Networks without hardware from chinese tech giant huawei and youre of marks equal pay day but figures show equality is still a long way off we ask why. Im chris cuomo thanks for joining us. Germanys two largest lenders are officially in merger talks a tie up between dodge a bank and Commerce Bank would have a market cap of twenty five billion euros with nearly two trillion dollars in assets the German Government is strongly in favor of the deal but many have their doubts after all due to struggling banks really make one success successful one. Deutsche bank chief of christians even and comments bank head mountains have the green light from the German Government to begin talks on joining forces to create a german mega bank which can compete with Global Investment windows before a merger between the two banks can go ahead the state has to give. Up its fifteen percent stake in comets bank but germanys economy minister stressed the government would stand back from merger talks. Its private banks they take their decisions and as you heard yesterday pairing for decisions and to turning for supplying the situation critics warn the merger could be complicated the banks themselves say theyre approaching things with caution. Francis fished the valorous its important that we only merge with comments bank if it makes economic sense that requires a good plan above all a good integration planets will work this out together with comments about and when we have the results then well decide for league. Both banks say the merger would lead to enormous cost savings but opposition politicians and economists oppose the move German Services union verdi has warned a merger could cost up to thirty thousand jobs for two banks supervisory boards are to meet on thursday to discuss the potential merger. Lets get the view from the World Financial Center on this with our correspondent standing by yes the idea here is to create a german banking giant that can hold its own among the heavyweights of the industry is wall street shivering already. Well so far wall street is not really pumped up about the potential merger between the two and if you compare for example the doj or bank and commerzbank together they might have a market cap of a good thirty billion dollars in comparison to j. P. Morgan its worth about three hundred fifty billion dollars so more than ten times as much and if you look at the u. S. Banks in the past couple of years theyve done their homework after the financial crisis we saw billions of dollars in write downs we saw hundreds of thousands of layoffs with that they could restart sort of from zero and seem to be quite stable at this point and weve kind of to really say the same about the bank or other european banks either and also want to help some of the u. S. Financial institutions is that here in the u. S. We have higher Interest Rates and that is also not the case over in europe. Thank you for the moment but do stay with us the pressure is mounting on u. S. Aircraft manufacturer boeing the black box data flight recorders in their recent Ethiopian Airlines seven three seven max crash points to similarities the crash in indonesia in october of another seven three seven maxed both max serious crashes killed all on board the flight data recorders are currently being evaluated and friends meanwhile reports are emerging casting more doubts on the u. S. Federal level if you already they claim that there were gross violations in the development and certification of the aircraft type. Yes back to you in new york its been another bad day for boeing shares and this crisis only seems to be expanding. You know were at the early stages and once again boeing was the biggest loser in the Dow Jones Industrial average there are so many open questions and also what boeing might face might there be a multibillion dollar lawsuits and or criminal charges against boeing or some employees and then on the other side there is the image the seven three seven series basically since the end of the sixtys has been the best selling plane from boeing and so the future seems to be in jeopardy even if we hear from boeing that they believe at this point. Software might do the trick but it probably wont be that easy and simple its all the pressure and the he certainly is on this story is still developing day by day he has caught a new york thank you. The next Generation Mobile standard in germany is up for auction on tuesday Telecoms Companies will be bidding for the radio frequencies needed to operate ultra fast five g. Mobile networks the only technology which makes self driving cars for possible for example but the high tech leap doesnt come without controversy with the us pressuring allies to refrain from using hardware from johnnys tech for an ad Market Leader qual way. Remote brain surgery in china the patient was in the beijing hospital the neurosurgeon three thousand kilometers away in the Southern Island province of high none of the live images and medical data were transmitted by an ultra fast five g. Wireless network with Video Conferencing and other technology from quad way this is just the latest example of the Game Changing use of new super fast five g. Networks europe also wants to use the technology but a space in a problem but way is one of the main producers of five g. Hardware but the company is said to be too close to the Chinese Government apart from unconfirmed allegations of espionage there are concerns that hallway technology could pose a Security Risk if it were used in sensitive infrastructure in europe. Have to recognize that china is also pursuing its sort of teaching interest through Economic Policy for so we mustnt be naive when it comes to important Infrastructure Projects like the awarding of a license source for good it sounds. Complicating the move to next Generation Mobile standards is pressure from the us not to use while away hardware chinas foreign minister y. E meeting in brussels with counterparts of cold security warnings groundless and politically motivated and suggested they were designed to discredit huawei. Its up to now Wireless Network operators in the e. U. Could decide themselves Whose Technology than yours but in some countries in the block the debate is growing about. How to restrict the use of equipment from non European Companies that could pose a risk to Critical Infrastructure and that could affect. The i highly anticipated trial got underway in the french city today the French Bourbon Group specializes in providing Marine Services for the all industry and apparently played the system very well using traditional indifference in some african nations now the group is accused of bribing Public Officials in three african countries. Really an hour after proceedings began court was suspended the defense lawyers for the Bourbon Group claimed they hadnt been given enough time to examine the hundreds of pages in the trial dossier at the center of the trial shockey form the text director of the Bourbon Group he says the company had an ingrained culture of bribery in order to secure contracts and gain tax breaks for. Me at the forefront of this case when actually im just a simple employee im not part of a world series since i arrived at the group. What i was seeing there i immediately noticed that there was organized fraud i say well organized scientifically organized. The case came to light in two thousand and twelve when customs at the airport opened a suitcase which had come from nigeria two hundred fifty thousand dollars were hidden in the lining. Was arrested when he came to collect his Baggage Group executives claim they knew nothing about the money he says hes being set up the court will decide on tuesday with the trial conspiracy. But here in europe many people talk about gender equality but all we also walking the walk well not when it comes to equal pay men and women are. The same kind of careers from taxi drivers to doctors lawyers but while men and women do the exact same jobs at the end of the month their paycheck often their first past me i hear in germany there is a gender pay gap of sixty percent. In berlin it pays to be a woman well today it does the citys transport operators have given female passengers twenty one percent off the aim is to raise awareness of the gender pay gap is such a study unfair yes its unfair that all that we have to point to is that its much much less there that women in germany earn on average twenty one percent less for the same work as their male counterparts to commandeer dimensionally but its a little more complicated than mass women often work in professions that are poorly paid as kindergarten teachers for example every second woman in germany only works part time because they are looking after children or other dependants that means they are unless and are less likely to pursue a career. But even when women and men in germany work in the same jobs their salaries are often different the gender pay gap there is six percent. That makes germany one of the locker its in the European Union only in the Czech Republic and to stony a is just salary gap between men and women greater in schools the trade unions were action force in germany today to highlight their frustration over the continuing inequality. Twelve program for now you can find a lot more Business News on background stories on our website dot com slash business for now thanks for watching back tomorrow. Cut. Those if you dont know. 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