Uncertainty. Coming in below estimates. Oil making a move higher for a change today, snapping a fiveweek losing streak, turning in one of the best weeks of the year nanny taylor is here welcome to ladies hour here. Girl power. You say tech is the key do you mean fang or something broader . I mean something broader than that we started to see the Economic Data ticking up, yet local p miismt its mi is moving up, small by, Chinese Consumer precoronavirus. So we have to see what is going to be the impact, farreaching impact i think thats good for stocks so i think stocks are less risky. So were looking at tech as if it doesnt work, nothing works right now the total confirmed cases are topping 64,000, the total death toll is nearly 1400. In the u. S. There are 15 confirmed cases with eight of them in california Many Companies are continuing to speak out about the impact the virus is having on their bottom lines. Today british drug Maker Astrazeneca reported quarterly results, warnings a hit
The worlds greatest rainforest is under increasing threat. Illegal logging, mining and land grabbing has led to vast areas of rainforest being lost. It is a huge store of carbon that is vital for tackling climate change, but the brazilian government of president bolsonaro has so far denied the problem, but that may now change. Environment minister Ricardo Salles will meet governors of amazon states today to discuss tactics to counter deforestation. In the 12 months tojuly, 2019, deforestation soared almost 30 . More than 3,700 Square Kilometres of forest has been deforested this year, an area about a fifth the size of wales orjust over 500 thousand football pitches. While deforestation mainly has been caused by illegal logging, mining and cattle farming, a new threat is posed by increasing demand for land for palm oil plantations. However the president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, believes other countries had overblown the situation. Translation the situation. At times, certain countries
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You are seeing the fog you are definitely seeing is a dense fog advisories in effect for both the golden gate and bay bridges right now as so the right into the bridges and the bay itself so give yourself that extra moment or 2 as youre going to work its cleared out for some spots and other spots. It is just the search show signs of clearing just yet the afternoon ahead though will bring abundant sunshine so just around the corner. We do have some Better Weather to be looking for too. As for this morning. Yeah, give yourself that extra time to get to work and put the jacket on 2 were in the 40s and 50s across the bay area with 30s for the north bay. Knapp at 39 degrees fairfield at 38. The lee, how youre at 48 degrees right now later on today daytime highs will be fairly similar to yesterdays up into the 70s for most of the bay talking the rest your forecast. Still ahead, robin. Off to 92 or karl, the fog is very aggressive with this in detail bridge this morning you have to split. If
The republicans have released 66 page Healthcare Plan that aims to replace obamacare. The plan says it will transform the individual marketplace current regulatory structure, unwind washington centric approach and largely return Regulatory Authority to individual states. So heather, would you sign on to this . So far i like what i have to here, havent read the 66 page plan but as they unveil the details it sounds a lot better than what has been proposed from senator warren without the details her medicare for all which according to committee for federal Nonpartisan Committee they said if we double the Corporate Tax rate even if we increase tax brackets the top two, 70 and eliminate loopholes that we feel cannot pay that only covers 40 of the 30 trilliondollar price tag on medicare fraud. They had this plan a couple years ago they couldve repealed and replaced obamacare. It has some good things from what i skimmed but it beats around the bush that theres fundamental issues of healthcare