World. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. We want to start in hong kong, where the chaos continues. Police and protesters clashed again after violent weekend standups. The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman reiterated beijings support for the police force, calling the protesters extremely violent criminals. Precedent, you can see what is happening in hong kong right now is not a peaceful demonstration. It has turned into a violent protest against ordinary people led by a small group of extreme violent criminals. Alix joining me from hong kong is karen leigh. Walk us through the significance of what happened over the weekend in terms of escalation at the university. Anotherong kong had week of chaos after a week that has paralyzed part of the city. Carrie lam and other officials are urging protesters at the university to surrender, even as activists are calling for more rallies near the campus to support these demonstrators cured police and protesters
Its been tough several months for elon musk s firm its been struggling with falling sales because of intense competition from its chinese rivals. Well have some analysis shortly but first, heres our Business Correspondent erin delmore. Its been a rocky road for tesla this year. Interest rates are taking a bite out of Purchasing Power and pushing big purchases out of reach, competition with china especially rival vehicle maker byob is heating up, sales are falling and so is teslas stock. Its fallen more than 40 this year, the company is cutting prices and announced lay off, then on tuesday it reported its First Quarter earnings. Missing expectations on earning and revenue. The company is anticipating lower deliveries this year compared to 2023 but investors have one bright spot to look to come announced it speeding up the launch of a lower priced vehicle from affordable models could be a boon for cash strapped consumers, and a hit worldwide like china and india. Teslas shares soared in
Approved would and the popular Social Media Platform if its chinese owner does not divest Ownership Stake in the app. The senators are currently voting on a number of bills including one that could potentially stop tiktok. The Senate Committee has passed that bill after months of stalemate. Joe biden has previously said that if it reaches his desk, he will sign it. But it may not be so simple. Carl tobias is a Law Professor at the University Of Richmond in virginia. He says a prolonged legal battle to challenge the order will take place. All of the outlets are reporting that the company intends to sue, challenging congress legislation after the president signs it, and will make First Amendment arguments on behalf of consumers. And it would go to the federal Appeals Court in the district of columbia, and then probably be appealed by whoever lost to the United States supreme court. That could take about two years, but if they sue, so thats the situation that we have now. How realistic is
Its been tough several months for elon musk s firm, its been struggling with falling sales because of intense competition from its chinese rivals. Well have some analysis shortly but first, heres our Business Correspondent erin delmore. Its been a rocky road for tesla this its been a rocky road for tesla this year. Its been a rocky road for tesla this year. Interest its been a rocky road for tesla this year. Interest rates are taking a bite out of Purchasing Power and pushing big purchases out of reach, competition with china especially rival vehicle maker byob is heating up, sales are falling and so is teslas stock. Its fallen more than 40 this year, the company is cutting prices and announced lay off, then on tuesday it reported its First Quarter earnings. The company is anticipating lower deliveries this year compared to 2023 but investors have one bright spot to look to come announced it speeding up the launch of a lower priced vehicle from affordable models models could be a boon
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