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Apple is first public company worth $1 trillion

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

The iPhone maker's market value reached the figure in New York on Thursday. Our North America Technology reporter, Dave Lee gives us analysis. The president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa of the governing ZANU-PF party, has won Monday's presidential elections. We hear from our correspondent in Harare, Shingai Nyoka. As cocaine production in Colombia reaches unprecedented levels, we have a report on how the country is fighting back against the narco-traffickers. Our correspondent in Singapore, Karishma Vaswani, gives us the latest Asia business news. Plus, an article in the Wall Street Journal claims the USA's love affair with beer is on the rocks as people turn to wine or cocktails. Saabir Chaudhuri, consumer goods correspondent of the Wall Street Journal talks us through the evidence.

We're joined throughout the programme by Peter Morici, professor of international Business at the University of Maryland in Washington and Lena Schipper, Seoul bureau chief for The Economist in Seoul.

(Photo: Apple iPhone. Credit: Getty Images)

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