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Business Matters: Canada Shootings, Ottawa in Lockdown 23 Oct 14

Thu, 23 Oct 14

Rob Young is joined by Lily Kuo of Quartz website and by Ben Johnson host of Marketplace Tech to discuss the day's news. We hear from Canada where a gunman has been shot dead after killing a soldier who was guarding a war memorial. Laura Payton from CBC gives us the details while Elizabeth May, leader of Canada's Green Party gave us the latest from inside the parliament precint which has been in lockdown after the gunman opened fire there. Plus as Microsoft ditches the Nokia brand, we hear why it's such a loss to Nokia's home, Finland. We go to Switzerland where coffee creamer cartons with pictures of Hitler and Mussolini on their lids have caused an outcry. Diccon Bewes tells us about the country's uneasy relationship with its World War 2 role. And we hear from traders in Calcutta who are reporting massive increases in sales ahead of the festival of light, Diwali