Will cover all the commodities. Caroline hyde in paris on a warning by the oecd, and Ryan Chilcote in vienna previewing the opec meeting. We begin in asia where Prime Minister shinzo abe has decided to postpone an increase to the sales tax. Delayed once, it is twice, and i am wondering if we will ever get it. Enda i think it just shows you how nervous the outlook is for japans economy. Japan has the biggest debt burden and they have been trying crying out for the government to do more to tackle debt. Minister day has had to step back again and surrender and say, we need to do more spending and try and get growth going. The economy keeps flirting between contraction and expansion. It is also interesting in terms of what it needs means for the bank of japan. We have already seen the reaction, a big gain in the end today as it takes pressure off Central Banks in the yen today as it takes pressure of signature banks. It shows you that japans economy remains on quite narrow footing. The dol
Christopher Harris, a one-time inmate in the Jefferson County jail, is suing the Jefferson County sheriff and jail officials in connection with injuries he claims he suffered while being held.
Christopher Harris, a one-time inmate in the Jefferson County jail, is suing the Jefferson County sheriff and jail officials in connection with injuries he claims to have suffered while being held.
Jefferson County justices of the peace expressed dismay over allegations of mistreatment of a detainee by a county jail supervisor, as well as the continued employment of the supervisor.
A supervisor at the Jefferson County jail who has been terminated twice before for using excessive force with inmates was terminated again last month for the same reason, but Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr., who oversees the jail, overruled the termination and has allowed the person to retain his job.