the initial public offering is coming and there's been some unconfirmed reports that air b.n. b. may offer equity to super hosts air b.n. b. is not to confirm this believe that also trying to talk about this in terms of sharing equity with their drivers so this would be what are your thoughts there i think it's strategically really smart you want to incentivize employees we're not technically employees but we're definitely part of the economy that we grew for them i mean they are what was the valuation just at thirty four billion write something. you know our revenue contributes to that they want to keep us happy as well so i think that's a really strategic smart thing to do right and so this just speaks to a transformation in the economy and decide that again returning to and or yang's policy it's an idea that i've talked about lot about on this show for years that when you look at things like social security for example why isn't there a component that is feeding into that were the american public gets a slice of wall street every deal that's cut on wall street there should be a

did you put out sure so human rights watch in november issued a report documenting the role of air b.n. b. and brokering rentals on land confiscated from palestinians who themselves are barred from staying there as part of our global work on business and human rights we called on air b.n. b. to end its complicity in rights abuse and stop the listings in settlements of course air b.n. b. i know it's at the time that it would take down its listings before versing again and one of the piece of evidence that the government used against against us in court and which the court cited in its decision was my advocacy on twitter which represent human rights watch is positions calling for air b.n. b. to adhere to its responsibilities under international law and let's be clear is it you as an individual that's being expelled from the country or is a human rights watch. that decision is specific to me but it's based on my work promoting human rights watch as research and conducting advocacy on behalf of the organization as its israel and palestine director and country right and so human rights watch c

turn by air b.n. b. to allow property listings in the occupied west bank is being condemned the home sharing company had reversed its policy to remove israel listings after settling legal action jewish lawyers sued the air b.n. b. when n b n b said the homes were at the core of the dispute between israelis and palestinians the company's managers now say all profits from rentals there will be donated to charity human rights watch says donating profits does nothing to remedy the human suffering caused by unlawful settlements. former civil servants in india are questioning the credibility of the election commission accused of ignoring for a minister narendra modi's alleged violations of the code of conduct that kicks in once election dates are announced voting begins on thursday al-jazeera has been speaking to people about their hopes for the next government. to millions of indians the wheels of life don't stop turning and that includes those like migrant workers back on course from the state of west bengal

and another tech and commerce news air b.n. b. has reneged on their pledge to stop listing locations in illegal settlements in the occupied west bank in november of twenty eighteen activists a plot of the online property rental companies decision under pressure to remove listings in west bank settlements air b.n. b. reversed their position after a threat of a lawsuit from settlers and they say that they will list locations but then donate the profits israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who seems to have secured a narrow but sufficient margin of victory in this week's israeli election has pledged to formally an ex the illegal settlements. all right let's talk cryptocurrency is now china is considering banning bitcoin mining the country's national development and reform commission is proposing that ban calling big mining seriously wasted resources those are their words they quote mining does require large numbers of computers dedicated to crunching our block chain numbers banning big coin mining though that's not really the sa

-turn by air b.n. b. to allow property listings in the occupied west bank is being condemned the home sharing company had reversed its policy to remove israeli listings after settling legal action jewish lawyers sued air b.n. b. when it said the homes were at the core of the dispute between israelis and palestinians the company's managers now say all profits from rentals there will be donated to charity. the u.n. says there's been an alarming rise in civilian casualties in syria's last rebel held province the bombardment of it intensified a day after russia's president hinted it would moscow is one of the main backers of the syrian government and it says it's working with the assad government to eliminate what it calls a terrorist threat then hold the reports from beirut. the board mint is intense and indiscriminate opposition controlled towns and villages in the northwestern province of idlib are under fire from syrian government forces and their allies who say they are responding to rebel attacks. there

couples there will miss the country's economy a parliamentary vote is set for next month google air b.n. b. deutsche bank mastercard and microsoft have joined forces with nine other companies including taiwan based to support marriage equality in japan softbank is investing nine hundred million euros in german financial technology company wire card in a deal that could give it more than a five percent stake wire card specializes in electronic payment services and was a rising star of germany's fin tech sector but was shaken for a while by a series of allegations of irregularities in its asian operation. it has health plantations and the chance to see wild elephants attract tens of thousands of tourists to st lanka every year but the devastating terrorist attacks on easter sunday have shaken the country where tourism accounts for five percent of g.d.p. the hotel and hospitality sector now fear is the effect on visitor numbers. the beaches are empty a result of the terror attacks most tourists have gone home others are too scared to come out of people not often that winding up in me i think

and less stress in the workplace over perceived discrimination companies as they first as google air b.n. b. deutsche bank why mastercard and microsoft have joined forces with nine other companies including taiwan based support l.g. bt plus marriage equality and therefore we let you go with the major business news out of germany merger talks between the country's number one and two banks bank and converts banks have collapsed it would have created germany's biggest financial institution but it seems the operation would have been too costly and complex. berlin wanted it to happen but that wasn't enough to unite the two german giants but we have storage banks said right from the beginning we would only go into these this weren't sure if it makes economic sense if it is beneficial for shareholders and for the stakeholders this was not given here after very deep conversations and talks with comments but we came to the conclusion if we put chances and rist against each other that we should stop talks about this merger know the government's hopes of the two banks combining to create a powerful na

