that is simon west, chief economist at simon french, chief economist at simon french, chief economistips to the country will no longer be permitted. french citizens and their immediate families won't be affected, but they'll face stricter rules on testing and isolation. 0ur transport correspondent paul clifton has the latest. christmas of course at peak period for the travel industry, and is now halting all travel from britain without what it calls a compelling reason to enter the country from 11 o'clock tomorrow night. so, visiting family will be allowed, but going shopping, skiing, seeing friends and in most cases will no longer be permitted. those who do need to travel will have to have shown evidence of a coven test within 2a hours, they will then have to isolate her for a8 hours hours, they will then have to isolate herfor a8 hours if hours, they will then have to isolate her for a8 hours if they take another test on arrival. with me is nigel. what impact does this have on your business?— me is nigel. what impact does this have on your business? well, it has a hue have on your bu

joining me now is simon french, chief economist, panmure gordon.is going on on the us markets? ., , ., markets? good morning. global eaui markets? good morning. global equity markets _ markets? good morning. global equity markets are _ markets? good morning. global equity markets are at _ markets? good morning. global equity markets are at all-time l equity markets are at all—time highs with very high valuations, about 35 times next year's earning which any historical standard is very expensive. even though we are not talking about interest rate, federal reserve, the us federal bank starting to slow it programme, quicker than it was announced a few months ago, there are worries that liquidity will push evaluations down and in some stocks, which are not making profits, it is quite a rush to the door. the oint of quite a rush to the door. the point of this _ quite a rush to the door. the point of this discussion is always trying to second guess what the federal reserve, the us central bank will do. how likely like they move closer and faster and rais

let's talk this through with simon french — chief economist at panmure gordon.jerome powell said? i what jerome powell said? i think whatjerome powell said? i think the removal of the word transitory from his lexicon was probably correct. such is the elevated level of commodity prices around the world that inflation will be long lasting and for a lot of people, getting into a definition argument about whether it was time bound or whether it would have as a second order effect is probably not the place jerome powell wanted to be in but in terms of financial markets, they are pricing in this morning, the earlier end asjerome powell alluded to, the federal reserve asset programme but actually probably most relevant is what happens after that in terms of the first rate increase which financial markets are thinking may be one, two macro increases in the second half of the year but will not be drawn forward now? it makes the meeting in the middle of december white cake in terms of communications. ' ., communications. the 15th of december— communications. the 15th of d

simon's rock. the decisions in your education. you speak french.i mean there are -- there -- what are -- why did you take this path to get where you are academically? you have this specialty in linksics. tell me what interested you in it and why you made the choices you did. >> i didn't make choices. i went to four different schools. i went to simon's rock two years. most people only went there for two years back then. had no idea what i wanted to do. got an aa in french only because i was good at it and i didn't know what else. then a b.a. from rutgers. i went to rutgers for no reason at all. i should have gone to swarthmore but they want take me. i could have gone to haverford. he forgot to enter the financial aid form on time. and they were strict about it. i went to rutgers and met some wonderful people but it was two years on pause. and then i went to nyu because i wanted to live in new york city for a while and i wanted to read more books, so i got basically a night school degree in american studies. just a masters, i read some books. i got t

simons rock. the decisions you made in your education. youon speak french.i mean, why did you take this path to getet where you are academically? you have this special with linguistics. tell me what interested you in it and whyde you made the choics you did. >> i didn't make choices. i'm a more centrist person that most people reason would believe. i went to four format difft schools. i want to simons rock two years. most people went for two years back then. i got an a a in french only because i is good at it and i did know what else. then i got a ba from rutgers. i went to rutgers for no reason at all. my parents were not as connected to getting their kids integrate schools as today's parents would be. parents were not as into that then. i certainly didn't care. i should've gone to swath more but they wouldn't take me. i could've gone to haverford but we forgot to hand in a financial aid form on time and they were strict about it. rutgers was the fallback. i wound up at rutgers. i met some wonderful people at rutgers who i still know but i shouldn't have be

simon's rock. the decisions you made in your education. you speak french. what are the, why did you take this path to get where you are academically. you have a specialty in linguistics. tell me about what interested you in it, and why you made the choices you did. >> i didn't make choices. i'm a more recluse people than people would believe, i went to four different school, i went to simon's rock, most people two years back then, had no idea what i wanted to, do an a. a. in french because i was good at it and i didn't know what else and a b. a. from rutgers. i went to rutgers for no reason at all. my parents were not, not as connected to getting their kids into great schools as today's parents would be. parents weren't into that as then. i certainly didn't care. i should have gone to swarthmore. but they wouldn't take me. i could have go to haggerford but we forgot to, we forgot to hand in a financial aid form on time and they were strict about it. rutgers was the fallback and i wound up at rutgers, and i met a lot of people, and i shouldn't have been ther

