Compete in the world where so the concept of something we can all benefit from. In writing this book im sure in the midst of the pandemic however in my view this topic could not be more relevant especially these days when so many of us are forced to have that mentality. Help us kick off alex for the above to ask you what you found to be so important about this topic that you wanted to focus your sites on interviewing the leading ceos and what started you to read this book and how does it fit into your overall journey . I covered the tech giants and i commend the slightly different background instead of going to Journalism School i studied in Industrial Labor relations and i put that in the back of my mind but i have always focused on culture organizational behavior and how companies are run and how work is structured. Thats something i voice thought about it. My background is ive covered the news going on in the companies and so around 2017 obviously we started seeing the tech giant st
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern, that was on january 30, 2020, and he said that there was a window of opportun
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern. That was on 30 january, 20
Edition of squawk box, which is starting right now. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Weve been watching with the u. S. Equity market and things are under pressure dow was down by 600 points on friday and adding to those losses today dow futures right now down by 273 points earlier this morning we were down by 350, so this is some improvement from a half an hour ago. The s p is down by 28 points the nasdaq off by 61 lets get rightto our big stor of the morning that is, of course, the Berkshire Hathaway meeting that was health over the weekend. Warren buffett speaking out about the Global Pandemic and his recent investment moves. This was a little different this year no crowds. Usually theres 40,000 people there. This time it was just buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Vice President on stable but his message was still received loud and clear. Buffett made the case that you should never bet against america, b
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] this hearing will come to water. Welcome, welcome. Today the committee convenes to broadband during the covid19 pandemic. I extend my appreciation for my colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, normal activities like work, school, Healthcare Services are increasingly t