Solution the new season of sounders eventually. This week called double good. People hold on for g. W. On facebook and twitter to date and in touch follow us. Bedouins have permanently closed microsoft says it stores around the world will not reopen after the Coronavirus Crisis. With 3 german majors making global headlines around our 4 randolph whats been a wild week in frankfurt. And with many gigs around the world can sort of look at an invention that aims to help you feel the music at home. This is do we have business on robots in berlin welcome along microsoft says its stores around the world closed because of coronavirus will never reopen the u. S. Companies permanently shutting 4 of its stores thats around 100 outlets microsoft says its taking a new approach to return invest in its online shops the 4 stores that wont be firmly closed will instead be turned into what the Company Called experience centers. Along this lets speak to our financial corresponds on wall street quarter welcome along yes so whats behind this decision for microsoft you know a lot of those stores were located in shopping malls and Shopping Centers and those again were shut down mostly in the past couple of weeks and months and therefore now microsofts 1st 2 sites are to close those stores for good clearly the virus sped up this development but as far as i know microsoft im already had plans for next year to close doors doors and all that do it even earlier microsoft is bringing out some new products later this year and so they still wanted to keep those stores open but as i mentioned so now theyre pulled the plug immediately but other parts of the u. S. Economy are trying to reopen having said that the u. S. Is just placing his biggest daily number of new coronavirus cases how easy is getting back to work proving for companies that. Yeah its quite dramatic and obviously very uneven the states of florida and offer texas for example now have decided to close bars for example who reopened meant other businesses too and it also shows on wall street that there is some concern that the economic recovery will be not as smooth as some economists were hoping for in the past couple of weeks we saw a huge sell off on wall street here on friday chips down by more than 700 points and having that said also for the week blue chips are down by a good to 3 percent but thats not only because of the coronavirus we also had the Bank Stress Tests that were that came on negatively here hunt wall street to Goldman Sachs for example down by a good 9 percent so clearly a lot of turbulence is shortly before the weekend here in new york i did wall street. Financial correspondent in new york. And from wall street to frankfurt at the end of an extraordinary week in german business 3 Blue Chip Companies made major headlines for very Different Reasons its been a busy 5 days for our correspondent in frankfurt Chelsea Delaney. One of the worst. Financial correspondent Chelsea Delaney and now a brief look at some of the other business stories making the news the European Commission wants to investigate whether the german financial regulator baffin failed in its supervision of why oh why are called the goal is to find out if Early Warning signs were missed the German Government says the case shows the need for greater oversight of the financial sector. The dutch and french governments have reached a deal to see france kalen through the Coronavirus Crisis the netherlands will provide a 3400000000 euro aid package to keep it warm thats in addition to a 7000000000 euro bailout already agreed by friends. And the worlds biggest Cosmetics Company loreal says it will remove words like white fire and light from its skin evening products the black lives Matter Movement has led to scrutiny of companies who markets skin whitening creams loreal is a major seller of such products in the likes of asia africa and the caribbean. Now irans currency the reaal has fallen to record lows against the dollar this week the coronavirus pandemic has kicked a currency that was already reeling from the effects of severe u. S. Sanctions against tehran for rainy and workers it means that wages are worth less and less. Revenues from irans main export oil have plummeted so terrans foreign cash reserves are also down. One u. S. Dollar was worth 190000 the rain in rio this week up from 32000 reales 5 years ago and ordinary people are feeling the pain in my mission. Even if i work more a country by more dollars that has affected my welfare and made me stressed its a bad situation. And theres no end in sight the covered 19 pandemic is still disrupting global trade. And here. Theyre increasing dollar supply it was because of the disruption of the rain in exports to the regional markets the number of coronavirus patients in our country was unfortunately high and the borders have been closed this will continue until the epidemic is brought under control. Down maybe as. Meanwhile tehran is also taking a tougher stance against businesses it says half of some 40000000000. 00 money generated by non oil in exports stays abroad and now iran wants companies to bring that hard currency home threatening to revoke export license as if they do not comply. Now and d. W. Business weve brought you all manner of tales of innovation as people look for creative ways through the Coronavirus Crisis one of the challenges facing large past of the world is the cancellation of events like concepts one invention promises to enable those who are missing live music to quite literally feel the rhythm one small. Remember these concerts where you could live in the moment feel the music coming through your body and not worry about the person coughing next to you well there are fewer of those now but at least theres this the feel built the device sends a pole since your body that matches the rhythm of your music or whatever it is that youre listening to the german from behind it says it like a concert its about pulling you deeper into the moment. And that in few bags. With the field we can feel everything that we would experience in music and video gaming as vibrations against the body or haptic feedback. And even fit in once you know. The belt is started with socalled impulse generators essentially thumping membranes bass notes come through the front higher frequencies through the side it links with a phone through bluetooth connection the headset plugs into the belt itself. And its not just music fans the company is hoping to attract but also gamers looking for a more immersive experience. One tech expert says such devices are having a moment the pentameter is reshaping our relationship between online and offline and products that come in to bridge this gap are seeing a bit of an interest in these days i dont think that we have a hard solution on how youre going to replace that perhaps tile emotional connection but a product like this one is a great start to doing so the feed belt is still in the prototype stage but should later sell for 329. 00 euros for some a small price to pay for total immersion. And just quickly to another important for the entertainment the makers of iconic irish big guinness and open a 100000000 dollars fund to help pubs cope with the coronavirus pandemic license bars around the world can apply for a share of the money from they can use it to buy whatever equipment they need to reopen or meet hygiene standards as one of the worlds biggest distillers owning brands including Johnnie Walker and baileys. And thats all from in the Business Team here in berlin thanks a lot for joining us. In good shape. Protection maxine. Topic again due to the coronavirus. Serious illness that. Could already be eradicated. In the end vaccines impacts not only individuals but the whole of society. So thats going to dog a mine shaft in good shooting. Next on t. W. Were all set. To go beyond yes. As we take on the world. Were all about the stories that matter to you country but what ever is. Running out. In the middle how can you make for mind. We know that this is very time for us the coronavirus is changing the world changing our lives so please take care of yourself keep your distance and wash your hands if you can stay at how were d. W. B. For here for we are working hard with sleep in human form dont overplan one were all in this together on together one make it. Stay safe everyone. Stay safe stay safe please stay safe. Youre. Welcome to in good shape your health shed on. Hello and welcome to you in good shape im here in berlin at the famous German Museum off technology here you can admire a lot from the world of engineering including medical equipment but i think the most beautiful instrument for dr