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HYBE Chairman Bang Si-Hyuk talks about BTS and the future of K-pop.
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Richard talks to HYBE Chairman Bang Si-Hyuk about why he wants a stake in SM Entertainment.
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Quest Means Business is Nairobi bound!
@richardquest
will come to you live from Kenya this Thursday and Friday!
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"Everything that we've built (for Expo 2020) will stay."
Director General of
@Expo2020Dubai
Reem Al Hashimi talks building large scale event infrastructure, why she sees the space as a tech hub next, and more.
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Say hello to
#SouthAfrica
Finance Minister
#6
in five years, Mr.
@tito_mboweni
@CNNi
@paulanewtonCNN
@elenigiokos
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"If you depend on government too much in South Africa, you are bound to be disappointed."
Former CEO of First National Bank
@MichaelJordaan
talks South Africa's business future with Richard Quest.
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"Democracy is not defined by the West,"
@PaulKagame
tells
@RichardQuest
. In a wide-ranging interview, the President of
#Rwanda
speaks with CNN about his political ambitions going forward, as well as the trial of his critic Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the movie "Hotel Rwanda."
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Residents of Zimbabwe have been denied access to the internet, under the order of their own government.
@btayeg
, a campaigner with
@accessnow
, discusses the shutdown on QMB.
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CEO of the Rwanda Development Board
@cakamanzi
said the country has a formula for dealing with the coronavirus, including almost 2,000 contact tracers and thousands of tests every day. Still, she said fighting the pandemic “is a work in progress.”
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MPesa MPesa MPesa.
Everywhere you look.
It’s how Kenyans pay for everything... all on their phones. Mobile banking is easier in Nairobi than in New York. Find out why when
@richardquest
comes live from Kenya tomorrow and Friday. Don’t miss it!
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"I think it's outrageous that we as a country have now one of the highest causes of death in children to be guns."
@latimes
Executive Chairman
@DrPatSoonShiong
discusses gun violence in the wake of the Uvalde shooting, and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
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What's powering demand for
#bitcoin
?
@ElrondNetwork
CEO
@beniaminmincu
says investors are looking for "a new type of currency that is based on purely technology, on algorithms and mathematics, and that is outside of this inflationary economy that we currently have."
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FULL INTERVIEW:
@elrondnetwork
CEO
@beniaminmincu
tells Richard Quest what's behind the recent surge in Bitcoin prices, as well as his goals for Elrond.
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"We need more. We need full a embargo of oil and gas and we need to demonstrate that NATO is resolute."
Human Rights Foundation Chairman
@Kasparov63
talks energy dependence, how Putin is funding the war, and the price of inaction.
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Mthuli Ncube, finance minister of
#Zimbabwe
, denies that protests in his country were sparked by a sudden hike in fuel prices. He tells
@RichardQuest
that the protests were "pre-planned" and that the government's shutdown of the internet was a "temporary and tactical strategy."
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"Elon Musk is ... executing what will be the second worst acquisition in history."
NYC Professor of Marketing Scott Galloway discusses Elon Musk as he closes in on buying Twitter.
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Finance Minister of
#Zimbabwe
,
@MthuliNcube
, tells QMB how he plans to end the ongoing currency crisis in his country.
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"My mind is occupied with the events in Ukraine all the time."
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki talks Ukraine as President Zelensky addresses Davos.
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.
@AndrewYang
says the U.S. will face a "new Great Depression" unless it puts money in people's pockets. "[We have] the resources to be able to make families whole & give people a secure path forward... We're just putting that money in the hands of the big companies & the banks."
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Jordan Belfort, the real
@wolfofwallst
, knows a thing or two about financial risks. He says Bitcoin is now a "huge danger"
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"I have never seen, in my 18 years, this much support from Washington for nuclear energy on a bipartisan basis."
@UraniumEnergy
CEO
@AmirAdnani
discusses nuclear energy investment as Russia's invasion puts the world in an energy crunch.
