Finally got to weigh in on. As we start watching the hawks, whats going on in a city street. You want to see the crisis. You always stay on see a great city, this least systemic dissent says the late show which would bring the bill. All right, welcome one and all to watching the horse. And i mean, so michelle, i love Ballot Initiatives when they come up every, every Election Year because those are the, those of the initiatives, the people in various states across the country really get to exercise democracy on and say, we love this idea or we reject this idea and you can only hold the people of the state accountable for the, for the rejection or the whim of the idea rather than a politician or a Lobbyist Group or whatever. Absolutely i. But in 2020, these Ballot Initiatives take on a whole another type of meaning just because of the sheer amount of people weve seen come out to vote. Typically Ballot Initiatives, even if theyre good, dont always pass because you have such low voter turn
Will take good care of you may sometimes be one fever took hold on the west coast of congo in 2700 stores made big promises, but years later, reality looks very different from shoes. Good Drinking Water shortage. High unemployment, nothing to god. No stream of black gold. Oil starts december 4th on d. W. Is china cracking down on its tech giants . Beijing dangles its antitrust laws are big players like alibaba in 10 sets. And markets react harshly. Also on the show will visit one of chinas most popular tech firms, ride sharing app, g. T. True, saying, and take a ride in its new autonomous car, just outside shanghai. I mean, a group of berlin tech workers joining together to promote diversity in a sector that tends to look pretty marginal flow. And welcome to the show. Im Stephen Beardsley in berlin. Its good to have you with us. And shares of ali baba and 10 cent fell sharply on wednesday. It by concerns of a new anti trust legislation by the chinese government. Beijing has published t
During the vietnam war, u. S. Forces there in the us. It was a secret war. And for years, the American People did not know how much it is the case that the heavily bombed country per capita, human history, millions of unexploded bombs still in danger. Lives in this Small Agricultural country. And i mean, we have even today, kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago. This is the us making amends for the tragedy in laos built to the people need in that little greetings and sell you take shims. Here in the united states, the air is thick, my friends, it is thick with anticipation as we wait for the final counts to come in. And we finally get a new president crowned. But while that American Idol section of the us version of democracy is yet to be concluded, that wasnt the only big decision made by us citizens on tuesday night that will affect the future of lives across this great country. Some 32 states, as well as the district of columbia, am puerto rico, had 124. 00 Ballot I
Look no further than the sharp decline on sort of the mission. It was this year, there are 38. 00 such measures slated across the country, around half the level in the last president ial election when you saw about 32 or 72. So today my friends, lets dive into and examine some of the vital issues of our time that us voters finally got to weigh in on. As we start watching the hawks on a city street. You want to see this joyce graves see this least systemic deception is so which brings us all right, welcome one and all to watching the heart and im of these Ballot Initiatives when they come up every, every Election Year because those are the, those of the initiatives the people in various states across the country really get to exercise democracy on and say, we love this side b. Or we reject this idea and you can only hold the people of the state accountable for the, for the rejection or the whim of the idea. Rather than a politician or a Lobbyist Group or whatever. Absolutely, i think th
Hello and welcome to the show. Im Stephen Beardsley in berlin. Its good to have you with us. The shares of alibaba and 10 cent fell sharply on wednesday. Hit by concerns of a new anti trust legislation by the chinese government. Beijing has published a 1st draft of the monopolistic rules aimed at the countrys tech giants. Well, they are not accused of any wrongdoing. Investors fear that new rules could impact their growth in the future. Alibaba shares were down more than 8 percent on the day. That on the same date announced record turnover from its singles day sales promotion. Beijings actions come on the heels of growing regulatory action elsewhere against tech. The u. S. Justice department suing google for antitrust violations last month and European Commission filing antitrust charges against amazon. On monday. Lets go now to our financial correspondent in frankfurt, chelsey de laney. I do not believe that is jealousy. Maybe we can get chelsea up. Theres jealousy. Good morning, josi