Net Neutrality Rules Weakened by US Regulator

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Regulators in the United States have decided to scrap rules which required internet service providers to treat all traffic equally, following months of heated public debate. Brian Fung of the Washington Post considers what difference this will make for internet users in America. Also in the programme, Walt Disney has agreed to buy the bulk of 21st Century Fox's business for $52.4bn. The BBC's Andrew Neil, who used to be a Murdoch editor, explains more. Josephine Livingstone, culture staff writer at the New Republic magazine talks to Roger Hearing about why has a piece about a woman who dates an older man and then becomes disenchanted with him has gone viral. Business Matters is joined by Shalini Mahtani, MBE and Co-Founder of The Zubin Foundation in Hong Kong and Diane Brady in New York. (PIC CREDIT: Chip Somadevilla)