on the holiday rental company air b.n. b. will allow property listings on the israeli occupied west bank reversing its previous starts but it says all profits made from rentals in the west bank will be donated to charity but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after life abstention thanks so much for that. methamphetamines for me in ma a flooding into countries across asia. one zero one east asks why i. can't seem to stop the myth. on al-jazeera. it's a mobile world. with colds texts and apps to help make our lives easier. but not everyone's benefitting. yet. chan mobile phone apps be designed to help make a better world this series challenges app developers from around the world to visit communities who are missing out and then come up with an app that could help with being a life. this week life absence in india a country at the forefront of the id revolution and which has the world's third largest smartphone market but one in four people contrary to all right. such in go lives in delhi the capital

transitional phases in libya by sitting dates for general elections the holiday rental company air b.n. b. will allow property listings on the israeli occupied west bank reversing its previous stance the u.s. company insists it never had a policy of supporting a boycott on israel but it serves all profits made from rentals in the occupied west bank will be donated to charity lawsuits were filed against b. and b. the plans to delist properties in the area seized by israel in the one nine hundred sixty seven war. yes speak of the house nancy pelosi wants the president to end american involvement in the war in yemen by signing a resolution passed by congress last week blows he says the situation in yemen has left an indelible scar and stain on the conscience of the world donald trump has said he'll veto the measure a white house statement says support for the saudi live coalition in yemen does not mean the u.s. is engaged in hostilities. we present my son this legislation we're so bipartisan by camel legislation that will sending him to advance a peaceful enduring solution to an arborist tha

and all of the rental company air b.n. b. will allow property listings on the israeli occupied west bank reversing its previous stance the u.s. company insists it never had a policy of supporting a boycott of israel but it says all profits made from rentals in the occupied west bank will be donated to charity those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after listening to watching. methamphetamines from me and mom are flooding into countries across asia. one o one east asks why all forty five can't seem to stop the myth. on al-jazeera. or something on the mark. we can't argue with roger and we're going to my friends and i'm going to keep going on angela and howling. like that approach to marco werman. hello i'm barbara sarah and you're watching a special edition of the listening post rising migration and the political responses to it have been defining features of the past decade stories of refugees tightening border controls political battles over immigration policy have all been in the headlines with confli

reversed its policy to remove israeli listings after settling legal action jewish lawyers sued air b.n. b. what it said the homes were at the core of the dispute between israelis and palestinians a company's managers now say all profits from rent all say will be donated to charity those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's a world stew stay with us. it is to. put. it this is the hotel drew a well established french auction house in the ninth out on the small of paris known for selling final art and antiques. the auction today is of nineteenth and early twentieth century work by artists who painted in what's known as the oriental mist style. orientalism was a term used to refer to martin literature depicting the east or the orient by artists and writers in the west. edward saeed's one nine hundred seventy eight book orientalism caused critics and historians to reappraise their view of this style i cited argued it represented a pattern izing colonial attitude towards the my life culture and people of the middle east. but in this part of the collection is the work of our

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s later this year air b.n. b. is a highly anticipated i.p.o. but after their latest acquisition of hotel tonight it may take some time to digest and sort through the transition without the public glare other names on the deck include robin hood post mates and flak. then mel a mobile payment network owned by pay pal is now branching out to offer its users credit cards this is their latest move in an attempt to turn profit and lose consumer engagement then now has been selected synchrony financial as a credit card issuer and is hoping to launch the card this year despite the most impressive active user base and growth it is still struggling to monetize the company saw a nineteen billion dollars in payment volume in the last quarter and for the full year twenty twenty eighteen process sixty two billion dollars in payments growing seventy nine percent year over year that model is on track to reach one hundred million dollars in pavement volume by the end of twenty nineteen the app has an annual revenue of more than two hundred million dollars but s

s later this year air b.n. b. is a highly anticipated i.p.o. but after their latest acquisition of hotel tonight it may take some time to digest and sort through the transition without the public glare other names on the deck include robin hood post mates and flak. then mel a mobile payment network owned by pay pal is now branching out to offer its users credit cards this is their latest move in an attempt to turn profit and lose consider engagement then now has been selected synchrony financial as a credit card issuer and is hoping to launch the card this year despite the most impressive active user base and growth it is still struggling to monetize the company saw a nineteen billion dollars in payment volume in the last quarter and for the full year twenty twenty eighteen process sixty two billion dollars in payments growing seventy nine percent year over year that was on track to reach one hundred million dollars in pavement volume by the end of twenty nineteen the app has an annual revenue of more than two hundred million dollars but still