This is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week economies opening up this spike the pandemic as they head towards world war 2 levels could reseal stare at the all stimulus and when is the right time to pay down debt as economies tank and job losses increase the nasdaq hits a record high the stock market is divorced from reality or are we seeing a tech divide between the profitable and loss making. The pandemic has been particularly devastating for Indigenous People across latin america we look at how theyre fighting back. Over full brutal impact of the coronavirus pandemic was laid bare when britain became the 1st g 20 nation to release Economic Data in the 1st 4 months of the lock down the economy tanked a staggering 20 percent in april britain is heading towards the worst recession in 300 years the consequences for economies and jobs could have been worse without rich nations spending trillions of dollars to limit the damage in
Like a big relief, you know, its been 10 years in the work to make this book and so it feels like a relief and its just a pleasure to be able to talk about it, to talk about it with you and tons of other interesting people. Really a page turner. Outland, the great medical scientific historian on the cigarette century. Robert proctor at stanford about the deception of the industry. Any trepidation when you started . You had three giant box out there, and you took a risk. Guest yes, but but i really feel as though with those three books, ashes to ashes, cigarette century and Robert Proctor whole corpus of work, the biggest of which is called golden holocaust, i i really feel as though i was standing on the shoulders of giants. These are fantastic works and my work is tremendously indebted to them, but when i was thinking about writing about tobacco, i wasnt approaching the same way that they were. They were very much coming at the story of tobacco from the angle of industry and when i be
David if they could get the pay equal to the americans we would have all would be all set. Finals on sunday, right . Scarlet yes, it should be a great match. Cant wait. David neither can i. Scarlet looks like were going to have a higher day on wall street, building on gains after the s p set two record highs the last two days. A lot of data coming up over the next hour and a half. Weve got factory orders, durable goods, i. S. M. Services and euros, slightly firmer against the dollar. P. M. I. Improved in june. But all the growth is really in service, not in manufacturing and the demand for havens continues. You can see the green color showing buying and treasuries, bringing the yield down. 1. 95 . And with that demand for havens, extending. G gold euros sixyear highs. David its time for the morning brief. This was coming up today. Were going to get u. S. Trade balance data for may may. Around 9 15 this morning, ford will be releasing its latest sales for america. And we get june Market
To him. That is it from this part of sports day. Lets head back to the all england club and john watson. Many thanks indeed for that. Johanne a contact, big shot, crashing out. The big three are all involved, novak djokovic, rafael nadal and roger federer. But why have we not seen roger federer. But why have we not seen any roger federer. But why have we not seen any of the next generation challenging the big three . Earlier i caught up with the davis cup captain to assess the chances of the big names this year and why we have not seen any names this year and why we have not seen any of those younger players. The bottom line is that the three of these players and are unbelievable. The likes of what you have never seen. The likes of what you have never seen. Who knows who will finish as the greatest all time . Their skill level, what they can do with the ball, is so high, and equally, because in the last 20 or so years, it has evolved to such an extent, the travelling of people can help
Where hundreds of thousands of people are watching a solar eclipse. And well bring you all the latest from lyon as england take on the usa in the first womens world cup semi final. Current score is us two and england one. At last we have the nominations for the top jobs at the eu. The more importantjob of all president of the European Commission the body which creates and enforces the eus laws and rules. The nominee is ursula von der leyen. Shes the German Defence minister, and a member of Angela Merkels cdu party. No, youre not the only one who wasnt expecting that. Also, Christine Lagarde will become head of the European Central bank the bank in charge of the euro, which oversees the economies that use it. She is currently the head of the International Monetary fund. Also a formerly french finance minister. Next president of the European Council the council represents the leaders of the eus member states. Charles michel, the belgian Prime Minister, is picked to replace donald tusk. A