trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. it s not clear yet what s in the deal, but it won t reverse the basic settlement between the uk and the eu. speaking in the last hour or so, dup leaderjeffrey donaldson said the deal vindicated his strategy of boycotting the assembly. thoses who said there will be no legal change, who were protecting all kinds of outcomes, what things would fall short well, i simply have asked people to wait and see the outcome. we at and see the evidence and judge for yourself what this deal does, what it delivers, the change that it secures. and i believe we are now beginning to see on day one that delivery coming through. there will be more to come. tomorrow, the government will publish the proposals so everyone in northern ireland will be able to see clearly what has been agreed, what is proposed, what change will come, what difference will it make for all of us in northern ireland? and i look forward to the publication so
greg: okay. it feels good. yes. [laughing] stop it. stop it. keep going. i m kidding. happy monday, everyone. so last week s sports illustrated announced they were laying off their entire staff. you could see it coming like a plus size model down a fashion runway. still this was a big deal for those of us who grew up when as i was required reading. nobody knows what that means. so it is said that si managed to go to an a mental institution in record time. if anyone wants to learn how not to run a company, s.i. has your game plan. that is because the management tried almost everything they could to they could think of to drive clicks except for one tiny thing, keeping the focus on exports. you know the subject they were supposed to be illustrating instead of showing how to run a brand faster than it takes to chug a bud light? [laughter] what management should have tried is remembering what their loyal customers want, sports, straight up without the woke chaser.
max in the spotlight it s the second major safety scandal to put the 737 max in the spotlight the first involved the deaths of 346 people in two crashes in indonesia in 2018 and ethiopia in 2019. addressing employees at its factory in washington state where the planes are assembled chief executive dave calhoun said boeing would approach the issue with complete transparency. when i got that picture, and i hope all of you, in some way, i hope most of you have seen it, and those of you who haven t do look at it, all i could think about was i did not know what happened to whoever was supposed to be in the seat next to that hole in the airplane. i ve got kids, grandkids, and so do you. this stuff matters. earlier i spoke to professor graham braithwaite, director of transport systems at cranfield university and asked him whether customers and investors were reassured by the boeing boss s words. i think we ve seen a big difference in the way that boeing has reacted to this
as the one which broke off an alaska airlines plane on friday. the air carrier says the disruption is likely to continue into the coming week. this comes just 4 years after all 737 maxes were grounded following two fatal crashes in indonesia and ethiopia. since the plane has came back into service, there have been a number of high profile problems with the programme, including electrical faults and quality control issues. so how much of a wake up call is this for boeing? let s speak to jane foley, head of fx strategy at rabobank. good morning to you. more problems for boeing, more problems for boeing, more problems with regards with the max fleet. talk us through the implications. implications. first of all, the airlines involved implications. first of all, the airlines involved in implications. first of all, the airlines involved in the - implications. first of all, the airlines involved in the awfuli airlines involved in the awful deadly crashes a few years ago were ma