Keeping in contact, linkedin has big plans for asia. We are going to set the challengers and the rivals. We are heading into the end of the trading week here in asia, and we do have a really supportive lead from wall street as we had the dow passing 24,000. The s p seeing its longest streak, monthly gains up by about a decade. We are going to get a potentially before christmas. We have over the last half hour or so had the announcement of suspension until 11 00 a. M. Friday morning in washington. The key compromise has collapsed and is scrambling to salvage that. Buoyancyeing the passed through to the Asian Session. Couple of key numbers when it comes to the agenda today. Japanese inflation edging slightly higher, but surging still half of that target. We saw south korean inflation falling more than expected. The other piece of data we are watching for his the pmi. The private manufacturing survey. This one versus the official reading which came in stronger than connected yesterday, at
And, asiapacific trade ministers concerned about rising protectionism, but no mention of it in their postsummit statement in hanoi. The start of the brandnew asian trading week. It is all about oil. We are fast approaching that meeting in vienna. The markets have pretty much priced and that ninemonth extension. Latest over the weekend, we are hearing that saudi arabia saying all opec producers are up for this extension. Take a look at this chart in terms of where Price Expectations are going. That front month the vti with the nearest expiration contract, converging at 50, so whether the news has 10 baked in or there is further upside when it comes to that oil price, even if we get that extension, and the flip side of that story is where u. S. Shale production goes from here, because the biggest opecion has not been producer sticking to their end of the bargain as opposed to whether their efforts are being undermined by increasing levels of u. S. Production. We have seen u. S. Inventori
David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Jamie, lets talk about your background a moment. You started out, your father was a stockbroker, and you started out with some background in this area, but did you ever consider going into banking . Was that always what you wanted to do when you went to Harvard Business go . Jamie no. I knew more what i didnt want to do. I didnt want to be a doctor or lawyer. I wanted to be part of building something. I grew up around stockbrokers and wall street and stuff like that. And my dad, who passed away recently gave me you should take ane they annual report, get the end of year report, rip out the price, analyze it, and you will be humbled, immediately. Do it a couple of times. I was always in the financial world, so i wen
Back to 1982. Refineries were at 91 capacity, up 1. 5 points from a week earlier. U. S. Refineries typically increase production ahead of the summer driving season. The department of Homeland Security will continue searching mobile phones of travelers into the u. S. As lawmakers questioned whether the policy is unlawful and intrusive. Secretary kelly told the Senate Committee that the searches help keep terrorists out of the country and affect only a fraction of the people flying to the u. S. Every day. President trump has reiterated his discussed at the gas attack in syria missing the perpetrators have crossed a line. Dozens of people were killed in tuesdays attack in the idlib province, and the president has said using chemical weapons will have consequences and said the Obama Administration had failed and he now carries the responsibility proudly. It crossed a lot of lines for me. ,hen you kill innocent children innocent babies, babies, little babies, with a chemical gas that is so