Way institutions are taxed. Ththe first pillar involves taxg Companies Based on a location of their customers as opposed to where the firm is registered. The second pillar would see the creation of a global minimum Corporate Tax rate. It is designed to clamp down on the use of tax havens. The United States in particular has expressed opposition to the current direction of talks. That could change depending on the outcome of next months elections. Lets take a look at mondays trading action. Gains on most of the european indexes. Up around two thirds of a percent. The ftse down a quarter of a percent. Wall street has found some comfortable gains. The s p up over 1. 5 . Strong gains with the dow jones. The nasdaq up 2. 5 . Investors optimistic a longawaited stimulus plan may finally get the green lay in congress. The years nobel prize in economics was awarded. Pioneering work on commercial auction theory. A banning of the gavel and the winning bid is decided. Auctions h have been used for
Protesters break rubber bullets and tear gas to defy a ban on they smashed as authorities begin arresting those who violate the ban activists explain just whats at stake and environmental activists return to the streets to draw attention to the Climate Crisis Extinction Rebellion is taking action in cities around the world paralyzing traffic in occupying buildings and the nobel prize for medicine goes to a trio of scientists for their groundbreaking work on oxygen levels in cells their research has changed the way humans fight cancer and other disease. Im bring golf to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome u. S. President done will trump and his plans for leaving syria are drawing fire tonight from. Of the aisle in washington d. C. Senior congressional politicians democrats and republicans are calling on President Trump to reverse his decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from Northern Syria the pullout with turkey to launch a long planned offensive
The stage we are welcoming back to new america, andrew mcathe and erik brynjolfsson. Theyre back testimony with a followup. That book is machine, platform, crowd, harnessing our Digital Futures which we have copies of for sale forking the conversation, shy mention. By further introduction, andy this Principal Research scientist and erik is the director othe initiative on Digital Economy at m. I. T. , and both of them are the top headed scholars on how technology is changing business and economics. Joining them on stage, alice son griswold, a reporter where she covers the economy, another sharing economy and strata conflicts. She comes from slate magazine where she wrote about business and economics for in the money box column. So we have copies of erik and andys book for sale. Following the conversation and they will stick around and autograph them for you. Without further adieu, Andrew Mcafee and erik brynjolfsson, and alice son. Thank you for coming. Tell us bat your book. Well dive
And investors about Climate Change in an effort to protect the business. And paid patriotism. Howed wounded veterans at sporting events are costing millions of dollars the theory that a bomb could have brought down a metro jet plane is gaining traction. President barack obama is the leader to say it is a possibility in saturdays crash, sharing the sentiment of britains Prime Minister. Leaders of egypt and russia say its too early to tell. Publicly theres no consensus on what brought down the plane, as josh earnest said, we cant rule out anything, including terrorist. Thats where the needle is pointing, at least for the British Government. Security has been tightened at the Sharm El Sheikh airport. Enough that the British Government will fly stranded tourists back to the u. K. On friday. Passenger are restrict for carry on bags. Props a hint about where intelligence officials could have been planted. The british Prime Minister says information is not conclusive, but pointing in one dire
Trust each other. Its been four months since iran agreed to curb its Nuclear Programme after years of negotiation with five world powers, including the United States. The reset in relations between iran and the west, that president obama and others hoped for doesnt appear to be materializing. In fact, judging from the commemoration in tehran of the 197 embassy, the hostility to the United States is alive and strong. Iranians are chanting death to america at political rallies, irans Supreme Leader insists they are doing so to protest u. S. Foreign policy and not bring deaths to americans. The antiamerican sentiments swept up americans inside iran. An iranian american businessman lobbied for relations between the west. He was arrested by authorities in object. They have not been leased. In september, a Lebanese Information Technology specialist was arrested. He had permanent residence status in the United States. Reports claim that zacha has ties to u. S. Military intelligence. Theres ja