ferdinand was a man practically born in the driver's seat p.s. grandfather was ferdinand porsche the man who designed the iconic folks frog and beetle. discovered his passion for cars and technology at an early age he studied mechanical engineering and after climbing the corporate ladder became c.e.o. of the v.w. group which was then nearly insolvent transformed the company. scooped him up you did not win for you are always winners and losers. and with our partners which v.w. has across the whole world are in turn just to be the winner. within a few years v.w. was again making a profit that laid the cornerstone for his reputation as a visionary car executive when v.w. acquired porsche was already group chairman the merger was a long time ambition of his the father of 12 children believed v.w. and push it belongs to. this in 2015 p.s. found himself in a power struggle with the w.'s then c.e.o. martin venter corn it was a struggle ph last and he resigned an abrupt end to his story to korea. and i am joined now by christians juggler an automotive ex

ferdinand ps, -- ferdinand piech, who turned around volkswagen, has died. we look at his legacy. a new nature preserve is being planned in northern iraq. that is coming up in just a moment. well, it has been 18 years since the taliban lost power in afghanistan. in that time, some women have gained freedoms they never could have imagined under the militants' rule, and yet, there is not a single woman present at the high-level negotiations currently taking place to decide the country's future. in those negotiations, no mention of how to protect women's rights. >> a glimpse into another afghanistan, a television station by women for women. it's very existence an act of a revolution in a country emerging from the shadow of the taliban. ever since the islamic fundamentalist group were driven out, women have been discovering new freedoms, even in the face of threats. >> i would not allow the taliban to stop me from learning, from working, or from having hope for the future of my country. we will not allow the taliban to worse women again to sit at home as they did during their dark per

in june of 1914, world war i started with the assassination of france ferdinand. so truman came responsible of the primary person responsible for running the farm. so even though the war was starting in europe, but the united states and harry truman were not involved it in. truman would read the news but there was nothing he could do. but meanwhile, he had a girlfriend that he lived in independence, bess truman. and he decides the best way he could get from the farm to bess's home in independence was to buy a car. so he bought a 1911 model stafford automobile built in kansas city. and here's a photo of him and bess is sitting in the front seat with him and he's out for a little spin. but he's running the farm doing hard work on the farm while the war is unfolding in europe. he gives up his stint in the missouri national guard because he was needed so much at the farm. but that's where things were as the united states started heading towards war which they finally entered the 1917. when the united states finally does enter the war, harry truman rejoined the nationa

to those who knew him ferdinand ph was a difficult man he was a doer who was more interested in being respected as them well liked one of the most influential car executives of the last century p.s. chose his words carefully. he was born in vienna in 1937 and his grandfather was ferdinand porsche designer of the legendary v.w. beetle p.s. 1st joined porsche and then the votes are going unit audi p.s. rose to become head of audi joining his time in english stop in 1903 he became the boss of volkswagen involves a book ph never made any secret of his thirst for power or his ambition. up see. meet. with our partners which v.w. house across the whole world i intend to be the winner see. b.w. was mired in crisis in the early 1990 s. p.s. managed to bring both so i can back to profitability. that enough for ph wrote automotive history as a passion of manager a brilliant engineer and as a visionary entrepreneur. it's just his name is inextricably linked evokes wagon's rise into a global company here in lower saxony he is known for creating thousands of secure and well paid jobs but splits. gr

piech was a grandson of ferdinand porsche, the father of the iconic volkswagen beetle. by a customer over the grounding of the 737 max jets. russian leasing company avia claims the planemaker was negligent in the two fatal crashes and withheld critical information from us regulators. avia ordered 35jets and now wants that cancelled and is seeking $115 million in damages. apple chief executive tim cook has donated $4.9 million to charity — and the company said it is giving an unspecified amount to help restore the amazon rainforest. mr cook tweeted that the tech giant wants to preserve the biodiversity of the indespensible forest. it's estimated tim cook's wealth is about $675 million. that's it for the business briefing this hour — but before we go, a quick look at the markets. asia is trading higher as there's a cautious optimism that the us and china will head be to the negotiating table — and perhaps get closer to a solution to that trade war. we've seen a lot of ups and downs in recent days as investors react to president trump's changing tone on china. the word ‘ca

piech was a grandson of ferdinand porsche, the father of the iconic volkswagen beetle. and india's prime this minister narendra modi had weighty matters to discuss. not least, the trade deficit between the two countries. india pledged to boost imports of american—made goods. let's take you live to delhi, our correspondent nitin srivastava is there for us. it is interesting, the meeting yesterday, lots for them to talk about it. president trump only interested in trade. yes, it is a significant move for both countries, despite india and the us being prominent trade partners, there has been a strain in the recent past about economics and trade. president trump has repeatedly said and asked india to withdraw high tariffs on us goods. so, this move and after this now, they plan to have a trade minister level meeting before the indian premier mr‘s likely visit to the us next month. a significant move and the backdrop is there is a trade imbalance as the us says because india exports much more to the us thanit india exports much more to the us than it imports from the us and

