everything connected to jewish culture today researchers are searching for the missing works of art. it's challenging for the experts. and painful for the descendants. to someone who did art in the 3rd brush starts feb 10th on t.w. . german engineering giant z. man's on the pressure from environmental groups at the annual shareholders meeting in munich demonstrate this demand the company must stop selling any of its products to fossil fuel come just. building a factory and promising thousands of jobs but not everybody that is happy about. this is the new business i'm in berlin welcome at the end of last year tesla c.e.o.

elon musk announced a comic i would build a manufacturing plant in good hider that's near berlin the so-called gigafactory forest to produce batteries and college trains $5.00 to $500000.00 electric cars a year for the european market but not everyone including is happy about the new neighbors. it's hard to believe that just months from now this pine forest in the state of brandenburg will be the site of tesla's a factory for authorities are still defusing unexploded world war 2 bombs here but the forest has to be cleared quickly because in march the growing season starts and then tree felling is not permitted. ever since it was announced that tesla would build the factory here the southeast of berlin has been up in arms me. opponents of the project are worried about the changes tesla's production site will make to their community and the environment. in response tesla basilan musk tweeted

a promise to keep production sustainable but the protesters aren't convinced. because in the 0 critters we do this very critically because where the gigafactory is slated to be built is a drinking water preservation zone and it will have a massive effect on the water situation and a huge area of forest has to be cleared and that means they'll be more traffic in the surroundings and more emissions with a negative environmental impact. interest may get the life was off. our nick the mayor couldn't hide it is familiar with the protesters arguments but he doesn't accept them. he says ultimately the factory is supposed to turn out half a 1000000 electric cars a year and for that he's prepared to sacrifice the tree as. you but i mean someone came up with a good comparison of the plant grain to harvest it later in the year it's the same with this forest it can be harvested it's harvest ready substandard pine forest that's the forestry term for it all. but tesla signed the purchase contract with

the state of brandenburg in late january and since then going heidi has been making headlines even the new york times has reported from here the mayor is looking forward to the tax revenues to billions of euros in investments and thousands of new jobs. that's a viewpoint shared by the fans of tesla's project they're out here in force to show what a great opportunity this could be for clean haida. i'm sure tesla will adhere to environmental standards or not on the other hand i'm in a union and we realize that there are questions about working conditions that we'll need to discuss with tesla in the upcoming months when the test is continues in the east and we're not. now the big rush is starting transport links to berlin need revamping you housing and schools are needed and tesla still doesn't have a building permit the approval process is ongoing in shanghai the u.s.

carmaker just completed its gigafactory 3 in less than a year but brandenburg is not china here many stakeholders in society have a say. now to some of the other global business stories making headlines today disney's bets on streaming looks to be paying off after the company reported a huge take up of of its on demand videos $28000000.00 customers have already signed up to the disney plus service since it launched in november helping to push revenues up 36 percent in the 4th quarter. u.s. retiled giant macy's is closing 1245 stores over the next 3 years more than 2000 people will lose their jobs macy's is dealing with online competition like hours and shoppers changing behavior classic department stores are seeing their customers flock to fry's stores for discounts on big brother.

like a ford has earned just $47.00 a 1000000 dollars last year that's a staggering and 99 percent decline on the previous year when it turned a profit of $3700000000.00 the comic a blame the fall on higher warranty costs lower cost sales and big pension expenses . the main street executive job is a face the environmental protest inside and outside the group's annual shareholder meeting on wednesday he said the complaints are grotesque that writes about siemens supplying signalling equipment for rail line in australia that line well connected massive new open cost coal mine to the coast activists demand the company must not deal with fossil fuel companies anymore as coal and all seen as drive as of climate change. as demonstrators joined hands outside the munich venue to protest siemens

