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4 Sep, 2021 05:28

Suga steps down & GM, Ford scale back operations

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has announced that he does not intend to seek reelection in the nation’s upcoming elections. Plus, the Eastern Economic Forum is underway in Russia as leaders from the region gather to discuss economic and security issues. RT’s Yulia Shapovalova files a report on the summit. Boom Bust’s Ben Swann joins the program to fill us in on the oversight changes that will soon be coming to Amazon Web Services. Global markets finished the week mixed as several factors weighed on the indices. And the global semiconductor chip shortage continues to wreak havoc on the auto sector, as GM and Ford are scaling back operations. Lauren Fix, the Car Coach, lends her insight on the shake-up within the industry.

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