and leaving behind the fossil fuel age germany to now down its final coal fired plants earlier than planned as it shifts to green energy. i mean let's do business weaponized spending power hong kong's protest movement has no need to bite it people along political lines it's also affecting their spending habits and you wear maps businesses that do and do not support the pro-democracy demonstrators allowing customers to put their money where their mouth is. this pastry and desert shop is well known for its refined dishes the michelin guide listed as one of the best in hong kong but for him one 1st time customer this is not the reason why he came here for a scoop of ice cream in the afternoon long we recently is not. playing. this. role something that.

the post hits with messages of solidarity show this shop is yellow the color of the pro-democracy movement kim has found a place miami that lists businesses which support the protests coco chan and chairs co have found at their business after dropping out of jobs in the financial sector they have been supporting the pro-democracy movement since its beginning i want to die and i was going to have customers came in one day and when they finished they gave us a yellow sticker and said you can put this up it's only then i realised they were from a verification team the yellow shops are high and dry one thing again. cocoa and shasta have found at their pastry shop in 2015 when the protest movement started they suffered losses as most small businesses but since then have been laid yellow that turnover is even higher than before the protests started and it was when

protesters go to ace and other places they need to be careful about people the herring the conversations they don't have to worry about that head that's why we have more customers recently sometimes they even queue up outside our shop and take us is really just around the corner. but those who do not support the protests trouble really warms traditional hong kong snacks has been labeled blue the color of the pro-government camp since she posted a photo in support of the police force on facebook her business is down more than 50 percent. i missing my savings and i borrow money from friends. to shop is my baby i can't just close it but right now i don't have any income and. protesters are boycotting a business and they have repeatedly reported church with your thirty's for elite violations lily has been to eatery after husband passed away several years ago to

support herself and with 2 kids now she has to take small extra jobs in the evening to make ends meet. today why are more helpful or if you ask whether i have any regrets i don't like i think people should stand for that belief saying. it's either blue or yellow in today's hong kong the social divide runs through the city. well here comes the knight in shining armor amazon's jeff bezos has written into india with a $1000000000.00 to hand out he wants to digitize businesses to join his cause the very he is accused of strong with his online retail giant india's competition commission is investigating allegations of preferential listing and exclusionary tactics. jeff bezos received a rock star's welcome from his employees in india as he told them exactly the sort of thing they wanted to hear this country has something special. and it's

a democracy. with this is going to be the indian century to india but the warm reception he received inside the amazon event in new delhi was not matched outside the main gate traditional indian street traders have been protesting the c.e.o.'s visit they say around a $100000.00 small businesses have gone bust because of internet retailers selling unfairly discounted products bakeries amazon and its main competitor flipkart. colonial practices and the bad they're not in this 2nd version of the severe committee but there's one white only got pretty sure that they don't they're going to therefore dump cortef pays us try to head off some of that criticism with his $1000000000.00 announcement he says the investment will help indian businesses to digitize and spread their products worldwide we're going to use our global

footprint to export outside of india to export $10000000000.00 us dollars of make an india goods no 2 no god but that promise hasn't been enough to convince indian traders who wish amazon had never turned up in the 1st place most owned by. european businesses are urging the e.u. to level the playing field in china's beltre road initiative a survey by the e.u. chamber of commerce in china found european firms are facing a variety of areas the pacific dissipate in the project creating a lack of transparency in the tendering process the initiative aims to establish a vast network of ports railways roads and industrial parks spanning the globe. we asked the president of the e.u. chamber of commerce in china to describe the problems foreign companies face it wrong as a signal to the ones that are here china is a one stop shop i mean they have the iron ore they have to steel they have the

trains there and the ships and then this element with chinese finances to whatever country is willing to basically have these projects and it's very telling that to 90 percent of all the intro to don't want china stays in china so we have a similar situation not only in kenya and in most of the only and other countries where we have this like of access to projects we have their problems years in china not all of a sudden we come across this region of the world so china you know really is exporting its procurement model. germany's federal and state governments have agreed to phase out coal in a jeep by 2038 the 1st coal fired power plant has settled to go offline this year with plans to shut off the remaining facilities over the next 18 years the move will come at some cost to the state operators will receive around $4000000000.00 euros in compensation to states and regions affected by the shutdown the rules are set to receive $14000000000.00 in structural aid. let's go of tolly balance our

financial correspondent in frankfurt only it sounds like a huge amount of money a lot of big numbers being bandied about they have just how big are they can you put that into perspective for us $4350000000.00 for example for the coal for the power producers but that goes $2600000000.00 a vote to the western part of the country in $1.00 to the eastern german one analyst said it's a boon for a company like r w e u which stands to profit doubly a by the end of coal it gets the compensation and because it's made itself into a leading provider of renewable energy it stands to profit from that becoming more important in the future as well and shareholders are quite pleased full in the case of our w e today what about this huge shift that way talking about no coal no nuclear power how vulnerable does this make the german economy. well some critics say very

vulnerable because you don't have every day with sun and not every day with wind and sometimes both are not available but others say the pattern of power you should use such as changed and you'll always have service with 100 percent renewables if that is reached but it's a problem many people don't like a wind farm in their backyard and should problem here in germany we'll see by which time one has 100 percent renewables achievable. there for us in frankfurt thank you . well you order way destry is also doing its bit for the environment it's just that moving to electric powered vehicles means huge jump cuts not as many hands needed in the assembly of the cars but new technologies also mean you opportunities . automotive supplier bosch has one of its biggest facilities in bamberg in southern germany 7000 employees assemble traditional combustion engine parts making

things like nozzles for diesel fuel injection but the future is said to look more like this fuel cells as a standalone energy supply systems for home use are smaller units to power cars and trucks shifting to new technology is meant to make the facility future proof in. this by building prototype parts of the new systems we don't have a choice we have to tackle these issues. we need to be open to new technology. capable of getting behind us. electric mobility and autonomy driving represent great challenges for the suppliers of the future factory shutdowns and job cuts loom over operations in bamberg and around the region the inside among the workers is palpable but bush's fuel cells could be its way to stay at the cutting edge and its workforce has high hopes the

$7000.00 employees and bamberg have had to work less and give up some of their pay but their contracts are secure until 2026 they say they need financing from the state and a push from bamberg business community to be able to transform the region into a model for automotive supply. japanese automotive heavyweight toyota is looking for a bit of levity it's investing $400000000.00 in flying electric company job gave a geisha california based aerospace is developing a full passenger electric an aircraft for commercial transport toyota said it would contribute manufacturing expertise and quality and cost control to the tie up investment comes as the company seeks expansion into new sectors have made rapid changes in the auto industry. and japanese instrument make a yamaha music is urging people not to cram themselves into its instrument cases as

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this is g.w. newsline from larry enough possible breakthrough in libya's civil war germany's foreign ministry says rebel leader khalifa haftar has agreed to a cease fire following talks in bangkok and comes last found and passed to host a conference this weekend ending years of conflict in libya also on the program russian lawmakers backed president putin's choice for prime minister a day after the surprised resignation of the entire russian government the move best left the world wondering what is prudent.