Discover the poignant tale behind literatures best loved bear. Find something to be happy about. Goodbye Christopher Robin. Rated pg. In select theaters friday. And now bbc world news. This is bbc world news america. Im laura trevelyan. A stinging criticism of donald trump from one of the Top Republicans in the senate. Bob corker says the president risks putting the u. S. Into the path of world war iii. Republicans in the senate. Hollywood royaltys peak set Harvey Weinstein and the lack of Sexual Harassment claims that sees the producer sacked from his own company. He coined the term nudging to help people exercise better selfcontrol. American economist Richard Thaler wins the nobel prize for economics. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Donald trump is treating the presidency like a reality show and his actions could set the nation on the path to world war iii. So says the powerful republican bob corker, senate of the chairman of the Sen
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Coming up in a few minutes. First, we have julie hyman 30 minutes into the trading day. Stocks climbing after smaller clients yesterday, with all three major averages reaching intraday milestones, in part because of consumer stocks and the news we got from individual consumer companies, and also, we have continued to see a rally week after week after week. We take a look at the bloomberg terminal, you look at the effect that dividends has had on the ongoing rally that we have seen for the s p 500. You are looking at the s p 500 in blue here. Is climbing and white. If you look at the total return index, including reinvested dividends can you see how much that magnifies the gains, particularly in recent years, and as Companies Continue to raise their dividends. Not only has the absolute price return worked out well for investors, but also, of course, the dividends have had a big effect. Getting to the consumer names from one of the biggest of the big reporting news today, that is walmart
To do; so hard to get us to do them. Hardtalk speaks to behavioural economist Richard Thaler who thinks he has the answer. Its called nudge theory, but its notjust an academic idea. Britains Prime Minister is so impressed, hes set up a whole nudge unit in the heart of his government. If you live in britain, you may unwittingly already be part of a nudge experiment. So is the nudge guru Richard Thaler teaching those in power how to encourage us to live better, or helping politicians to control us . Welcome to hardtalk. What is this nudge theory . It is some feature of the environment that attracts attention and influences behaviour. How does this differ from the traditional approach that has been adopted to improve behaviour . I think the basic idea of the nudge unit is reallyjust to take all we know about behavioural science, and how people think and behave, and make use of that to figure out how to implement government policy that is effective. Economists have traditionally thought of
Conversation with the chairman of estee lauder about sustainability. This is the picture for your markets. Bonds, edging low. The dollar is dipping. Treasury ahead of the federal reserves last meeting. When you look at the euro, its mainly drifting on the back of what investors proceed as a possible risk of catalonia. You can see the common currency in europe gaining for the Third Straight day. Lets get the first word news. The u. S. Has blamed turkey for the instigation of the crisis between the two countries and a resolution will be needed on why americans were detained in this year. The u. S. Ambassador to turkey issued a video statement on youtube. The embassies stop issuing nonimmigrant visas which prompted a metallic terry retaliatory response by turkey. Theresa may has one support. Gois johnson and michael praised her strategy after outlining contingency plans to leave the eu without a deal, asking businesses to prepare for the worst. May said it was in the eus court, although t