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it overtook apple as the second—most popular smartphone maker in china during the first quarter of the year. but now, apple has reason to celebrate. the company's chinese iphone sales rose 52%, compared to a year ago. that's according to data from a research company affiliated with the chinese government. that entity doesn't track apple specifically. instead, it measures the increase in foreign—branded shipments. but in the foreign—branded game, apple is the main player. and apple could see more gains from may — it's been discounting select models which could lead to more sal...

Giant is a big pay—out of dividends. mining giants dominate the ftse 100 and there are lots of tracker funds, though that duplicate the funds of the market and index and they will have to sell their exposure to bhp. it basically means if you _ exposure to bhp. it basically means if you have _ exposure to bhp. it basically means if you have a - exposure to bhp. it basically means if you have a pension | exposure to bhp. it basically - means if you have a pension and you have a ftse 100 tracker fund in that, you will no longer benefit from the bhp dividends, is that correct? that is correct, t...

political infighting has seen japan with five different prime ministers in five years. witnesses report loud explosions in yemen near a presidential palace in sena. months of failed protests have failed to bring down the president. the deadly e. coli outbreak in europe has left more than a dozen dead and hundreds sick, mostly in germany. the source of the outbreak is not known. google said hackers have targeted g mamail users with a phishing scheme that may have begun in china. those are the headlines. i'm zain verjee in london. "world business today" starts right now. good a...

Focusing on global growth starting with commodities, gold prices climbed for the sixth straight session, hitting a new report high, 1440 an hour, silver prices also rising to a 30-year high. big commodity names benefited, mining giants like freeport mcmoran and bhp and rio tinto. plunging home sales, sales hit a record low in february, for new homes, down a hefty 28% from last year's levels. finally newsbreaking right at the closing bell. portugal's parliament has rejected plans for a fourth round of austerity measures, that prompting the resignation of the prime minister. the euro moving ...