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What secrets lie behind things was. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. D. W. World heritage 316 get kidnapped now. Small businesses begin to reopen in some parts of the u. S. Despite the continued rise in coronavirus case numbers look at why some states are in such a rush to get back to business as normal. Also in the shows start up struggle to survive at a time when cash is king and many are light on reserves. And will bullfighting get a bailout the industry wants help from madrid but Animal Rights activists hope that the pandemic can finally kill off the practice. This is your Business Report im Stephen Burns in berlin its good to have you with us the u. S. State of georgia has become the 1st to allow Small Businesses like bowling alleys and hair salons to reopen despite the warnings of Public Health officials state leaders say companies will be required to take appropriate Safety Measures but the decision has run into broader opposit
Stephen beard good to have you with us asian stocks have been on the rise as governments and Central Banks take aggressive measures to fight the coronaVirus Outbreak and limits its Economic Impact on kongs hang seng index rose nearly 2 percent while in tokyo the nikkei index ended more than 8 percent higher shares also rose in Southeast Asia there are signs that Chinese Companies are slowly grinding back to life after weeks of lock downs and quarantines markets rallied after a surge in u. S. Markets and the i. M. F. Has announced 50000000000. 00 in funding for countries hit by the epidemic. And lets go down to correspondent in taipei those on han. Flickers of optimism there from asian markets youve been talking to managers and executives of chinese businesses do you see a similar optimism there. Well im afraid to asian underground doesnt look so optimistic though the Chinese Government figures are fishel figures show that over 70 percent of the of the production has been restarted it a
Propose to make the suv. Come. Up some stupid people. What ideas do they have the future. G. W. Dot com for can make a serious film to give himself a clear cut answer. To. Californias landmark gig economy law goes into effect could it all sharin big changes for tech firms like hoover and what expense for freelancers some of whom say theyre already losing clients. Also on the show french workers are up in arms over Pension Reforms for young tech entrepreneurs say the country is doing right by them. And well talk to american author Jeremy Rifkin who argues the u. S. Needs to massively overhaul its economy to become greener. This is your Business Report im Stephen Burns in berlin its good to have you with us california both one of the Worlds Largest economies raking close to the u. K. In total annual output or g. D. P. Thats what multinational firms pay close attention to regulations in the state and thats why the world is watching californias new gig economy law which went into effect we
No part 2 of storm is taking shape and headed this way. Lets check that forecast. Heres chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. Yes part one closing the books and moving out region we got rid rain earlier this evening in boston still a couple stragglers on to cape islands. Beneficial rain again were in this drought. It will take several events like this to help us get out of the drought. It wont over after the second batch of rain tomorrow. Where that is second batch of rain. Here it is right here. And earlier this evening it was taken on form of tornadic thunderstorms. Thankfully for us were not concerned about severe weather. We will take the rain though. And here it is moving across tennessee and kentucky. Still has a lot of real estate to cover. So, that means your morning commute will feature some clouds. Some patchy fog. But no rain tomorrow morning early. Temperatures in upper 40s. By 9 oclock there could a couple isolated sprinkles but i think the main event like today is the aftern