Were talking close to eleven billion euros the road ahead doesnt look good though with warnings of stagnating profits due to the hefty cost of developing new tech to keep up and the company has another scandal on its hands the question of those tests on monkeys and humans. The boss of dime or dieter had some reason to smile twenty seventeen was the best year in the companys history with sales of three point three million cars but this weeks revelations of exhaust gas testing on humans and monkeys cast a shadow over the shining figures from the start of the press conference search have tried to clear the air so much for such testing goes against our values of time where were going to find out exactly how this happened. This took up based automakers together with other german car makers financed the now disbanded e u g t Research InstituteDieter Zetsche or tried to move on from the damaging allegations and refocus attention on the companys future he told shareholders profits would stagnate while dein learn vested mess of lead in new technologies and yet are scoffed off from can to shift well be using the earning power of our core business to powerfully engage with the future challenges our industries facing we called this case that stands for connectivity autonomous driving sharing and ema billet so this is about nothing less than reinventing the concept of individual mobility of a new do it in mobility. On the Frankfurt Stock Exchange the high costs of future proofing dime look didnt go down well the car makers shares were among the biggest losers on the blue chip index index on thursday nevertheless the Company Announced it would be paying the highest invest the dividends in its history and dime was one hundred thirty thousand german employees to receive bonuses of five thousand seven hundred euros in april thats also the highest in the companys history. Now if youve been navigating your way over all under the great far wall of china using virtual tunnels known as v. P. N. Looks like its time might experts say the government isnt to crack down on companies and individuals beijing wants them to use state approved software to access the internet with the aim of keeping a close eye on things. If youre in china trying to skype chat with colleagues in the u. S. Think again what about surfing google or using twitter and facebook sorry game over the Chinese Government is banning all Virtual Private Networks v. P. Ends these services help users to bypass online censorship but businesses also use them to move their data securely in an effort to calm fears the government has assured Foreign Companies doing business there that they can still access the internet using state approved portals. But many firms a nervous about exposing their data to the chinese copy this wont impact safety thats because governments Telecom Companies just provide a channel a network they cant see any content on the Network Related to your company for businesses that follow chinese laws and regulations this is guaranteed constitution stipulates that citizens have the freedom to communicate and that Corporate Communications will be protected with. Previously however comes at a cost many small and Midsized Companies are troubled by the usage fees for the state own software well over one thousand euros a month experts say thats more than smaller businesses will be able to shoulder in the long run. Now Facebook Says it is concentrating on quality not quantity that says the worlds biggest social Media Network announced results today that beat expectations profits were up twenty percent almost four point three billion dollars their shares fell sharply see Mark Zuckerberg saying time spent on the site was down fifty million hours a day that says the media giant doubles down on its rush to remove click bait and increase meaningful interaction on the site or lets bring it on wall street now yes quarter yes of course most of Big Tech Companies announcing their results today bring us up to date. Yeah and just one more words to facebook quantity of quality beads quantity even. People spending less hours on facebook the stock new record high here in the thursday trading and now after hours we got numbers from amazon from apple from alphabet so thats the Mother Company of google and overall all companies especially amazon and apple on a first glance did better than expected but especially with apple this sold fewer i phones fewer i pads and also fewer make computers as expected but because they achieved higher prices the bottom line was still better as expected still that stock under pressure here in an initial reaction after hours amazon on the other side was huge revenue. Expectations that stock trading heavily to the upside even if the stock has been up about sixty seven percent in the past twelve months and then alphabet so the Mother Company of google was. In earnings miss that stock also under pressure and microsoft also had numbers out better than expected so those five Companies Facebook microsoft apple amazon and google they alone made about twenty percent of the gains of the s. And p. Five hundred in total in the past year twenty percent is not to be sniffed at so if we see those giant Tech Companies spend those stock market records what does this send tell us about the state of the u. S. Economy because trump of course had been taking credit for those rallies. You know well but i mean if donald trump is taking credit of the rally and specially of Economic Growth here in the United States we shouldnt forget that for example this tax reform is just starting so we cant have any effect on the u. S. Growth yet but on wall street we trade expectations and so therefore the u. S. President does have a certain impact was the recent rally here on wall street but as the numbers of those Big Tech Companies are a bit mixed we will see how trading will continue on friday yen scoot in new york for us thanks for your analysis. Now two years after taking office cuban president raul castro opened the door to private enterprises in the communist countries states dominated economy the money came pouring in but eight years later on the verge of leaving office castro has slam the brakes on private business is raising questions about the nations economic path. Abana is a popular destination for cruise ships and not all visitors to the cuban capital want to pay for state run toys many prefer smaller private run options but many cubans are concerned about current Political Developments in august the government instated a ban on setting up new companies the ban was necessary it said to enable new laws to be passed to curb illegal practices in the tourist industry. Once those were in place the expansion of new companies would continue apace but that was six months ago and as yet theres no sign of progress many now fear the party is divided on the future of private enterprise. But we were all surprised when business licensing was suddenly suspended then in august many thought the ban would soon be lifted and theyd be able to set up private businesses again now more and more cubans believe that theres some internal disagreement with the government about the process of expanding private businesses. Cuba opened the door to small private enterprises in two thousand and ten the economy was in a mess and the government was forced to cut thousands of jobs self employment seemed to offer a solution a move that led to a rush of new Small Businesses from entrepreneurial Street Vendors to head dresses and bed and breakfasts but the cuban state still controls eighty percent of the economy and many now fear that any steps towards relaxing that grip may be heading toward a dead end. Now if it doesnt rain in the next couple of months South Africans will be left high and dry there is certainly a very dramatic situation a water levels in dams have been falling dramatically over several weeks cape town for example is totally reliant on reservoirs for its war supply solutions and need it and quick. Chewing for one of lifes essential since become part of everyday life in cape town and conserving its a civic duty from february the first water consumption has been limited to fifty liters per person per day in gemini the average consumption is one hundred twenty beaches the only now having a plane been here for more than ten years this has been happening it has been happening for so long the only planning now. Over the past twenty years cape towns population has doubled to four million and add to that of the two million tourists that come each year and its no surprise that the citys more to made some skyrockets he asked why he wanted a barber to talk again ill take that are going to be a stuff but what can you do we all need to hold for a few its a lot of shows and were just to go with the flow for most residents are taking the restrictions and thats drawing huge us if it doesnt rain soon in the cities which they use isnt drastically reduced by mid april the South African city could find itself in a desperate situation were in europe today with the latest from the world all business im back tomorrow same time same place today. They make a commitment. They find solutions. They inspire. Africa on the road. Stories of both people making a difference shaping their nation. 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