how did a respectable organisation like the post office, a major software company like fujitsu, and thereater good of the civil service and the ministers from all parties fall prey to groupthink? and a familiar figure takes strike in the house of lords. i, ian lord botham, do swear by almighty god that i'll be faithful and pay true allegiance to her majesty queen elizabeth. but first: the health secretary has told mps that a computer glitch that meant nearly 16,000 cases of coronavirus went unreported should not have happened. matt hancock said that what he called an "ongoing incident" was being investigated fully. the positive test results were not included in reported daily cases due to a "failure of automated transfer of files" from laboratories to public health england's data system. public health england phe said all those who tested positive had been informed. but it means others in close contact with them were not. i want to reassure everyone that every single person who tested positive was told that result in the normal way, in the normal time frame. they were told that they nee

fujitsu which developed the trading system tumbled by 2.75%.ancial services agency instructed the japan exchange group and the tse to report what measures they'll take to prevent a recurrence. >>> officials at panasonic say they're going to close a factory in southwestern japan that makes video cameras, intensifying competition and weakening demand are behind the decision. the planned manufacturers equipment for personal use customers include tv stations and video productions companies. they say operations will be transferred to a factory in osaka. about 300 employees will keep their jobs and be relocated to the other plant. the move excludes temporary staff members. >>> honda motors says it's withdrawing from formula one. the carmaker will stop providing power units at the end of the 2021 season as the japanese company pivots to a focus on green energy. president and ceo takehiro says the firm will use its expertise acquired from f-1 to develop advanced energy technologies. these include fuel cell and battery electric vehicles. honda became th

how did a respectable organisation like the post office and a major software company like fujitsu ande and ministers from all parties fall prey to groupthink on such a grand scale that despite this computer error occurring across the country, it was assumed the only possible explanation was that all sub—postmasters effected were dishonest? this is being reviewed in scotland and in the rest of the uk should result in financial compensation for all of those innocent people who suffered as a result of this scandal. i welcome the establishment of the inquiry. but can the minister assure us that this is not going to be a whitewash. many sub—postmasters in my constituency are very anxious to know that. the truth is, the ministers of set up a half—baked inquiry in response to this extraordinary scandal. without the powers to fully get to the bottom of this mess. can the minister tell us why, as their only shareholder the government allowed the post office to continue to oppose the appeals for so long? what happened when, whether the government had the boards' appointee, as well as the post o

the failure is being blamed on hardware with a focus on a system jointly developed by fujitsu. occurred in the -- program although it is not seeking compensation. signs ofs little recovery. gaming revenue on six straight months of declines. revenue fell to 200 77 million u.s. dollars last month from a year ago with the gradual relaxation of china's travel and visa curves yet to produce a wave of new visitors. the province accounted for one third of macau's gaming arrivals. president trump is suggesting he will not accept potential new rules for the next bait with joe biden after the first descended into name-calling and chaos. he tweeted why would i allow the debate commission to change the rules when i easily won? -- rules when i easily won? terms performance in cleveland was a national embarrassment. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. shery: back to the stimulus talks in the u.s., democrat leaders in washington say there are majo

clipping the board, the spotlight is on the supplier, fujitsu, and its arrowhead system.d shares take a hit this morning, citi saying this would make it an opportunity to buy. they: staying in japan, tokyo stock exchange confirms it will restart trading after an unprecedented all day system fault. it is the exchange's worst ever outage. >> i'm very sorry that our notification system -- --prioritized spending issues. it led to the delay in information released. we are very sorry for this. shery: let's get the latest from the tokyo stocks reporter. what are we expecting to see today? wednesday was supposed to be -- thursday was supposed to be the beginning of the second half of the fiscal year for japan, so we were expecting a little bit of a higher volume typically. so now that we are starting to trade again, what is the expectation? >> it was definitely a surprise for everyone. we are expecting some big swings today. a high volume as well. all the trains that were not able to be executed yesterday are expected to be flowing in today so we really have to be on the watch fo

japanese tech giant fujitsu developed thehe tradingg system.ced it in 2010 and has since updated it several times. the board says it has already changed the settings of the computer system and checked it entirely. the financiall agency will stud the report and consider penalties for the tse, including a business improvement order. >>> central japan railway company unraveiled the latest version of its magnetic levitation train on monday. passengers will be able to travel the nearly 300 kilometers from tokyo to nagoya in just 40 minutes when it comes into service. the railway operator has been running the new model on test tracks in yamanashi prefecture, central japapan, ssince august. the passenger cars have larger seats than the previous version. sound insulation p panels have been installed on the ceiling to reduce wind noise. outside, the nose section is more roundnded twa eed compared previous design. power consumption and noise has been reduced. in a test run, the train reached the maximum operating speed of 500 kilometers an hour, just 2 1