A wonderful report for right here and south africa about the Important Role livestock herds can play in maintaining biodiversity but theres more of course. We had to tunis here to see whats being done to protect our so that. We learn how an army of insects can provide excellent pest control. And that lives are unique as fingerprints all snowflakes. If you head out into the open country here in south africa you cant help but notice the thousands of kilometers of fencing that cuts across the land intended to contain herds senses actually have a devastating effect on the environment not only are there deadly traffic wildlife the also prevent livestock from roaming free which leads to all the grazing and lends degradation summer it is and now reversing this trend spading an ecological revolution. With them lives took on to the great plains in Central South Africa the animals arent allowed to lead or to protect live edition from. They have to be kept on the so that we can only eat the plant
With the great, great granddaughter of the companys founder. As always, do get in touch with your thoughts on any of the stories were covering the show. Just use the bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Now, after a decade of hardship and austerity, things are looking up. The World Bank Says Global Economic growth is likely to strengthen this year and that it will be the first year and that it will be the first year since the 2008 crisis when the world will be operating close to its full potential. 0verall Global Economic growth is expected to edge up Economic Growth is expected to edge up to 3. 1 . Thats after a much stronger than expected 2017. Advanced economies will be around 2. 296. Advanced economies will be around 2. 2 . Emerging economies are likely to grow by 4. 5 . Generally this is because of increased investment in, improved confidence and a rebound in commodity prices. This last one is especially important for developing economies. Well the World Bank Says the f
Soon as greece is mentioned. Some say greece should be helped more. While others argue that taxpayers in other countries shouldnt have to support a corrupt and inefficient system. Either way the key player here , is germany the biggest , contributor to the bailouts. But berlin has lost trust in athens, and many german voters feel insulted by the antigerman rhetoric. As one german man said to me the other day, we give them money, and they call us nazis. But whatever the political tensions, many germans themselves still want to help. The greekgerman athene Elementary School in berlin is throwing its annual summer party. The event is overshadowed by the ongoing greek crisis. Many of the families here still have close ties to their home country. They get regular updates from friends and family. Companies are going bust, people are on the brink of financial ruin. Its very upsetting. Stylianos kolomoutzakis has lived in berlin for more than 10 years. According to media reports, greekgerman r
They say the situation in the Foreign Exchange market is still fragile. This is significant because it marks an end to the snb referring to the franc as significantlyovervalue. The august Consumer Price index comes at 8 30 a. M. Eastern time that hits with weekly jobless claims and the bank of england has a policy decision due around 7 00 a. M. Eastern time. Tesla announcing plans to unveil its highly anticipated truck. That will happen on october 26th the tesla semiis wh is what thee calling it that date a setback. Elon musk expressing his excitement saying the batterypowered beast is worth seeing in person shares of tesla, down marginally on that news a bit of deal news shares of Tenet Healthcare are jumping on reports that the company hired advisers to explore options including a possible sale. Last month they said they would replace the ceo and some Board Members after concerns from glenn view capital then net h that stock up 14 in the premarket. Equifax says a web server flaw in i
Plan. We see russia as a large, promising market. We wont change our mind. Theres more to be done in this market. And more warning signs out of china, investment, retail and factory data all disappointing in april with data hitting multiyear lows. Youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. And a warm welcome to tuesdays edition of worldwide exchange. Plenty to come through on the show today. Are you looking forward to it . Happy tuesday. Happy tuesday, everyone. Well get opecs latest report. Retail sales coming out of the u. S. As well. But before all of that we continue to look at m a on the astrazeneca pfizer story. Pfizer making its last push reiterating to uk jobs and r d if the proposed deal goes ahead. The ceos of pfizer and astrazeneca are due to appear before uk lawmakers in london very shortly. The unions make their way starting in 30 minutes time. Then pfizer ceo ian reed is in an an hour after astrazenecas ceo will appear. Katherine