monte: it is time for a look at the day's top business news with brian quinn. tarting with the latest round of job cuts in the tech sector as amazon announces more than 18,000 layoffs. brian: back in november, the company announced layoffs that were estimated around 10,000 jobs, in a blog post on wednesday, the ceo said that number will nearly double with most cats hitting amazon stores, units, and its hr division. the company has seen its sales slow with customers stuck less at home during their online shopping, is decades high inflation curbs their spending habits. excluding its cloud computing business, amazon posted an operating loss of $2.9 billion last quarter. the company is far from alone in downsizing recently in the tech sector. meta announced 11,000 job cuts recently. elon musk fired half of its workforce when he took over earlier this week. salesforce said it would cut 10% of its staff. the government is seeking to protect small businesses that have been slammed by skyrocketing energy prices in the wake of russia's's invasion of ukraine. on thursday,

brian quinn starting with a massive clean tech subsidy plan.ou commissioned the ambitions of the world economic forum on tuesday. >> at the green deal industrial plan is not only keeping the block in a vanguard of a greener future but also guaranteeing its economic survival in the face of challenges from china and the united states. james has the details. >> a small window to become leaders in the cleantech industry. speaking at the dav halls world economic forum the european commission president outlined her plan to streamline ssidies for green industries. >> our plan is to make sure that the home of cleantech and industrial innovatn under both to net zero, we europeans also need to get better at nurturing our own clean tech industry. >> the international agency says clean energy technology will be worth around $650 billion per year by 2030. more than three times today's level. drops in the sectors are forecast to more than doubled to nearly $14 million. the eu would protect its cleantech and it will be much more forceful in countering unfair

i'm joined on the set by brian quinn. starting with a major antitrust action against google in the u.s. >> the u.s. justice department has filed a lawsuit against google, accusing it of anticompetitive practices in the company's digital advertising business. rescuers are being joined by eight u.s. states, including google's home state of california. the complaint alleges the tech giant has neutralized and eliminated rivals through acquisitions, including the 2007 purchase of double-click. it asked the clerk to force the divestiture of google's ad manager suite and the ad exchange, add x. the business is responsible for 80% of googles revenue. it marks the second antitrust move against google after a lawsuit over the alleged mellott belay in online searches. that one is scheduled to go to trial in some number. to buenos aires where latin american heads of state have gathered for a summit of the clec group -- the community of latin american and caribbean states, an informal consortium of 33 nations. among its early boosters

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brian quinn joins us starting with a financial disaster for ages richard mann as his companies try toend off allegations of fraud. >> a donnie is the founder of india has a donnie group. last week the conglomerate was blindsided by a report from hindenburg research accusing it of widespread malfeasance including decades of accounting fraud. those accusations have sent shares plummeting. he was once the world's second wealthiest individual. he is now no longer an of the top five as his 150 billion dollar personal fortune has lost nearly 28 billion in january. sunday saw the group release a accusations a calculated attack on india. the company has long faced accusations of fraud and criticism of the close ties between its founder and top indian politicians. >> there is what is called crony capitalism in india. you he connections with those in power and you use that to get to boost your company's shares. insider tining and various otr thing -- insider trading and varies other things. it is a very usualractic that goesn in india what hasappened is what th have done is staggering. the scal

fraser: for a look at the top business news with brian quinn, it is good to see you.appy new year. first time i've seen you since the new year. starting in china where covid released -- covid restrictions is bringing hopes for a new tourism boom. brian: as of sunday, visitors to china are no longer required to quarantine in centralized locations, being issued to would-be chinese travelers. for three years, beijing's strict zero covid policies have deprived neighboring countries of revenues those countries are hoping for a resurgence. kimberly reports. report: crowds of eager chinese travers lineup at one of beijing's exit and entry management centers, awaiting their travel documents. after nearly three years of strict coronavirus restrictions, they are allowed to journey abroad without having to quarantine on their return. long-delayed plans can now go ahead. >> i'm here to get aass for traving to hong kong because i have business dealings there. >> i just had my passport renewed and will get the new one on the 17th. i think i would probably visit highland for a vacat

. >> it is time now for a look at the days top business news with brian quinn. good to see you.tarting with a wave of layoffs squeaking the tech sector this time? >> spotify is cutting 6% of its workforce. the swedish music streaming giant has roughly 6600 employees, which would mean or hundred staff members losing their jobs. ceo daniel says the companies operating cost last year grew at double the pace of resin news and says it has invested big to expand its podcast offerings. spotify joints big tech names including amazon, google and microsoft in cutting staff from the pandemic era online business boom. u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen landed in zambia. she is calling a major restructuring of the southern african nations debt. zambia owes more than $17 billion to foreign creditors. meanwhile per capita income is slipping with 60% of zambians living in extreme poverty. yellin was on a three nation tour of africa as the biden administration seeks to revitalize the u.s.'s economic relations on the continent. jenny takes a closer look. >> the united states is all in on africa

now, of course, brian, these 2 coaches actually dame quinn and kyle shanahan. they have some history, spent some time down in atlanta together. and then you have. >> kyle shanahan, of course, in control of that offense. dan quinn in control of that. that was defense. >> what do you think this chess match coaching rise will come out or will look like and this weekend, who do you think will kind of wind that coaching battle when we talk about like i said, quinn's defense and kyle shanahan's offense. >> yeah. obviously a level like this, the chess game become so important. this is where the cream rises to the top. you know, your bill belichick sit center road win championships and and kyle has proven he can get a team to a super bowl and get the team a lead in the nfc championship last year. and dan quinn obviously was with atlanta. and that the right is a great matchup. now that said, if you're asking for an edge and i'm not just saying this because we're here in san francisco. i'm saying because i've never seen kyle shanahan the on such a roll with his weapons i