apple takes yet another giant bite out of its competition, making a profit of over $11 billion in the third quarter of the year. up up and away, us shares hit a record high for a fifth day in a row. we tell you what s driving the astonishing growth. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme: we ll be live in china for the latest on a possible trade war with the us. let s start with the world s most valuable company. apple has published its latest set of results and they show revenue growing to $16.1 billion for the three months tojuly. that combined with a prediction that it will bring in as much as $52 billion in the next quarter saw shares rise by up to 6% in after hours trade to hit a record high. apple made a pre tax profit of $11.3 billion in the three months from april to the end ofjune, a solid rise on the previous year. this year the iphone is ten years old, but it s not been performing so well in china, where sales this quarter were f
we have a special investigation. it has been for months been since those business rate changes affected millions of companies. didcot has seen some of the biggest rises. in sport, as usain bolt get set to race for the final time, a time 0lympic race for the final time, a time olympic champion has told us the sport will die if athletes keep doping. and plans to rip up speed bumps in a an effort to tackle speed bumps. for many of us it s a dry and bright start, with a couple of showers. but we have rain coming to the south west. that will be moving north east. some will be heavy and possibly thundery as well. it will be accompanied by casting wins. more details on 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the duke of edinburgh will carry out his final public engagement before he retires from royal duty this afternoon. prince philip, who is 96 years old, will attend a parade by the royal marines. in may it was announced he would be retiring after spending more than
i need that to come through now. and the australian bowlers channelling their inner beyonce in a bid to save their green. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. after 65 years of official public engagements, the duke of edinburgh will make his final solo appearance on royal duty today. prince philip will attend a parade by the royal marines, of which he s the captain general. now 96, he s the longest serving consort in british history. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. he s been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of national life ever since his marriage to the then princess elizabeth in november 1947. and although his robust approach to people and events have sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty. most often in support of the queen, but also in pursuit of his own separate programme, supporting issues like the environment and the development of the awards programme for young people which he created and which is
dressed, but underneath the mac he will be wearing his royal marines tie and he will be wearing his medals. he is not being soaked like everybody else! rot oil-for-food in general, he is somebody very important to the military. you can see the conversations. they are chatting to him. he is an important man in their man lives. well, he is the top man as cap taun general and the top man as cap taun general and the royal family is intrinsically linked to the link and her majesty is the commander in chief so it has to be run like a military operation and that s why the duke and the queen are very rarely late. do you think he will miss all this? the rain? the rain. i guess you would say it s a funny old job for the last # 70 years. he has been known for making off colour remarks. he would say it is breaking the ice that s a tabloid or newspaper story. most are taken out of context. yes, he makes remarks to break the ice and the reporters half report it. i have done that fair share