Ewan Potts

The 8,500 business leaders polled by the Bank of France reported slowing industrial and construction activity in April with a warning of possible further declines this month.

In the dominant services sector, companies said the month could see activity contract and across the sectors, the share of businesses raising prices accelerated.

As the central bank's chief economist puts it, the French economy's resilience is starting to be put to the test.

In London, I'm Ewan Potts, Bloomberg Radio.

You certainly ask interesting questions.

The past year has seen Alphabet go from an AI-also-ran to the one firm in the market with dominant positions in nearly every aspect of the technology.

Now it's on the brink of overtaking chip giant Nvidia as the largest company in the world.

Google's parent ended last week with a market capitalisation of $4.8 trillion.

An end-of-week rally just about kept Nvidia in the top spot with a market cap of $5.2 trillion.

That makes the chipmaker worth roughly twice as much as the entire FTSE 100.

The past year has seen Alphabet go from an AI-also-ran to the one firm in the market with dominant positions in nearly every aspect of the technology.

Now it's on the brink of overtaking chip giant Nvidia as the largest company in the world.

Google's parent ended last week with a market capitalisation of $4.8 trillion.

An end-of-week rally just about kept NVIDIA in the top spot with a market cap of $5.2 trillion.

That makes the chipmaker worth roughly twice as much as the entire FTSE 100.

In London, I'm Ewan Potts, Bloomberg Radio.

The past year has seen Alphabet go from an AI-also-ran to the one firm in the market with dominant positions in nearly every aspect of the technology.

Now it's on the brink of overtaking chip giant Nvidia as the largest company in the world.

Google's parent ended last week with a market capitalisation of $4.8 trillion.

An end-of-week rally just about kept Nvidia in the top spot with a market cap of $5.2 trillion.