Money to people. Somehow, that is going to work. Yeah, administration should focus on, is promoting policy that spur economic growth. But they are focussing on policies like raising minimum wage that kills jobs that leads to merdependence on government, in washington d c. Walmart w planning on opening business, i would expect dc politicians would be happy about this. B they passed a bill to raise minimum wage just for walmart ov 1 an hour. They are killing the jobs, and leading to more people to ry on the government. Charles michelle, ive been listening to the president on the summer economic tour. Like beatlemania without the crowd. He is becomes more and more bold about the idea that is not an Economic Policy but a fairness doctrine. That all of success in america is partf a Public Domain we should share. He is getting closer to closer of saying this is how it should be. We should have some form of prosperity no master who is earningt. It has become such a big nanny state, the money
Of his depression era grandmother. He wants a annual 4 cash dividend. Which he says could boost the faltering stock. At least by of late, several hundred dollars a share he thinks he can move it. Let me say this. I run a Charitable Trust that as this a stock in apple and im hard pressed to find one that does as good as apple. I could be more critical of the performance of thousands of other stocks. And thousands of other managements than i would have before i would pick a fight with apple. Thats why i think that why ihorn can question what theyre doing with their cash, i think this is wrong headed. As apple explained in a statement today, the company is in the midst of a colossal throw year ban to return billions to its shareholders thats hardly chump change. I think apple has the right to hold the cash that it has. This is a high quality problem to say the least. A total victim of success issue that can be solved by apple raise its own dividend very nicely and not creating a whole new
To south korean beaches as returned to south korean beaches as the country turns the corner in the fight against coronavirus. Uk plans to start live testing a phone app in the coming days to speed up covid 19 Contact Tracing and to help the country out of lockdown. The duchess of cambridge has shown her support for new parents and maternity staff with a virtual visit via video call. Now on bbc news, Carrie Gracie presents dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im Carrie Gracie. This week another rollercoaster of
hopes and fears. There are lockdowns lifting in some parts of the globe and hopeful talk of vaccines and treatments, but elsewhere infections still rising. And warnings that half the world . S workers are at immediate risk of losing theirjobs. In fact, week by week, the economic fallout of this pandemic looks worse. And everyone wrings their hands and says we need a Global Response. So where is it . My guests, on socially distanced screens, are indian journalist
Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week another rollercoaster of hopes and fears. There are lockdowns lifting in some parts of the globe and hopeful talk of vaccines and treatments, but elsewhere infections still rising. And warnings that half the worlds workers are at immediate risk of losing theirjobs. In fact, week by week, the economic fallout of this pandemic looks worse. And everyone wrings their hands and says we need a Global Response. So where is it . My guests, on socially distanced screens, are indian journalist ashis ray and german commentator thomas kielinger. Welcome to you both. And here in the studio, observing the two metre rule, the bbcs chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. Lyse, thanks for being with us again. Now, lets focus first on india, so big that everything can happen there at once in different places infections still rising in some parts of the country and a partial lifting of the lockdown in others, but the damage to repai
Either a miracle or a mystery. Because, a country as vast as india with a population of 1. 3 billion, has today less than 1500 deaths. Now, the big question is, is this the real situation or is it Something Else . There are reports that many deaths may not have been recorded because india is a country where underprivileged people can die without diagnosis or treatment. In the second story which has emerged, doctors are being quoted, that many patients have come to hospital or been brought to hospital after they have died and no postmortems have taken place nor have died and no postmortems have ta ken place nor testing have died and no postmortems have taken place nor testing of families and friends have taken place. So india isa and friends have taken place. So india is a situation where, if one is to be kind, the low testing is of great concern. Because low testing leads to low tracing and therefore containment becomes difficult. But, asi containment becomes difficult. But, as i said,