The trillion dollar Tech Industry gathers in las vegas In Search Of The gadgets that will get it growing again. Plus polarising opinion we find out whats behind the scramble for lithium and whether the boom is heading for bust. Welcome to World Business report. Im Sally Bundock also in the Programme Alibaba cracks down on counterfeiters. Details in a moment. But first. We start in las vegas where thousands of Technology Executives are gathering for the annual Consumer Electronics show which opens today. Its the most important event of the year for the Tech Industry a chance for companies to show off the gadgets we will, they hope, soon be buying. Its a huge business and also an increasingly tough one. According to the Consumer Technology association which organises the las vegas show we will buy Gadgets Worth close to a trillion dollars this year. The problem is the industry as a whole is not growing. If its accurate that figure would be down around 2 on 2016. And it would be the the f
Baltimore s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after a container ship collision, plunging cars into the water. The steel bridge, opened in 1977, spans the Patapsco River and is a key transportation hub for the U.S. East Coast and the Port of Baltimore. The bridge s truss-style design contributed to its total collapse, engineers say. Planned upgrades were scheduled for 2025, including replacing the deck and installing protection systems. The incident has caused major commute disruptions, redirecting traffic to alternative highways. The collapse has also halted ship traffic at the Port of Baltimore, impacting over 40 ships.
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