Firm darktrace in a deal worth 5. 3 billion and airbus slides after the plane maker posts a miss after ramping up production in a bid to extend its lead over boeing if you look at our order intake for q1, which was 170 units. Half of that from the a350. That momentum we see to continue good morning happy friday yesterday, i was telling you we have about 300 Companies Reporting across the european continent. Today, you might be thinking is it a quieter day not really we have 100 Companies Reporting, but investors are monitoring data from the United States as well as the meeting from the bank of japan. With that context in mind, i want to take you to the stoxx 600 and how it is trading at the moment we have the benchmark in europe trading higher by. 6 . The index closed down. 7 yesterday. I want to take you to the boards because we have seen an interesting picture when it comes to the ftse 100. Today, we have the benchmark here in the uk trading higher by almost. 5 the index has been tra
Korean alliance. The center for stratic and International Studies hosted this hour and 15 minute event. Well, welcome back from your break. Im michael green. Im the Senior Vice President for asia and japan chair here at sic and a professor at georgetown and like victor cha, a veteran of the long forgotten bush administration. This panel is going to look at our alliance in the context of northeast asia. The previous panels touched on bilateral defense issues, on ways to deal with the rising threat from north korea. Those issues will come back in this panel, but what i hope we can do for the next hour and 15 minutes is provide the larger geopolitical context within which were now working. The north Korean Nuclear challenge cannot be divorced from the larger geopolitical memory and vision for the future of northeast asia. And we are confounded, we are obstructed in our effort to find a diplomatic solution by the fact that there are different ideas in North East Asia about what the regions
Human traffickers are preying on young people in deprived areas, taking them to cities where they are forced into labor or prostitution. Trafficking is a very profitable business. It is a round 50 billion in profits every year. By the underground operations of this crime. Reporter the situation deteriorated after typhoon haiyan struck the philippines in november 2013. The typhoon was one of the most powerful in history, with wind speeds reaching more than 320 kilometers per hour. The storm killed more than 6,000 people and destroyed around 1 million homes. Human traffickers swept into the disasterhit areas almost as soon as the winds subsided. They were more prevalent and more devious than ever before. Reporter this 18yearold woman was taken away and forced into prostitution. Her captors plied her with drugs. Reporter on the front lines of Human Trafficking, we examine the new scourge facing typhoonhit regions. A port town on the island of latety in the central philippines. With a popu
The Export Import Bank is a critical component of our export strategy. In a world where nobody had export subsidies, one could have a conversation about whether or not we should have one. But in a world where our competitors have export programs, and we might not, thats putting a burden on our exporters thats just not fair. If youre selling, you know, from washington state, i know aircraft are a big issue, if youre selling aircraft against companies that have export financing, because of programs like the Export Import Bank, and we dont, thats something that you cant make up for just by running a tighter operation. Now, we have discussions going on on an international basis to see whether we can on a global basis lower the export subsidy programs. In that kind of an environment, it would be a different question. But we cant unilaterally put our companies in a position where exporters from other countries have export support, and they dont. So i think the reauthorization of the Export I
Now, i. B. M. Researchers are working on new uses for the brainiac computer, particularly in the field of medicine. Bernie meyerson calls himself i. B. M. s head geek. He says innovation is critical for companies and societies to survive and thrive. And yes, there is a magic ingredient. Continuity. In the down cycles of the economy, the temptation is always, well, well just cut the front end, we wont do our research, were not going to work on development. So you empty the pipe. Then, when the economy turns and it always turns when that economy turns, you have nothing in the pipe, and people run you over out of the gate. Reporter but, not all innovation happens in multibilliondollar labs. Here in manhattans fashion district, www. Ilikewhatyourewearing. Com is trying to ignite a fashion revolution. Started by olivia gossett, the web site sells cutting edge clothing by rising designers, but its also an online magazine, one that uses cute articles to sell products and foster those independ