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This is a boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss unbends one and im 50 im liking 10 coming back on my end doesnt seem to be going anywhere and that is creating a new set of fears on waffles and around the world. The last few weeks have demonstrated just how quickly a new vine is going to spread around the word cozy why does it do you and disruption well how the latest plan doesnt have a measure of the mathematically a long time and money trying to make it like economic growth. Is rising prospers an independent nation is an example to every day should all over the world and one of the most outstanding achievements of our century. And the u. S. Is asking france for a safe haven for u. S. Companies in order to help them avoid a European Digital tax so what is that about and isnt the digital tax for u. S. Companies going to have a live report so much to get to on this very busy day so lets get started and we begin with the coronavirus which is sending shock waves once again worldwide wall street was down today big time and Global Markets are reacting more on that in detail from kristie in just a minute but right now the cases of corona virus they continue to rise especially in italy iran and in south korea here are the latest numbers on the virus as of monday there have been 409. 00 new cases of the virus and 150. 00 new deaths that brings the total to 77150. 00 confirmed cases in china with the death toll of 2592 in terms of china in the majority of the new cases 398 were in the who by. Province and that includes all but one death its also important to know that many thousands of people have already recovered from the corona virus which again mostly places at risk the elderly and the very young as is common with these kinds of things among those countries though that we were just talking about italy is now looking to take more drastic steps after a 6 person has died there italian authorities on monday get this they shut down schools universities and museums across the countrys north they also banned the public and private gatherings including soccer matches and cultural events in venice ended its annual carnival early and Catholic Church leaders announced the suspension of masses. We have a total of 265. 00. In these last few minutes yes. It is in adults a 1000000 years old from. As i said earlier there are 200 in 1000 and. One. Or both of the 200. 00 people affected italy or in the wealthy northern part of the country around alone and as a result there are a number of border crossings around italy including in austria a whole team trains from italy romania demanding written statements from all arab passengers about their whereabouts in the country and germany stating that quarantines of entire communities could be required in germany if the virus spreads their. Major u. S. Indexes are off about 3 percent with the dow dropping a 1000 points mid day before recovering slightly as coronavirus cases outside of china surge there still remains a high degree of uncertainty surrounding the virus as no one knows how this all to milly will play out many analysts have predicted a sharp recovery similar to that of sars however it will all depend on when the situation will come under control the treasury yields are sinking as investors flee to safety assets with a 10 year at his lowest level since 2016 and the 30 year hit a record low of 1. 00 to 3. 00 and the 10 year yield had inverted again and this is the deepest inversion since october 9th where the trade war was at its peak gold now continues to surge as demand is almost up 2 percent with investors seeking safe haven and starting to factor in the potential for a Central Bank Rate cut to offset any economic damage from the outbreak the yen however which is a safety currency and generally moves in parallel with the treasury and gold that however is down with the corona virus spreading within other Asian Countries this in turns the yen now from an asset into a liability and its almost down another percent monday and looking here at the equities heat map you can see how bloody this entire selloff is with apple disney tesla. New video and all the oil names subsequently fawley with them with the most exposure to asia however if we take a look at the little green specks of green on the map and theres not many green you can see that gilliatt here which is a front runner in developing a new experimental drug treatment to cure a coven 19 that was up almost 4 percent today and then over here you had all the gold miners here newmont barrack harmony and beta goldcorp all them up about 3 percent on the gold rally and then finally interestingly enough we have a z. M. Here is in communications and peloton rallying as workers rely on telecommuting and avoid public areas like jinns to prevent further spread the news flow now on colvin 1000 has taken another more negative tone over the last few days and were starting to see a sizeable risk on the move this economic toll is also starting to expand with manufacturing around the world showing the negative effects of the outbreak. And to break this down further lets bring in peter schiff c. E. O. Of europe as a capital so peter last time for this law we saw the fed step in with an insurance type cuts in 20 so do you think the rhetoric will still be the same this time around or will they actually commit to cutting all the way down to 0 to a pandemic fears and possibly even going negative. Whether they commit to moving to 0 or not