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Business Matters: Apple Sales Boosted by Services Growth

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Apple sales boosted by services growth

02/08/2017 GMT

Apple Sales Boosted by Services Growth

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Apple Sales Boosted by Services Growth

The tech giant's sales and profits were driven higher by a growth in services

The tech giant's sales and profits were driven higher by a growth in services like Apple Pay.

Apple is back on the march again as sales are up once more, with shares up 7% in after hours trading. Our regular commentator Roger Bootle assess the Donald Trump Presidency to date - has he performed as well as his twitter account claims? 

In downtown Sao Paulo, authorities have struggled with illegal drug dealing, in an area called Cracolandia or “crackland”. The BBC’s Daniel Gallas has been checking out efforts to revitalise the district. Plus we talk about hugging in the workplace. Is it ever OK to hug a colleague?

Roger Hearing is joined throughout the programme by Kimberly Adams from our US sister programme Marketplace, and David Kuo of the Motley Fool in Singapore.

(Photo: Apple logo in Sydney. Credit: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)

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