Seven is the magic numberfor apple. The tech giant reverses its sales slump thanks to its latest iphone reporting its highest quarterly revenue ever. A growing transatlantic divide. The president of the European Council says the new government in washington is one of the biggest threats facing europe. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme the saudi 0il minister tells the bbc where he believes the price of the black stuff is headed. But first after three quarters in a row of falling revenues, apple has delivered a turnaround. High demand for the iphone seven boosted the tech giant and it reported its highest ever quarterly revenues. In the last three months of the year the firm sold 78. 3 million iphones. Thats a 5 rise since the year before. But its results werent all good. Sales in china fell almost 12 tojust over 16 billion. China has proved to be a difficult market with many homegrown rivals that are much cheaper. Dave lee, our north America Techn
News from some of the worlds biggest companies. Well talk you through the winners and the losers. Now, is a five day working week essential to make it to the top . Later in the programme well be speaking to bibi hilton. Shes a high flying Advertising Boss whos just been named on this years part time power list. Ad were talking robots again. Computerised hedge funds havejoined the ranks of the top performers and theyre beating us at poker. We want to know would you trust your cash with man or a machine . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Just put your cash in a tin under the bed no, thats not my advice by the bed no, thats not my advice by the way. Thats just what some people are doing with it at the moment bp the us army has been ordered to allow the construction of the final section of a controversial Major Oil Pipeline in north dakota. Its a project supported by President Trump and that perhaps reflects his support for fossil fuels which is just one of a growing number of differences
Chancellor merkel heads to the white house amid growing us complaints that german business isnt playing fair. Plus, a yawning hole in our finances. We lack of sleep could be if . . . G; l . . . inhiieiufefiif billions from the global wiping billions from the global economy. Welcome to World Business report we start in the us where President Trump will be hosting german chancellor Angela Merkel at the white house later. Coming up, singapore has its best month for trade in five years. Now, back to the us, and their meeting w eitfiteetitiq germany later. The two nations are Major Trading partners but theres been growing concern on the us side that their relationship is simply not fair. The rhetoric has raised fears of a damaging trade war. Let me show you why. Last year the us sold 49 billion worth of goods to germany everything from Boeing Airliners to pfizermedicifieif . , that sounds like a healthy figure until you look at this one elli; 531e§3§5§§z5§; thats a lot of bmws not to
Borrowing in the us could mean for the rest of the world, and the car industrys big problems with the testing, Business Editor simon jack will be here to explain all. And today we want to know what is you from getting a good stopping you from getting a good nights sleep, and does it affect your work . Let us know on twitter. We start in the us where President Trump will be hosting german chancellor Angela Merkel at the white house later. Relationship is simply not fair. The rhetoric has raised fears of a damaging trade war. Let me show you why. Last year, the us sold 49 billion worth of goods to germany, everything from Boeing Airliners to pfizer medicines. That sounds like a healthy figure until you look at this one, age. ee ; g. Germany sold to the us. Thats a lot of bmws, not to mention everything from industrial machinery to medicines. Its more than double. And it puts the difference, known as americas trade deficit with germany, at 65 billion. Thats a bigger deficit than the us ha