they wus mine from birth then has a reminder of our top story the u.s. government's top infectious diseases expert on jimmy fallon she says the country's facing a serious problem as the number of corona virus infections continues to surge many western and southern states are experiencing the highest rates of infection since the coronavirus process figure out. what's how's your business update in just a moment we'll have more world news at the top of the top of the. innocent. but can we conquer the major issues of our society. seasonal produce not only. begin to cook holy ghost it's modern day heroes an. inspirational people to take on the challenges of the world with the unique idea of. the person with a face off for you know your own mind you look at those 2 problems and the film one

solution the new season of sounders eventually. this week called double good. people hold on for g.w. on facebook and twitter to date and in touch follow us. bedouins have permanently closed microsoft says it stores around the world will not reopen after the coronavirus crisis. with 3 german majors making global headlines around our 4 randolph what's been a wild week in frankfurt. and with many gigs around the world can sort of look at an invention that aims to help you feel the music at home. this is

do we have business on robots in berlin welcome along microsoft says its stores around the world closed because of coronavirus will never reopen the u.s. companies permanently shutting 4 of its stores that's around 100 outlets microsoft says it's taking a new approach to return invest in its online shops the 4 stores that won't be firmly closed will instead be turned into what the company called experience centers. along this let's speak to our financial corresponds on wall street quarter welcome along yes so what's behind this decision for microsoft you know a lot of those stores were located in shopping malls and shopping centers and those again were shut down mostly in the past couple of weeks and months and therefore now microsoft's 1st 2 sites are to close those stores for good clearly the

virus sped up this development but as far as i know microsoft i'm already had plans for next year to close doors doors and all that do it even earlier microsoft is bringing out some new products later this year and so they still wanted to keep those stores open but as i mentioned so now they're pulled the plug immediately but other parts of the u.s. economy are trying to reopen having said that the u.s. is just placing his biggest daily number of new coronavirus cases how easy is getting back to work proving for companies that. yeah it's quite dramatic and obviously very uneven the states of florida and offer texas for example now have decided to close bars for example who reopened meant other businesses too and it also shows on wall street that there is some concern that the economic recovery will be not as smooth as some economists were hoping for in the

past couple of weeks we saw a huge sell off on wall street here on friday chips down by more than 700 points and having that said also for the week blue chips are down by a good to 3 percent but that's not only because of the coronavirus we also had the bank stress tests that were that came on negatively here hunt wall street to goldman sachs for example down by a good 9 percent so clearly a lot of turbulence is shortly before the weekend here in new york i did wall street. financial correspondent in new york. and from wall street to frankfurt at the end of an extraordinary week in german business 3 blue chip companies made major headlines for very different reasons it's been a busy 5 days for our correspondent in frankfurt chelsea delaney. one

of the worst. financial correspondent chelsea delaney and now a brief look at some of the other business stories making the news the european

commission wants to investigate whether the german financial regulator baffin failed in its supervision of why oh why are called the goal is to find out if early warning signs were missed the german government says the case shows the need for greater oversight of the financial sector. the dutch and french governments have reached a deal to see france kalen through the coronavirus crisis the netherlands will provide a 3400000000 euro aid package to keep it warm that's in addition to a 7000000000 euro bailout already agreed by friends. and the world's biggest cosmetics company l'oreal says it will remove words like white fire and light from its skin evening products the black lives matter movement has led to scrutiny of companies who markets skin whitening creams l'oreal is a major seller of such products in the likes of asia africa and the caribbean.

now iran's currency the reaal has fallen to record lows against the dollar this week the coronavirus pandemic has kicked a currency that was already reeling from the effects of severe u.s. sanctions against tehran for rainy and workers it means that wages are worth less and less. revenues from iran's main export oil have plummeted so terrans foreign cash reserves are also down. one u.s. dollar was worth 190000 the rain in rio this week up from 32000 reales 5 years ago and ordinary people are feeling the pain in my mission. even if i work more a country by more dollars that has affected my welfare and made me stressed it's a bad situation. and there's no end in sight the covered 19 pandemic is still disrupting global trade. and here.

they're increasing dollar supply it was because of the disruption of the rain in exports to the regional markets the number of coronavirus patients in our country was unfortunately high and the borders have been closed this will continue until the epidemic is brought under control. down maybe as. meanwhile tehran is also taking a tougher stance against businesses it says half of some $40000000000.00 money generated by non oil in exports stays abroad and now iran wants companies to bring that hard currency home threatening to revoke export license as if they do not comply. now and d.-w. business we've brought you all manner of tales of innovation as people look for creative ways through the coronavirus crisis one of the challenges facing large

past of the world is the cancellation of events like concepts one invention promises to enable those who are missing live music to quite literally feel the rhythm one small. remember these concerts where you could live in the moment feel the music coming through your body and not worry about the person coughing next to you well there are fewer of those now but at least there's this the feel built the device sends a pole since your body that matches the rhythm of your music or whatever it is that you're listening to the german from behind it says it like a concert it's about pulling you deeper into the moment. and that in few bags. with the field we can feel everything that we would experience in music and video gaming as vibrations against the body or haptic feedback. and even fit in once you know. the belt is started with so-called impulse generators essentially thumping

membranes bass notes come through the front higher frequencies through the side it links with a phone through bluetooth connection the headset plugs into the belt itself. and it's not just music fans the company is hoping to attract but also gamers looking for a more immersive experience. one tech expert says such devices are having a moment the pentameter is reshaping our relationship between online and offline and products that come in to bridge this gap are seeing a bit of an interest in these days i don't think that we have a hard solution on how you're going to replace that perhaps tile emotional connection but a product like this one is a great start to doing so the feed belt is still in the prototype stage but should later sell for $329.00 euros for some a small price to pay for total immersion. and just quickly to another important for the entertainment the makers of iconic irish big guinness and open a 100000000 dollars fund to help pubs cope with the coronavirus pandemic license

bars around the world can apply for a share of the money from they can use it to buy whatever equipment they need to reopen or meet hygiene standards as one of the world's biggest distillers owning brands including johnnie walker and bailey's. and that's all from in the business team here in berlin thanks a lot for joining us.

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all in this together on together one make it. stay safe everyone. stay safe stay safe please stay safe. you're. welcome to in good shape your health shed on. hello and welcome to you in good shape i'm here in berlin at the famous german museum off technology here you can admire a lot from the world of engineering including medical equipment but i think the most beautiful instrument for dr.