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#Zimbabwe
is currently facing a
#currency
crisis, running out of items such as bread, fuel, passport papers, and vehicle number plates. Zimbabwe's former finance minister
@BitiTendai
calls the situation "a complete disaster" and says studies put
#inflation
close to 500%.
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Poland has shut its borders except to trucks bringing in goods due to the coronavirus outbreak. Polish Prime Minister
@MorawieckiM
said the peak of the outbreak is likely still ahead.
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Special guest alert! Meet Victor, the very sleepy son of
@Trivago
CEO
@AxelHefer
.
#QuestMeansBedtime
🛏 💤
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ICYMI - Kenya ... we’re here!!
@richardquest
will be live from Nairobi Thursday and Friday.
Tell us: what do you want to know about Kenya?
#questinkenya
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Latvian Prime Minister
@krisjaniskarins
says Europe needs to "invest wisely" and "stick together through this storm," as it welcomes back tourists and looks for a way forward on a
#COVID19
relief package. "Any one country cannot weather it alone."
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.
@hellokaeme
, a cosmetics company in
#Ghana
, has lost nearly all of its revenue due to the pandemic. Still, founder Freda Obeng-Ampofo says she's keeping staff on the payroll & is confident the brand will survive. "When we do make it out of this, it will make us even stronger."
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"My personal political defeat is vastly due to the fact that people don't want the truth, really. They want a soothing narrative of normality. Even though in my view, it's fake."
Former Greek Finance Minister
@yanisvaroufakis
discusses Greece's parliamentary election results.
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Mexican officials warn that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs will hurt both countries, as well as consumers. "The president is standing in the intersection of reckless and suicidal when it comes to Mexico policy," says
@Arturo_Sarukhan
, former Mexican ambassador to the U.S.
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Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron tells Richard that judicial reform could seriously hurt Israel's economy -- and talks central bank independence and interest rates.
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@CNNi
calling on
#Kenya
, 'The Express' and 'Quest Means Business' will be
#LIVE
in
#Nairobi
on Thur/Fri October 25/26. Tune in as
@richardquest
sits down for an exclusive interview with Kenya President
@UKenyatta
.
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"[Bolsonaro] is not going to contest the election, but he is not going to concede either -- which is going to make the transition very difficult."
PIIE senior fellow
@bollemdb
talks Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro's defeat and president-elect Lula da Silva's road ahead.
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Greece’s prime minister
@kmitsotakis
says his country is not responsible for the crisis at its border with Turkey. He said in an exclusive interview where the real problem lies.
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Former British PM
@BorisJohnson
talks the British economy while attending a
@cnnportugal
event.
He covers the infamous mini-budget and his time on Downing Street.
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🎵 The music label behind K-pop boy band
#BTS
had a "dynamite" first day of trading in Seoul, raising $840 million on Thursday.
@PHancocksCNN
takes a closer look at the group's "big hit" with investors — and why the stock could still be a risky bet.
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Richard Quest explores Mongolia, a vibrant country forced to contend with tough geopolitical circumstances.
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Mongolian Throat Singer Batzorig Vaanchig gives a fantastic performance to wrap up three days of Quest Means Business in Mongolia.
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Former United States Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, says it's time to break up big tech companies.
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.
@RichardQuest
Profitable Moment:
#SouthAfrica
anti-corruption drive may have had it's watershed moment.
#GuptaLeak
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"We're particularly proud of [Mongolia's] commitment to peacekeeping."
U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia
@RichardBuangan
talks relations between the two countries with Richard.
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"[Blackouts] are probably the single biggest disaster for our economy."
South African Opposition Leader John Steenhuisen discusses the power crisis and the state of South Africa's government.
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"Mongolia's democracy is young and fragile."
Mongolian Parliament Chair Gombojav Zandanshatar discusses his country's geopolitics and internal issues.
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"Ukraine has to be invited."
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis discusses Wagner and NATO's relationship with Ukraine.
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As clashes in Venezuela continue, Juan Guaidó asks the military for support. His actions are "convincing the armed forces that the current regime is unsustainable," says
@HarvardCID
director
@ricardo_hausman
. "It demands of them to act in ways that they were not mandated to act."
