Anger and uncertainty had buyers annual meeting putting the german chemical giant on the defensive the legal troubles of its recent acquisition monsanto have shareholders up in arms. And u. S. First quarter Economic Growth beats all expectations but investors were missed in their response the financial correspondent tells us why. Also on the show japan has a notorious work till you drop Business Culture or the countrys Labor Shortage is now giving workers in one sector some leverage to challenge those expectations to give the details. And Student Peers in berlin thanks for joining us german chemical multinational buyer faces shareholders at the groups annual meeting friday in bonn and as expected it was a tense affair the companys share price has lost nearly half its value following last years takeover of u. S. Agra tech for months and in particular after two American Court cases linked that
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clocking an average of forty seven hours south korea also remains a nation of workaholics coming in at forty three hours on average per week followed by japan which has been trying to fight a cultural expectation of long work hours with mixed success and the un comes the u.s. rather comes in at thirty seven hours a week followed by germany at thirty seven. now take a look at this the difference in working hours between men and women in japan and germany are quite substantial forty four thirty three in japan thirty nine to thirty one in germany now as mentioned japan has been trying to overcome its workaholic reputation now a labor shortage in a country just might be giving workers new leverage a look can be knees are a mainstay of communities all over japan where there are fifty six thousand of them and until recently all of them were open twenty four hours a day they re run on a franchise model by various chains the biggest of them is seven eleven since march