Berlin good to have you with us and america 1st must never mean america alone that is what janet yellen said in her 1st major speech as u. S. Treasury secretary in it she called for a global minimum Corporate Tax rate for companies that work internationally and former president s donald trump had rejected such efforts fearing that it would put u. S. Companies in a worse position the Biden Administration on the other hand is seeking a compromise solution within the framework of the negotiations of the organization for Economic Cooperation and development the republicans still warn that high of Corporate Tax rates would prompt companies to leave the United States in response to such fierce yellen insists a harmonized Corporate Tax rate across the worlds Major Economies would make moving away less of an option is what she had to say. Another consequence of an interconnected world has been a 30 year race to the bottom on Corporate Tax rates competitiveness is about more than how u. S. Head
My name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. If you dont like money, dont follow my process. I make the tough decisions. Were closing the store. Were done. Im not talking about it anymore. I back them up, spending my own money. Its not always pretty. Man perfect flavor. Lemonis . But this is business. You got to trust the process. I do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. Thanks for your business. This is the profit. [ bell rings ] west end coffee provides freshlyroasted Gourmet Coffee to local restaurants and specialty shops. Coowners Becky Schramm and john brown were in a relationship when they bought west end coffee for 500,000 in 2012. But a year later, their relationship ended in a nasty breakup, and trouble started brewing at the business. John youre ridiculous. You dont know what youre doing. Lemonis and their employees are constantly caught in the middle. Man i think theyre both good people. I just think they dont like each other. Lemonis with their business
In business, betting the farm. Can the world find a Sustainable Way to feed itself . We look at the multi billion dollar rise of plant based meat. This thursdays briefing, will make sure you gcioss this thursdays briefing, will make sure you across all you do know in global and sport. Would love to be pa rt global and sport. Would love to be part of the conversation, have you become a fact have you become thinking . Is it for Health Reasons or to reduce your Carbon Footprint . Isnt it. Prosecutors in the us have charged two former twitter employees and a third man with spying for saudi arabia. They are accused of accessing personal information of some twitter users who criticised the saudi government and royal family. Our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has the very latest. According to the usjustice department, they face charges of working for the cave of saudi arabia without registering as a foreign agents, the charts claim after the arrest on the vomited employees, us is a
We start with food and the impact our diet has on the planet. A regular report by the uns food and Agriculture Organisation is expected to confirm demand for animal based food meat and Dairy Products is continuing to grow. The livestock industry has grown around five fold since the 1960s. And that growth cant continue. Food production and consumption is already over a quarter of our carbon footprint. In three decades the worlds population will be approaching 10 billion sending demand for food soaring. Researchers say changing our diet is the biggest single thing we can do to combat Climate Change. Switching to a plant based diet would cut land use by over three quarters and halve the Greenhouse Gases produced by food production. So plant based alternatives to meat are set to become huge business, a 140 billion industry within a decade, according to one estimate. The boss and founder of one of the start ups in the industry beyond meat spoke to the bbc earlier this year when the company
Its delicious. And ive traveled the country trying to fix the people. Christina i dont want to be that person that cries on tape. Lemonis . Fix the process. I dont think you guys have any idea whats in your inventory. Holy [bleep]. And create a few products. Welcome to your new store. Man oh, my god. Channa i owe my life to this company. Lemonis that is the reason that im here. I spend hundreds of days a year working on these companies. Why didnt you do it . Man i thought that we did. Lemonis holy [bleep] but we cant always fit everything im thinking into the show. So tonight im gonna give you an inside look at an episode from season 2 west end coffee. Tell me the story of how you met. John she became friends with my wife. We would hang out together. Lemonis there was like a triangle thing going on . John sort of, yes. Cohorts in crime, maybe. I dont know. Lemonis [ laughs ] amber its so funny to see you uncomfortable. Lemonis im there to help their business. Were talking about coffee.