publishing houses including dana canady and simon & schuster, lisa lucas at pantheon and adrian vaughn at bloomsbury usa. in other news, reuters reports french legislation takes aim at amazon shipping costs to customers in the country. currently french law prohibits discounting the price of new books and free shipping. amazon charges 1% to get around that and the new legislation would set a minimum delivery fee the french ministry of culture commenting, quote, this law is necessary to regulate the distorted competition in online book sales and prevent the inevitable monopoly that will emerge if the status quo persists. amazon argues that it will hurt customers in the rural areas. in other news, performing artists have started a lending library of rare books by black writers and artists. the library collection named after the studio contains 50 books that are available on a first-come first serve basis. the inaugural collection has been selected by rosa duffy who owns the atlanta bookstore. for more information on the new bookshop, go to huron.com. according to npd bookscan, print book sales were up close to 3% last week. they are up almost 1

simon's rock. the decisions that you made in your education, you speak french.t are the -- why did you take this path to get where you are academically? you have a specialty in linguistics. tell tell e about what interested you in it and why you made the choices you did. >> i didn't make choices. i'm a more feckless person than most people would have reason to believe. i went to four different schools. i went to simon's rock for two years. most people only went there for two years back then. had no idea what i wanted to do. an aa in french only because i was good at it and i didn't know what else. then i got a b.a. from rutgers. i went to rut guesser for no reason at all. -- rutgers for no reason at all. laugh la my parents parent -- [laughter] my parents were not connected with getting their kids into good schools. i could have gone to haverford, but we forgot, we forgot to hand in a financial aid form on time, and they were strict about it. i wound up at rutgers. i met some wonderful people who i still know, but i shouldn't have been there in general. it was t

slam winner naomi osaki wrote about her anxiety after pulling out of the french open to those decorative gymnasts of all time simoneng so at the olympics and chan giannis culminating to him getting a therapist. those are three examples, the philadelphia eagles all pro tackle lane johnson missed three games to focus on his mental health. listen to how he explains his own situation. >> this is something i've dealt with for a long time and, you know, there is obviously medications that help with this. but a lot of it you can't mask everything. >> how come you never said anything during that? >> because i felt i had my stuff temporarily under control. i was ashamed to be honest in this league in the nfl where it's gladiator-type sports. >> you need to talk about it. >> yeah, man, i was living in hell for a long time. >> wow. joining us now is janelle hill contributing writer for the atlantic and host of janelle hill on spotify and nba superstar renee montgomery, owner and vice president of the team. if we can turn to both of you on break news stories, political stories, sports stories, covid, intersection of all those

simon's in washington, thank you very much. the i'm a con variant of the corona virus is causing skyrocketing infection rates around the world. and a new european record. french authorities reported more than 200000 infections in a single day. in poland. authorities recorded nearly 800 deaths and the 24 hour period, the highest numbers so far they're 3 quarters of the dead were unvaccinated. germany's official rates have dropped, but health minister calatrava says the true numbers could be up to 3 times higher. the director general of the world health organization has expressed concern about the massive spike in cases and is urging wealthy nations to make good on their promises of vaccine equity. i quote for leaders of government and industry to walk the chalk or boxing equity bows by intruding consistent supply and helping to get bucks the nation's actually into people. this virus will continue to evolve untruth on our health system if we don't improve the collective response. and in the united states, health officials are predicting more than 44000 new coven related deaths over the next 4 weeks. this comes as the u. s. 2 posts, record highs of new confirmed

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simone biles bowed out of the olympic finals over mental health concerns. >> i didn't want to risk the team medal for kind of my screw-up. >> echoing a similar move by naomi osaka at the frenchsay hey, it's okay to take a step back from the sport you love so much. you're more than what you do. >> most disturbing mystery, what's really going on with that chinese 10s star who accused a party official of sexual assault, and the best athlete still grinding after more than a century, give it to 105-year-old julia hawkins of louisiana who ran 100 meters in just over a minute, a new senior world record. when we weren't watching sports, the pandemic drove many of us to spend more time watching everything else. it was a very big year on the small screen, where tv was getting its game on. >> worst idea for a series in the pandemic, which made for some of the best tv. squid game. >> squid game was the proudest that i have been to be korean. and that is kinda messed up. >> the creepy survival series had a mixed reception. >> visually, it was stunning. not for me. >> too dark. >> but the show was a hit anyway. >> it turns out a lot of people die in squid game. >> it wasn't the feel-good