thats exactly where theyre going and in fact the bond market is telegraphing right now that were going to have several more rate cuts likely between now and the end of the year and i think the bond market is right but its not that this is the appropriate policy the feds should not be cutting Interest Rates but thats what theyre going to do because thats the only thing they can do but its not going to cure the coronavirus or the economy its simply going to make the u. S. Economy sicker. So you know were watching the virus spread outside of china now its a countries that are not as strict with quarantine as checkpoints come in these all city lockdowns even though italy may have had a big effect on the markets because of the fact that their response has been to you know institute. A lot of these lockdowns if you will read about 50000 people roughly are under some kind of quarantine in italy not even close to the 60000000 were talking about in china but for a european country to take those steps is that causing some of these fears to rise and in terms of the spread of the virus. Well certainly i mean the coronavirus fears are out there its just one more thing to worry about look you know the u. S. Economy for example is a gigantic bubble and maybe the coronavirus is going to be the pin i mean i have no idea but if it wasnt this it would be Something Else but there are some of much deeper problems than the coronavirus the markets are in general are very overvalued you have a lot of leverage in the system if we had a healthier economy we could better withstand the coronavirus whatever it turns out to be but the bigger problem is the feds cure is actually worse than this disease because if the coronavirus actually becomes an even bigger deal the real threat is that it bottled up production that fewer people are on the job so fewer goods get produced companies cant get the supplies that they need so you bottle up the supply change and we get a shortage of stuff and the correct Monetary Policy is to drain liquidity to match the reduction in supply but if instead the fed and under some other Central Banks poor and even more liquidity and create increased demand for a diminishing supply of goods then you really get a big increase in Consumer Prices and that worsens the downturn you get worse case of stagflation now u. S. Treasury secretary mineta ken said that apparently he does not expect that kind of bias to have any Material Impact on phase one of the china u. S. Trade or even the economy just like he said that the tariffs trying to trade while theyre also paid by china and not the consumers but whatever given the slowdown how is china supposed to deliver on its 200000000000. 00 worth of purchase commitments when even previously before this entire coronavirus even started and less risk. Not all of it. Minutia is going to put a positive spin on any news and in the 1st place the chinese were not going to live up to those commitments anyway they werent even real commitments and theres no way they know how much agriculture for example the chinese are going to buy let alone how much theyre going to buy from the United States so the whole thing was a smokescreen to cover up the fact that we really didnt have a deal but now the coronavirus actually gives the chinese a better excuse as to why theyre not living up to a deal that they were going to live up to anyway and on trade you know we saw the u. S. Dollar is continuing to strengthen at this point shooting to a 3 year high versus the euro weve also seen President Trump accuse other countries of devaluing their currencies to exports what do you think is going to start becoming a problem for u. S. Corporates and u. S. Exports and also in light of whats happening with the dollar right now were also seeing gold going way up i know youre big on gold how do you think that shakes out. Well 1st of all i dont think other Central Banks are deliberately weakening their currencies i mean theyre pursuing the same type of inflationary monetary policies that we are but whats happening is traders speculators are buying into the dollar because they falsely believe its a safe haven its not they should be buying gold and of course other people are gold hit all time record highs today in the euro in the year and in the swiss franc ozzie dollar Canadian Dollar a lot of countries currencies in the rupee youre seeing prices for gold that you know were gold was never traded at in the us were near a 7 year high but were getting close to an all time high in 1. 02 so all currencies are we getting right now its just that the dollar is weakening more slowly than a lot of other currencies but that is going to change because people who are piling into the dollar because they think its a safe haven are eventually going to pile out and the dollars going to start to fall and in fact it didnt even hold on to most of its gains today it had some Early Morning gains but by the end of the day it had lost most of those gains. Pacific capital and im. Sure think. The President Trump has kicked off a 2 day visit to india with a Huge Campaign style rally alongside the indian Prime Minister monti on their way to the rally the president and 1st lady maloney and they visited the Spiritual Center where Mahatma Gandhi once lived that site is now a museum and a National Monument President Trump then spoke at that rally they called the nama stay rally in a massive 110000 seat stadium which is still under construction though you couldnt tell by looking at the pictures its incredible he was praising india as a growing economic power and said that the nation would soon be home to the biggest middle class anywhere in the world. For the 1st time in history every village it india tao has access to electricity. 