environmental record shareholders in europe's biggest engineering company were keen to learn the financial details orders and earnings were lower in the 1st quarter. but before c.e.o. joe kayser could address siemens results he had to deal with the environmental issues he told media it was grotesque the project in australia had made siemens a target of environmental protests. that doesn't change the fact that the signal equipment we delivered ensure a safe rail transport and is relevant to the overall operating of the controversial mine is qasr is in its last year at the helm and is attempting a major restructuring of siemens which makes everything from trains to wind turbines siemens reported study profits despite a drop in orders in the october to december period way down by weaker performances in the also in energy sectors sluggish results for its when business could hinder siemens bid to launch a new energy company with plans for siemens energy to go public later in the year the company also saw

a weaker than expected 1st quarter profit in its flagship digital industry's business. for decades british citizens taking a one hour ferry trip across the channel to the french port town of l.a. to stock up on cheap in the early years they were availing themselves of colleges duty free zone which the introduction of the e.u. single market in $999.00 they enjoyed the fact that there was no restriction on how much cheap whiskey they could buy now with britain out of the e.u. the future of the popular booze cruise is in jeopardy back in the ninety's it was known as the booze cruise ferries shipping hordes of brits across the channel to the nearby french port of cali to stock up on duty free alcohol and cigarettes. duty free shopping within the e.u. ended in 1999 following the creation of the single market. but the hordes

well they kept on coming. back then the pound was much stronger and as e.u. members brits could now avail themselves of as much cheaper french grogan as they could carry as long as they didn't resell it back home after a break that cully locals feel losing their wholesale booze business should london also introduce import tariffs on france's fayned intoxicants by this time next year entirely different rules could be in place making it less attractive for brits to make the trip. that's prompted local representatives to lobby the french government to restore the old duty free zone while the government tries to understand its. letting and the area i think that you're different in you know shops even restaurants. would bring a lot of people. would create employment. the fate of the town of kalak just largely on how trade talks between the e.u. and u.k.

progress with 0 tariffs and frictionless movement far from being a given the future of the booze cruise like many other age old british institutions hangs in the balance. swiss pharmaceutical company novartis come up with a wonder drug for a red disease a single dose treatment of a soldier and cure spinal muscular atrophy a deadly drug has only been approved for use in the us so far and is made in small batches it is the world's most expensive medication and out of the reach of most patients now novartis has begun issuing soldiers to 100 babies and children for free but chosen by lottery drawing up enormous ethical questions. and that mohammed has trouble breathing and he can't walk his muscles are wasting away the boy suffers from spinal muscular atrophy s.m.a.

a deadly disease the new novartis drug could cure muhammad with a single dose costing 2000000 dollars novartis argues that it's lottery will help $100.00 children around the world like mohammed but patient lobby groups say the scheme doesn't solve systemic problems of high cost and regulatory approval. to assume they want to make the drug excessive all to children and this august you huge hype and pressure. high of course parents or 6 children will do everything possible that's what i would do as a father. finally we can assume that this law seems to be a means of expediting the drug approval process of. no boxes since its capacity to make the drug is limited. called it's a dilemma we simply don't have as many doses as we would like despite all the criticism at this point there are no proposals for any better alternatives and

quote. there's only one alternative treatment for estimate it's been rozza with the drug doesn't work for every child. and it has to be injected into the spinal cord every 4 months that's why many doctors would prefer his organs ma would be to go one is not to dish t.v. is naturally the administration is all against my is less invasive and there's no evidence the drug efficacy is any worse than. would of course make it an easier treatment for the patient group for which it would be approved. and that also relativize is the $2000000.00 price tag for a single dose of the against my lifelong treatment which you'll turn to the drug would cost a whole lot more. germans swedes make. launched a complaint against a spanish company that's selling gummy bass similar to its own but with one key difference arab oil says consumers could be misled by

a see those colorful bass which contain vodka tequila and whiskey spokesperson added that for children and the consumption of alcohol are mutually exclusive. and that's it for me and the business team here in berlin more business news and lots of background on our website of course called slash business we're also on facebook and twitter followers that i'll stay tuned. for the latest from the world of arts and culture for you right after all quick update on global markets at this hour.

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