30/01/2013 World Business Report

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Will new handsets be able to turnaround the fortunes of the

maker of the Blackberry, RIM? And a group of Nigerian farmers

will find out today whether they've won a landmark ruling against oil

Welcome to World Business Report. I'm Sally Bundock. It has been a

while since Blackberry has generated this much excitement, at

least among tech watchers. The Canadian firm unveils the

Blackberry 10, its newest operating system, and a new line of handsets

to go with it. The manufacturer, Research in Motion, hopes it will

help revive the company's fortunes. Michelle Fleury, who is in New York,

In response to requests from his employees, he is giving staff the

choice between De BlackBerry or smartphone rivals including Apple

and Samsung. Most of my direct reports, who are gander Ben me, I

have given them the option on whether they won two years the

phone mac or at the BlackBerry. -- younger than me. What can it

Research in Motion do to win back customers? It is counting on is

much delayed Blackberry 10 operating system and new handsets

to get consumers excited. In anticipation, it has added

thousands of applications. BlackBerry unease this to succeed.

If you look at it share price, this is the lower it hit in September.

Since then, the share price has climbed even as high as $18 a share.

It has been a tough couple of years. It suffered a series of surveys

outages. And has seen its dominant position in the market does appear

to Apple and Samsung, who have been quicker to adapt. This is the

person behind a black beret's -- BlackBerry's comeback. He needs to

see consumers have some level of excitement. The bar is reasonably

low. We're not looking for it to overtake app or Samsung. If they

achieve 5% market share, a home run. A far cry from its of glory days

when BlackBerry nearly a cat -- candid for nearly half of all of US

phone shipments. And for more on this story, go to

A group of Nigerian farmers will hear today whether their case

against Dutch oil giant Shell has been successful. They want the

judges to force Shell to clean up the mess created by oil leaks in

three villages, repair and maintain the defective pipelines, and pay

Shell denies responsibility, saying the leaks are caused by sabotage

and theft and that they do try to clean up the spills. Liesbet

Enneking is from the University of Utrecht and has been studying the

Thank you. Who do you think will win this case? It is very difficult

to predict fire a number of reasons. First of all, we are not sure what

type of bullying be caught will issue today. It maybe the final

rolling or it maybe an interloping rolling, asking for a further

briefings on -- on certain issues. This is the first case of its type

that has been brought in front of a thatched court. We have seen

similar cases in other countries. But we have seen very few Rawlings

on the merits. What I can say is that the plane trees maybe in a

slight disadvantage at this point in time. -- plaintiffs. The court

has refused their request for disclosures of certain documents by

Nick Royal Dutch Shell. The court may say they have not substantially

-- have not proved their claims. But we really do not know at this

point. We will have to wait and see. It is being closely watched.

Everybody is saying it was set a precedent. Why is it you need?

are seeing a worldwide trend to some mad types of cases. -- some LR.

-- similar. We have seen many been brought in the US, and in the UK.

This is the first case of its type to be have -- to have been brought

in front of a court in Holland. Yesterday, Beijing was engulfed by

pollution more than 20 times higher than world safety levels. That is

the second time in two weeks. The thick smog forced airlines to

cancel flights and prompted government warnings for residents

to stay indoors. The smog is putting a dampener on the yearly

spring rush ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday which officially

begins next Saturday. Our China correspondent joins me now from

What is it like today? Take a look behind me. This is the view out of

a window at the neck. Not good. It is pretty salty. Not quite as bad

as yesterday. You cannot see through it. Yesterday, it was even

worse. The level of pollution here is one third lower Benn yesterday.

The government says the air quality reading is heavily polluted. The

American embassy has its own monitoring. It usually comes out

higher. They say it is hazarded. Old people, children, they are all

advice to stay indoors. Everyone else is told only to go outside but

did not exercise. And no-one with any heart condition, respiratory

condition, should be done outside either. This is about 15 times the

daily exposure levels. A couple of weeks ago, it was 40 times that.

This does not feel too bad compared to what it has been. Good job you

are indoors. Tower asked the impact this has had. Flights had to be

grounded. -- tell us about the impact. The chapel problems

yesterday it affected not just Beijing, it affected a huge part of

north-east China. The government said an area about twice the size

of France was affected by this. No wind conditions. The pollution was

building up. This comes from power plants, cold power, industrial

emissions, a vehicle emissions. Yesterday, they are were several

dozen flights delayed. There are more problems at the airport this

morning. In other cities, it was worse. 100 flights were cancelled

in another city. This is happening when China is warming up to the

spring holiday. It could cause some serious problems, if it continues.

Thank you. The world's biggest online retailer has announced a

rise in sales. Amazon revenues went up by 22% in the last three months

of 2012. Strong sales of more profitable products like e-books

and online movies went down well with investors. But net profit

On to another taxing issue - this time in the world of fashion. The

trial of design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana get's underway

in Milan. They are accused of evading more

than 400 million euros in tax. The trial coincides with prime

minister's Mario Monti's war on tax evasion as he tries to restore