it will also begin selling rakuten's ereaders. you might recognize that name.warriors' big sponsors now. >>> super bowl lii is almost here. but there's a lot of focus on february 5th the day after the big game. there's a push to make it a day off from work with pay. nearly three-quarters of human resource managers say they think the day after the super bowl should be a paid national holiday. a new survey from the firm office team finds more than 25% of american workers admit to calling in sick the day after the big game. i'm pam cook, and that's your business news. >> stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> patients at a small hospital in south korea were trapped by a fast-moving fire. 37 people were killed, many of the victims had no warning about the fire because the building didn't have smoke detectors. greg palkot reports. >> dozens are dead and more than 100 injured after a fire broke at a hospital in miryang friday. the flames engulfed the first floor before the firefighters arrived. >> we stopped the fire spreading from the first floor to the second floor

us retail giant walmart has struck a deal with rakuten, an online grocery delivery service in japan.siness. it has faced disappointment in the brazilian market as well as in britain from competitive discount retailers, such as, lidl and aldi. china's smartphone market on the other hand is more competitive than ever. for the first time, smartphone shipments in china have fallen, according to a report from industry analysts canalys. in a saturated market manufacturers are struggling to stand out. huawei though bucked the trend growing shipments by 9%. oppo and vivo were the biggest losers. a quick look at the matters. brett allupa a quick look at the matters. brett all up a bit. quite a good day today. a slightly weaker dollar at the moment. just eat up 3%. just eat the moment. just eat up 3%. just eat the best performer. we will have more later. much more coming up in the next hour. talking more about davos, president trump, but let's have a look at the weather before that. lots of dry, bright weather around, but not feeling particularly born. you can see plenty of those guys sentin y

in return wal-mart will help rakuten, this is a push of wal-mart to compete with amazon.ryl: you would still need a device to read books from. you can buy it from -- anyway. just pointed out. dell is thinking about going public, is this a discussion again? >> dell reportedly looking at purchasing cloud infrastructure company. if the company pursued a public listing, it would be one of the biggest ipo's which would give the companies to pay down debt. dell went public and investment form silver lake. cheryl: they just merged with emc. that was the biggest technology merger in the globe. lauren: let's have some fun. krispy kreme, they announced new limited edition doughnut flavor and i'm disappointed and cheryl is disappointed. tracee: i am too. cheryl: i heard two different flavors. i've heard two -- fake news, what is it? tracee: the new flavor that voters have picked is lemon. that's what voters have chosen. nearly 2 million voters cast online ballots from january 16th through the 22nd, the voters pick will be featured on the menu for one week this spring, the choices we

. >> so rakuten helping walmart get into e-booke-books, slightlr in the game. >>> target rgetting ready off against amazon. the company getting ready to start its first same-day delivery services. the plan is to have the service in a majority of service in stores by the time the holidays come around. it's $99 a year for membership >> there we go the subject of companies moving into new areas,tencent is getting into the movie business. the company taking a stake in u.s. film production company sky dance media, co-producer of th star trek and mission impossible franchises shares of tencent rose nearly 3% in hong kong today big jump initially hong kong has been on a tear as a broader index so far this year and last year. tencent a strong performer >>> still ahead, president trump responding to a news report that he wanted to fire special counsel robert mueller last june those comments coming up >> first here is the national weather forecast from bill karins >> good friday morning to you. this weekend a rain storm moving across the country that's about it. a quiet day today and the january

us retail giant walmart has struck a deal with rakuten, an online grocery delivery service in japan.ompetitive than ever. for the first time ever, smartphone shipments in china have fallen, according to a report from industry analysts canalys. in a saturated market, manufacturers are struggling to stand out. huawei though bucked the trend growing shipments by 9%. oppo and vivo were the biggest losers. a quick british shares rose across the board last friday as buyers return to the market following two days of declines. the index, it dated briefly, before giving up some of those gains. against the usual, it has also strengthened. the biggest rise at the moment asjust has also strengthened. the biggest rise at the moment as just eat. that‘s all the business news. council say they would need to triple their road repair budgets to tackle a vast backlog are potholes. a transport correspondent victoria fritz has more. it does not take a lot to try and damage a car. you try to avoid them, but sometimes you cannot. it is a bit dangerous to the car. after the bad weather, they seem to appear.