google s parent company, alphabet, and microsoft have both unveiled quarterly report cards that beat expectations. alphabet shares jumped a little more than 1.5% in after hours trade, as the company announced that its quarterly revenue rose to more than $69 billion. that s 3% higher than the previous year. microsoft stock also got a boost in extended trading, up a smidge over 8.5%, with a quarterly revenue beat that was mainly driven by growth in its cloud computing businesses. of briefings at insider intelligence. some signs of resilience here? yes. although clyde either one or two caveats that. expectations have drops considerably in the last year so this is the type of growth that both of these companies would have been mortified by just a year ago and now expectations have dropped to the point that this is meeting the point that this is meeting the mega expectations of the market is a win. the mega expectations of the market is a win. there is a lot of chat right marke
let s start here in the uk, where prime minister borisjohnson has won the backing of a majority of tory mps in a confidence vote despite a significant revolt against his leadership. mrjohnson won 59% of the vote, meaning he is now immune from a conservative leadership challenge for a year. in total, 211 tory mps voted they had confidence in the prime minister s leadership, while11i8 voted against him. mrjohnson described his confidence vote win as decisive . i think this is a very good result for politics in the country. i think it is a convincing result and a decisive result, and what it means is that as a government, we can move on and focus on the stuff that really matters to people. joining me now is giles coghlan, who s the chief currency analyst at hycm. has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly. has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly. it has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly, it hasn t. - has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly, it hasn t. the - s
Year. live now to hugo valdes vera, founder of think ocean. how will it work? we place the technology, we mix 4000 year old roman technology, with some behaviour, feeding behaviour of some whales, we test them for the last three years, basically, the plastic that you see in the rivers, is only 15% of the plastic float, the problem was trying to retrieve the plastic at the bottom of the river which is 85%. we need to find a way, to lift the plastic, and access it
The maritime economy contributes up to 500 billion euros to the eu economy every year according to the european commission for maritime affairs and fisheries. the eu has the world s largest seafood market and depends on clean, safe and secure oceans, for trade, energy and, of course, tourism. today, the european commission will be proposing a plan for international ocean governance, a way of managing the world s oceans and their resources together so they are healthy and productive forfuture generations. joining me now is hugo valdes vera, who s the founder of think ocean. many people watching might be surprised such a thing doesn t exist in the first place. how do you think it could work? they are in place different governance is and ideas to manage the oceans but that is