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
Questions being asked at this weeks Global Ai Safety Summit in south korea. The second of its kind, it is co hosted with britain after the inaugural event in november last year at Bletchley Park near london. Francine bennett is interim director at the Ada Lovelace Institute an independent Research Institute specialising in al and is in south korea for this summit. A very warm welcome to the programme. So first of all, what will be achieved in seoul, do you think . Do you think . Well, thats a aood do you think . Well, thats a good question. Do you think . Well, thats a good question. I do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope what| do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope what will be achieved in seoul is moving on from the conversation from the Bletchley Summit Last year. So we had some really good initial conversations there, and i think what wasnt to see is shaping the development of this, potentially very new te
will reduce its prices by 7%. last month, the competition and markets authority said formula prices had risen by a quarter over the past two years. it said it was concerned that parents were more nervous about switching brands on baby formula compared with other products. the vice president of the european central bank has warned that the bloc of countries that use the euro currency might already be in a recession. luis de guindos was speaking at an event in madrid and said that prospects for the eurozone are weak but he welcomed the turnaround in inflation, which wasjust below 3% in december. volkswagen and toyota suffered a 1.3% drop in their market share in china last year in another sign that legacy international car makers are suffering from the surging performance of chinese rivals. the world s two biggest car brands have been losing out to chinese brands that have benefited from government subsidies and expanding their ranges at home and internationally. last week the chinese ca