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customers have mostly shrugged off the higher menu prices and the revenue has gone up. whats going on there? >> both of those companies, walmart and mcdonalds are facing higher costs as is practically every company right now. the difference however is mcdonalds has been able to pass on some of the higher costs. walmart cant do that as much because their whole brand is centered around being a low-cost retailer. its having to eat some of the costs and thats why its warning about profit. ...

Etiqutte guide about how to behave online and at music festivals. And today, as the worlds most famous investor, warren buffett, is being used to sell cherry cola in china, we want to know, which Celebrity Endorsements have convinced you to make a purchase. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. We start in india, where the uk Finance Minister is leading a trade delegation. Its a two day visit, where Philip Hammond will stress that britain is open for business and looking for new trade deals, as the u...

South africas battered economy tries to recover from a double downgrade, but it wont be easy especially trying to borrow money from its internationalfriends. And all on board. Yep, how a group of enterprising berliners, fed up with paying ever more for their daily Train Tickets clubbed together to crowd fund their own train line. Were going to take a ride with them. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. Welcome to the programme. If you give me your eight minutes, i will give me ...

Markets. And well be getting the inside track on one start up that is taking used batteries and giving them a second life. As the boss of United Airlines, we wa nt to as the boss of United Airlines, we want to know when have you wished youd apologised sooner . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. As south africas president jacob zuma celebrates His 75th Birthday, the festivities may be rather more low key than usual. In less than a week, the countrys members of parliament a...

Credit ratings agencies don’t necessarily predict market outcomes in the way many investors believe.

Real estate managers’ AUM fell during the year ended in June, S&P might downgrade Brookfield Real Estate

First Republic Bank is hemorrhaging value after Standard and Poors cut its rating to junk status on Wednesday amid broader fears about the banking sector in the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

Alan Knott-Craig writes that if the positive scenario pans out, “by some miracle, South Africa might be the place to be” in the coronavirus pandemic.

Risks a 70s style energy crisis and its long been mr putins calculation that western governments and western populations wont want to pay a price so high. even a conversation about sanctions on russias oil saw the price of a barrel of crude oil leak to a ia year high this morning before settling still up on the day. even before this, pump petrol prices are now on average £155 a litre and heading higher. russias economy is already taking a hit. brute heading higher. russias economy is already ta...

Our business correspondent theo leggett has more. as russian weapons pound ukrainian cities, western nations have been trying to cripple russias economy through sanctions. theyre taking effect. the currency has crumbled and western businesses have moved out. those consequences, the severity of the economic sanctions and other measures that have been taken, are well beyond what i think many people anticipated and are certainly unprecedented. and theyre having a dramatic impact already. we see the...