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
Sparked a wider debate on freedom of speech. sojust there, the organisers have said that a second venuein organisers have said that a second venue in edinburgh has cancelled a standup comedy show featuring the father ted writer graham linehan. clean air zones are already in operation in hundreds of traffic choked cities across europe. london s ultra low emission zone is expanding to take in the city s outer suburbs later this month and will become one of the world s largest to tackle air pollution. our transport correspondent katy austin has been looking at how clean air zones have been working in other parts of england. signs like these have become a common sight. we vejust entered birmingham s clean air zone. it s been in operation for over two years now, and it s one of seven that have sprung up in cities around england over the past few years. here, driving an older, more polluting car or van means an e8 daily charge. in one residential area,
Harvest their crops. so a lot of serial crops are manually harvested which results in a lot of losses. so one way to improve that would be to use a truncated version of that. now, nave you heard about clean air zones? well, they are already in operation in hundreds of traffic choked cities across europe. london s ultra low emission zone is starting later this month and will become one of the world s largest to tackle air pollution. katy austin took a look at how clean air zones have been working in other parts of england. signs like these have become a common site. we ve just entered birmingham s clean air zone, it s been in operation forjust over two years now, and it s one of seven that have sprung up one of seven that have sprung up in cities around england over the past few years. here, driving an older, more polluting car or van means an £8 polluting car or van means an e8 daily charge. in one