06/07/2012

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:00:03. > :00:13.air strike. Those are the latest headlines.

:00:13. > :00:15.

:00:15. > :00:23.It is time for World Business Report.

:00:23. > :00:27.Will come. -- welcome to the programme. The headlines: Samsung

:00:27. > :00:30.says its smartphones offline off the shelf but could be rezoned

:00:30. > :00:34.crisis her to the rest of its business?

:00:34. > :00:44.Is US economic recovery stalling? Jobs numbers out I did today are

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:00:49. > :00:58.expected to show that firms are not hiring fast enough to boost growth.

:00:58. > :01:04.A surprise rate cut by China also. For a stake, Samsung says it

:01:05. > :01:09.expects its profits to surge. Sales of its smart phones begin to grip -

:01:09. > :01:16.- continued to grow. It is forecast a profit of $6 billion for that

:01:16. > :01:20.period. The feature could look tricky for the electronic giant. It

:01:20. > :01:27.says that Europe's debt crisis is denting demand in its biggest

:01:27. > :01:37.market - television and home appliances. We're drawing from

:01:37. > :01:46.Singapore. Will come. But Dorkbot smartphones First Fleet. -- of

:01:46. > :01:50.First Fleet. What is Samsung doing right in the smartphone business?

:01:50. > :01:55.It is leading the Android charge against Apple by producing devices

:01:55. > :02:04.that are very attractive to consumers and getting the timing

:02:04. > :02:09.right. The latest one was time to between two Apple watchers. There

:02:09. > :02:13.are getting the marketing mix right. They also have a variety of

:02:13. > :02:17.different parts -- price 0.4 more people there but -- devices that

:02:17. > :02:25.offer this operating system. Apple is fixed with a smaller number of

:02:25. > :02:30.devices. The bigger picture is Android verses Apple. But Samsung

:02:30. > :02:37.is leading the charge in this area. They do understand how to make the

:02:37. > :02:47.most of this situation. Samsung also announced contingency plans

:02:47. > :02:50.

:02:50. > :02:57.earlier. They are very worried about the biggest market - Europe.

:02:57. > :03:03.That is an issue for most companies. The economic outlook is not great

:03:03. > :03:08.for many companies that depend on consumer demand. From a smartphone

:03:08. > :03:18.perspective, Samsung is struggling to keep up with the demand. They

:03:18. > :03:24.had issues with getting components. But it has not impacted them in the

:03:24. > :03:28.smartphone market. But some of their other aspects have not been

:03:28. > :03:32.doing too well. Most of the profits have been coming from smartphones

:03:32. > :03:41.but there are clouds on the horizon for other parts of its business.

:03:41. > :03:47.Thank you. China surprised the market

:03:47. > :03:57.yesterday, cutting interest rates for the second time in a month.

:03:57. > :04:04.There are fears that second quarter GDP economic growth will be weaker

:04:04. > :04:10.than expected. We're joined from Beijing. I was on air when that

:04:10. > :04:14.news from Beijing broke. It came as a surprise. Everybody seems to be

:04:14. > :04:23.interpreting Beijing's actions as saying, China is worse than we

:04:23. > :04:27.thought. It is really the second rate cut in the past few weeks.

:04:27. > :04:32.Most people are interpreting that this has something to do with the

:04:32. > :04:38.numbers we will see next week. Firstly, it suggests that the CPI

:04:38. > :04:42.number which will come out on Monday will come out below 3%. Most

:04:42. > :04:47.people will interpret that as good news. It is important to remember

:04:47. > :04:52.that consumer inflation is the tip of the iceberg of inflation in

:04:52. > :05:00.China. Much of the money pumped into the economy has been pouring

:05:00. > :05:04.into investment. Secondly, they took a look at the GDP and other

:05:04. > :05:07.group members due out on Friday and did not like what they saw. There

:05:07. > :05:16.was a lot of hope that the second quarter would be better than the

:05:16. > :05:24.first. It does not look like that will pan out. How worried should we

:05:24. > :05:29.be, no matter where we live? Surely we will all feel the pain of a

:05:29. > :05:34.slowdown in China? It depends on where you sit relative to the

:05:34. > :05:40.Chinese economy. Iraq countries and companies that have been feeding

:05:40. > :05:47.China's investment boom. -- there are countries. If that investment

:05:47. > :05:53.boom comes to an end, they will be hard hit. But if you're looking to

:05:53. > :06:03.sell consumer goods, the adjustment that this represents may be a good

:06:03. > :06:03.

:06:03. > :06:08.thing. Thank you. From manufacturing to consumer

:06:08. > :06:13.spending, economic numbers from the West in recent weeks have been grim.

:06:13. > :06:17.The numbers are out on the jobs market. It is expected to show that

:06:17. > :06:25.US employers have increased their hiring in June, but not by enough

:06:25. > :06:28.to dispel concerns that the American economy is losing steam.

:06:28. > :06:33.Hunting for work as a frustrating business. Many of the unemployed

:06:33. > :06:40.coming to this government backed JobCentre in Manhattan are highly

:06:40. > :06:43.qualified. Rachel has a master's degree and experience. After six

:06:43. > :06:47.fruitless months looking for research work in public health, she

:06:47. > :06:55.is at the end of her tether. What more can I do? I have offered to

:06:55. > :06:59.work for free. Especially in the global market. I have said, I'll go

:06:59. > :07:03.review would be to go and you do not have to pay me. It still comes

:07:03. > :07:07.down to, you don't have the experience. It is a similar story

:07:07. > :07:12.by William Johnson - a qualified librarian. He says he has applied

:07:12. > :07:21.for hundreds of jobs in the two years he has been unemployed.

:07:21. > :07:26.There's no work. I don't know. That is why I'm here today. I would like

:07:26. > :07:30.to be an -- a librarian but at this point I think I will have to do

:07:30. > :07:35.whatever will keep the money coming in. High unemployment has been a

:07:35. > :07:41.drag on the US economy. Some see a bit of light at the end of the

:07:41. > :07:46.tunnel. The unemployment figures have been improving recently. There

:07:46. > :07:51.are some good signs. We have to guess a bit too. We feel a little

:07:51. > :07:55.rosier than we have previously. is likely that the jet -- American

:07:55. > :08:00.economy generated around 90,000 new jobs last month. That is better

:08:00. > :08:05.than the previous couple of months. But still only half the rate of job

:08:05. > :08:15.creation we saw at the start of the year. Hitting America back to work

:08:15. > :08:18.

:08:18. > :08:25.is proving to be a long, hard slog. Let's get more on this. I guess

:08:25. > :08:29.this is the big problem for the US economy. The lack of jobs. It

:08:29. > :08:33.started off great but it has been a downhill run ever since.

:08:33. > :08:39.unemployment rate in the US has been above 8% since February of

:08:39. > :08:43.2009. That might not seem that long but it is the longest stretch since

:08:43. > :08:51.records began in 1948. The Americans are not used to this

:08:51. > :08:55.level of unemployment. Under 10% does not seem that bad but it is

:08:55. > :09:00.the duration -- duration at which it has been at those levels. The

:09:01. > :09:05.government seemed to be running out of ideas. We have heard President

:09:05. > :09:09.Obama announce back-to-work programmes. But whether it is he a

:09:09. > :09:13.Mitt Romney in the chair after November, can they do anything?

:09:13. > :09:17.problem is the difference between short and long-term. The difference

:09:17. > :09:22.between what quality and high quality jobs. The high-quality jobs

:09:22. > :09:31.take a longer time to just state because they require infrastructure

:09:31. > :09:34.and Investments. In the short-term, you end up having to have policy