:00:00. > :00:00.Now for the latest money news with Aaron and World Business
:00:00. > :00:22.Yeah, building bridges - US President-elect Donald Trump
:00:23. > :00:33.promised a trillion dollars during his campaign to resseract
:00:34. > :00:35.promised a trillion dollars during his campaign to resurrect
:00:36. > :00:38.Question is, will he be able to deliver?
:00:39. > :00:42.The dream that just won't die - we take a look at supersonic air
:00:43. > :00:57.Lights, camera, action, yeah, we are trying to put some money in the
:00:58. > :00:57.metre. One of President elect
:00:58. > :01:07.Donald Trump's main promises is to rebuild America's
:01:08. > :01:09.infrastructure, we're talking, of course, everything
:01:10. > :01:11.from its railways, The task, well, needless
:01:12. > :01:16.to say, will be formidable The plan is to spend
:01:17. > :01:22.in the region of one trillion Or better yet, to get someone else,
:01:23. > :01:26.investors, to spend that money. Our North America business
:01:27. > :01:28.correspondent Michelle Fleury reports from Allentown,
:01:29. > :01:40.Pennsylvania. Mid-morning in Pennsylvania. Traffic
:01:41. > :01:45.is flowing smoothly over this bridge built in the 1920s but underneath it
:01:46. > :01:51.is not ageing gracefully. This bridge was built in 1929, almost 90
:01:52. > :01:54.years old, it is an open spend all arch bridge. Engineers tasked with
:01:55. > :01:58.checking the strength are worried. You can see the worst place is near
:01:59. > :02:05.the joint area, so that is where the most corrosion happens. This bridge,
:02:06. > :02:09.like many of America's roads, ports and airports, are starved of funds.
:02:10. > :02:14.Lack of funding is a problem in the sense that there is so much money,
:02:15. > :02:19.so you have to decide what comes first. Money isn't the only problem
:02:20. > :02:24.when it comes to building the country's roads, bridges and pipes.
:02:25. > :02:26.Under President Obama the Republican-controlled Congress was
:02:27. > :02:30.opposed to spending on infrastructure projects. Will they
:02:31. > :02:37.change that position now that they hold the White House? Their man made
:02:38. > :02:42.a point of mentioning infrastructure in his election night victory
:02:43. > :02:51.speech. We are going to rebuild our infrastructure. It will become, by
:02:52. > :02:57.the way, second to none. And we will put millions of our people to work
:02:58. > :03:03.as we rebuild it. Mr Trump's pitch is to spend $1 trillion, not just
:03:04. > :03:06.using government money. He is also hoping to get the private sector to
:03:07. > :03:12.fund these projects with tax credits. In 1986 Mr Trump
:03:13. > :03:19.successfully used this model to rebuild this ice rink in New York's
:03:20. > :03:22.Central Park. Doing the job cheaper, faster and better than the public
:03:23. > :03:28.sector. It is an experience he hasn't forgotten. So, is the private
:03:29. > :03:32.public partnership always the right tool? That depends. It is not
:03:33. > :03:36.necessarily the best will in the Toolkit for every project. It is
:03:37. > :03:39.suited to large and complicated projects. The reason for that is
:03:40. > :03:45.those other projects which give you the opportunity to drive in --
:03:46. > :03:49.innovation and the result is more bang for the taxpayer buck. In
:03:50. > :03:54.Pennsylvania the need for repairs is urgent. Americans want to update
:03:55. > :03:56.their nation but as Donald will find the overwhelming sticking point is
:03:57. > :04:02.likely to be how to pay for it. Good on you, Michelle. Let's turn
:04:03. > :04:11.our attention to this : The head of Japanese
:04:12. > :04:13.advertising group Dentsu, that's him there -
:04:14. > :04:15.he's the chairman - has resigned following the suicide
:04:16. > :04:21.of an employee who had worked - well, apparently, hundreds
:04:22. > :04:23.of hours of overtime. He'll step down in January.
