Economy stuck on hold, inflation sliding, unemployment unchanged, but a slight uptick when it comes to business sentiment. Willsia airlines new ceo step up in the middle of a restructuring after the twin disasters of 2014. Do let us know what you think of our top stories. Follow me on twitter at that hashtagse trendingbusiness. Lets get straight over to steve for the latest. We are having a continuation shaped recovery in china. 50. 0 is the line between ,xpansion and contraction optimism and pessimism. It is still on the borderline. Month,50. 1 the previous so a tenuous recovery at best. Services outperforming expectations, nonmanufacturing pmi at 53. 7. The previous month was 53. 1. 53. 7 is a robust number for it has been the strength of this economy. Banking, telecoms, new technology, while the older economy, coal and steel production, traditionally manufacturing, they have been struggling. With this recovery, we have seen the sub indices show some weakness, especially on the jobs
101, walnut creek. 103, and hot weather. With 94. Alameda. Checking in across the bay at 94 degrees. The big question. That cooling. Looks like well go from 102 in san ramon today. Eventually done to some 90s. Well track that cooling trend. Have details in 15 minutes. All right. Jeff. Thank you so much. May just be the beginning of fire season. Already off to a pretty rough start. Fire officials fear it will get worse as temperatures increase. Right now, half a dozen wildfires have burned through Northern California today including one in danville. Near the blackhawk country club. Nbc bay areas Elise Kirchner from contra costa county. Fire Officials Say it could be, but today, hot day out there. It is, you know, cal fire tells me because we have seen several years of drought like conditions, followed by this wet winter. It makes for a very dangerous mix. All of that rain brought in all of the vegetation. And now, the warm weather is drying it all out. That means fires can spark very ea
Reporter just hours after sundays launch, members of the u. N. Security council held an emergency meeting. The Council Chair said the launch could lead to the development of technology for carrying nuclear weapons. The members of the Security Council strongly condemn this launch. The members of the Security Council underscore that this launch is in serious violation of the Security Council resolution. Reporter north korean state media reported the rocket blasted off from the western part of the country. The launch was tracked by japan, south korea, and the u. S. We have to take this issue very seriously. It is not only the violation of Security Council resolution, but it is the real threat to the security of japan, the republic of korea and other countries, including the United States. As i know that the cost of this launch alone, estimated to be close to 1 billion, could affect the entire north korean population for a whole year. It is therefore an urgent task before the Security Coun
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Yemen yemenese city of adan. Yahoo pulls out of china. Well look at whats behind the move. And why letter writing is making a comeback among students in nairobi, as the bbcs School Report goes global. Hello. Thanks for joining us. The tunisian Authorities Say the countrys Intelligence Services did know about one of the two gunman who carried out the attack at the prestigious bardo museum in tunis. Its now been confirmed that 23 people were shot dead 20 of them Foreign Tourists. Were just focusing right here on the bardo museum there, adjacent to the Tunisian Parliament. There were tourists terrified, running from the museum. Two gunmen were killed by Security Forces. Three people two of them Foreign Tourists actually spent the whole night hiding out in the building. Thats emerged in the course of the last few hours. Well tunisias president has promised to wage what hes calling a merciless war against terrorism. The socalled arab spring began here in tunisia, where theres been a by and