back in 2002 they splashed out 30million for rio ferdinand. fast forward to 2017 and their neighbours manchester city paid out £45 million for spurs' full back kyle walker. liverpool were next with the big spending for a defender when they signed virgil van dijk from southampton for £75 million. that brings us back to harry maguire from leicester city to united for a record breaking £80 million. the new football league season got under way tonight and there was a cracking start to the champioship where luton town playing in their first game at that level for over a decade managed to draw with three all against middlesbrough. michael redford reports. the new middlesbrough manager would bring exciting football back to the clu b bring exciting football back to the club this season and it was not to disappoint. fletcher putting borough ahead. but after 12 years outside of the championship, they know this season will be tough. they need something special to draw level and step forward captain sonny bradley and the first goal for the blow. and they

monterey california on saturday night experts had predicted that bidding for the car designed by ferdinand porsche for a race that had been due to take place in 1939 would start at $13000000.00 but things didn't go to plan. when the the b.'s auctioneer took to the podium to call at the starting price the figure on the screen behind him wretch 30000000 not 13 that figure was followed 540-5060 finally 70000000 evoking gusts from those assembled realizing what had happened the auctioneer reportedly a dutchman who some believe had been misheard by the screen operator tried to back pedal telling potential bidders that the correct figure was 17 not 70 but the crowd was lost on the vintage car ended up without a buyer in a statement so the piece said as bidding opened on the type $64.00 increment were mistakenly displayed on the screen causing unfortunate confusion in the room we take pride in conducting our world class actions with integrity and we take our responsibility to our clients there is seriously. it's still unclear what exactly caused the blunder but the debacle marks the end to a disa

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to the wider world people come from all over the country to work the golf fields here miles luis ferdinand. this directs the carnegie amazon mercury ecosystem project he's been studying gold money toxic legacy in the amazon since 2000. so now miners have better access to the remote force they can get their equipment their trash everything's easier because of that our everything's easier it's essentially part of the perfect storm that is mother. so not only do you have a brand new highway that makes transport easier you have record high gold prices and the preexisting condition of extreme poverty. tell me about this illegal gold mining what is a process where really on the edge between the amazon in the end in a row jand over millions of years has worn down the rocks of the andes which are gold rich and all that sediment has washed down the river. next stop a mining area near look pumpa but that can be dangerous for an outsider. the only way into this spot is on the back of a motorbike. the going is tough. and . makeshift bridges don't always hold up. as we get closer to trees give way to s

is illegal while the spectrometer can see mercury contamination from the sky luis ferdinand is studying where mercury goes on the ground. where else does this mercury end up because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes then gets into the food chain bacteria in the water convert the mercury into something even more toxic in organic compounds called methylmercury which is easily absorbed in the digestive system mercury unlike many other pollutants magnifies every time it goes from one link in that food chain to the next so a fish at the top of the food chain in a contaminated region can have mercury levels millions or tens of millions of times higher than the water in which they swim and where does that fish end up in many cases it ends up on the dinner plate of people that live hundreds of miles downstream. to the east for him and his and his team attested hair samples of more than a 1000 people throughout the model of the the u.s. more than 75 percent 10 levels above the limit is considered safe by the environmental protection agency some as high speed 33 times the limit. in

areas all of this is illegal while the spectrometer can see mercury contamination from the sky luis ferdinand is studying where mercury goes on the ground. where else is mercury and up because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes then gets into the food chain bacteria in the water convert the mercury into something even more talks like an organic compound called methylmercury which is easily absorbed in the digestive system mercury unlike many other pollutants magnifies every time it goes from one link in that food chain to the next so a fish at the top of the food chain in a contaminated region can have mercury levels millions or tens of millions of times higher than the water in which they swim where does that fish and up and many. cases it ends up on the dinner plate of people that live hundreds of miles downstream of. the east for him and his and his team attested hair samples of more than a 1000 people throughout the model of videos more than 75 percent had levels above the limits considered safe by the environmental protection agency some as high as 33 times the limit. who to

to the wider world people come from all over the country to work the golf fields here miles luis ferdinand. directs the carnegie amazon mercury ecosystem project he's been studying gold money toxic legacy in the amazon since 2000. so now miners have better access to the remote force they can get their equipment their trade everything's easier because of that highway everything's easier it's essentially part of the perfect storm that is mother. so not only do you have a brand new highway that makes transport easier you have record high gold prices and the preexisting condition of extreme poverty. tell me about this illegal gold mining what is a process where really on the edge between the amazon in the indies and erosion over millions of years has worn down the rocks of the andes which are gold rich and all that sediment has washed down the river. next stop a mining area near look pumpa but that can be dangerous for an outsider. the only way into this spot is on the back of a motorbike. the going is tough. and . makeshift bridges don't always hold up. as we get closer to trees give way to s

