urged mrs may's government to clarify its position. michael barnier said without a customs union and outside the single market, barriers to trade are inevitable. one vital sector that wants clarity is services. it accounts for 45% of the uk's total exports, in everything from financial services, it, design, tourism, education, accountancy and law. it makes britain the world's second—largest exporter after the us. and recruiters are nervous, too. the number of london jobs available in december fell a dramatic 52% month—on—month, a far bigger drop than the same month in previous years, according to morgan mckinley. anastassia beliakova is head of trade policy from the british chambers of commerce. we outline some issues that you as an organisation had of this open letter to theresa may and her government. you are asking for a united party to deliver clarity, easier said than done. we know the p

some businesses don't want to change. they've -- they've been in their business for dlever, and they don't want to change or they may not be able to overcome fundamental challenges, like a lack of market demand for what they're selling or their services. and that brings us to assisting individual businesses is not enough. it's actually the strong -- the district, the importance of the district really influences the aspects of businesses. so we found that retail businesses function as part of -- as part of the neighborhood commercial districts. and they rely on each other and other businesses in the districts and food traffic in a way that cannot be accomplished by themselves, so customers may come to an ncd to shop or get groceries or get a haircut, and then they may stop and shop at other stores when they're there, so each individual business can provide some of the foot traffic that helps support other businesses. other drivers of retail demand include local employers, people on their break at work and cultural, educati

real estate business appreciated 20%.e think there is a real opportunity to continue to grow there. the real estate business today is in an interesting point where you have concerns about interest rate increases and there are weak performance over the course of the last 6 to 9 months being impacted by that. being a counter balance to the fact that real estate values themselves should be going up. that creates a pocket of opportunity. the way we do it where we pick sectors we like, medical office, senior active living. certain regions of the country does present a chance to take advantage of what we think are dislocations from pricing and yet still taking advantage of economic tail winds. maria: we are living longer and that's creating opportunities. >> one of the most of underring areas in real estate today is in europe. we have a turbo charged relatively speaking economy and the real estate market hasn't been growing the last five or six years. maria: thanks for joining us. the carlisle group's co-veo, glenn young kib. d

not capable of running the business? lemonis: she spent way too much money. andre: she's been running the business for five years, and the profitability is close to zero. lemonis: now, colossal debts have clogged her cash flow. how much debt do you have? erica: it's probably about half a million. andre: shoot. half a million dollars. lemonis: ...bringing her business and her family to the brink. erica: why should i share information with him if he doesn't share information with me? lemonis: ask him. if i can't get her to understand that she cannot do it all on her own... erica: i just love cooking on my own, without people telling me how to do it, and what to do. lemonis: ...southern culture will be cooked. honestly, that's [bleep] up. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning, wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning, wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change. everything. but

the small business commission reviewed 8 applications and listed all 8 businesses on the legacy business registry. since the program began there have been 20 200 nominations. $750 in applications received. 120 were review and 119 businesses were listed on the registry. nominations received in october through december were for legal referral panel. babylon screen prints. motor lodge. eddie's cafe. little joe's pizza, mindful body. the bakery. pioneer and san francisco market corporation. many have been legacy businesses. >> i have a quick question. you go back to the last slide. some of these have not come up yet. they are still in process? >> in processor just been nominated and haven't provided us with an application. >> okay, thank you. >> sometimes the supervisors nominate the businesses and we reach out to see if they are interested in applying. >> thank you. >> for business assistance services the legacy provided technical assistance to 24 unduplicated clients, 110 hours of difficulties this fiscal year. since the program launched it has served 53 unique clients and provided 464 hou

you're watching business live.and aer lingus, has posted a 19% rise in annual profit. the firm's been benifiting from a shake—up amongst european carriers and rising fares. it's been a busy week for corporate earnings. some of the world's biggest companies reported an interesting set of results including barclays and the mining giant glencore. let's get more on this with our economics correspondent andrew walker. starting with barclays bank, because it has been, really, there has been a backlash after profits were hit with a string of charges. indeed, they made an operating profit but they made an operating profit but they had a number of special things they had a number of special things they needed to make provisions for in their accounts. there was this familiar thing that we have with the banks of conduct problems from the past, particularly associated in the case of ba rclays past, particularly associated in the case of barclays bank with payment protection insurance. that accounted for more than half of a £1.

