And World Business report. The rise and rise of fake views. As more advertising dollars are spent on Line Companies are being warned to make sure they get what they pay for. And two of indias largest Telecoms Firms, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, are merging to become indias Largest Telecoms operator. Welcome to World Business report. A very warm a very warm welcome. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, the president of uber says he is leaving the company after less than six months in the job. Well have the details in a moment. But first one thing that all businesses have in common, regardless of what they do, is advertising. Making yourself known brings in customers and their cash. But advertising can also be a sizeable investment, and whatever size of business you have, you dont want to be ripped off. Thats bound to be discussed at one of the industrys big annual events starting in london in the next few hours. So, how much is spent on advertising . Worldwide, across all forms
but you look at this in the context of what is going on at the time, the russians are embarked on this massive media campaign to tilt the election in trump s favor. you ve got manafort trying to get money or get debt relief from these oligarchs like deripaska that he has owed money oreos money to, offering data on the campaign. you ve got at the same time this lower that we learned more about, veselnitskaya, who was indicted this week setting up this meeting in trump tower, having this close relationship with the russian government, offering dirt, the president s son saying they would love to get that dirt, and the president seeking this deal in trump tower and seeking kremlin help to put it together while lying about it to the american people. all of that is going on in a matter of the same months. it is a situation rife with conflict, a hornet s nest of compromise, and it s no wonder that the special counsel is concerned about this, as we are. congressman, mr. chairman, those tha
relevant information as well. what i find so striking about all of this, and you re asking the right questions, why would the russians want this data, what use would they make of it, but you look at this in the context of what is going on at the time, the russians are embarked on this massive media campaign to tilt the election in trump s favor. you ve got manafort trying to get money or get debt relief from these oligarchs like deripaska that he has owed money or owes money to, offering data on the campaign. you ve got at the same time this lower that we learned more about, veselnitskaya, who was indicted this week setting up this meeting in trump tower, having this close relationship with the russian government, offering dirt, the president s son saying they would love to get that dirt, and the president seeking this deal in trump tower and seeking kremlin help to put it together while lying about it to the american people. all of that is going on in a matter of the same months. it i