german carrier air berlin is continuing to shed routes from its kegel as the skies over europe grow increasingly turbulent on monday japanese prime minister shinzo avi proposed a major economic stimulus package to his cabinet that range of measures worth about fifteen billion dollars aims to boost productivity and education abhi hopes the package will win over voters for the snap election he has now called after dissolving parliament this week. china is stepping up the pace on the electric cars from beijing a set a deadline of twenty nineteen for plug in and hybrid models to make up at least ten percent of automaker sales increasing to twelve percent by twenty twenty officials say the quotas apply to all brands that produce or sell more than thirty thousand cars a year in china manufacturers who fail to reach the targets will face fines and other