he was the grandson of ferdinand porsche and became v.w.'s c.e.o.1993 when the company was deep in losses. under his loss, they built quality, made money and eventually bought porsche. global news 24 hours a day on air and twitter. more than 120 countries. i'm su keenan. this is bloomberg. yvonne: china's latest sportswear maker is feeling the heat. earnings the first half still beats estimates and they have skyrocketed this year after a $5 illion deal for finland. the c.e.o. told me how the trade war is affecting his plans. >> the trade war is indeed having a massive impact on all fronts. mainly ast, anta focused on the china market and was impacted very little. now as a globalized company, our product, sales and supply chain is across the globe and the trade war is impacting our products and retail sales. we will proactively deal with the trade war impact and i believe as long as this strategic operations are improved and the implementation is inforced, the impacts can still be controlled at this point. >> we were speaking to one of your competito

. >> this is the type 64, a car from 1939 made by ferdinand porsche himself.is -- sot 64, however,pe porsche was not start until 10 years after this car was made. the car was made mostly with vw parts or parts he built himself. it has been augmented with parts from fiat and a bunch of other obscure parts makers. so is it a porsche or isn't it? it depends on who you ask and that is part of the controversy. jason: the heritage of this car, to say the least, is complicated even beyond the timing. 1939, we are talking about the nazis in germany. porsche himself served time in jail for war crimes. he was more than associated with the nazis. but even the car, as you've mentioned, is cobbled together with different parts and away we are not used to seeing. >> that is again part of the controversy. this car was owned for over 40 years by the same man who had it until he died. he raced the car and it got crashed, as happens, it has been painted a bunch of colors, the engine has been switched out multiple times, the brakes, the transmission, it has been a lot of things.

the type 64 nazi car personally driven by ferdinand porsche failed to sell at auction.erminated in minutes after no bids above $17 million was made. the controversial silver coupe had been expected to sell for some $20 million. that is your bloomberg business flash. vonnie: oil rising for a second day. we are above $55 a barrel now, following a drone attack on a saudi arabia an oilfield. what's ahead for crude exports? that's coming up next. nymex crude up 1%. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ guy: from london, i'm guy johnson. vonnie: in new york, i'm vonnie quinn. this is "bloomberg markets." guy: oil rising for a second day. a drone attack taking place in saudi arabia, being prosecuted by yemeni rebels on an oilfield. that is reviving concerns that political tensions in the middle east could jeopardize crude exports. saudi aramco saying there was only a small fire and no stop in production. with got that story, plus we've also got this issue surrounding the iranian tanker, which has now left gibraltar and apparently heading for greece. we will see what happens with that one. th

in june of 1914 world war i started with the assassination of archduke frantz ferdinand.was still on the farm in grandview. truman became the primary person responsible for running the farm. even though the war was starting in europe, both the united states and harry truman were not involved in it. meanwhile, he had a girlfriend who lived in independence and he decided the best way he could get to the farm to the home in independence was to buy a car. 1911 stafforded automobile. here's a photo of bess sitting in the front seat with him. he's running the farm, doing hard work on the farm, while the war is unfolding in europe. he gives up his stint in the missouri national guard. that's how things were as the united states started heading toward war, which they finally entered in 1917. when the states finally does enter the war, harry truman joined the national guard. he's older than most soldiers. at became a minor issue. according to him he memorized could passrt so he the eye test, because his eyes were really bad for his entire life. he actually had to pass the eye test

in 1981 the pope told ferdinand marcos the gig is up and they brought in a democratically elected government. roderigohey elected dutere, who is one of the biggest thugs on the global stage today, challenging all the basic tenets of democracy. the and of covered the soviet union in 1991. i was back in russia and the run-up to the election last year electing vladimir putin who has been in power as prime minister or president for 20 years. , south africa,e i was at the black township outside johannesburg when a group of schoolchildren led the first lack mass uprising to protest the government decision to change the language of education from african languages , the language of dutch settlers and that gave rise to the mass uprising and led to nelson mandela's freedom. i went back to watch him walk to freedom. today, the average black and south africa is far worse off in terms of the way he lives that he was under apartheid. birth,elebrate the great the latest wave of democratization but there are an extraordinary number of threats and one of them is the manipulation by social media and how stat

