All of that bodes well for walmart which is forecast to report a 4 rise in sales. Results from the Worlds Largest retailer should also offer a glimpse into demand for back to school items. Traders are hoping that, despite higher borrowing costs, it will show that us shoppers are still willing to spend on essentials. Staying with retail, jd. Com beat analysts forecast for Second Quarter revenue which rose more than 7 to nearly 40 billion. The chinese e commerce giants Focus On Lower priced products paid off in the fight for customers amid an economic slowdown. The company said it attracted more vendors to its platform and its users shopped more frequently as It Product Range expanded. It was a different story however for tencent where Earning Results came in below estimates in the Second Quarter. Revenue grew 11 to just over 20 billion. Tencent s core Gaming Business experienced weaker than expected growth. Domestic Gaming Revenue was little changed, a sign that the economic slowdown in
Higher Profit Margins than expected as offered fewer discounts. All that bodes well for walmart which is due to report a 4 rise in sales. Results from the Worlds Largest retailer should also a glimpse into demand for back to school items. Traders are hoping that despite higher borrowing costs, it will show that us shoppers are still willing to spend on essentials. Staying with retail jd. Com Beat Analyst Forecasts for Second Quarter revenue, which rose more than 7 to nearly 40 billion. The chinese e commerce giants Focus On Lower priced products paid off in the fight for customers amid an economic slowdown. The company said it attracted more vendors to its platform, helped by lower thresholds and costs for them to join, and that users shopped more frequently as its Product Range expanded. It was a different story over at tencent where Earnings Results came in below estimates in the Second Quarter. Revenue grew 11 to just over 20 billion. Tencent s core Gaming Business experienced weake
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city in the uk to introduce a clean air zone. drivers of the most polluting vehicles will be charged for entering a designated area. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, will meet the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, on monday. the meeting is expected to revolve around the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland in a joint statement said they would work towards finding a solution to the dispute. the talks are due to be held late lunchtime on monday and if a deal is reached mr sunak will make a statement to parliament. our political editor chris mason has more. here stands the ultimate prize in all of these negotiations. this is stormont in belfast, the home of the northern ireland assembly. getting it and an executive here up and running again would be quite a moment. doing a deal with brussels does not guarantee that, but there are other potential prizes, improving internal uk trade and resetting relations with the european union. if
intense the further north you go across the uk. looking at the weather chart, you think perhaps perfect conditions, high pressure normally means a lot of fine weather, but it doesn t necessarily equate to crystal clear skies. at the moment we have a north easterly wind coming around our area of high pressure kicking up moisture off the north sea bringing cloud and showers. quite a leopard print effect to our satellite picture at the moment. many areas are seeing cloud passing over and glimmers of sunshine coming in. some showers in the midlands this afternoon, some to the far south east as well, and a north easterly wind needs factoring in. one of the monitor you will see nine or 10 degrees, outside it will feel closer to five or six. indicators of a strong aurora to the north of the uk, even again possibly visible to the south. the best areas to get the clear skies probably somewhere in the south west of england and again to the north west of scotland. also where you get the