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A sharp fall in its net profit, slipping 25 in 2023 compared to the previous year. Aramco attributed the downturn to Lower Crude Oil prices and decreased production. The companys net income dropped from 161 billion in 2022 to 121 billion last year. Despite the challenges posed by declining oil prices, aramco will increase its dividend payments, providing a much needed financial boost to saudi arabia. Lets get more now from our middle east Business Correspondent sameer hashmi. With a big fall off...

Business headlines. Us Investment Firm Elliott Advisors has walked away from making a takeover bid for currys after being rejected by the retailers board in its own words multiple times. It had initially proposed an offer that valued the electricals chain at £700 million, and later raised it to 757 million. But currys rebuffed the approaches, saying they significantly undervalued the business. Currys could still receive a bid from chinasjd. Com, which said last month it was mulling an offerfor ...

but now this. a high profile court hearing could reveal new evidence today in the deadly stabbing of cash-out founder bob lee last month in san francisco. welcome to a new hour of "americas newsroom," im dana perino. good morning to you. >> bill: the details on this story are really startling, too. we may learn more today. im bill hemmer. good morning. the suspect is back in court today for a hearing to determine if prosecutors have enough evidence to bring a case to trial. they havent...

for people in england, scotland and wales, average energy bills are set to fall by over £400 a year, thats over $500. the energy regulator ofgem has lowered its price cap for the typical household bill to £2,076, though the actual bill will still, of course, depend on how much energy people use. at its peak last year, the price cap reached more than twice that level, but households were shielded from the full impact of energy prices by a government price guarantee of £2,500. lets ge...

there is a roughly one in four chance that the us will hit the so—called x—date, when the us government runs out of money to pay its bills without a deal to raise the debt limit. that is according to the banking giantjp morgan chase. and they say the odds are getting worse. that forecast comes after house speaker kevin mccarthy said on wednesday that he thought progress could be made, but warned the two sides remain far apart. republicans are warning that any deal must cut future f...

because the eurozones largest economy is now officially in recession. germany has had two consecutive quarters of negative growth. the countrys economy contracted by 0.3% between january and march. this follows a contraction of 0.5% in the final three months of 2022. a drop in consumer spending was main cause of germanys disappointing performance in the first quarter, with household consumption falling by 1.2%, as the cost of living crisis continued to cause headaches for millions of p...

has the latest from new york. there is a roughly one in four chance that the us will hit the so—called x—date — thats when the government runs out of money to pay its bills without a deal to raise the debt limit. that is according to the banking giantjp morgan chase. and they say the odds are getting worse. that forecast comes after house speaker kevin mccarthy said on wednesday that he thought progress could be made, but warned that the two sides remain far apart. republicans ar...

reach a deal on the countrys debt ceiling, with the us house speaker kevin mccarthy saying on wednesday that negotiators remain far apart. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has the latest from new york. there is a roughly one in clutch make chance that the us will hit the so—called x—date, when the us government runs out of money to pay its bills, before the dental ministries. that is according toj.p. morgan chase. they say the other any worse. —— debt li...

and the artist grayson perry. its been a bad year for billionaires. their fortunes have gone down by more than $1 trillion. well look at whos become richer or poorer in 2022 and why. and brazil lights up in honour of pele on the first of three days of national mourning for the footballing legend. hello and welcome to the programme. the world health organization has called on china to share accurate data on coronavirus infections and deaths. it follows a sharp rise in cases, after beiji...

hello and welcome. after the opening ceremony, the games are set to begin. 16 gold medals are due to be decided on the opening day of competition at the commonwealth games in birmingham, with m sports getting under way. the first medals will be decided in the triathlon events, while the womens cricket makes its debut appearance at the event, including a mouthwatering game between india and australia. tim allman reports. there comes a moment in any sporting event where the preparations ...