320000000 people more indians are right down connected to the internet. The pace of highway construction has more than doubled over 70000000 more our households think of this 70000000 more house elves have access to cooking fuel 600000000 more people have access to basic sanitation and incredibly 1280 and citizens are lifted out of extreme poverty every single minute of every single day. Well of course President Trump also took time to encourage indias leaders to continue army in their military with American Made missiles and rockets and ships in fact the president also announced 3000000000. 00 worth of u. S. Made helicopters which the Indian Indian military plans to purchase and the. Really was i mean when you see the numbers just absolutely incredible how many people showed up for this thing absolutely now do you think that trump is actually turning his attention to india because phase 2 is apparently delayed and whatnot i think theres a very very strong chance that that is the case right obviously he and modi seem to be akin to each other they seem to be getting along pretty well and the president kept talking about the importance of developing the trade relationship with india because of that growing middle class but its also interesting to watch the president doing this at the same time that amazon c. E. O. Jeff bezos has set his sights on india as being the next big market so it seems like theres not just the president s eyeballs but a lot of eyeballs on india right now as that next one tier for u. S. Relationship does seem to be open and because his entire platform is basically built on economic reform for india time now. Because when we return the u. S. Is asking france by safe haven for u. S. Companies in order to help them avoid a european to shell tax what is that about an event that they dont have for u. S. Companies well how to live acquired and as we go to break here the numbers that. Were going to fulfill that purpose is probably for the people come on you know weve all bought the. Now you want to. Know. 5 just financial survival. When customers go buy your. Good now well rick you said lower. Thats undercutting but whats good for food markets is not good for the Global Economy. Welcome back france says it is ready to listen to a proposal from the u. S. Government over a potential safe harbor for u. S. Tech companies in order to shield them from a new International Digital tax though francis finance minister says that he still doesnt know exactly what that safe harbor actually means but he went on to say that its fair and useful to give all the attention to this new proposal and quote well meanwhile the worlds top economic leaders warned on saturday that an International Tax fight between the United States and europe would pose a new threat to the Global Economy of a resolution is not reached this year so joining us now to help break this down is henry ford whats your board member with the British American Business Association and she loves to talk to juggle time so good to have you here pleasure ben i would start with this talk about creating a safe harbor or a safe abe and for those u. S. Tech companies because at 1st blush when you hear that terminology it sounds like the u. S. Is asking for Tech Companies to be given some kind of special part. Action across europe from digital taxes but the whole point of these digital taxes the entire conversation surrounds exclusively u. S. Companies like amazon apple Facebook Google cracked yes and actually has a name me the european big global tech you know these unicorns are all American Companies and thats because of our deregulation the obviously the inspiration thats here in terms of the entrepreneurial spirit as well as all the other incentives financially tax wise etc in the u. S. I think what youre seeing though is youre beginning to see this global consensus you mentioned the finance minister of france thats bruno him saying this 2 days ago he was at the g 20 summit. Saudi arabia i think what youre seeing is that actually the tech executives are going to eventually want this because what they dont need is to have different kind of regulations in Different Countries and eventually my prediction is you will see a global taxation the question is what level and how thats the issue at stake what level and how now france isnt the only country looking to do this apparently italy spain austria and the u. K. They have all announced plans to have some sort of Digital Service tax and these taxes will actually be based on Online Activity by the people residing in that country regardless of whether their company has a physical presence there are not yet thats correct and actually Stephen Ocean our National Treasury secretary hes actually said this is not really a tax he calls it a tariff because its actually its a gross sales tax its not on income and hes right its not a tax its a tariff so yes its tough when you mention the countries youre right totally it is also includes hungary as well as the other countries that you mentioned and many others theyve already instituted some of these local taxes so i think again youll see sweet youll see a sweeping consolidation of this is interesting to note when you look at certain countries you look at different places where they like ireland they actually