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the show i'm seeing beardsley in berlin german businesses responded with frustration to an extension of the country's lockdown until mid april restaurants and hotels are especially unhappy with the new rules which extend to message travel bans over the easter holidays even as germans continued to travel overseas to favor destinations like majorca or many businesses were hoping the holidays would bring in some much needed revenue after recent lock downs now some are wondering for make it to summer. the same closed signs the same empty spaces germany's latest lockdown extension prolongs misery for businesses already suffering a year on from the 1st wave of lockdowns the. desperation is growing existential fears are increasing dramatically and the endless lockdown isn't a solution so. the resorts in places like both area hope of an easter boost has melted away a ban on overnight stays by tourists will remain in place many hospitality managers feel the relatively normal summer of 2020 shows such tough restrictions on needed. and we're frustrated sad and disappointed that our industry is

for world news at the top of the hour coming up next e's colleague stephen beardsley with business news stay with us. more than a 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom. christianity for leased out wish to sell. both religious and secular leaders or to display their power. a huge race began to. create the tallest biggest and most beautiful structures. is how massive churches are created. conscious to defeat roles starts april 12th on d w. $10000000000.00 a day at last global trade that's the cost of a jet off in the suez canal look at efforts to free the massive container ship and the decisions facing shipping companies caught in the pileup. also on the show zimbabwe says inflation has fallen a small bit of good news for the nation's weak currency or to normal zimbabwe it's a find out. close welcome to the show i'm sick. well a giant freighter ever given remains stuck in the suez canal tightly wedged between both shores blocking one of the world's most important shipping arteries it's created quite a traffic jam with about 200 vessels waiting on both sides of the canal

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globe welcome to the show i'm seeing beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us facebook will launch its news platform in germany from may providing articles from around 100 existing german media outlets however one of the law country's largest media groups axel springer says it will not participate in facebook news launch in the u.s. and 2019 and in the u.k. this year gives users curated news content which it has bought from traditional publishers last month facebook bowed to pressure from the australian government to allow the news publishers to negotiate the reimbursement from facebook. right with that let's bring in christine plots and my colleague from business and bought and bonnie good morning 1st of all christy axel springer here to cry on what they say is basically a 2 paltry of a reimbursement does that mean that germany could become the next battleground when it comes to media compensation from tech companies. right well it certainly is interesting to axel springer has chosen to hold out they are the largest publisher in germany and in europe so that is significant

hello and welcome to the show i'm stephen beardsley and bill and i believe that we're having technical problems at the moment if you could just bear with us we're going to get back to you as soon as we can we're working on those technical issues all right let's let's begin with futons a 6700000000 euros that's how much the german flag carrier lost in 2020 it's a record amount that points to a singularly disastrous year for the entire air industry now passenger air travel was virtually wiped out in the earliest months of the pandemic at $1.00 tons was operating just 3 percent of its flights and losing as much as a 1000000 euros an hour and for more on this we're going to go to chelsea de laney our correspondent in frankfurt i believe she's standing by at the frankfurt airport chelsea do we have you. all right there is chelsea delaney right chelsea good morning 1st of all 6700000000 euro lost a record lost do we expect this result to surprise investors or had they already factored something. well investors were braced for a pretty just stressed year for air for loved ones and that's exac

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walk into the show on c beardsley in berlin and we begin in the u.s. where jobless claims have fallen to their lowest level of the pandemic last week the latest sign that an economic recovery is under way earlier than expected in the country the 1st time filing for unemployment a proxy for layoffs fell from a record of over 6800000 at the same time nearly a year ago to 684000 last week consumer spending is meanwhile rising and hiring also picking up however some 10000000 jobs remain lost since the beginning of the pandemic. and for more on this our financial correspondent jose luis de harlow joins me from new york hello jose. a big focus of u.s. policy has been restoring these these missing jobs there said the number around 10000000 what sectors are branches or economists going to be looking at to see if these things are coming back. steve in contacting tenzin histories and mostly services and bad as that vaccinations that keep increasing the last time that i look around the over 47000000 people have already fully vaccinated hearing to us that 10000000

