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Three of the world's biggest and richest tech giants, Apple, Amazon and Google parent Alphabet have released their latest earning figures. It's good news for Amazon as sales rose. However for Apple and Alphabet it was doom and gloom, we head to Silicone Valley to hear what's next for these companies.

While oil and gas companies report record profits such as Shell, we head to Nigeria where there are fuel shortages. We hear how fuel costs have increased over the last few months and prices on the black market have doubled.

As Beyoncé releases tickets for her latest world tour, we find out just how much money she might stand to make.

(Picture: The Amazon logo at an Amazon logistic centre in Miami, Florida, USA, 05 January 2023. Picture Credit: EPA)

The US Federal reserve are taking a measured approach to the US inflation as they raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. This marks the smallest increase since last March, after a series of aggressive rate hikes last year.

The United States and its allies have imposed further sanctions on Myanmar’s military rulers amid deepening conflict two years since the military seized power in a coup. We hear how this is affecting the country.

And how do you like your coffee in the morning? We will be finding out just how much caffeine you are consuming in your daily espresso or cappuccino.

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The Chinese province makes the decision to allow couples to have as many children as they want as the country faces a decline in population. We find out the impact this will have on families and the economy.

Boeing has produced its last 747 jumbo jet in the United States. The 'Queen of the Skies' first appeared in nineteen-seventy. We look back at the history of the emblematic aircraft.

The International Monetary Fund has updated its World Economic Outlook for 2023. We explore the figures and what they tell us about the global economy.

Rahul Tandon is joined throughout the programme by two guests in opposite sides of the world: Maggie McGrath, editor of Forbes Women in New York, and James Mayger, China economic editor for Bloomberg in Beijing.

(Picture: A medical worker gets a newborn baby's commemorative footprint at a hospital in China. Picture credit: EPA)

The CEO of Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, arguably America's best-known investment bank, has seen his pay cut by some 30% for 2022. In announcing the news, Goldman’s board said the pay-cut reflected “the firm’s 2022 performance, relative to peer results.” That was despite the bank suffering a 22% drop in annual profits.

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The hackers have been hacked - a prolific international ransomware operation has been shut down by US, German and Dutch officials. The criminal network, Hive, is said to have targeted over 1,500 victims worldwide in the past 18 months and extorted over $100 million. FBI director Christopher Wray said the operation had recovered over 1,300 decryption keys for victims since July 2022 and had prevented $130 million in ransomware payments.

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Donald Trump will be allowed back on to Facebook and Instagram, after Meta announced it would be ending its two-year suspension of his accounts.

The then-US president was indefinitely suspended from Facebook and Instagram after the Capitol riot in 2021.

Nick Clegg, Meta's president of global affairs, said a review found that Mr Trump's accounts no longer represented a serious risk to public safety.

(Picture: TOPSHOT - Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 15, 2022. Picture Credit: Getty Images).

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight US states have filed a case against Google alleging it has too much power over the online ad market.

Online advertising accounts for the lion's share of Google's multibillion dollar revenue.

Google is the market leader, but its slice of total US digital ad income has fallen from 36.7% in 2016 to 28.8% in 2022, according to market research firm Insider Intelligence.

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Microsoft has announced a multi-year, multibillion dollar investment in artificial intelligence (AI) as it extends its partnership with OpenAI.

OpenAI is the creator of popular image generation tool Dall-E and the chatbot ChatGPT.

The Windows and Xbox maker plans up to 10,000 redundancies, but said it would still hire in key strategic areas.

(Picture: OpenAI logo displayed on a laptop screen and Microsoft logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on January 23, 2023. Picture Credit: Getty Images).

It's the biggest single one-time movement of people on Earth, as Chinese citizens travel across the country to celebrate the Lunar New Year with friends and family.

As the FTX trial continues we find out what it means for those who have lost their money and if there's any chance they could get it back.

Roger Hearing discusses this and more business news with Stephanie Hare, researcher of technology and politics in London and Peter Lewis, Director of the Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology in Sydney.

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The US Treasury says it's taking "extraordinary measures" after the federal government reached its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion to pay its debts.

Also in the programme, Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin is to be charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a film set in 2021.

And as Shakira and Miley Cyrus release songs to get back at their exes, we find out why we love revenge tracks so much.