by dominion voting systems against fox news and its parent company would start on tuesday. the lawsuit alleges the broadcaster damaged the reputation of dominion by repeatedly airing lies about its vote counting machines and election fraud in the 2020 us presidential election. laurie laird is a us business journalist. why is this happening? i why is this happening? i think the fact that these why is this happening? i think the fact that these claims why is this happening? i think the fact that these claims of - why is this happening? i think the fact that these claims of a - fact that these claims of a potential settlement that were reported in the well streetjournal, a murdoch owned operation, i think that gives us some sense of the nature of these reports. whether the two sides can come to the settlement is a very open question. i m surprised that this thing it came this close to getting into a courtroom. dominion a comedy voting system, is trying to prove deformation.
million. hello and welcome a long, this is world business report, i m ben thompson. starting in the us where one of the most closely watched media trials in decades has been delayed. ajudge in delaware announced late on sunday that the $1.6 billion defamation trial by dominion voting systems against fox news and its parent company would start on tuesday instead. that has now been confirmed. the lawsuit alleges that the broadcast of the reputation of dominion by repeatedly airing lies about its vote counting machines and election fraud in the 2020 us presidential election. let s cross live to wilmington where michelle fleury is in delaware where the trial was due to start. we say was due to start, lots of people keeping a very close eye on this but they will have to wait possibly a bit longer. this is very high stakes media trial, people are calling this one of the biggest media trials in decades. judge erick davis just convened the court right now to explain the delay. he sai
results missed market expectations. delayed results, a missed market expectations. tesla s income and earnings fell by more than 20% in this past quarter compared to the same time last year. it is a big number, but not totally unexpected because the company has been slashing prices of its top selling vehicles over the past year. samira hussain has more from new york. bringing in 20% less income is, well, not good. what helps the electric car maker, however, is that it warned wall street this was coming, so it didn t come as a complete surprise given tesla cut prices on its top selling cars several times last year and in fact did it again this week. now, tesla is grappling with higher borrowing costs for consumers, slowing demand for their cars and so much more competition in the electric car market. so the price cuts did the trick. the company saw a 36% jump in deliveries, but the price cuts also mean that the profit margins on each card sold have gotten smaller. let s stay w
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and that s it for this program. i ll be back next hour so dojoin us if you can. but for now, thank you so much for watching. there are seaside puffins, city puffins, and even 1 or 2 of them nestled away in towns and villages. but now, puffins galore. east yorkshire s puffin trail is coming to an end. we ve had everything from people who ve come from all over the country and people who ve come back 2 or 3 times. we ve had a guy who did the whole thing on a bicycle in one day, and we ve had people who live locally who are saying that they ve ended up going to places and finding things that they never knew were there. 42 puffin statues were decorated by artists before going on display last may, with designs representing the importance of protecting