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welcome to the show m c beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us businesses shipping firms and governments around the world are beginning to think through the consequences of the suez canal that could remain blocked for weeks container ship ever given remains tightly wedged between both shores blocking one of the world's most important shipping arteries is so bad that the c.e.o. of major shipping company a.p. moller mask told the financial times that goods urgently needed would have to be reproduced and air freighted all ships that are already there at the canal will have to wait about $200.00 vessels are waiting on both sides of the canal a number that's only expected to grow so one of the options well taking a detour would lead to major delays have a look at this map there is the link and route of the currents route from the arabian sea to the mediterranean about 7000 kilometers from the arabian sea to mediterranean ports now the alternative is the way around the cape of good hope that extends the route to a whopping 20000 kilometers assuming the freighters are traveling arou

blow welcome to the show i'm seeing beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us but the u.s. federal reserve will keep its loose monetary policy in place holding borrowing rates low and continuing bond purchases even as more signs point to economic recovery in the u.s. the banks 12 member open market committee brushed off inflation concerns in their wins they prognosis saying any price increases will likely be the short term result of u.s. stimulus programs and fall short of the fed's 2 percent annual inflation goal optimism for recovery is growing in the u.s. as a vaccination campaign there hit stride and $1.00 trillion dollars in stimulus spending it's the markets and here's what federal reserve chairman jerome powell had to say we do expect that we'll begin to mix faster progress on both spending it you know labor markets and inflation as the year goes on because of the progress with the vaccines because of the fiscal support that we're getting we expect that to happen but you know we'll have to see it 1st or if more let's go to our financial correspondent yens corner in n

welcome to the show m c beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us businesses shipping firms and governments around the world are beginning to think through the consequences of the suez canal that could remain blocked for weeks container ship ever given remains tightly wedged between both shores blocking one of the world's most important shipping arteries is so bad that the c.e.o. of major shipping company a.p. moller mask told the financial times that goods urgently needed would have to be reproduced and air freighted all ships that are already there at the canal will have to wait about $200.00 vessels are waiting on both sides of the canal a number that's only expected to grow so what are the options while taking a detour would lead to major delays have a look at this map there is the link and route of the currents route from the arabian sea to the mediterranean about 7000 kilometers from the arabian sea to mediterranean ports now the alternative is the way around the cape of good hope that extends the route to a whopping 20000 kilometers assuming the freighters are traveling a

of welcome to the show m c beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us 6700000000 euros that's the whopping one year loss recorded by german flyer tons and 2020 year marks by an extraordinary pandemic that grounded travelers almost overnight a jaw dropping figure but one more or less expected by investors the question now is where things go from here. sun sand sea lift answered chairman and c.e.o. kirsten shore is optimistic that tourists travel will get underway again this summer but recovery is likely to be moderate lufthansa expects to operate at 50 percent capacity this year compared to prepare endemic days 2020 was disastrous year for the airline its total losses hit $6700000000.00 euros passenger numbers dropped by 75 percent and $28000.00 employees lost their jobs the only ray of light is the company's freight business prices in the sector have risen sharply granting look tons of cargo profits of 770000000 euros but there's still a long road of recovery ahead the company continues to lose around 1000000 euros every 2 hours it's planning to cut a further 10000 jobs and re

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who are welcome to the show i'm seeing beardsley in berlin once among the largest container ships in the world and it's currently stuck in egypt's suez canal blocking dozens of cargo vessels and tankers efforts are ongoing to dislodge the ever given by transport firm evergreen before further disrupts the global shipping system and the suez canal is a choke point for world trade it connects asia and europe and sees 30 percent of the global volume of shipping containers every single day it's also an important transit point for oil and natural gas one reason why oil prices rose over 5 percent on monday the question for shippers now is how long it'll take to pry the vessel out. can't go forward can't go back to the 400 metre long container ship the ever given has wedged itself between the eastern and western banks blocking the canal completely the ship's owner evergreen says a 50 kilometer an hour gust of wind shoved the ship into the canal was bowing and stern 420-0000 ton vessel is believed to have partially run aground now much smaller tug boats are trying to heave it free. so it's go

lower welcome to the show i'm seeing beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us google has announced plans to invest $7000000000.00 on new offices and data centers across the u.s. saying it wants to be part of the nation's economic recovery c.e.o. sundar pichai made the announcement in a blog post it's the latest signal that tech firms like more traditional corporations see what working as a necessity of the pandemic and not a long term strategy google now expects employees will return to offices in the fall but has said they'll still be allowed to work 2 days a week at home. and here's what c.e.o. p. chai had to say about the importance of being at the office coming together in person to collaborate and build community is core to google's culture he said and it will be an important part of our future and let's go over to our financial correspondent in yes in new york and korea for more yes that seems like a pretty clear signal there from google's boss if you want to go up you probably need to be in the office what about the future of remote work that we all talked about about a year

