Behalf of every american regardless of party, race, gender or the language your grandmother speaks, on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth [cheers and applause] i accept your nomination to be president of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] paul: welcome to the journal editorial report, i m paul gigot. Vice president kamala harris is officially the democratic party s nominee for president after she formally accepted the nomination in an optimistic and confident prime time speech on the final night of the convention on thursday. There was no shortage of energy this week in chicago with celebrities and former presidents working to fire up the democratic base and unite the party behind their new leader with a focus on convincing voters that harris is not the radical san francisco liberal as republicans say she is. And with a mere 73 days until the election, new polls show that harris is gaining grounds ground in battleground
Welcome to business today. Lets begin in the us where Delta Air lines says disruptions caused by the recent global Software Outage and subsequent Flight Cancellations cost 550 million. The us carrier says it is pursuing legal action against Crowdstrike And Microsoft. He is bbc s Michelle Flory in new york. Delta air lines said it was reimbursing its customers for cancelled flights and providing compensation the form of flights and providing compensation 1 its orm of flights and providing compensation 1 its loyalty and skymiles its loyalty rewards programme. Today we found out the pricetag. The regulator said those costs amounted to 380 Million for the current quarter. Its been million on an extra 170 Million on hotels, meals and transportation to and from the as airport for its customers as well as other crew related costs. Given the expense, the airline said it had little choice but to pursue legal action against Crowdstrike And Microsoft for a global Tech Outage that caused thousands
Billion to pay for, according to the Institute For Fiscal Studies, but It Pay reviews for other Public Sector workers like police, doctors, dentists and prison staff, come up with a similar number, the Institute For Fiscal Studies warns this could quickly rise to £10 billion. Lets bring in political breath now you. Hi, c. This field is a bit like inheriting a property and finding it is more of a House Of Horrors than you initially first thought. How much of a surprise is that . We kind of knew this was coming, no . Yes. Of knew this was coming, no . Yes, its certainly of knew this was coming, no . Yes, its certainly not of knew this was coming, no . Yes, its certainly not a of knew this was coming, no . Yes, its certainly not a total of knew this was coming, no . Us its certainly not a total surprise that labour have found there is a very difficult picture facing public finances. It is something that the cpr finances. It is something that the 0pr has been flagging for some time, as we
Lets start with tesla, because the Electric Carmaker has shown no signs of being hitting by the pandemic blues. Tesla reported It Sales rose to 12 Billion for the three months to the end ofjune, up from 6 Billion a year ago. Despite shortages of Semiconductor Chips and congestion at ports hampering production, the firm delivered a record 200,000 cars to customers in the quarter. However the firm did make a 23 Million loss on its bitcoin investments, although it recently signalled it might accept it again as a payment in future. Joining me now is daniel ives, Managing Director of wedbush securities. What do you make of the results . They seem to beat expectations. Yes, this is a strong quarter, especially amid the chips shortage. We are seeing a profit. That is the key, showing that green tidal Wave Thatis showing that green Tidal Wave that is leading the Charge Tesla causing some tumbles and china. You mentioned china, that is such an important market for all carmakers, but especially
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