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:00:00. > :00:00.at Corpus Christi Catholic College. Now on BBC News all the latest

:00:00. > :00:18.business news live from Singapore. Twitter shares plunge as it

:00:19. > :00:24.struggles to attract new users and excite current ones with new

:00:25. > :00:30.product. Tropical paradise, a visit to a beach resort in Indonesia. Find

:00:31. > :00:41.out if this man has one of the coolest jobs. Hello and welcome. We

:00:42. > :00:46.start with shares of Twitter which have tumbled even after the company

:00:47. > :00:54.said its revenue more than doubled. The social media site continued to

:00:55. > :00:58.make money from advertising and raised its outlook for the rest of

:00:59. > :01:08.the year. It has yet to make a profit. When twitter went public

:01:09. > :01:16.last November, the bluebird sort and on its first trading day shares were

:01:17. > :01:23.almost 73%. Not so after it reported its first`quarter earnings when

:01:24. > :01:29.stocks fell nearly 10%. It reported a net loss of or an hundred. On the

:01:30. > :01:35.bright side, revenue more than doubled from advertising. To

:01:36. > :01:44.highlight its reach, big events like the Oscars were pointed to. In the

:01:45. > :01:48.two days after the Oscars, there were 3.3 billion views of tweets

:01:49. > :01:54.just about that show. That kind of impact is why we now have

:01:55. > :02:03.partnerships in 11 countries and it is what has enabled us to build

:02:04. > :02:12.partnerships and to highlight the movements of the moment. But here is

:02:13. > :02:18.why do you use Twitter? No I don't. I do not like to look at that kind

:02:19. > :02:31.of stuff. Do you used which are? No I don't, I am sorry. `` twitter. It

:02:32. > :02:36.might not be mainstream that it is Bill signing up new users. The pace

:02:37. > :02:41.however is slowing down, not what investors want to see from a young

:02:42. > :02:50.Anthony. It is a substantial number. `` company. There are a

:02:51. > :02:55.number of other comparable applications that seem to be used by

:02:56. > :03:01.far more people, far more regularly. Like Facebook. When it

:03:02. > :03:06.was this size, you'd users were still rushing to sign up. Investors

:03:07. > :03:11.signed up on the expectation of rapid growth so even though the

:03:12. > :03:20.company said it would make more money than previously forecast, it

:03:21. > :03:27.was not enough to impress Wall Street. Continuing with that theme,

:03:28. > :03:33.eBay is repatriating much of its overseas work back to the US. This

:03:34. > :03:36.will see it paying taxes of $3 billion and the cash would help its

:03:37. > :03:42.excess funds for any potential acquisitions in the company. It is

:03:43. > :03:49.widely seen as a way to avoid tax rates overseas. Lawyers for Samsung

:03:50. > :03:55.have accused them of copying features of the iPod. They have said

:03:56. > :04:03.that is how the company turned itself into the dominant player in

:04:04. > :04:06.the smart phone market. It is now involved in a high`stakes patent

:04:07. > :04:12.trial which could cause billions of dollars in damages. The Japanese by

:04:13. > :04:19.minister begins a six stop tour of Europe today where he will be

:04:20. > :04:23.visiting the following entries with the aim of expanding trade ties. It

:04:24. > :04:29.comes hot on the heels of President Obama's meeting with him in Tokyo.

:04:30. > :04:31.There is a push for a major trade deal known as the transpacific

:04:32. > :04:43.partnership but there was little progress. We are speaking to an

:04:44. > :04:48.economist about this. When advantage is that Europe is still negotiating.

