The United States releases jobs data. More than a quarter of a million new ones were added last month suggesting the world's largest economy remains buoyant.

In South Korea workers at the country's biggest company ,Samsung. have staged industrial action for the first time in the company's more-than fifty-year history. The BBC’s Sally Nabil reports from Cairo. Egypt is increasing the price of subsidized bread by 300 per cent. And the T20 cricket world cup tournament is being held in the US for the first time ever.

We were joined by ABC's senior business correspondent Peter Ryan and Technology journalist Takara Small

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