us, you are in time for the top business stories. we start in the us where, as you ve been hearing in the last few hours, meta, the owner of facebook, instagram and whatsapp, has launched its widely anticipated new conversation app, threads. it allows users to create posts of up to 500 characters and is being seen as a clear rival to twitter. threads is available to download in more than 100 countries around the world, including here in the uk, but not as yet in the european union because of concerns over privacy regulations. meta boss mark zuckerberg says 5 million users have already signed up to threads in the first four hours. and many tech industry watchers say it poses a very real threat to twitter. i think threads will pose a huge threat to twitter because it is coming from the matter and instagram family of apps. instagram has 2 million users compared to around 250 million of twitter so about ten times bigger already. of twitter so about ten times biggeralready. if of
a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron hazelhurst. let s go take a look at what s on the show. the big china challenge. a year since the covid 19lockdowns. as the biggest economy back to full health. ongoing trade tensions with the us are some of the problems government is trying to tackle. this leading china economist will explain how the government needs to balance ambitions of the changing demand of a radically different younger generation if it wants the country to thrive. plus this former head of the international monetary fund china division tells me how beijing struggles are affecting all of us around the world. and keeping the internet free and fair. the big boss of web browser firefox tells me how her foundation is trying to compete with the deep pocketed rivals like google and apple and still have an influence. wherever you arejoining me from around the world warm welcome. china, s second biggest economy a trouser united states and is more th
around the world and keeping the internet free and fair. the big boss of web browser, firefox, tells me how herfoundation is trying to compete with the deep pocketed rivals like google and apple and still have an influence. wherever you rejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. china it s the world s second biggest economy. it trails only the united states and is more than four times the size of the next on the list, japan. so what happens there certainly matters. but a year since the government abandoned coronavirus lockdowns, it s an economy that s still struggling. the challenges for president xi jinping s government include vast debts in the property market and local government, soaring youth unemployment, an ageing workforce and ongoing trade tensions with the united states. his government set a target of around 5% for economic growth this year. it was the lowest in decades, and some say that was deliberate, but it will
From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc new thanks for staying up late for me, ill see you tomorrow. Chris hayes of the night, of he will be tomorrow night, thi is a Special Edition of Jo Scarborough tonight, including our interviews with presiden joe biden, former presiden bill clinton, former british Prime Minister tony blair, Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton, and many of the other architects of the 25yearol Peace Agreements in Northern Ireland. But we start tonight Wit Explosive News the announcement from fox news that rightwing host Tucke Carlson is out at the network. The surprisingly brief statement from fox reads, quote, Fox News Media and Tucke Carlson have agreed to par ways we thank him for his service t the network as a host and prio to that as a contributor some reports say carlsons depart was ordered by fo chairman Rupert Murdoch as early as friday. Nbc hasnt confirmed the details, but you dont have to look far to find the reasons fox would want to get rid
joe scarborough presents, with some very big guests show. but before we get to that, it been a weird news day, a whole lot going on your thoughts? what a newsday it s been one of the bigger media news days in quite some time, joy a lot to cover, thank you so much by the way, you guys have to much fun we wake up so early. nobody is laughing at six a.m. too much fun entirely. listen, we were trying to replicate the phone you have, see you guys having fun, don t try to say you are not havin fun, we know you are we are trying to carry it on into the evening there you go, only after th coffee kicks in, thank you s much, joy. i really appreciate it chris hayes has the night of but he will be back tomorrow night. this is a special edition of joe scarborough presents we have so much to get t tonight including ou interviews with president jo biden, former president bill clinton, former british prim minister tony blair, secretary of state hillary clinton, an many of the other arch