he thanked his legal team and he said he was looking forward to getting back to his family and his work in the uk. it s a stunning reversal for mr lynch, who has been involved in legal battles over autonomy ssale for more than a decade. he and autonomy s former finance chief lost a civil trial in the uk two years ago, which also focused on allegations that they inflated autonomy s revenue before the sale to hewlett packard in 2011. workers at samsung electronics are going on strike today for the first time in the company s history. a union representing about 20% of the workforce has called the one day protest over pay and holidays. the company is one of the world s largest maker of smartphones. mark newman is founder of an investment firm and worked at samsung for six years. he told me about what impact the strike is likely to have. i think most likely there will not be any impact. it is a fifth of the workforce. in fact, what is quite different about this as it is not a stri
i made that promise to myself that every opportunity i would go back and pay my respects and honours those guys. as they left portsmouth, their modern day counterparts flew overhead in a royal air force transport plane and stood to attention, saluting on the deck of the aircraft carrier hms prince of wales, respect between the generations. john dennis has been back to normandy before but never to the british memorial. it was very emotional and i am afraid that will probably be a bit emotional when we get there, to see the actual thing. we will rememberthem. as the ferry approached the french coastline, the engine slowed and the veterans paid tribute. so, a short, poignant, but highly symbolic ceremony as the wreath was thrown over the side of the ferry. the idea is to pay tribute to those who died before even reaching the french shores and beaches they had come here to liberate. and so to france and two full days of ceremonies and commemorations for those who can tell the sto
South africas battered economy tries to recover from a double downgrade, but it wont be easy especially trying to borrow money from its internationalfriends. And all on board. Yep, how a group of enterprising berliners, fed up with paying ever more for their daily Train Tickets clubbed together to crowd fund their own train line. Were going to take a ride with them. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. Welcome to the programme. If you give me your eight minutes, i will give me your eight minutes, i will give you an exciting snapshot of the world of business and money. We will start south, south africa in that. As South Africas president jacob zuma celebrates his 75th birthday, festivities may be rather more low key than usual. In less than a week, the countrys members of parliament are scheduled to hold a vote of no confidence against the president. Why . Well it comes after he ousted some of his key political opponents in a recent cabinet reshuffle. Today, members of
the outside world with william cohen. it is a new day hopefully a far safer one for sunlts at a los angeles school at the center of a shobi ishocking child abu n scandal. they were greeted with an entirely new staff. the whole staff was replaced after the arrest of at least two teachers accused of committing lewd acts with students. eight alleged victims are expected to announce the first lawsuits in that case. president obama is let sing states off the hook when it comes to the no child left behind law. the president is expected to announce this hour that he s freeing ten states from stricter parts of the law in return for a promise to improve how they evaluate and prepare students. those states will no longer be forced to meet the requirement that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. mr. obama s announcement is due to start at 1:55 eastern time and we ll bring it to you live. finally big relief to the tune of 26 billion for distressed homeowners. if y