this is business in asia your updates on asian and global business news on the w m d out of us welcome we start in the u.s. where aircraft maker boeing will halt production of the 737 max in january that's the 1st such production pause in more than 2 decades boeing says the continued grounding off the plane by regulators said to reach far into next year left it no choice to freeze by one of the largest u.s. exporters will impact suppliers airlines and financiers across the globe as well as the u.s. economy on the whole aircraft in the 737 family account for 70 percent of boeing civil aviation business and the max is just the latest version of it the 1st 737 flew more than 50 years ago they were meant to lead the company into a bright future boeing has only delivered $387.00 so far but has over $4000.00 on the order book for customers around the world just the $400.00 planes currently parked at the factory have

a sales value of some $50000000000.00 analysts fear the macs debacle has the potential to slow down the entire u.s. economy. there are 400 brand new 737 max aircraft parked in boeing's holding area they've been grounded since april this year some are even parked in the employee parking lot the production stop slated for this coming january is a drastic measure and it's bad for boeing's $12000.00 employees i think hauling production as is a pretty major downside that disrupts the whole supply chain that puts labor and terrible spot causes. a real loss of the economies of scale that this airplane has that you keep that assembly line go on because of all the efficiencies in october 28th seen as 737 max crashed in indonesia then another one went down in ethiopia last march 346 passengers were killed in those 2 plane

crashes with the 737 max is faulty steering software playing a decisive role in both incidents so far boeing has been unable to deliver a software correction that can be approved by the us federal aviation administration there are 737 is boeing's best selling aircraft airlines of place thousands of orders so u.s. airlines end european air carriers of had to cancel flights due to lack of aircraft the airlines themselves are in just a terrible spot because they're selling spring break they're selling summer without knowledge of what their fleet is and all parties need to have complete transparency here so we can come up with some reasonable plan you know get this crisis get things back on track the loss of production at boeing might have a ripple effect that could burden the entire u.s. economy. that's financial correspondent and frank.

is boeing's main competitor so they must be benefiting from this cross is how much of boost is that for us. you know in some cases av us has profited from the situation there had been a few clients in secure a whether to order us planes or boeing planes they eventually decided for us but the general capacity the potential for ever us to profit from this is limited you know production for the a $320.00 airbus which is the plane competing against the 737 max is running at full capacity of us is producing and delivering 50 a $320.00 is a month and there's a backlog of $6000.00 planes so everest cannot immediately boost deliveries. or thank you for that stay with us we're going to talk about france in a moment where workers continue their protests against the government's new pension plans transport sector is hardest hit flights in and out of target paris all the

board will be reduced by 20 percent today and many train services are cancelled as well with christmas approaching fast all the makers worry the strikes could spoil their travel plans. the french government wants to merge 42 existing pension schemes into one workers want to hold on to their retirement packages some with privileges like early retirement and generous benefits that's the case for most transportation workers and they are at the center of the current strike. in paris only 2 metro lines are running frustration is high among passengers at the few stations where the service. i'm clearly flat out. i left my home at 5 am and now i'm stuck at god you know i have to get to the 15th i don't know how. it's not fair my family are supposed to come to visit me and no they won't it's

very very selfish. but the striking workers have a different view. this is not about protecting our retirement we're on strike to protect everyone's retirement. where the metro and other trains out of service traffic jams all over france are now stretching hundreds of kilometers french president among women at home has expressed solidarity with the millions affected by the strike but the show no sign of backing down on pension reform. all those french workers taking to the streets there for the 13th. are these pension reforms mccoy is really pushing through are they going to work. you know if you talk to economists they find it a bit difficult to give an opinion on that because this is not something you can easily describe in economic formulas and numbers in political terms it looks like this might have the potential to become something like breck's it or the yellow

vests we've seen in france recently something where a lot of anger is expressed by citizens with the potential to make or break a big project like the pension reform you know yesterday the man who invented the pension reform for the french government his name is john paul did what he had to leave his post because he failed to disclose side jobs now this ease exactly the kind of stuff for ordinary french people that indicates again how you know detached the governing elite in france is something that in modern macor the president had promised to change when he when he came into office but he might not be successful this with this but it's going to be crucial to to to change this it's going to be crucial to really convince the french people that the pension reform is something that has to happen on reducing them fine thank you.

2 asian markets rallied today apparently waiting for wall street 1st before sharing a phase one trade deal between the u.s. and china after u.s. markets rose to record highs on monday markets in shanghai hong kong and tokyo now followed analysts point to reduce the uncertainty over the trade between the 2 the world's 2 largest economies the deal between washington and beijing sees a rollback on tires on $160000000000.00 of chinese imports and increased purchases of us are part of products and energy by beijing. unrest in hong kong has led to a massive outflow of capital into the latest numbers released by the bank of england it says investment funds india asian financial center have lost as much as $5000000000.00 since april that's more than one percent of g.d.p. violent demonstrations have occurred regularly in hong kong ever since the

government tried to pass a bill that would allow extradition to my mainland china. christmas is coming bought wants to give the one person who seems to have everything even more of course because even if you're a billionaire the feeling that you might have accumulated enough stuff doesn't really come does it to celebrate the holidays while one percenters in the us are out in beverly hills buying well more stuff the rather expensive friday. rodeo drive the lights are on and the bling is out and 18 carat gold bracelet for $200000.00 a one of a kind watch set with $58.00 diamonds 440-0000 or how about a brown and yellow pear shaped diamond pendant necklace your search for 3300000

too much luxury for christmas remember what the wise men brought baby jesus gold that's right this is a classy man selection to. no where else in the world do you find these colors these this quality attention to detail that we're putting into our collections and of course the exclusivity you know to say that this ties or this jacket is only one in the world and to be proudly wearing that for people who have everything that has a certain value. openly flaunting incredible wealth this is not your thing how about something to ration so home this show dollars retail so $5500000.00 or you go for discrete table clock or a kangaroo leather backgammon board business is good in the days leading up to the most commercial of holidays and the top one percent is doing their part so this

year we're expecting a slight increase in sales were a year ago from the 1st of november through the end of december of about a 60 day period to consumers expected to spend about $730000000000.00 nationwide luxury spending is certainly in the forefront with all the tinsel and bling rodeo drive for some is a true winter wonderland. for lucky view a space x. falcon 9 rocket carrying a communications for mobile broadband services blasted off from cape canaveral in florida days ago another and i'm so call from the same supply run to the international space station the falcon 9 1st stage return to earth after boosting the vehicle was forming and on target touchdown aboard a space a grown ship cruising in the atlantic ocean a successful recovery some 8 and

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