Tom McEnaney

It seems she may indeed have a point.

In any case, the columnist quotes Victorian author Matthew Arnold referring to business people by saying, he who works for machinery works only for hatred, works only for confusion, which seems a little bit harsh.

Now we're joined for our look at the markets by Russ Mould of investment platform AJ Bell.

Good morning, Russ.

Russ, do you read much?

I have to say my favourite, I love to read, but my favourite Matthew Arnold quote is, it's not the one mentioned in the Irish Times and Financial Times this morning, but rather that journalism is literature in a hurry.

That's a gem.

It is, isn't it?

So, Russ, let's deal with the markets.

Let's take the benefit of all the reading you've been doing for us over the weekend.

The US has struck a trade deal focused on food.

It sounds like the Republicans have been a little spooked, Ross.

Because all of those tariffs are being paid for by consumers.

Yeah, no, I don't think anybody believes that's correct.

Now, Ross, there are reports this weekend of a possible bid for advertising giant WPP.

And one of the things that's depressing that share price and the share price of all advertising giants is, of course, Google.

And we've got news about Google.

It seems that Warren Buffett is taking his share in Google, well, if not Google, its parent Alphabet.

Very, very quickly, Ross, on another tech giant, Apple is focused on successional planning for its chief executive.

Fantastic.