That position mirrors that ofjoe biden, who said back in march that us Steel Corp should remain a domestically owned american firm. Us steel it should remain american owned and american operated. In other News Volkswagen is considering Closing Factories in germany to cut costs. Its an unprecedented move and sets up a showdown with powerful unions. The Auto Maker which employs around 680,000 staff is struggling with its passenger car brand. Profits are getting squeezed amid the transition to electric vehicles and a consumer spending slowdown. A four Day Conference to attract foreign investment to russia is about to begin in the countrys eastern most major city vladivostok. The eastern economic forum is into its ninth year. Last year, more than 40 Billion in new agreements were signed, with 7,000 delegates in attendance. The largest contingents came from china, India And Southeast asia. Professor 0ng Kian Ming from Taylors University spoke to us about the importance of The Forum. Russia
The american makers of the novavax Coronavirus Vaccine have reported promising findings from a large scale trial in britain, raising hopes the jab could be rolled out in a matter of months, boosting global supplies. A study was Strong Enough to protect against a highly transmissible british variant of the virus. Heresjon donnison. Another scientific breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus. This time, from the us firm novavax. Results of the us firm novavax. Results of the Companies British Trial showed the first proven efficacy against the new more contagious uk variant. There were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trial throughout the uk. 0ver volunteers on the trial throughout the uk. Over half the cases of covid 19 recorded came from the new variant. It is very significant because we were able to show that the vaccine works well against both the old, the original strain and the new strain, that had 96 efficacy against the original covid 19 strain and yet still had 86 efficacy
We start with an Epic Battle Raging On Wall Street that has seen small time Amateur Investors take on the titans of the hedge fund industry. Its all centred around this company the struggling us computer Game Retailer gamestop. It shares have soared at much as 1700 after a group of private investors used online forums to drive up their price. And that has raised serious questions about how Financial Markets operate in the era of social media, as paul hawkins reports. This is a story of david versus goliath, of the amateur online investor beating the Big Traditional Wall Street traders. At the centre of it, gamestop, a struggling American Retailer Selling dvds and video games. A number of the Wall Street Traders picked up on its problems and bet money that its share price would fall, known in the business as shorting a stock. Only for this particular stock, Amateur Investors swapping tips on the social media site reddit saw it as an opportunity. They bought shares, which actually drove
Expelled. What is the Republican Party doing . Amateur frenzy, investors trying to stick it to the mighty hedge fund. Will they succeed . Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. The enemy is within. The speaker of the house pointing the finger at members of congress when it comes to security at the capitol. The enemy is within the House Of Representatives. What exactly did you mean when you said the enemy is within . What exactly did you mean by that . It means we have members of congress who want to bring guns on the floor and have threatened violence on other members of congress. It comes amid growing democratic calls to censure, even expel qanon aligned congresswoman greene. She indicated her support for executing democratic politicians and supported, among other truly bizarre Conspiracy Theories, you know, that a plane didnt fly into the Pentagon On 9 11. The Parkland School shooting in which 17 people were killed, kids, was engineered by left wing antigun proponents. What
President obama. Biden administration going crazy with the orders that even the New York Times is telling joe to knock it off. It might come as a surprise to many americans. We heard him say this on the Campaign Trail. Speak ive got to get the votes. Ive got to get the votes. I have a strange notion. We are a democracy. Some of my republican friends and some of my democratic friends even occasionally safe if you cant get the votes by Executive Order, youre going to do something. Things you cant do by Executive Order unless youre a dictator. We are democracy. We need consensus. Maria really . What happened to the great compromise or, unifier . He used to be known for reaching across the island working with him about guns. Now hes just cutting them out the president told us today. Im about to sign two Executive Orders. To undo the damage trump has done. Maria undo donald trump. Now he was talking about todays actions on obamacare and abortion but we can read between the lines. This is th