Also on the programme thInkIng outside the box. Why people with dyslexia could be best placed to unlock the potential of ai. And, back down to Earth. Astronauts from All Over The World gather In The Netherlands for their annual convention. But what will they be talkIng about . Well hear from one of them welcome to to busIness today, im ben thompson. We begIn In the us, where Port Workers across the East Coast are set to walk out on Strike Tomorrow and to global supply chaIns. The action announced on sunday by the Port Workers union could shut down 36 ports which handle half the goods imported Into the us via contaIner. AccordIng to analysts atjp morgan, the cost to the us economy could be 5 Billion a day. ShippIng rates are already soarIng ahead of the crucial festive shoppIng season. Mr president would you Intervene In a dock Workers Strike . Intervene In a dock Workers Strike . , Intervene In a dock Workers Strike . Why Intervene In a dock Workers Strike . No. Why not . Intervene In
In other developments, hezbollah s Deputy Chief says it is ready for an israeli Ground Offensive and will keep up the fight against israel. The group will choose a successor at the earliest opportunity after the assasination of the Groups Leader, Hassan Nasrallah, by israel on friday. These are the live pictures from the same area. You can see the smoke still rising. Well, we had been able to see some of the smoke rising over the city. A Planejust Landing there. But that is the scene there. But that is the scene there in beirut. There is some of the smoke after that wave of israeli strikes has been continuing. 0ur Correspondent in beirut, hugo bachega, has the latest from there. In beirut, eyes on tv to watch hezbollah s number two, naim qassem, who spoke for the first time since the assassination of the Groups Leader by its greatest enemy, israel. And he was defiant. Speaking from an undisclosed location, he said the killing of Hassan Nasrallah last week was a big blow. But he tried t
Talking about boris . Well, it hasnt actually really got going yet. So i do think that from today and we had, you know, Robertjenrick And Kemi Badenoch Sort of trying to be nice to each other this morning here in the studio i do think by The End of today theres going to be much more focus on the different candidates and what theyre saying. Some of the very interesting things that Kemi Badenoch has been saying this morning, for good or for ill, and i kind of think once they get into the next few hours and the meat of the contest between all four of them, that they will get more attention. Its a funny thing, though, isnt it . Its not that bitter. I mean, laura, on your programme, you got Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch to try to talk about the ways in which they disagreed. But it really is sort of disagreements in emphasis. You think of Conservative Leadership campaigns, and theyve had quite a few over the last few years, they over the last few years, they became incredibly personal. Ce
And nike is replacing ceo john donahoe after a series of missteps that have cut its market share. Nonetheless, over nearly five years in charge, he s earned nearly $104 million, despite the company losing $40 billion worth of value. Another company to lose billions in value is plane maker boeing. Is plane maker boeing. Its recently departed boss, its recently departed boss, dave calhoun, lost his job dave calhoun, lost his job after struggling to deal after struggling to deal effectively with a series effectively with a series of safety incidents, including two fatal accidents. Of safety incidents, including two fatal accidents. Despite that, he got a pay despite that, he got a pay package worth more than package worth more than $30 million as he was leaving. $30 million as he was leaving. This graph marks the change this graph marks the change in ceos, and as you can see, million last year. In ceos, and as you can see, that can sometimes lead that can sometimes lead to a pretty big sw