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who are welcome to do business i'm seen beardsley in berlin it's good have you with us france italy and germany have joined the growing list of countries putting a general pause on the distribution of astra zeneca vaccine further complicating global vaccination plans their decisions follow reports of blood clots in some patients the dutch organization tasked with reporting adverse reactions says it's received 10 reports of incidents after vaccinations with astra zeneca the world health organization the e.u.'s medicines regulator and the maker of the jap all insist it is safe and this is the latest controversy for astra zeneca which has repeatedly failed to meet its vaccines liveries target. now here's our correspondent frankfurt conrad who isn't. statement to the press astra zeneca has said and the ellis' of the safety data of more than 10000000 records has shown no evidence of an increased risk of palm unary embolism or deep vein thrombosis in any defined age group batch or any of the countries where the vaccination has happened and this is backed by the health authorities both the w a

oh welcome to the show i'm stephen beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us folks where volkswagen laid out its vision for the coming years on tuesday and investors liked what they heard shares in the german automaker rising 9 percent on the dax index in frankfurt after announcing its annual press conference plans to more than double electric vehicle deliveries and 2021 and lift profit margins to as high as 8 percent by 2025 thanks in part to an ambitious cost cutting plan the car maker also has big investment plans. it's been a tough year but volkswagen is moving ahead the group plans to manufacture its own batteries in europe alone 6 giant factories are to be built everything revolves around the e-car reboot europe's largest automaker $16.00 ellerey its electrum ability plans c.e.o. herbert diesel made clear vision while presenting the company's financial results this into life cycles the car industry will ridiculous change profit pools we shift from conventional cause into and then redeker lee into software. to get up to speed to group ones to invest 35000000000 euros need spant

load welcome to the show i'm seeing beardsley and berlin could have you with us. if foreign ministers have imposed sanctions against china for the 1st time since 1989 response to the chinese internment and oppression of the weaker muslim minority the move comes as trade relations between the 2 economies grow and both pursue broadening their investments in the other not just last year china rose to become the e.u.'s most important trading partner goods and services between the 2 sides totaling nearly 600000000000 euros in 2020 a direct investment has meanwhile grown over the decades china surpassing 140000000000 euros or the last 20 years much of it and high tech acquisitions on the other side of the ledger 120000000000 euros of direct investment going from china to the e.u. most of it most of it companies founding founding rather new subsidiaries now today's decision comes a few months after members linked a draft agreements on investment with china and that deal which had eluded both sides for years seeks among other things wider market openings in china for euro

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welcome to the show i'm seeing beardsley and berlin e.u. foreign ministers have imposed sanctions against china for the 1st time since 1989 the response to the chinese internment and oppression of its weaker muslim minority move comes as trade relations between the 2 economies grow and both pursue broadening their investments in the other and just last year china rose to become the e.u.'s most important trading partner goods and services between the 2 sides totaling nearly 600000000000 euros in 2020 a direct investment has grown as well over the decades e.u. investment in china surpassing 140000000000 euros over the last 20 years most of it companies founding new subsidiaries on the other side of the ledger 120000000000 euros of direct investment went from china to the e.u. largely in high tech acquisitions and today's decision comes a few months after even members into draft agreement aimed at building on those investment flows that deal which had eluded both sides for years seeks among other things wider market openings in china for europ

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well welcome to the show i'm stephen beardsley in berlin even foreign ministers have imposed sanctions against china for the 1st time since 1989 response to the chinese internment and oppression of its weaker muslim minority move comes as trade relations between the 2 economies grow and both pursue broadening their investments in the other and just last year china rose to become the e.u.'s most important trading partner goods and services between the 2 sides totaling nearly 600000000000 euros in 2020 a direct investment has grown as well over the decades e.u. and vestment in china surpassing 140000000000 euros over the last 20 years most of it companies founding new subsidiaries on the other side of the ledger 120000000000 euros of direct investment went from china to the e.u. largely in high tech acquisitions and today's decision comes a few months after even members into draft agreement aimed at building on those investment flows that deal which had eluded both sides for years seeks among other things wider market openings in china for european businesses such as manufacturers the pr