incentivize companies to come there because of their low low tax rate thats what its all been about and thats been a great rub of course between the u. K. And ireland has been them undercutting Global Companies and wanting to attract them to ireland which i think its. 80 percent of the countrys revenue comes from global u. S. High tech firms so when you talk about the side it firms i think youre spot on when you say they dont want to deal with a hodgepodge of regulations across or taxes excuse me across europe because then youre having to deal with different rates in every country but they love the idea of the hodgepodge system that allows it to become a tax haven right that they go right go shopping and for which country they want to be set out an alphabet alphabet apple and facebook pay pay effectively under 10 percent in taxes right and thats because of their position in ireland right now as we know facebook is actually in court right now with the i. R. S. Over a 9000000000. 00 tax bill the ira claims that you have right because of this position in ireland so at the end of the day do both of those things change is that ultimately going to be the compromise i. E. You cant hide your taxes in one country but youre going to pay a flat tax worldwide or or globally i think thats whats going to happen in the long run thats got to happen because youve got to have some kind of uniformity i think whats a pity in a way is a lot of countries actually benefited from having these global Tech Companies that from the jobs and the cash flow and everything and what we were if everybodys looking for basically i underpinning all of this is do we want stability and jobs to flow and income to yes so in some ways its been good for the Global Economy on the other hand its Different Countries pointing and saying we dont want them doing now we want to and i certainly the positive of the competition thats created by lowering the soxs right contractor able to compete but when you cant compete on the taxation side then that creates another problem thats and all it is a race to the bottom of the. Member with the British American Business Association always great to have your insights they left pleasure bad because the. Fascinating story as the state of new mexico is now suing google for the secret collection of information on children which included their location their browsing history and the videos that they were. Watching and all of that was done through a google suite of programs provided for free to schools across the state but the state says google was actually taking advantage of kids and families without their knowledge and was simultaneously breaking the law itself as well the girls contributor to americas lawyer molly glad that youre here. So molly how hard is it for google to be able to fight this thing because right now we know that this has happened to them before so is this something that they are familiar with or what is their defense. Absolutely Kristie Google is saying hey this lawsuit is factually wrong we would never spawn kids we took a pledge several years ago that we wouldnt gather this information to use to do bad targeting and lo and behold the new mexico says wait one second were not buying this we think that thats exactly what youre doing so essentially a good portion of schools in new mexico about 2 thirds of them use these inexpensive often free educational tools that google provides and what this lawsuit states what they found is that even though under the educational products when these things like you know google docs or chrome books are being used and of course thats owned by google koren books work with their Operational Software so theyre using these educational sources to further their education and supposedly its not being used to gather information and its not certainly not being used google says to use that to target ads however when kids do log on to their chrome books under these educational products if you will when they log on at home theres a feature that automatically syncs all of their devices to all the information that theyre sharing with google through their educational products so basically its a feature that google current turn off but they allow it to stay on automatically so basically as soon as a kid logs on after having utilize these educational products as soon as they log on to some of their other devices that chrome browser you know. Its all those devices and so theyre able to see what these kids are watching where they are physically where they go who they talk to how long theyre watching what videos theyre watching whos in their contact list whos theyre texting and so parents are pretty outraged as you might imagine and certainly this is not the 1st time that google has heard these accusations is that its why they had to take that pledge several years ago that they would not take advantage of children its against state laws its against federal laws and thats what the age of new mexico is alleging even though google is saying hey your faction accurate thats not what were doing hes basically saying yeah well prove it yes so 2 quick points on the number one google was essentially giving away these chrome books right they give them away for free they actually believe google is more pervasive in Public Schools across america than even apple is because they give away so much product but now we know what the other point is is that google doesnt really deny the trucking right there just denying that they were using it for advertisers so