let s start in china, where the latest figures just released show the world s second largest economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year at 4.5%. this is the first set of quarterly gdp figures following the end of strict covid 19 restrictions in december. they also follow the easing of a three year crackdown on tech firms and property. lets get reaction from julian evans pritchard, head of china economics at capital economics. this is better than expected. most people are saying we re looking at 4% growth, give us your take on this number? really the strength is all about the consumer centre, we saw the vigors beads on the retail sales numbers are more generally in qrs or the household savings rates, so households are feeling more comfortable, households are feeling more comfortable, spinning again, they have comfortable, spinning again, they have the comfortable, spinning again, they have the possibility - comfortable, spinning again, they ha
once upona once upon a time everyone would just be searching on google, it was the place to go but not anymore? anymore? that s right, the market shows anymore? that s right, the market shows exactly - anymore? that s right, the j market shows exactly that, google shares dropped 2.6% overnight on that new york times story. that report underscores the disruptive impact the race to integrate artificial intelligence could have on well established businesses like google. billions of dollars are on the line here for the tech giant, samsung is one of the leading manufacturers of mobile phones, and if these reports are confirmed samsung is switching from google to the microsoft owned bing as the default search engine on its phones, that would have a huge impact on the google margins. it s not just about the google contract with samsung which according to the report is worth $3 billion