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
19 people have been killed in a rail derailment. Another 50 are injured. The Hazara Express came off the rails near nawabshah in sindh province, as it travelled from karachi to abbottabad. These are the latest pictures from the scene, in a remote area. Emergency workers are battling to rescue passengers trapped in at least five overturned carriages with more rescue teams deployed to the scene. An emergency has been declared in nearby hospitals including this one in nawabshah where casualties have been arriving. The Information Minister of sindh gave us more details about the crash. The top priority of government is the rescue work which we are focusing on. Bold the hospitals it boat dealers standby. But there are some more critical patients the government will take them to different districts. We will give them the best treatment over at private hospital or a government hospital. Lets get more on this with our south asia editor. The number of people dead and this accident keeps going u
Loss against sweden. Three us players, inlcuding theirstar, megan rapinoe, missed in the deciding penalty shootout. Now on bbc news sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, im paul scott At The Bbc Sport centre heres whats coming up. Not to be england fall short in their bid for Netball World Cup glory. Over and out megan rapinoe s dream of further world cup success comes to an end, as sweden book their place in the last 8. And bouncing back Mathieu Van Der Poel recovers from this crash to become world road champion. We start with disappointment for englands netballers. They have fallen just short in their quest for world cup glory, after losing to australia 61 45 in the final in cape town. Ben croucher reports. In cape town, if you try to take on all the dramatic scenery, you could miss what is right in front of you. Cut out the distractions, remove the noise for englands roses, their sights were set on one thing. A step into the unknown in a first World Cup Final. England started o