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Jan 2024
50m 22s

Microsoft and Alphabet report results

Bbc World Service
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Microsoft and Google’s parent company reveal results for their fourth quarter. Alphabet is investing heavily in AI. While Microsoft are pushing their cloud business. Sam Fenwick is getting the latest on their reports.

Also on the programme, the IMF says the chances of a global recession are fading.

And can Universal take on the mighty Walt Disney when it comes to theme parks?

Sam will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world Dana Peterson, Chief Economist at the Conference Board in New York City and Mehmal Sarfraz, Co-founder and journalist at The Current PK news website in Lahore, Pakistan.

(Picture: The Microsoft store sign is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 18, 2022. Credit: Reuters)

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