in 1981 he told ferdinand marcos the dictator, the gig is up.nd he supported people powder -- people power that brought in a democratically elected government. but in 2016, they elected dutere. he was one of the biggest thugs on the global stage today. challenging all of the basic tenets of democracy. , i enteredi covered the soviet union in 1991. i was banned from russia in the run-up to the election last year, electing let a mayor pugh 10. he has now and empower as promisor president for 20 years. -- as prime minister or president for 20 minister trust 20 years. the last example is south africa. in 1976 whento schoolchildren led the first uprising to protest the government decision to change the government language of education from african lang which is to afrikaans the lang which of dust -- dutch settlers. that gave birth to the mass 15 years later that led to met nelson mandela's freedom. i went back to watch him walk to freedom. today, the average battle -- average black in south africa is far worse off than under apartheid. celebrate the

illegal while the spectrometer can see mercury contamination from the sky luis ferdinand is studying where mercury goes on the ground. where else is mercury end up because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes in dan gets into the food chain bacteria in the water convert the mercury into something even more toxic than organic compound called methylmercury which is easily absorbed in the digestive system mercury unlike many other pollutants magnifies every time it goes from one link in that food chain to the next so a fish at the top of the food chain in a contaminated region can have mercury levels millions or tens of millions of times higher than the water in which they swim where does that fish end up in many cases it ends up on the dinner plate of people that live hundreds of miles downstream from. the east for the numbers and this team attested hair samples of more than a 1000 people throughout the modulator the u.s. more than 75 percent 10 levels above the limit is considered safe by the environmental protection agency some as high speed 33 times the limit. to talk of.

thedinand piech was grandson of another auto pioneer, ferdinand porsche, becoming vw chief executiver his watch, the automaker raised their build quality and eventually brought porsche into their wide-ranging stable of brands. piech died age 82. that is your bloomberg business flash. manus: thank you for the roundup. one of our lead stories this morning on the italian government bond market. yields dropping. the five-star movement and the democratic party are seen as close to a deal, forming a new government, keeping giuseppe conte as prime minister. theing us now from italy, acting rome bureau chief. good to have you with nejra and myself. will there be a new coalition? is it just a matter of getting across the line? >> yes. yes. it seems we are almost there. of course, there was a lot of uncertainty because the democrats and five-star were go sworncouple weeks a enemies. said they were the anti-democrat party part,y, but thelikely tie-up, risk of special elections and a government led by matteo salvini with cautiousis, optimism of a government in the next few days. nejra: i guess i

back in 2002, they splashed out £30 million for rio ferdinand. spurs full—back kyle walke. liverpool were next to pay big for a defender, they signed virgil van dijk from southampton for £75 million. that brings us back to harry maguire from leicester city to united for a record breaking £80 million. there are nine opening day fixtures in the championship today, but they face a tough job to follow on from last night's entertainment. luton and middlesbrough drew 3—3 in their opening fixture — sonny bradley with a stunning first goalfor luton. that made it 1—1. four more goals would follow, the last of them from james collins, five minutes from time, to snatch a point for luton. after being relegated from the scottish premiership, dundee began life in the championship with a 2—2 draw at dunfermline. two penalties from dannyjohnson securing a point for dundee. argentina captain lionel messi has been banned from international football for three months for saying that the copa america was "fixed" after he was sent off in their match against chile. the

back in 2002, they splashed out £30 million for rio ferdinand.iverpool were next to pay big for a defender. they signed virgil van dijk from southampton for £75 million. that brings us back to harry maguire from leicester city to united for a record—breaking £80 million. is there any end to it? probably not for a very long time. it is getting bigger and bigger. tell us more about why... it is escalation inflation, i guess. that is my take anyway. i agree. escalation inflation. that was a good audition for the business job. no, that is way out of my depth. there are nine opening day fixtures in the championship today, but they face a tough job to follow on from last night's entertainment. that probably aged you a couple of yea rs! that probably aged you a couple of years! it was exciting. luton and middlesbrough drew 3—3 in their opening fixture. it all happened very early on. sonny bradley with a stunning first goalfor luton. that made it 1—1. four more goals would follow, the last of them from james collins, five minutes from time, to snatch a p

back in 2002, they splashed out £30 million for rio ferdinand.ll back kyle walker. liverpool were next to pay big for a defender. they signed virgil van dijk from southampton for £75 million. that brings us back to harry maguire from leicester city to united for a record—breaking £80 million. mind—boggling. there are nine opening day fixtures in the championship today, but they face a tough job to follow on from last night's entertainment. the first championship match of the season. luton and middlesbrough drew 3—3 in their opening fixture, sonny bradley with a stunning first goalfor luton. that made it 1—1. four more goals would follow, the last of them from james collins five minutes from time to snatch a point for luton. dashed your hopes of a win. at least it was entertaining. it was brilliant. i do love a challenge. not such good news here. bury‘s second game of the season has been suspended by the english footbal league because the club still can't show they can settle outstanding debts. their game today against mk dons was cancelled during