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Toyota overtakes GM as top US car seller

After a 90-year run at the top, GM slipped behind Toyota in terms of car sales in the US in 2021.

After a 90-year run at the top, GM slipped behind Toyota in terms of car sales in the US in 2021. Paul Eisenstein from TheDetroitBureau.com tells us what caused the swing. Plus, reaction to Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes being found guilty on several counts of fraud. LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik tells us why he thinks more investors will fall prey to deception in the future. As Apple briefly becomes the first publicly traded company to be valued at more than US$3 trillion, Wall Street Journal markets reporter Hardika Singh tells us why the tech giant is still going strong. Plus, Joe Saluzzi from Themis Trading gives us his take on today's movements in markets in the US. Whilst they have been rising sharply in recent years, London's FTSE100 is just two per cent higher than five years ago. The 主播大秀's business editor, Simon Jack, reports on why the UK index seems to be under performing.

(Picture: A General Motors electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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