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
University. It is an honor and pleasure to have you with us today, eric and what brings us here today is your latest book the splendid and the vile, as all of you probably know eric is the author of fabulous books in the garden of beats, thunderstruck, and white city, i have read most of your books but i have not read your first book, i was intrigued looking at your biography that you wrote a book called the naked consumer, how Companies Plan individual consumers which is a future tense subject, maybe we will have you come back and talk about that one, i also loved on your website which all of you listening should check out, its eric larson books. Com, and love on your website you have an alternative biography which is fantastic and you described the consumer that you really like nobody else did they fiercely doubt that but im going to take a look at that. So welcome and thank you for having me rethink you for being with us. I think we should get right to it, because were having this c
And in half an hour here on bbc news, lockdown babies. We follow three expectant mothers from three countries, as they cope with the challenges of being pregnant during a pandemic. The ministry of defence has been asked by the government to see what it can do to support the uk border force to intercept migrants crossing the english channel. The government also wants the authorities in france to do more. France said today that ten times as many migrants were intercepted last month compared with july last year. The crossings have been continuing today, as gavin lee reports from calais. The beach at gravelines by day. A tourist hotspot, half an hours drive from calais. This was the scene at first light this morning. More than 20 migrants with a rubber boat and motor which they carried from the dunes to the shore. Children at the back, holding hands, before they set off. These men, who appear to be in charge of the crossing attempt, start to leave the beach. But the boat is in trouble alre
Garzas fishermen are caught up in cross border fighting between palestine and israel. Welcome to the program fronts is calling on the e. U. To back antigovernment demonstrators in belo bruce a week of protests against president Alexander Lukashenko culminated in a huge rally in the capital minsk on sunday now the opposition accuses look at shanker of rigging the election and want him to face justice for alleged torture but hes not backing down step bassam reports. They went from fear to defiance and from sadness to anger in just one week. Never before have so many people in bellicose taken to the streets to protest hundreds of thousands marched through the main avenues of minsk to demand the president look up to step down. We wont forgive you a day chant the account of torture and abuse of thousands of detainees has also angered look to supporters and people who were never interested in politics here i guess the violence is just happening as doris and we acknowledge that people can hav
Features a great friend. Someone is become very involved with us in the last year or so. James holland. Who last week published the second book in his trilogy. Before i get into the introductions, i want to follow a tradition we have here. I dont know if we have any world war ii veterans here with us tonight that i can recognize, do we have any veterans . If not i would like to recognize veterans from all eras of service. [applause] thank you for your service and sacrifice. This evening come we will have on stage together, two of the biggest names and most prolific writers in the world war ii field, i was just thinking to myself this afternoon, if this was like boxing, this ability paper view match we would have on the stage tonight. Historianr own senior who publishes his book this month and he will be interviewing james holland, a ,istorian, broadcaster, author he is written 19 books on world war ii. Mostly nonfiction but also historical novels and young adult titles. You probably re