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Oyu Tolgoi CEO Deirdré Lingenfelder takes Richard through the Oyu Tolgoi Mine, a shockingly large economic powerhouse.
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"We are in a world that we have to change all the time to something that will be better for tomorrow."
@Emirates
Group Chairman and CEO
@HHAhmedBinSaeed
talks post-pandemic strategy, airline mergers, and why he still gets excited about aviation.
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#NigeriaCrossroads
-
@richardquest
&
#Oando
CEO
@AdewaleTinubu
talk
#Nigeria
,
#Oil
, and
#Politics
on
#QMB
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The mobile money service M-Pesa has 42 million users across seven countries and processes around 21 million transactions every day. Still, the CEO of its parent company
@SafaricomPLC
@PeterNdegwa_
said, “We plan to take it to a new level.”
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"Inflation is the most regressive form of taxation, and it's also the root cause of income inequalities."
Turkish Finance Minister
@memetsimsek
shares with Richard Quest his hopes to cool his country's red hot inflation.
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.
@Akon
hopes to launch
#AKoin
, his
#cryptocurrency
for
#Africa
, in the first two months of 2020. "I think this will give Africa back its hold on not only their resources, but also just their ideas," the singer tells
@Hadas_Gold
.
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"The ore body is the size of Manhattan."
Oyu Tolgoi CEO Deirdré Lingenfelder discusses what makes the Oyu Tolgoi Mine an economic engine for Mongolia. She also addresses environmental concerns.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is working to secure 36 million Johnson & Johnson doses, Finance Minister
@nskazadi
says. "We are making every effort to deploy vaccination countrywide. We want to ease restrictions and also open the economy."
@financesrdc
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🕒TONIGHT ON
#QMB
:📺
— Former
@federalreserve
Vice Chair Alan Blinder
— European Commissioner for Economy
@PaoloGentiloni
— Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne
—
@elrondnetwork
Founder & CEO
@beniaminmincu
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Botswana is getting big investment in a COVID vaccine center.
ImmunityBio Founder and Executive Chairman Patrick Soon-Shiong talks about his investment in the center and what increased access to vaccines would mean globally.
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Take a look at what could be one day become the world's busiest airport!
@RichardQuest
has the scoop on Istanbul's $11 billion megahub -- only weeks away from its full launch.
@Ksamsunlu
@igairport
#IstanbulNewAirport
#AVGeek
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"Now we have entered the new phase."
Mongolian Stock Exchange CEO Altai Khangai talks the country's potential to be a trading and investment hub.
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Ethiopian Minister of Planning and Development
@FitsumAdela
talks food, the war in Ukraine, and more.
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The
#Maldives
' tourism industry, which accounts for 28% of the island nation's GDP, has been hit hard by the pandemic, as borders remain closed. Tourism Minister
@ali20waheed
says "right now, we are in the middle of the storm," and that he hopes to welcome back visitors by Q3.
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Quest Means Business is
#LIVE
in
#Lagos
,
#Nigeria
#RichardQuestinNigeria
@richardquest
@chamberlinCNN
#MadeInNigeria
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"It's not just one wolf -- it's a pack of wolves."
Ard Holdings Executive Chairman Ganhuyag Chuluun discusses Mongolia's "wolf" economy, wedged between Russia and China.
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Guardian journalist
@carolecadwalla
called the Facebook Oversight Board’s decision to only temporarily uphold a ban on Donald Trump’s account “a total farce,” adding that the dynamic between Facebook and its oversight board is a sort of “political theater."
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"Prioritizing the young ones -- investing in their future -- will help us create, ultimately, economic prosperity for all."
@TonyElumeluFDN
Founder
@TonyOElumelu
discusses Africa's development amid a choppy global economy.
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"It would complicate a lot of things — at a time when we all have to raise a lot of money to deal with climate change, food security, and health issues globally."
@akin_adesina
President of
@AfDB_Group
on the impact a US govt. technical debt default would have on Africa.
