From the forums managing director. In the spanish town was a byword for the beach holidays but now benetton sandy shore life isnt. There some reports in berlin welcome to the program this week the goliaths of wall street have met that david the game stop shares frenzy has seen a surge of stock purchases by small investors lead to losses in the billions for hedge fund pros but now go on the online forums where this rebellion was coordinated after brokerage apps blocked any more trades. Theyre placing their bets a group of small time speculators not professional traders have been coordinating the purchase of game stop stocks in online forums even though the retailer is virtually broke this has been causing share prices to skyrocket at the peak of the frenzy the stock had risen 2500 percent from its price at the start of the year well it played out that those who are pushing the share Prices Higher are on the winning side but those hedge funds that are short the stock. Believe that the pr
Different views on that he has tolerated an incredible amount of corruption in russia and i guess that was probably the Biggest Surprise when i was still in the u. S. Government back in the 2000 when putin came to power i think the one thing that we really expected was he will type of things i mean i think there was a sense in russia that things had become too loose in the 1990 s. Too much chaos so he would restore a degree of order but theres also a sense that this is somebody who actually you know crack down on corruption and i dont think weve seen that crime somebody have said its going to be some some somebody who would who would be he was viewed as an honest lida a man who stood by his word that was the that was always the message around putin there was hope i mean i dont remember. That hed stop or. But there was hope that something will change that russia will become the western country that so many people hoped for it would in the ninetys and im the mass. Be cleaned up and we wo
Thats a lame excuse they say there is a clear commitment and that is why they hope the company will publish the this particular contract today for everyone to see that the promises that have been made to the e. U. Are unfulfilled so that the e. U. Not know that the u. K. Would have priority and is was the lack of Due Diligence on the on the use part or should i have told them. There from from the perspective of the e. U. There is a lack of information though the key issue for them is that if you cut the vaccine supply that was promised by contract by more than half by 60 percent you need to come up with some some really good reasons for that and those reasons have been given apparently there is a problem in the supply chain on the european side in effect 3 in belgium but from the perspective of the e. U. Arsenic as a club a company theyre producing as far away as india and if they have supply problems that bug needs to be shared by all the countries that they are at handing out their v
Saying rich nations need to show solidarity towards the global south face the consequences. Plus the game stop friends ends the week with fuel thats outrage on small investors also on line growth has restricted the buying of the companys shares so what will happen next in this wild ride on wall street. Has welcome to the show the president of the year European Commission also a fund a line has urged Pharma Company astra zeneca to stick by its commitments to supply the e. U. With its covert 900. 00 vaccine comments come after the british swedish firm said it was cutting the number of doses for the e. U. By 60 percent because of production problems. The drugmaker also said it was not contractually obliged to deliver on the line said the contract is quote Crystal Clear the controversy comes as the bloc faces pressure with many countries countries failing to meet their vaccination targets. Other w. s correspondent mark martins joins us now from brussels hes following this ongoing story the
With people who look like they might need a little help and chatting with merchants but now this time around they are unarmed sf police chief bill scott says the retired officers have undergone refresher courses in deescalation and crisis intervention. Training but when they hit the streets they will be armed only with their years of experience and hes a sfpd officers both command Staff Officers up and down the ranks. Who know the city like the back of their hands, they know the people they know the culture they know the flavor. Retired officer lee dahlberg used to walk this speech as part of his job on the force. Were going to be the eyes and ears up here and try to remedy problems. So we dont have to get off your and take take your time. Knowledge and background. Thats pretty much what we can do to help every day the ambassadors will first check in with the Central Police station then touch base with the Union Square Business Improvement District who are happy to have the extra help