All right. I do not consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of an interview where though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Known to be the wealthiest man in africa. Is that a title you are proud to have or one where you get people calling you for money, you wish you were not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko first of all, thank you very much. It is great to be here. The wealthiest person in after, it comes with a lot of baggage. There are a lot of demands. People come up with different demands. It is good because i like to give back to the society. David you are involved in many philanthropic endeavors in africa and elsewhere. Lets go to some of them. Recently, you had an event in abraham, ath mo wealthy african businessperson, and bill gates, in which you provided a fair amount of money for the African Center in harlem. What is the
Civil and potential political solution special come on aljazeera. A liberal on the clock this is counting the cost on aljazeera if you look at the World Business going on this week as the death toll rises the Economic Cost of the coronavirus is being felt in every market in the World Oil Prices have tumbled prices have paused we have an exclusive interview with the general secretary of the gas exporting nation. A few 1000000000. 00 spent now to save trillions of dollars later from new york to jakarta well look at the Economic Cost of rising sea levels. As the oceans warm up the extraordinary risks divers in peru taking to bring in the catch. The death toll from the coronavirus keeps on rising its not only crippling chinas economy its having a knock on effect globally formula ones race in shanghai has been postponed and this Years Mobile World Congress half a global way in barcelona has been cancelled or oil prices have tumbled 20 percent below their january peaks raising the prospect t
Plainly wrong the bottom line on u. S. Politics and policies and their effect on the world. Theyre on the clock this is counting the cost on aljazeera look at the world business. This week as the death toll rises the Economic Cost of the coronavirus is being felt in every market in the World Oil Prices have tumbled prices. We have an exclusive interview with the general secretary of the gas exporting nation. A few 1000000000. 00 spent now to save trillions of dollars later from new york. We look at the Economic Cost of rising sea levels. The oceans warm up the extraordinary risks divers in peru taking to bring in the kak. Well as the death toll from the coronavirus keeps on rising its not only crippling chinas economy its having a knock on effect globally formula ones race in shanghai has been postponed and this Years Mobile World Congress half a global way in barcelona has been cancelled or oil prices have tumbled 20 percent below their january peaks raising the prospect that opec cou
Latest on the scuffles between the u. S. And china over that phase one trade deal thursday china announced a new list of import tariff exemptions for 6 chemical oil products from the United States these exemptions will last for one year kicking off december 26th though Chinas Finance Ministry as not provided a value for the imports excluded from those tariffs what we do know is that the waivers will apply to 4 Chemical Products including Refined Oil Products that include white oreo and food grade petroleum well meanwhile there has been a lot of talk about how this phase one agreement will be such a big win for workers that is the narrative that we on this show have been challenging in fact on the day that the u. S. Seems see a agreement was announced every other business show was praising this as a huge win for the u. S. But heres what we told you. So what is significant about the labor part of the deal wall mung other things this agreement requires that 75 percent of automobile compon
But this is a boom box broadcasting around the globe uncovering the world of business and finance and the impact on us all ive been flung and im kristie im watching 10 parents what we have in store for us today for us and see it moving forward but the head of the biggest auto union in the nation is asking questions that this show raised a week ago well tell you what you say and why it matters so much less than the bank of england act that might provide traders with an unfair advantage thanks to an open audio feed and News Conference that one thing done to fix that problem weve got a live interview straight ahead and then later another huge hit for hoover as the company has now been banned in germany why this is the right here in company is just another example of how theyre coming under so much fire across europe this is the one show you cant afford to miss so lets get started. And we begin with the latest on the scuffles between the u. S. And china over that phase one trade deal thurs