and i fix failing businesses. this business last year did $50 million of business.tunately, we didn't make any money. you guys sell a lot, but there's one thing that you don't do very well. what is that? >> collect. >> collect money. so last night at dinner, i made a deal with alan and howard. and i'm putting in a million dollars. but you know what they forgot to do last night? they forgot to ask me for my money. it's a theme, but it's not funny. because your paychecks and the rent, all get paid when we collect the money, not when the stuff leaves on the truck. there's the money. >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> from this point forward, i'm in charge. the first thing we're gonna do is fix the accounts receivable process, so that i know for sure what meats coming in and what meat's going out. i wanna know how much we're selling, how much we're collecting, and who owes what. we're gonna start by getting on the phone, and calling these customers that owe us money. we need to be paid. and from now on, when we deliver meat, we need to get paid on time. we are no

less than 3% of american businesses ever export anything.o try to correct this, the commerce department has established foreign commercial service teams in 73 major cities throughout the u.s.. we are also present in 108 international cities and embassies abroad. you will be happy to hear they do not charge for their services, but they can guide you to make overseas business connections possibly overseas investments and help you deal with the complexities of initiating international activities. especially businesses like yours can develop and export through e-commerce. i was in laos recently and i ran into a young american couple that started a business over the internet selling high-end fabrics to the interior decorating communities in new york, paris and other major cities. they never left mouse to do it. they bring into social media and e-commerce and i think it's a very important thing to think about. one graduate of the program here today is natalie from catalyst enterprise in salt lake city. [applause] i guess she has a large family. [l

we continue to grow these other profitability of ebay faster parts of her business, -- of our businessdo anything to change the profitability profile. emily: when will we be able to buy things on amazon? john: hopefully we can do something there. to the extent we have unfettered ability with as many markets after that. emily: how has tax reform impact in your forecasts and desire for m&a? john: we generate a lot of cash flow offshore, so tax reform is an unmitigated benefit for us. we will see our effective tax rates stay in the same range. we give guidance yesterday of 17%. taxes will go up slightly, because of the so-called guilty tax that will be imposed internationally. emily: this means you have more flexibility for m&a. what might you be interested in, bill payment, lending? john: all of the above. there are two categories we look at in m&a, one is expanding our geographic footprint. we are over 200 markets in the world. we would love to be bigger in some markets. there are a lot of complementary services payments like bill pay, like international money that are good for our cust

ramberg and welcome to "your business" the show dedicated to helping your growing business. heavy rain, strong winds and flooding. the city of houston is still building after the destruction left behind by hurricane harvey. the damage forced houston to shut down which was a major blow for area businesses. one owner had a gut feeling that there were going to be tough times ahead. he changed up his sales strategy to make sure his business didn't become a victim, too. >> the store was absolutely shut down. there was an immediate decision to be proactive and think outside of the box and not be a statistic. >> reporter: it's hard to shake the images of the devastation left behind by hurricane harvey in houston. >> the whole surrounding area was absolutely flooded. we were kind of on our own little island thankfully. >> reporter: travis weaver knew the situation was dire and he feared for the future of his store. >> i knew that if we didn't do the right things that this business would absolutely close its doors, no if, ands or buts about it. >> reporter: the owner of manready merc

short lived celebrations diner clocks up record numbers but shareholders think it's all monkey business following revelations the german call make a run emissions test all monkeys as well as human striving its stock price down. also coming up the great wall of china just got a little higher as beijing begins its crackdown on v.p.n. is a case of state said it's a ship or a clever way to nurture homegrown tech. and if it doesn't rain in the next couple of months south africans will be left high and dry. this is your business update on how at home for a valid good to have you with us diana has just had its most successful year the german com maker sold more cars than ever before and chalked up its highest profit we're talking close to eleven billion euros the road ahead doesn't look as good though with warnings of stagnating profits due to the hefty cost of developing new tech to keep up and the company has another scandal on its hands the question of those tests on monkeys and humans. the boss of diamond detail had some reason to smile twenty seventeen was the best year in the company's h