theres no good theres no argument here and i think what it comes down to molly will give you the last word here is it really comes down to who owns this data to google have the right to collect this data and collect all this information even if they are not selling it or do they have to get permission before they do it last were. Yes absolutely youre supposed to according to federal law children under 13 have to get consent from a parent in order for their act information to be accessed by Companies Like google or amazon or any of these other giant Tech Companies that are essentially like you said gathering data harvesting it on any and all things that we do so while theyre saying theyre not using it to target as new mexico says you know we believe otherwise and so youre exactly right i think whats going to happen is that youre going to have to see legislators federal and state take a hard look at what can be done to keep these Companies Accountable and keep these Tech Companies from basically profiting off of private data where we in turn perhaps can have the option to sell it to them or at least give our permission by going to the use factor of it these laws really need to be addressed i think were behind the times when it comes to for. Early on state laws when it comes to protecting children and their information because tech giants like these guys they can gather that information and they want to tell us theyre not doing anything and as weve seen over and over again they do what they want with that and they pay a fine its a slap on the wrist and they keep doing it while the birds contributor with americas lawyers acting so much. So how hard is it to remember your password to access nearly 60000000. 00 or if you really can remember it can you manage to keep your password in a safe place and not lose it well apparently Clifton Collins an irish drug dealer could not do either and in the process lost access to his stash of 16000000. 00 worth of decline so collins printed out the keys for as they went accounts and hid them in the aluminum cap of this fishing rod case which was then stored in a house in County Galway ireland so so far so good but then he was arrested after police busted him for 2000. 00 worth of cannabis and his car and was sentenced to 5 years in prison break so his landlord who hasnt been able to collect rent vacated the house and dumped all of collins possessions including the fishing rod into the dump the dump was shipped to germany and china to be incinerated and the keys to 6000. 00 bitcoins were then lost forever. I mean its unbelievable you have 60000000. 00 with a big coin and you cant go get a safety deposit box some place to put this in instead of keep it in that piece of junk inside of your apartment everybody wants to steal a safety deposit box so maybe he thought that hiding it in a fishing rod was apparently a good idea i mean that apparently thought so now we know that was clearly a terrible idea but i guess the question becomes what are the steps that you take i guess the other thing you could have done is it could have put it into a google doc and sent it to exult on the internet it would have been just as unsafe to do that or you could just remember it its not that hard or you could do what you do get a little tattoo that has all of your your numbers on your arm right there always and always there like it is it does actually hide in a little to the safe and then put that safe with a good location and then only tell your best friend. So one other person will know. 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In the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage through parts of Northern Ireland that was coordinated loyalists attacks particularly on the population of belfast tens of photos and support forced to flee their homes and what was striking to point these attacks was that the are you see the Police Actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing it they were active participants in the burning of full streets in belfast i think more than 100 innocent civilians were unloaded as the review can seniors and we found out more i was surprised about the extent and of the currency which the collusion was involved in some of those cases that killers would later be named into then a gag i think it went to do very very top i think if the cross the water where all the taste and you thought was going on and give the go ahead. New clip of become a battleground in the us in vermont people are demanding the shutdown of a local plant from yankee is right now my focus because its a very dangerous oh no care power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limits this. Just sort of puts a magnifying glass wheres the power in this country where is it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy our lie with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways a struggle. In. Claims over russian meddling are back in the headlines Democratic Senators are calling on president trying to slap still more sanctions on russia alleging moscow is interfering in the upcoming 2020. And a historic legal hearing begins in the london to determine whether Julian Assange will be extradited to the u. S. Where the wiki leaks founder is wanted on hacking and espionage charges his supporters claim the case against him is extremely weak. But we heard this morning oral to say the same thing weve been hearing for 10 years 2020. 4 able to approach a single. And in a stone in one request asylum in russia after her exhusband