:04:49. > :04:56.It is more about bilateral thing where it's in the US, it is much

:04:57. > :05:04.lower and Japanese carmakers are already producing many cars in the

:05:05. > :05:11.US. How much is the Prime Minister counting on such trade deals? We

:05:12. > :05:17.have seen his policies to try to boost growth in Japan so how much do

:05:18. > :05:22.trade deals figure? It is very important. China is not part of it

:05:23. > :05:32.so Japan has some kind of edge over them. For the things that he wants

:05:33. > :05:40.to achieve, he is laying the foundations by getting the TPP into

:05:41. > :05:46.the country and posting imports and exports. Agriculture has to become

:05:47. > :05:53.more competitive. And at the moment it is not, the Japanese still have

:05:54. > :06:03.many protective measures in places. It is extremely conservative. They

:06:04. > :06:10.export of very little agriculture. There is better news for Japan with

:06:11. > :06:15.government data showing a economic rise coming as the anchor of Japan

:06:16. > :06:31.meets expectations that is set to keep them steady. A tax hike could

:06:32. > :06:34.threaten their target of 2%. Preliminary data for the first

:06:35. > :06:41.quarter shows that domestic consumption has helped to offset

:06:42. > :06:51.weak exports. If confirmed, the economy of Taiwan could grow by

:06:52. > :06:56.3.4%. China's against bank has posted 11 points $7 billion of net

:06:57. > :07:01.profit in the first quarter. It is the last of the big lenders to post

:07:02. > :07:07.first or the earnings and all of them have reported that her than

:07:08. > :07:12.expected results despite the fact that shares at the big four banks

:07:13. > :07:18.have fallen. If you are tired of crunching the numbers then you may

:07:19. > :07:33.fancy an escape from the office with sand, sun and sea. For one man, this

:07:34. > :07:43.is where he gets to work a day in and day out. We checked out his

:07:44. > :07:49.island career. A tropical paradise. A scuba divers secret. People come

:07:50. > :07:54.here to escape their jobs but this man called at his home office. My

:07:55. > :08:00.wife and I own this resort and we have four small bungalows. We have a

:08:01. > :08:05.diving centre and we try to make sure that our guests have a

:08:06. > :08:10.wonderful time here. We have the most fantastic diving in the world.

:08:11. > :08:15.They built their resort in 2006 after having dived here on holiday.

:08:16. > :08:21.He is a certified diving instructor but these days he only does it for

:08:22. > :08:26.fun. It is definitely the main draw. It is the hidden paradise of

:08:27. > :08:33.this area. Or is not too much current, it is full of coral and it

:08:34. > :08:43.is very colourful. So how did he pay for this lifetime of holiday? I had

:08:44. > :08:47.a good job and so did my wife, here in Indonesia. We saved a lot of

:08:48. > :08:52.money and I sold everything I had and started this business with my

:08:53. > :08:58.wife. How were you sure that it was going to work? You can never be sure

:08:59. > :09:02.but I was living in the Netherlands and I always had this dream of

:09:03. > :09:08.starting my own company in a nice tropical location. But this dream

:09:09. > :09:12.location also has its downside. Logistics are not the easiest. We

:09:13. > :09:20.have to arrange everything ourselves. Air is no electricity and

:09:21. > :09:26.it takes up to 2.5 hours to reach the closest big city if you want to

:09:27. > :09:31.go shopping. You had better make sure you get everything in one go.

:09:32. > :09:36.But you get to live in a place where most people have to pay a fortune to

:09:37. > :09:44.get to. Do you think you have a cool job? What could be better than this.

:09:45. > :09:48.``? I live in paradise and enjoyed my time with my daughters and my

:09:49. > :09:58.dogs. I get time to read with them and teach them to swim. I don't know

:09:59. > :10:02.anything better than this. His advice to those who want to do what

:10:03. > :10:11.he is doing is not to be afraid, you may just succeed and have a

:10:12. > :10:23.wonderful life. Let's take a look at the markets now. The Nikkei is

:10:24. > :10:29.rising now and the markets are taking their leads from there but

:10:30. > :10:48.others are lower. That is it for now. Thank you for watching. The

:10:49. > :10:50.main news stories. A senior member of the International Olympic

:10:51. > :10:51.Committee has described Brazil's