president trump says he's in "no rush" to talk heats up. rare earth minerals in the uk — will the county council in durham give the green light i'm sally bundock. the company that is pervasive in so many of our lives.

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expenditure this year — a figure that surprised analysts and highlighted for more here's ritika gupta in new york. on tuesday. from both increased competition in the digital advertising market and a slowdown in its cloud computing business. in revenue to around $11.9 billion in the fourth quarter, in the september quarter. for their work.

to maintain strength across its businesses as it spends more heavily on al. the company also announced that it also plans to invest as it continues to expand on its ai strategy. competition remains fierce. google cloud still trails behind amazon.com and microsoft in size. than expected growth last week. on tuesday the chinese authorities announced some non—tariff measures, one of which is an anti—monopoly but for context, google�*s search services have been blocked in china since 2010.

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also, some patches of mist and fog that will develop, they'll slowly lift and clear through the morning, and we could even see that easterly wind pick up and blow us in some snow showers at times too. there will be plenty of added wind chill, into monday too. app, of course. bye for now.

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