UPDATE: Apple breaks sales records - a podcast by BBC World Service

Firstly, we look at how Apple became the first company to hit a stock market valuation of $3tn in early January of this year as well as its latest earnings.
We also discuss how chip shortages and supply chain issues have hit production. Are consumers still snapping up iPhones? Daniel Ives is Managing Director of Equity Research for Wedbush Securities in New York weighs in on the topic.

A series of slow-moving truck convoys are making their way towards the Canadian capital, Ottawa, as part of a protest against vaccine mandates. It all started with drivers hauling cargo across the border with the United States being compelled - both ways - to be vaccinated or denied permission to cross. In some provinces, the convoys have caused traffic congestion - so in terms of being an irritant the protest is certainly working. And on Thursday the Prime Minister himself, Justin Trudeau, was forced to address the issue. Nate Tabak is a reporter for the global transport and infrastructure website freightwaves.com - he spoke to us about what he made of the situation.

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