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Richard explores Mongolia's nomadic history with Culture Minister Nomin Chinbat.
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"I don't see a change in German policy."
Former Finnish Prime Minister
@alexstubb
discusses the German defense minister's resignation, the war in Ukraine, and where the West goes from here.
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Billionaire
@NaguibSawiris
wants Egyptians to disinvest from Qatar. Richard asks him about the odds of regime change
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#Nigeria
is GETTING ITS ACT TOGETHER, with a new economic reform plan: Trade Minister
@TradeInvestNG
#QMB
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"It's in the interest of the western governments to make Ukraine stronger - more resilient - to win against Putin's barbaric aggression."
@NaftogazUkraine
CEO
@VitrenkoYuriy
talks Russia's invasion, Ukraine's access to energy, and the possibility of buying U.S. gas.
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"We have a unique position."
MIAT Mongolian Airlines CEO Munkhtamir Batbayar discusses his airline's place in the world as it prepares to fly directly to the U.S.
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The destruction in the streets of Beirut is evidence of the divisions in Lebanon, as
@Mona_Fawaz
of the American University of Beirut shows. She says even though people know "there is no abracadabra," Lebanon is like "a patient that has cancer," and the country needs change
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.
@CoinDesk
's
@mikejcasey
breaks down
#bitcoin
versus
@Libra_
, the Fed's position on
#cryptocurrencies
, and President Trump's tweet on "unregulated crypto assets."
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The Grand Tour returns to Amazon Prime Video on Friday. But
@JeremyClarkson
@RichardHammond
and
@MrJamesMay
aren't exactly sure when...
Watch the full interview with
@richardquest
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Cheap electricity + cool air = Bitcoin mining potential
Richard goes inside Iceland's
@GenesisMining
Bitcoin mine
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"Philosophers for centuries have pointed out that each of us, while individually aware of our own consciousness, has no proof that other people even are conscious."
Santa Fe Institute Professor
@MelMitchell1
talks a Google engineer's claim that an AI system has become sentient.
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"Mongolia is the only democracy in this whole region."
American Chamber of Commerce Mongolia Executive Director Adiya Oyungerel talks U.S.-Mongolian economic relations.
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#Poland
is scrapping income tax for 2 million workers under 26 years old to help curb the "brain drain" it's experienced since joining the
#EU
. "We don't want to be an aging state, a dying state," says Prime Minister
@MorawieckiM
. "We want to be a state with a future."
@PremierRP
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"Cashmere, over the next few years, will be something that worldwide people have access to."
@GobiCashmere
Chief Growth & Strategy Officer Amarsaikhan Baatarsaikhan discusses Mongolia's cashmere industry with Richard.
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Richard talks to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina -- and asks why she hasn't taken a stand against Russia's war in Ukraine.
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NYU professor
@ProfGalloway
says the U.S. government needs to give aid to people, not companies. "[The businesses] want rugged individualism and capitalism on the way up, and then on the way down, we’re socialist, and we’re all in this together, and they have their hand out.”
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"The positive thing is that we were able to reduce our dependency on Russian gas from 80% to a little bit above 20%."
Austrian Finance Minister Magnus Brunner discusses Austria's energy situation and their broader economic outlook.
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"They are struggling to keep their lights on."
Journalist Crystal Orderson talks with Richard Quest in South Africa as President Ramaphosa declares a state of disaster.
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He's only 22 years old, but
@BoyanSlat
from
@TheOceanCleanup
may have discovered how to clean up the world's oceans
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"The only thing that Vladimir Putin understands" is "power and consequences," when it comes to foreign policy, says CEO of Hermitage Capital Management
@BillBrowder
. The Biden-Putin summit was "the wrong thing to do" for the U.S. and "hard consequences" are needed instead.
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"The next election is a very important one to fix this problem."
HUN Party Member Munkhsoyol Baatarjav discusses the Mongolian's government's fight against corruption.
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@richardquest
speaks to the CEO of
#turkcell
@Kaan_Terzioglu
about how they're competing with big tech companies
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