this is your business report i'm stephen beard cymbeline it's good to have you with us. 1.9000000000 euros and that's the gaping hole in the balance sheet a german payments firm wire card the blue chip listed firm now says the money probably doesn't exist a scandal has led to a frantic sell off of its stock in the past days as well as the resignation of the company's c.e.o. and the growing expectation of criminal charges once a rising star in the financial startup world why a card has fallen back down hard when it burst on to germany's blue chip index the dax in 2018 investors were bullish about its business model wire concepts of contracts between retailers and credit card issuers banks and online payment systems like paper. saving retailers time and money but fraud allegations and questions over accounting practices dogged the company for 18 months things came to a head last thursday when wire card said audit just could not trace 1900000000 euros ended in its balance sheets the funds were supposed to have been in 2 philippine banks but on sunday the philippine central bank said the

and this is the job he's coping 1000 special i'm stephen beard in berlin it's good to have you with us going to surge of new tracing apps help stop the viruses spread we'll hear from an expert in just a moment but 1st let's look at some of those apps and how they differ here in china as the coronavirus spread the government set out to fight it with the help of a smartphone app. launched in february the alley play health code app was the 1st attempt to slow the transmission rate of covert 19 by tracking infected people digitally using information from their smartphones the app analyzes personal data to assign a color code that either grants users access to or bars them from buses trains and public spaces. south korea launched its own contact tracing program shortly after china requiring all international visitors to download a tracing app at the airport but the country's effort to monitor the virus doesn't rely on this app alone the south korean health authority also tracks infected people using surveillance cameras and credit card information. singapore led the way in creating an app t

and this is the covert 900 special i'm stephen beard's in berlin it's good to have you with us the pandemic as a setback for women we'll speak with an expert in just a moment but 1st let's look at the story of one woman forced to put a pause on her career after the local schools closed. watercolors instead of spreadsheets normally and a month would be sitting in the office right now but with schools and nurseries closed due to the pandemic and her husband she has to stay at home something she never wanted. this is a standstill and it is based on the fact that as a woman i said step back put my own needs on hold and yes that feels like i'm in a type of role right now that doesn't really fit me must have been much i need to get past. being a good housewife was never on this intention she had just finished a masters in education when the crisis hit she postponed finding a job to cater for the family now pen cakes often on the menu one of the few things she knows how to cook but even that can get stressful because that's what it's a line and you can't decide anything on your own you're always t

. >> stephen: the beard is really puffing out on the sides. >> i'm going for a william mckinley type early after. i haven't left the house for very long walks in three months. i've lost 12-pounds because of the two-hour walks i take around the block but i'm growing the beard so i look fatter. >> stephen: you actually look very healthy. >> i'm trying. i'm very uncomfortable. i don't know how loud to talk without the audience because i'm used to the audience. >> stephen: could be too loud. how far away am i supposed to be from the camera? >> stephen: that's good. you're still in frame. >> here? >> stephen: that's fine. that's getting awkward. >> here? >> stephen: that's a character choice. let's talk about your movie. >> how do you like it? >> stephen: it was great. it was really good. i really enjoyed it. it was funny. it was so funny. pete davidson was so funny. he did that character that was so funny but also sad and you're worried about him. >> did you not see it? >> stephen: i haven't had a chance yet. i really want to watch it. i do want to watch it. i do want to watch it. >> how

. >> stephen: i'm on it. >> or a beard or something. mally would on a tongue depressor is what you're saying. >> exactly. now i went ahead and i used adhesive googly eyes. because i didn't want my glue-- i didn't want the eyes to get lost in my jar of hair. you understand this. but normally, these are my googly eyes. >> stephen: well, that's off to a good start. that's off to a good start. i'm pretty really happy about tha. >> it's like a prey animal. it's got eyes on the side of its head. then you're going to stick it into that jar-- what do you have hair-wise? what do you have in your jar? >> stephen: i don't have-- i didn't know i was supposed to have a jar of hair. could you get me some scissors? >> sure. >> stephen: sure, john's going to get me some scissors. i'll just take some of my hair. >> really? >> stephen: i have a lot of hair. i got too much-- look at this. >> stephen, stephen -- >> stephen: i have the tufts back there. >> you don't have a lot of hair. >> stephjo w you?st little tuft. just a tuft right there. >> john, you ar

stephen: he lingered on carell for a while in that one, too. >> i was so jealous because the picture he chose of carell was the great half beard silver fox, andbody did a candle of my face, i was so bummed out, buzz there are better -- because there are better pictures! >> stephen: i love how he thought he was going to burn your guys. >> i saw on twitter this is the best list to be on. my mom gave me a note saying you're a good boy, i always knew you were, so proud of you. >> stephen: is that what this is? good boy. >> you're a good boy. >> stephen: that's nice. what more do you want from your mom? >> exactly, she's so proud. that's one to have the things i can put in the time capsule. >> stephen: as a standup how are you handling quarantine? you tour and there's no audience. i haven't had an audience for three and a half months, something like that. what's that like for you. >> is this i mean, it's rough. all my best writing happens in front of an audience on a stage and i don't have the ego to go -- people should die in order to see myomedy. i can't get people to come out and see it live in any good conscience, so i'm just staying home, sta