we begin with microsoft. the tech giant has just revealed its financial health and investors are satisfied for now as it showed some strength in the face of a weak global economy. its cloud business hit wall street targets for the end of 2022 and revenues rose 2% to just under $53 billion. but what is the outlook? microsoft last week announced it would be slashing 10,000 jobs worldwide in a bid to cut costs. it s also investing in a company behind chat gpt the chatbot that is predicted by some experts to be the future of search. let s discuss this withjeremy goldman director of briefings at insider intelligence. good at insider intelligence. morning to you. looking at what good morning to you. looking at what microsoft had to say, after its resolve without, shares went up 4% and fell back i% shares went up 4% and fell back 1% higher by the end of the day, your thoughts on how it s doing? day, your thoughts on how it s doinu ? , ., day, your thoughts on how it s doin.?
we talked to arnold donald who runs carnival corporation, that s the biggest cruise operator on the planet. where ever yourjoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a very warm welcome to the show. you know, it seemed like it was a another time, two years ago as a threat of covid became obvious one cruise ship, the diamond princess went into lockdown as the world watched. passengers, they were held for two weeks as the virus spread throughout the ship, infecting more than 700 onboard. shortly after, the world closed down and tourism industry suffered the worst crisis in its history. take a look at this, this was the heart of venice during the middle of the pandemic, not a tourist sight. and from an empty st. mark s square in venice to in empty trafalgar square in london, holiday makers and business passengers stopped flying and the hospitality industry ground to a halt. let s just take a look at the impact. in 2019, before the pandemic hit global tourism d
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