:04:24. > :04:26.Mariko Oi in our Asia Business hub in Singapore has been
:04:27. > :04:32.following this tragic story. It is good to see you. A tragic
:04:33. > :04:36.story. What is going on here? You know better than I do, there is a
:04:37. > :04:46.Japanese phrase which basically means death by overwork. Indeed it
:04:47. > :04:51.is unfortunately not so uncommon, some 2000 people die from overwork
:04:52. > :04:57.each year. In this particular case, where a 24-year-old employee, who
:04:58. > :05:01.has only been working at Dentsu for some time, took her life on
:05:02. > :05:07.Christmas Day a year ago and even though it is, as I said, death from
:05:08. > :05:11.overwork, which is not uncommon, in this case she was tweeting for
:05:12. > :05:15.months before she took her own life, at 4am she said, I am still at work
:05:16. > :05:19.but I can't complain because everyone else is still working as
:05:20. > :05:23.well and she also said something like, you know, her bosses have
:05:24. > :05:26.criticised her for lacking femininity because she doesn't have
:05:27. > :05:30.make-up on after pulling an all-night. All of those tweets after
:05:31. > :05:34.death came to the spotlight. It wasn't picked up immediately by
:05:35. > :05:38.mainstream media because Dentsu is one of the really big advertising
:05:39. > :05:42.agencies in Japan but it got picked up online and the criticism
:05:43. > :05:46.continued to mount against Dentsu and the company has been under
:05:47. > :05:51.investigation for just over a month now and as you mentioned maze last
:05:52. > :05:55.night boss of the company announced he is stepping down. Interesting you
:05:56. > :05:59.say the company is under investigation but again I am looking
:06:00. > :06:03.at reports which says Japan is a country that imposes very few limits
:06:04. > :06:10.on employers regarding overtime and hours and things like that, but this
:06:11. > :06:15.particular suicide and I guess the outcry triggered Japan's first white
:06:16. > :06:18.paper. Yes, I think it is there to say that even though it is not
:06:19. > :06:22.uncommon in this story really broke many hearts in Japan but I think it
:06:23. > :06:27.is also important to emphasise it is not just a problem at Dentsu. A lot
:06:28. > :06:31.of people have been coming out to share their own experience of
:06:32. > :06:36.similar working conditions in which they feel like they have really been
:06:37. > :06:42.reaching their own limit and also of course as an advertising agency it
:06:43. > :06:46.has affected clients, some employees have spoken out anonymously about
:06:47. > :06:50.this resignation of the boss and the fact that company has put the rule
:06:51. > :06:56.in to say that all lights must be turned off at 10pm sharp. They still
:06:57. > :07:00.have clients demands and when they want ideas by tomorrow morning and
:07:01. > :07:05.call at nine or 10pm, they cannot say no, so they are taking the work
:07:06. > :07:09.home. It is a much bigger issue than just one company. It is something
:07:10. > :07:15.that the country as a whole will have to tackle in the New Year as
:07:16. > :07:17.well. OK. Hey, Mariko, I will talk to you very soon. Thank you. Mariko
:07:18. > :07:23.Oi from Singapore. Here's a question: Would
:07:24. > :07:25.you like to fly faster On a more practical level,
:07:26. > :07:30.would you like to be able to fly from London to New York
:07:31. > :07:33.in under four hours? It used to be possible to do both,
:07:34. > :07:36.if you had the money. Nowadays, if you want to fly
:07:37. > :07:43.supersonic, it's best Several private firms are working
:07:44. > :07:48.on brand new supersonic designs. Our business correspondent
:07:49. > :07:50.Theo Leggett has been asking, could we be about to go
:07:51. > :08:00.back to the future? It could be another high-speed test
:08:01. > :08:05.as the great bird looks ready to fly, and fly she did. In 1969
:08:06. > :08:10.Concorde took to the skies for the first time. It was a technological
:08:11. > :08:14.marvel. The world's only commercial aircraft to fly faster than the
:08:15. > :08:19.speed of sound. Concorde offered its passengers something truly unique,
:08:20. > :08:24.the chance to sit in luxury and babysit champagne while crossing the
:08:25. > :08:30.Atlantic from London to New York in less than four hours but Concorde
:08:31. > :08:34.had her problems as well -- maybe sit chapaigne. She was also very
:08:35. > :08:37.noisy and so wasn't allowed to fly many of the routes she was designed
:08:38. > :08:41.for. Not only that, she was extremely costly to run and use a
:08:42. > :08:47.lot of fuel, which is why the only place you can see her now is in
:08:48. > :08:54.museums like this one. Three smooth landings and it was over. Concorde
:08:55. > :08:58.was retired in 2003. Its reputation tarnished by a terrible accident
:08:59. > :09:03.three years before, and its costs no longer justifiable in an age of
:09:04. > :09:06.budget travel. You get more aerodynamically efficient the faster
:09:07. > :09:15.you go. So could supersonic travel make a? That is not as outlandish as
:09:16. > :09:19.you think. The aircraft was designed to 60 years ago. Now we are looking
:09:20. > :09:23.at what we can do in the 21st century and it is far more
:09:24. > :09:27.sophisticated. The aeroplanes could be more efficient and crucially more
:09:28. > :09:30.capable of flying and making real profits on any route around the
:09:31. > :09:37.world. Some companies are already developing supersonic designs. This
:09:38. > :09:45.one comes from American firm Aerion to build a superfast business jet.
:09:46. > :09:49.It is not alone. Boom and Spike Aerospace have similar ideas but
:09:50. > :09:52.others are sceptical. The prospect of taking off in New York and
:09:53. > :09:56.lending before you take off technically is still impressive to
:09:57. > :10:00.be able to do but it is still very much a status thing, some people
:10:01. > :10:06.will pay a lot of money to travel this way, but how often and how many
:10:07. > :10:09.people? If supersonic travel can be made relatively affordable, then
:10:10. > :10:13.perhaps it will make a comeback, but we are unlikely to see another large
:10:14. > :10:18.supersonic airliner like Concorde for many years. For the foreseeable
:10:19. > :10:20.future, then, the big bird will remain one of a kind.
:10:21. > :10:33.OK, that's it. I will see you very soon. Mike's back, right now.
:10:34. > :10:35.Goodbye. Barcodes are to be printed
:10:36. > :10:37.on medicines and medical equipment such as replacement hips
:10:38. > :10:40.and surgical tools in an effort to reduce the rate of avoidable
:10:41. > :10:43.deaths in English hospitals. Ministers say the scheme could also
:10:44. > :10:48.save the NHS up to ?1 billion over