News that cuts to stop Green Energy Solutions and resource station. Crew to interact its content teaching the next generation but it took such action. Using the channels available to people to take action. And were determined to done some thinking for the next generation. Sfi environment series of global 3000 on d w and online. U. S. Lawmakers grill a top facebook executive over the companys plan to leave for a crypto currency. If the tech giant cant convince washington to trust it what are the odds it can sway regulators around the world. Also on the show the good times continue for 2 top u. S. Investment banks. Reported Solid Earnings but its not all positive news on wall street. And a new space race is preparing for liftoff and a german firm stand to profit from nations and companies lofty ambitions. This is your d. W. Business report im stephen beards in berlin thanks for joining us facebook executive david marcus told the New York Times last month that the companys new Cryptocurrency Libra could be quote a profound change for the entire world and quote on tuesday markets delivered a much more subdued message to u. S. Lawmakers libra wouldnt threaten the current Monetary System and it wouldnt seek to replace sovereign currencies senators were skeptical to say the least take a look consumed david marcus head to Facebooks Libra subsidiary kelly for a face to panel of senators who werent prepared to pull their punches or facebook is dangerous. After all the Times Facebook is abuse the Publics Trust and you know that if you really think people should trust facebook with their hard earned money trust is probably more due and weve made mistakes in the past than we have been working in our continuing to work really hard to get better Central Banks worldwide have raised concerns that lever could become a rival to sovereign currencies david marcus out and out tonight that was facebooks aim and promised the Senate Banking committee that the cryptocurrency would not be in anyones digital wallet until Global Regulators was satisfied we will take the time to get this right. We expect the review of libra to be among the most extensive ever we are fully committed to working with regulators here and around the world and let me be clear and unambiguous facebook will not offer the leader a Digital Currency until we have fully addressed regulators concerned and received for approvals. Marcuss appearance before the committee came a day after the us treasury secretary Steve Minucci and said his department had very serious concerns libra could be used by criminals its clear u. S. Authorities are giving their homegrown web giants plans a closer look. Lets go to our financial correspondent new york younes korda there yes there were some pointed remarks in this hearing what does it really mean for facebooks plans i mean could they just go ahead with libra if they wanted to they need this approval of facebook and the partnering Companies Facebook is not doing this project alone might not need the blessing from senate but there clearly would need the green light from regulators and its not just the congress that is called cerned we also got some criticism from u. S. President donna from from the head of the treasury also from the fed chairman and their words clearly some heated remarks and theres some hearing one senator actually called parents and facebook was told was there was a small child to place was met just and eventually burns down the house so obviously there is this wide quite some skepticism its all words that he brought and of course its always a show by a lot of this congressional testimony but this does seem like an odd time to be pushing a crypto currency for facebook when skepticism over big tech firms and especially facebook seems to be really growing in the u. S. Yeah the timing is not picture perfect but on the other side all the. Debates on big tech names and their market power wont go away anytime soon so i guess the environment doesnt really get better from this point and david marcus he made an interesting point he said that it might be better for the u. S. Actually trying to get their leadership when it comes to Digital Currency and payment so they have not some other country jumps in ny guess that was a hint that china could be one of those players so we will see if facebook can convince them regulators and politicians was this argument but the whole controversy actually brought also some easiness to other crypto currencies bitcoins for example just within 2 trading days lost about 20 percent in value and going through another rough ride weve seen this week quarter joining us from new york thank you. Wall streets biggest banks reported solid results for the 1st quarter of the year both j. P. Morgan chase and Goldman Sachs profits in the 1st 3 months but some of the results disappointed investors and they underline the uncertainties there looming over wall street. The growth of the u. S. Economy continues to confound expectations and choose to some of the countrys biggest banks reported mostly strong 2nd Quarter Results covering the period from april to june j. P. Morgan chase by total assets the biggest bank in the u. S. Better than expected Quarterly Earnings although other indicators on center of investors its rival Goldman Sachs saw a dip in its profits but they still exceeded analysts expectations. Goldman sachs results were boosted by strong growth and its equities and lending divisions although revenues slipped by 2 percent year on year. Net income also declined even though the bank still posted solid profits of 2200000000. 00 for the 3 month period j. P. Morgan chase said revenue in its Retail Bank Division surged by 11 percent but investors were concerned about slower loan growth tighter lending margins and soft Capital Market results net income still exceeded 9200000000 well ahead of expectations. The banks c. E. O. Jamie dimon said positive momentum in the u. S. Economy was helping the Banking Sector but he pointed to geo political uncertainties as a reason for the dips and the banks Market Driven business. The results are broadly in line with the robust growth the us economy continues to enjoy at the end of july it would have grown from 121 consecutive months the longest hot streak since records began in 854. And over to europe the nominee to head the European CentralBank Christine Lagarde as n l shows stepped down as managing director of the International Monetary fund in september the guard has already given up her day to day duties with the i. M. F. Which coordinates global Monetary Policy u. S. Economist david lipton is serving as acting director for god would join the e. C. B. In november if confirmed identifying her successor at the i. M. F. Is likely to be a focus at a meeting of g 7 finance ministers and friends this week. And lets look at some of the other business stories that are making news. Low cost carrier ryan air has cut its passenger growth forecast for next summer on expectations of a delay in deliveries of boeing 737. 00 Max Airplanes the model which was involved in 2 deadly crashes within a matter of months is grounded while boeing works on a software fix. Us judges reduced to jury award against pharmaceutical giant buyer in the case of a man who blamed the weed killer ground up for his cancer the decision which slashes damages from 80. 00 to 25000000. 00 does not change the jurys finding that buyer is liable for the plaintiffs lipoma. Theres a new space race and this time its not just nations reaching for the stars but also private Companies Investors are throwing around cash and a german firm that made its name during the original space race is once again raking in the profits. This is a retro reflector especially ground. Glass. Was so pure that you could see through 100 meter thick book as if it were a window. Prisms like this are found in an instrument that the apollo astronauts took to the moon 50 years ago. Even today it allows us to measure the precise distance between the earth and the moon. And. With so much Media Coverage the moon landing was a pristine project for anyone who had anything to do with it with our Company Became known for its involvement we received requests especially on the follow up missions because weve been there and provided material that really lasts that long. No mistakes can be allowed to happen during production and. The like must be able to spread. Throughout the glass this is checked here with a microscope. By millimeter in space the courts glass is exposed to extreme radiation as well as temperature fluctuations of several 100 degrees it has to work reliably repairs are not possible. Thats why so many tests performed in the Space Program they give us manufacturers as much information about the material. Situations that were previously impossible to test at our factory. The 1st robot to land on a comet had quartz glass from the german company. The European Space observatory thats mapping the milky way. But theres not that much money to be made from space travel instead the knowledge gained here opens up new uses for courts class on the earth such as in particle accelerators this block is soon headed for the us there it will be cut up and ground into reflectors for the next generation of g. P. S. Satellites. It was meant to spark a Global Shopping spree not transatlantic protest amazons annual prime day event thats 2 days of online discounts staff have taken to the streets in germany demanding higher wages and warehouse workers have also walked out of the u. S. 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