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in damage control the central banks governor under investigation for bribery while the u.s. accuses a lot finlander of money laundering. electric dreams come true for the swedish students behind the v.c. car why the funding and orders are rolling in. and india's equal first boom creates a logistics nightmare for couriers how some startups are turning to tech to tackle the challenges. time for business news and fun for char let us anti-corruption agency released him our strengths of each on bail he's the governor of the a central bank and is accused of bribery it's him right they are now the government's been meeting in an emergency session not because of him but it has a lot of other things on its plate one of the baltic nation's biggest banks is
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accused of doing business with north korea and that the spite sanctions. the law to be an anti corruption agency is starting a criminal probe against the country's central bank chief bill maher's run seven he's suspected of taking bribes calling it the rules of the game for successful banking in the country he allegedly demanded one hundred thousand euros a month in bribes from the owner of the life in bank norvig banka the financial institution then filed an international complaint not be as finance minister sought to offer reassurances. welcomed. i can assure you that they're not then fine and system is stable banks don't have the credit issues so depositors' can feel completely safe. obviously order to protect the finance sector stability and reputation i think that room service should resign from his post while the investigation is ongoing it's not going to go as a result of
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a second scandal the e.c.b. stopped all a.b.l. the bank payments on one of the country's biggest banks it was accused of breaching western sanctions on north korea. who will win the election in italy a lot of parties are competing and sympathies are growing for the five star movement especially among people who are unemployed and frustrated that the government the movement embrace is anti capitalist and anti consumer ideas and could make a difference whether or not the current government keeps its majority in problem. on the northern outskirts of naples has lots of social housing from the early one nine hundred seventy s. many of the buildings here are now broken down and abandoned while many of the suburbs residents are unemployed and have had few chances in life they're frustrated by politicians and their promises and are placing their hopes in this man luigi dimaio a candidate for the five star movement they believe he can make things better. to
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really launch employment we need investment we have to set an objective to relaunch plants here in the south and at the same time we need a basic income to help give those who don't have work a chance to reenter the job market let's start making it happen for. jobs and a guaranteed basic income sound good especially for the unemployed youth here. is focus i hope is the five star movement comes to power because it understands young people better than other parties they're more aware of technology and think about a future for us young people. ten thousand workers at the factory here have lost their jobs in the past few years now they're also looking to new politicians for help. would be my i'll go with the my oh. my oh will be the turning point because by getting the usual people we know how it'll turn out but they're always taking care of their own interests we need something new i think
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we'll get some new perspective with the mio. in southern italy more and more people now identify with the five star movement and that could soon determine whether the current government keeps its majority in parliament or not. now who would have thought you could pop into an electronics store to buy a car that's the case for this next trick we call developed by a bunch of swedish students. it began as an innovation project at the university in sweden now after raising well over a million euros in a crowd funding campaign it's become a futuristic looking e-car designed to lead the next generation of electric vehicles the new city car has some features that have eluded other car makers it has a three hundred kilometer range and the battery can be fast charged in just over three hours using induction technology there's also a removable battery pack that owners can plug in at home or at the office unit has
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also struck a deal with an electricity provider and car owners will receive five years of free solar energy to charge their car so you doing it daily commute back and forth every day you not even worrying about plugging it in it's to energy is taking care of it doesn't cost you a dime. owners open the car door with a quick scan of a key card. the vehicle steering system resembles a wee controller rather than a traditional steering wheel. this is not the generation swipes that pulls a lever to turn right this is the generation this wipes right. the unity one is now on display in some media market stores in sweden it's priced at just under fifteen thousand euros and first deliveries are scheduled for twenty nineteen. now unity is also aiming to bring a nine thousand euro five seater version of its city car to the indian market by
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twenty twenty. navigating india streets can be dangerous for the oxen and holy cow is wandering around and an e-commerce fool could make it even worse a startup is using tack to tackle logistics. every morning how did the cut sets off a new job that requires speed and efficiency. the two things that india's overstretch road do not provide one in that works as a delivery man your daily e-commerce logistics shadowfax he has to deliver dozens of packages a day on titan to customers in hellish traffic. another problem is finding addresses in india's many unplanned settlements been codes house numbers and landmarks often inaccurate and confusing the one you had in there often has to call customers for directions before he could make the delivery. that means he loses
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precious time further ramping up the pressure. maybe finding addresses isn't easy sometimes there are several houses with the same numbers then we have to call up the customers sometimes several times customers get angry and they say why are you constantly calling me it's your job to find the address you're the delivery man so it's frustrating. for the tram engine is a well known here a travel fax. operates in seventy indian cities delivering everything from groceries electronics food to clothes co-founded by birth control is a big believer in technology to tackle just as. his company crunches traffic and location data and uses artificial intelligence and predictive analysis to optimize delivery parts and times the i would say these problems can only be solved where
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taken a short time if you say in the long term yes there are many needs for big actions according to it but in the short term it is definitely tech which can make businesses move faster the focus on technology also news delivery workers like having them have to be trained using the company's. tracks the entire supply process. at another shot a fax hub technology is also used to tackle one of the biggest headaches but it is six companies processing the huge volume of goods and happy customers written. india's e-commerce market is growing fast it's estimated to reach one hundred billion dollars by two thousand and twenty the country's bush to digital economy is also driving will people to shop online. but getting deliberately logistics right means complicated in a country in which millions of customers are spread out across boston often unconnected areas. it will take some time to cover such
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a wide. swath of just off you know to ordinary as well as we walk with it so need significant you know investment in the experience to come to. e-commerce in india but millions of brick and mortar corner shops across the country and going to disappear any time soon. but here is something that could soon be a japanese packs for a group of researchers in the country has developed a then elastic display that can be pasted directly onto human skin the university of tokyo professor who came out with a display sauce for improved and even save lives. the display is about one millimeter thick and consists of micro l.-e. d.'s embedded in a rubber sheet it measures just six by ten centimeters just the right size to stick on the back of a hand the developers promise the monitor won't cause discomfort to users it can be
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adhered to any flexible areas of the body it's the skin display will allow everyone to access information on vital functions much more easily than ever before the purpose of the display is to help improve people's quality of life the device has direct applications in hospitals where patients can wear the display and sensors will allow doctors to read information like the patients electrocardiogram that's why it's hard not to like this sticky little flexible monitor. copenhagen's finest numerous strong reopened after closing down last year in the critics have named it the world's best restaurant for years in a row it could come in on the world food and promote a no clearly so menus turning the idea into an enduring trend peony are in shock from the red jacket remains in charge after returning from a global tour a meal at no cost just over three hundred euros per person not including drinks and
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journalism itself has become a scripted reality show it's not just good versus evil us versus them black and white. in countries like russia china churchy people are told is that enough and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors it's not just about being clear and balanced or being neutral it's about being truthful. funny was cordoned off and i was you know.
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