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China is on a mission to break up the Airbus-Boeing duopoly and it hopes the domestically made Comac C919 will be its first big break into foreign markets. Made by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), the passenger aircraft has been touted as the "dream of a nation" by Chinese President Xi Jinping. If successful, the C919 would offer airlines an alternative to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families. However, there are still several hurdles Comac would need to clear before it could take on the French and American aerospace giants' dominance.
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EP.01 | Can China's Comac break up the Airbus-Boeing duopoly?
20 นาที
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China is on a mission to break up the Airbus-Boeing duopoly and it hopes the domestically made Comac C919 will be its first big break into foreign markets. Made by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), the passenger aircraft has been touted as the "dream of a nation" by Chinese President Xi Jinping. If successful, the C919 would offer airlines an alternative to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families. However, there are still several hurdles Comac would need to clear before it could take on the French and American aerospace giants' dominance.
EP.02 | Inside Alef, the company trying to build a car you can both drive and fly
20 นาที
Unlike its eVTOL competitors, however, Alef will need to get approval from two regulators: the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The company’s most notable backer is venture capitalist Tim Draper, who was an early investor in both Tesla, SpaceX as well in Theranos. Dukhovny said it took Draper about a year to send over a check. “Tim wanted to make sure that not only it makes sense business wise. He wanted to make sure it made sense engineering wise too." Alef is also taking pre-orders. For a $150 deposit, customers get on a list to purchase its Model A when it becomes commercially available. Dukhovny told CNBC there are currently 3,000 customers on its waitlist.
EP.03 | Taxing the super-rich: Could a 'billionaire tax' work?
20 นาที
Colombia, Scotland and the U.S. have all proposed wealth taxes in recent years, joining the likes of Switzerland, Norway and Spain in imposing taxes specifically on the super-rich. And even some of the world's wealthy are backing such calls. "This is about the wealthy contributing more to the society," Phil White, retired entrepreneur and member of the Patriotic Millionaires group, told CNBC. But can such a policy work in reality, and is it likely to take hold?
EP.04 | Can South Korea's untouchaeble chaebols change?
20 นาที
There are 82 chaebols in South Korea as of 2023. These are conglomerates that are usually run by one single family, with total assets that exceed 5 trillion Korean won ($3.69 billion). And the revenue of the 10 biggest, including Samsung, Hyundai and LG, accounted for almost 60% of South Korea's GDP in 2021, or more than a trillion dollars. These sprawling business dynasties have helped transform South Korea's economy from one of the poorest in the 1960s to one of the largest exporters in the world. Tae-Ho Bark, president of the Lee & Ko Global Commerce Institute, who also served as South Korea's trade minister from 2011 to 2013, told CNBC in an interview that the policymaking of Park Chung-Hee, South Korea's first president, is credited as the origin of the Korean conglomerate.
EP.05 | We tested five ways to find hidden cameras in hotels and house rentals
20 นาที
Have you ever wondered if you're being watched? It's a feeling that's creeping in for more travelers, as stories of hidden cameras - in hotel rooms, house rentals, cruise ships, even airplane bathrooms - continue to make headlines. Spycams were once the stuff of international espionage, with secret agents given cameras resembling pocket watches, matchbooks - even tubes of lipstick. Pieter Tjia, founder of Singapore tech company OMG Solutions, said that cameras have become smaller and harder to see in the past three years - often hidden in everyday objects such as calculators, diffusers, and water bottles. But how hard is it to find these cameras? And do devices designed to locate hidden cameras really work?
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