now, the netease blizzard deal— redmond. now, the netease blizzard deal on _ redmond.netease blizzard deal on war of - blizzard deal on war of watercraft —— world of warcraft and some other popular games broke down last year of intellectual property and control issues stop is it likely that the pending resolution will solicit the model for gaming accessing china going forward? i really thint mr china going forward? i really thing mr tonkin _ china going forward? i really thing mr tonkin the - china going forward? i really thing mr tonkin the world. i china going forward? i really - thing mr tonkin the world. when you have this disagreement microsoft backing it this could open up pandora's box in a good way and really give a model for future disagreements that we have seen it really be a big sort of headwind in the area. overnight we saw a letter from jack ma endorsing a major restructuring under way at alibaba. is there more change on the way?— on the way? the writing is on the wall- _ on the way? the writing is on the wall. when _ on the way? the writing is on the wal

now the netease in blizzard deal on world of warcraft and some other popular games broke down last yeartual property and control issues. is it likely that this pending resolution will sort of set the model for gaming access into china going forward? i think that's really the talk in the gaming world. i mean, this is this is pivotal. it's a potential watershed moment in the gaming sector. and especially when you have disagreement and microsoft backing it, this could really open up pandora's box in a good way and really give a model for future disagreements that we've seen really be a big sort of headwind in the area. we saw a letter from jack ma endorsing a major restructuring under way at alibaba generally. is there more change under way for china's sort of tech companies and how their operations are sort of carried out? look, i think the writing is on the wall. and what was talked about when you think about cloud and i think a lot of the big tech in china has been, ithink, behind many of the us players. but you're starting to see a change and i believe that's bullish for chinese tech.

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. >>> microsoft and netease team up again after their decade-long fallout last year. >>> chinese ev stocks is over government initiatives around government loan rules. >> bytedance profit growing. this is the first time they've outperformed tencent in revenue and profit. >>> shares of boeing are lower again as the faa investigates a new whistle blower claim. boeing says it's fully confident in the model and the accusations are inaccurate. ceo davidcalhoun has been asked to testify on capitol hill next week. >>> here's what to watch, the big market event of the week at 8:30 a.m. eastern time and we get monthly figures and budget statements. delta reports on its quarterly results. we hear from fed governor michelle bowman today. >>> the markets, they've been inching along this week as investors just wait for today's cpi data, worried that inflation remains stubborn. the fed rates may cut once or twice, maybe not at all this year. joining us know kevin simpson. good morning from london. what are your expectations for cpi? how do you think it impacts the market? >> well, i think it's what the