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Japan auto show returns, playing catchup on EVs
Japan auto show returns, playing catchup on EVs
Economy
by  AFP

Tokyo's rebranded auto show returns this weekend just as China looks set to overtake Japan as the world's biggest car exporter after Toyota, Nissan and others got stuck in the electric vehicle slow lane. Just 1.7 percent of cars sold in Japan were electric in 2022, compared with around 15 percent in western Europe, 5.3 percent in the United States and nearly one in five in China.

Google parent Alphabet profits grow on ads and cloud
Google parent Alphabet profits grow on ads and cloud
Technology
by  AFP

Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday reported a quarterly profit of $19.7 billion, powered by money taken in from ads, YouTube, and cloud services. -Microsoft riding cloud - Tech giant Microsoft said Tuesday its profits rose in the latest quarter, boosted by its strength in the closely watched cloud services segment.