In asia. Ready to take on this challenge with their unique ideas to look at those 2 problems and make them one solution. To the. Valley this week on d w. Dollars have permanently closed microsoft says its stores around the world will not reopen after the Coronavirus Crisis. With 3 german majors making global headlines will round out for randolph whats been a wild week in frankfurt. And with many gigs around the world comes to a look at an invention that aims to help you feel the music. This is the do we have business on robots in berlin welcome along microsoft says its stores around the world closed because of coronavirus will never reopen the u. S. Companies permanently shutting all but 4 of its stores thats around 100. 00 outlets microsoft says its taking a new approach to return will invest in its online shops the 4 stores that wont be firmly closed will instead be turned into what the Company Called experience centers. Along this lets speak to our financial correspondent on wall street youngs quarter welcome along yes so whats behind this decision from microsoft you know a lot of those stores were located in shopping malls and Shopping Centers and those again were shut down mostly in the past couple of weeks and months and therefore now microsofts 1st 2 sites are to close those stores for good clearly the virus sped up this development but as far as i know microsoft im already had plans for next year to close doors doors and all that do it even earlier microsoft was bringing out some new products later this year and so they still wanted to keep those doors open but as i mentioned so now theyre pulled the plug immediately but other parts of the u. S. Economy are trying to reopen having said that the u. S. Has just posted its biggest daily number of new coronavirus cases how easy is getting back to work proving for companies that. Yeah its quite dramatic and obviously very uneven the states of florida and offer texas for example now have decided to close bars for example who reopened other businesses too and that also shows on wall street that there is some concern that the economic recovery will be not as smooth as some economists were hoping for in the past couple of weeks we saw a huge sell off on wall street here on friday chips down by more than 700 points and having that said also for the week blue chips are down by a good percent but thats not only because of the coronavirus we also had the Bank Stress Tests that were that came on negatively here one wall street to Goldman Sachs for example down by a good 9 percent so clearly a lot of turbulence is shortly before the weekend here in new york i did wall street. Financial correspondent. Strong. Business. Headlines for very different reasons. Here and here many in one. Market. Now look like. Now they are. Really around the world what went wrong and how. The 9000000000 euro from the German Government. Really the only. Company. That. Firm. 1000000000 dollar. One of the were. Going. Financial correspondent Chelsea Delaney and now a brief look at some of the other business stories making the news the European Commission wants to investigate whether the german financial regulator baffin failed in its supervision of why oh why a card the goal is to find out if Early Warning signs were missed the German Government says the case shows the need for greater oversight of the financial sector. The dutch and french governments have reached a deal to see air france kalen through the Coronavirus Crisis the netherlands will provide a 3400000000 euro aid package to keep it warm thats in addition to a 7000000000 euro bailout already agreed by friends. And the worlds biggest Cosmetics Company loreal says it will remove words like white fire and light from its skin evening products the black lives Matter Movement has led to scrutiny of companies who market skin whitening creams loreal is a major seller of such products in the likes of asia africa and the caribbean. Now irans currency the reaal has fallen to record lows against the dollar this week the coronavirus pandemic has kicked a currency that was already reeling from the effects of severe u. S. Sanctions against tehran for reigning workers it means their wages are worth less than less. Revenues from irans main export oil have plummeted so terence foreign cash reserves are also down. One u. S. Dollar was worth 190000 the rain in rio this week up from 32000 reales 5 years ago and ordinary people are feeling the pain in my mission. Even if i work more i cant buy more dollars that has affected my welfare and made me stressed its a bad situation. And theres no end in sight because of it 19 pandemic is still disrupting global trade. Theyre increasing dollar supply it was because of the disruption of the rain and exports to the regional market the number of coronavirus patients in our country was unfortunately high and the borders have been closed this will continue until the epidemic is brought under control. Down by the arabs. Meanwhile tehran is also taking a tougher stance against businesses it says half of some 40000000000. 00 money generated by non oil in exports stays abroad and now iran wants companies to bring that hard currency home threatening to revoke export license as if they do not comply. Now in d. W. Business weve brought you all manner of tales of innovation as people look for creative ways through the Coronavirus Crisis one of the challenges facing large fast of the world is the cancellation of events like concepts one invention promises to enable those who are missing live music to quite literally feel the rhythm one small. Remember these concerts where you could live in the moment feel the music coming through your body and not worry about the person coughing next to you well there are fewer of those now but at least theres this the feel built the device sends a pole since your body that matches the rhythm of your music or whatever it is that youre listening to the german from behind it says it like a concert its about pulling you deeper into the moment. It in few bad. With the feel belt we can feel everything that we would experience in music and video gaming as vibrations against the body or haptic feedback. You know was that. The belt is started with socalled impulse generators essentially thumping membranes bass notes come through the front higher frequencies through the side it links with a phone through bluetooth connection the headset plugs into the belt itself in few weeks and its not just music fans the company is hoping to attract but also gamers looking for more immersive experience. One tech expert says such devices are having a moment the pandemic is reshaping our relationship between online and offline and products that come in to bridge this gap are seeing a bit of an interest in these days i dont think that we have a hard solution on how youre going to replace that tap tile emotional connection but a product like this one is a great start to doing so feed belt is still in the prototype stage but should later sell for 329. 00 euros for some a small price to pay for total immersion. And just quickly to another important for the entertainment the makers of iconic irish big guinness opened a 100000000 dollar fund to help pubs cope with the coronavirus pandemic license bars around the world can apply for a share of the money from they can use it to buy whatever equipment they need to reopen or meet hygiene standards as one of the worlds biggest distillers earning brands including Johnnie Walker and baileys. And thats all from in the Business Team here in berlin thanks a lot for joining us. Better. Knowledge. How does it differ from. The things of the claim that its dangerous. The risks and rewards of a general. Telecoms tomorrow today. Next d. W. Mozart meets mao meanspirited dancing. At a pretty cool musical means. Half the amount to do nothing classical last year but the horn player sara willis joins in with gusto. March 27th. In 30 minutes w. 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