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a swiss ski resort this year it was entirely digital we look back at the top stories from the meeting. this is the w. business i'm done now the one in berlin glad you can join us. game stop stop is rising again after it following a ban on buying the shares on some trading platforms now at least some of those curbs have been lifted it's just the latest twist in the thriller that's captivated the finance world shares in game stop have rocketed over just a few days gaining over 2000 percent thanks to small traders. this is game stop a brick and mortar retailer specializing in video games it's pretty popular with gamers even though much of the market has moved to streaming a trend that will likely continue threatening to put game stop out of business just like record stores and video rental chains some big time investors on wall street

have foreseen this and try to make a buck on the obvious trend hedge funds have been short selling the stock which means they have borrowed shares and sold them hoping to later buy them back i don't know what price and that's where things got out of hand and gamers and hobby investors came together to go after wall street. yemen ends column mclellan i'm here in houston texas i'm 31 years old and i have been in the stock market for the better part of the last 10 years and i bought game stop earlier this week on tuesday when i saw some traction around in the wall street. read. wall street bets is an online forum where users discuss their big plan to buy up as many game stop she has a possible driving up the price and hurting those hedge funds who had bet against it their plan worked and looking at an insane rally in the stock price multibillion

dollar hedge funds found themselves in the squeeze quickly buying back shares to cut their losses among them high profile names like melvin capital citroen capital and point $72.00 asset management the total damage to the hedge funds over $5000000000.00 wall street cried foul and warned the new investors about the danger of losing in the long run it turns out they already knew. that's what it is is their regular joes versus wall street and that's when i put money into it i said even if this goes to 0. and i lose everything i like being a part of it and that cemented shared amongst a lot a lot of people. so it's not only about money it's a david versus goliath fight that goliath might win after all under pressure trading platform robinhood which most game stop bias used has now limit to trading with the embattled shares sparking protests in the community and even on capitol

hill. they were only given the option to sell and not given the option to purchase which would necessarily and or rather you know quite expectantly drive down the stock price you know i think these are things that are just calling a lot of attention and and as i mentioned earlier the financial services committee is probably to look at it so it's off to another round as the future of game stop shares is unclear as is the future of the company itself as western countries visitor of huge contingents of the global vaccine supply africa is scrambling to secure doses the continent needs about $1500000000.00 jobs immunize 60 percent of its inhabitants the special of for herd immunity and especially in south africa time is of the essence. barrio teens and crematoriums can hardly keep up no other african country has registered as many called 1000 deaths

a south africa it has recorded the highest number of infections at 1300000 and now the 1st vaccine doses are finally jew tour arrive some south africans can hardly wait. yet. because i don't want to. welcome over a fiver. i want to get a good suit but the lord sure we see. overall south africa has a high coronavirus death rate there are also many vaccine skeptics here authorities are hoping their numbers twin dole once the vaccination campaign gets going the 1st one and a half 1000000 doses have been ordered from india 5 other african countries have already rolled out the vaccine the seychelles about 2 weeks ago for instance the vaccine used here comes from china and was donated by the united arab emirates the

president of the seychelles received the 1st inoculation you're not saying save your buck saying the vaccine is safe and that will give us another tool in our arsenal for victory you know that we're no board loving dog most african countries a trailing far behind in the global race for black scenes western nations have already secured about half of all doses africa is relying on international initiatives such as the world health organizations kovacs effort it's finals by the e.u. china and more recently the united states among others we are really in that the 1st those we rolled out. probably next month and by march. most of the country starting. in the kovacs initiative intends to supply 600000000 doses to africa by the end of

the year provided they are no delivery delays. robert kaplan joins us now he's an economist at the university of life sig's institute of african studies welcome to the program sir or could africa be left for all or part 2 doses despite initiatives like kovacs. so i didn't get the question because of it's about whether africa could be left with far too few doses despite initiatives we have like kovacs. that's right. africa is at. the end of the row because europe is focusing on on activities as the united states do and so they are left behind somehow but some somehow china went in and and. what seems now speaking of china if said before that africa could get caught between the e.u.

and china on vaccines why is that. that is a special case because china was quicker than all the others like the you all the united states. because they had a lot of problems getting their own populations west summated and protected with mark so china came in and was simply various very simply faster as the others and space spent a lot of money to get into this market of of maximization in on the african continent so they're there the larger in the last years and they deliver vaccines. job so some countries like this they say this is tells and other countries but nevertheless they are also a little bit late now even if africa does get enough vaccines doesn't have the infrastructure in place to distribute the doses effectively. the african countries

have done a lot in order to so so so so caught up with the way of all of the grown up cases so very very quickly they did a lot to control the borders girl she was just a buddhist and so on and so forth but nevertheless they were on how absolutely so the back since because the european union was late all the others but also made obo based around a lot of funding for a form of you age or in order to secure something or for the african countries i'm so sharma was ready for a bit read this. also started producing works in egypt for instance. delays compounding delays thank you very much robert kapil an economist at the university of life 6 institute for african studies thank you for your insights. time now for

a look at some of the other business stories making news a dutch court has ordered oil giant shell to pay compensation in a case brought by 4 nigerian farmers they allege that the dutch firm was responsible for widespread pollution on their land the farmers 1st sued shell in 2008. you. chinese airline operator h n a has declared bankruptcy following a risky expansion the conglomerate was involved in numerous other industries including stakes in health and hotels thought to bank and in several air carriers the pandemic travel slump was the death knell for the company. the boss of germany's financial regulator is set to be replaced felix who felt was head of boston during the recent wire card scandal and was accused of failing to investigate the fraudulent phone tech firm the german finance ministry said it was looking for a fresh start at the top of the regulator. the world economic forum is 50

years old this year but its golden anniversary event wasn't bigger and better than ever before where the coronavirus pandemic making in person gatherings a no go world leaders came together over the internet as well as driving the form online the virus also dominated its agenda davos hasn't been this quiet in decades no signs of the usual hustle and bustle instead a thick blanket of snow the locals like it that way. you should. i enjoy it there are no great things there is little traffic it is quiet there so your guests i would be happy to not have the w e f here anymore. i mean. what the locals enjoy however is a painful sign of what has happened to the world over the course of the past year online world leaders offered their plans and solutions with regards to the ongoing

pandemic and stressed that international cooperation is key to overcoming the crisis. let's the end point though isn't it we need to choose a multilateral approach a self isolating approach won't solve our problems we see that 1st of all on the question of vaccination since it's the root out of the pandemic and that's fear missing that's an option. the british people blame. but poor countries say wealthier nations are not looking for global solutions to the crisis and only thinking of themselves. we are all not safe if some countries are vaccinating their people in other countries i'm not vaccinating we all must act together in combating coronavirus because it affects all of us equally well global leaders can meet virtually to speak to each other the coronavirus pandemic reveals

that international cooperation has many challenges. and that's all from me and the business team here in berlin if you want more from us check out our website dot com slash business or also on facebook and on twitter thanks for joining us. it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of the new world order the silk road. china plans to expand its influence with this trade network. but there's a morning when for accept money from the new superpower will become a tendency. to finish because the chinese state has

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