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
Lets go and take a look at whats on the show. Translation we should support farmers, because without them, l we have no food. Without them, well have nothing. The worlds failing food system with farmers struggling to make a living, can they keep producing the food we all need . Farmers Around The World from europe and australia to mexico and india theyve been taking to the streets as their financial pressures grow. So, what does it all mean for one of the worlds most Important Industries . Im going to be discussing all of that with these two there they are the Big Boss Of The World Farmers organisation, who tells me hes worried about the industrys future and how its going to feed ten billion mouths in the next 25 years. And this man, who was part of a team buying from farmers for one of the worlds biggest retailers, who tells us how Supermarket Pressures for profits puts the squeeze on hard pressed farmers. Also on the show, what do the white house, rafael nadal and Rolling Stone magaz
Mild, temperatures 13 in belfast, 1a in glasgow, highs of maybe 17 across parts of eastern england. That is the latest. Thanks, chris. You may have heard Audio Interference at the start of the programme, apologies for that. And thats bbc news at ten. On bbc one, its time tojoin our colleagues for the news where you are. This is bbc news. We will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour which is straight after this programme. Hello, everybody. A very warm welcome to talking Business Weekly with me, aaron hazelhurst. Lets go and take a look at whats on the show. Translation we should support farmers, because without them, we have no food. Without them, well have nothing. The worlds failing food system with farmers struggling to make a living, can they keep producing the food we all need . Farmers Around The World, from europe and australia to mexico and india, theyve been taking to the streets as their financial pressures grow. So, what does it all mean for one of the worlds mos
Software giant that powers huge amounts of the world wide web. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, it seems not a week goes by without farmers somewhere taking to the streets, complaining about the difficulties of making ends meet. Its an industry thats crucial to economies everywhere as well as global trade and, of course, an industry thats fundamental to human survival. Problems ranging from cheap imports to strict rules about the environment and animal welfare, as well as those powerful supermarkets, it all means that farmers have been protesting across the globe, from europe, the uk and india, forcing politicians to listen. The farming industrys also having growing political influence in places including the us and new zealand, as an unprecedented number of countries hold elections this year. Theres also the impact of geopolitics because, in particular, the war in ukraine has made many longstanding proble
With farmers struggling to make a living, can they keep producing the food we all need . Farmers Around The World from europe and australia to mexico and india theyve been taking to the streets as their financial pressures grow. So, what does it all mean for one of the worlds most Important Industries . Im going to be discussing all of that with these two there they are the Big Boss Of The World Farmers organisation, who tells me hes worried about the industrys future and how its going to feed ten billion mouths in the next 25 years. And this man, who was part of a team buying from farmers for one of the worlds biggest retailers, who tells us how Supermarket Pressures for profits puts the squeeze on hard pressed farmers. Also on the show, what do the white house, rafael nadal and Rolling Stone magazine have in common . Well, their websites theyre all powered by wordpress. So i decided to catch up with the big boss of the Free Software giant that powers huge amounts of the world wide we