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most—competent people in our we most—eempetent peeple in eur we are talking country because we are talking about undergo rigorous testing mentally and physically before they are hired. in the us here on bbc news. canadian and mexican oil imports from the 25% tariffs that he has promised to impose on saturday. his tariff proposals are aimed at pressuring the two us trading partners to halt illegal migrants and shipments it comes after the tech giant said revenue from iphone sales has dipped slightly for the holiday shopping period.

apple beat wall street quarterly profit estimates rose four % to around revenue rose four % to around $124 billion in the fiscal first quarter, even as iphone $124 billion in the fiscal first i were r, even as iphone $124 billion in the fiscal first i were weak n as iphone $124 billion in the fiscal first i were weak due iphone $124 billion in the fiscal first i were weak due to hone $124 billion in the fiscal first i were weak due to tough sales were weak due to tough chinese competition and a slow rollout of ai features. the results showed apple results showed that apple is struggling to catch up into china, one of its biggest markets, with an 11% drop in ; -: there. local smart phone have become popular in brands have become popular in region and taking sales the region and taking sales away from the the z— ai platform, apple company's ai platform, apple intelligence did not bolster sales of its flagship device. overall and apple'e overall ealeeend ~ ~ ~ ~ were boosted by profits were boosted by stronger than expected sales of ipads and macs when new chips persuade customers to helped persuade customers to upgrade. this follows havoc on the tech sector this week following the emergence of the chinese ai start—up seek. chinese ai start—up deep seek.

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economies in the world. arunoday mukharji reports. arunoday i showcasing )rts.�* best this show in at this year's auto show in but the year gone by not india. but the year gone by not as a drive as as smooth a drive as manufacturers hoping for. manufacturers were hoping for. with sales growth to a manufacturers were hoping for. witt years growth to a manufacturers were hoping for. witt years grc even to a manufacturers were hoping for. witt years grc even the to a four year low. even the smaller cars saw a drop in affordable cars saw a drop in sales by over 14%. fit affordable cars saw a drop in sales by over 1496.— jof the pyramid other bottom of the pyramid other people who were there, the affordability part of it and it atteraaa'itite'eartet it ate it been atteraaa'itite'eart'et it ate it been a challenge. how we has been. a challenge; haw we” , a e a"; at; we; try to has been. a challenge; haw we” , a a a"; at; we; try to bridge the has been. a challenge; haw we” , a e a"; at; we; try to bridge the gap of can try to bridge the gap of affordability is something collectively we have to work e - key 55— key indicator e — key indicator of seen as a key indicator of ability to spend. and is :%t:.% e? is aigzhoping isfhoping for some

the industry is hoping for some help from the budget. it is not just demand here just weak consumer demand here in the auto �* but in the auto sector but inflation and stagnant wages have meant that people are a lot more careful much -nm -m about how much money they are and because spending. and because consumption makes up 60% of india's gdp, has a india's gdp, spending has a direct impact on india's economic ~ . , , economic growth. which is why economists _ economic growth. which is why economists are _ economic growth. which is why economists are - money| economic growth. which is why i economists are - money in eca'na'mtsts are patting ma'ney' in hands of indians and say the hands of indians and say it is essential. chin does is essential. consult chin does require to some from some of a tax extent from some kind of a tax incentive coming in from the personal income tax haesett personal incflme tee " ' give the middle income could give the middle income tax some of career proved, boost to boost their disposable income which ultimately translates into higher consumption.- translates into higher consumtion. ~ .,~ , $55 - andza d' 'p and a di in down manufacturing drove down india's economy to a seven low. india's growth from 8.1% 77 july and

in 2023 to below 5.5% same in 202a. for the same period in 202a. private investment been as well. and the sluggish as well. and the has pulled back on on "ww’oti big; ikééirfiéthw spending on big infrastructure , , also known as projects, also known as capital expenditure or. the government needs to press. _ expenditure or. the government needs to press. at _ expenditure or. the government needs to press. at a _ expenditure or. the government needs to press. at a time - expenditure or. the government needs to press. at a time when | consumption urban consumption is slowing, they need to a they need to unleash a full—fledged cadence recovery cycle. the world bank and the international _ cycle. the world bank and the international - fund l cycle. the world bank and the l international - fund say international monetary fund say comparatively india will still remain one of the worlds fastest growing big economies. but this year's budget could hold the key to whether india but this year's budget could hold the to to whether india but this year's budget could hold the to maintainier india but this year's budget could hold the to maintain that dia economic trajectory; donald is also threatening to economic trajectory; donald 100% threatening to economic trajectory; donald 100% tariffs ening to

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