Not always as easy as ABC

Wake Up to Money

BBC

Business

4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Sean Farrington gets reaction to disappointing trading results from Google parent Alphabet. Also, we hear about the latest blows in the trade spat between China and the US. Chinese online retailers may no longer be able to duck American import duty. But should the UK be following suit?

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Greg Jenner. I'm the host of Your Dead to Me, where the best names in comedy and history
0:05.5	join me to learn about and laugh at the past. You are a traitor. And in the new series, we'll meet
0:11.2	Aristotle. I think he might have been a time traveller. Someone who's like almost a glitch.
0:15.3	We'll dive into the causes of the British Civil Wars in the 1600s. In England at this period,
0:19.8	there's people can't get on the housing ladder.
0:21.5	This sounds familiar.
0:23.2	And we'll discover the arts and crafts movement.
0:25.3	I love the clothes.
0:26.3	I love the vibe.
0:27.1	Yes, we're a comedy show that takes history seriously and then laughs at it.
0:30.5	You're dead to me.
0:31.3	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:34.3	BBC Sounds.
0:35.6	Music, radio, podcasts.
0:37.5	Wake up to Money with Sean Farrington., Radio, podcasts.
0:40.7	Wake Up to Money with Sean Farrington.
0:47.9	Good morning to you. It is Wake Up to Money on BBC 5 Live Wednesday morning, the 5th of February.
0:49.7	It's just after 5 o'clock.
0:52.8	I'm Sean Farrington. Thank you for being with us this morning. 85058 is the number as ever to message us, get in touch.
0:58.5	Are you a big Sheean, T.moo shopper online? Are you one of those that we heard about in the run up to Christmas, spending hundreds of pounds on almost hundreds of goods?
1:09.5	Because it's so much cheaper than hitting the high street
1:12.0	here in the UK.
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