The seventh hearing of the u. S. China economic and secure review commissions 2023 annual report cycle. I want to first thank staff, many of whom worked on several other hearings. And so, i appreciate the heroic effort that was involved in getting this hearing set up. So, thank you, jonathan and daniel, in particular, charles, i dont see. Many of us that have watched china for years appreciate that the magnitude of the economic challenges china must address now are not new rather, they have been worsening for years and were amplified by covid and the poor policy choices made during that time. Notwithstanding the ccps push for chinese households and non state businesses to drive recovery. Household consumption has been cautious. Government lending practices continue to favor unproductive state owned enterprises, higher performing non state sector at the expense of higher performing non state sectors. In most cities, property prices have plunged and Business Confidence has eroded as defl
The seventh hearing of the u. S. China economic and secure review commissions 2023 annual report cycle. I want to first thank staff, many of whom worked on several other hearings. And so, i appreciate the heroic effort that was involved in getting this hearing set up. So, thank you, jonathan and daniel, in particular, charles, i dont see. Many of us that have watched china for years appreciate that the magnitude of the economic challenges china must address now are not new rather, they have been worsening for years and were amplified by covid and the poor policy choices made during that time. Notwithstanding the ccps push for chinese households and non state businesses to drive recovery. Household consumption has been cautious. Government lending practices continue to favor unproductive state owned enterprises, higher performing non state sector at the expense of higher performing non state sectors. In most cities, property prices have plunged and Business Confidence has eroded as defl
It or not. Today, down just a little bit. Only about 1 , though, from its alltime high at 39,438. Looking at s p, its down very slightly and nasdaq is up a little bit. We are watching big tech as open ai which is out by microsoft, unveils a new model in may team up with apple to put chatgpt on the iphone. 2 in this. Microsoft and google which has its tomorrow is down fractionally. Roaring kitty tweeted for the first time, on x, for the first time in three years. That sent game stop, amc, and blackberry shares higher. That is fundamental investing. That is right. If you are wondering whether policy was too tight or too easy, i think that your answer was. Hosting with us this whole hour, contributor, will come to you. Lets talk markets. Are we overvalued . Are we do for something in the form of a correction . I think we had a little mini correction and now all of a sudden, we got eight days in a row. I think we really went through earnings season. Earnings were stronger than people expec
Taken action on nearly 12,000 cases. We know that this is an important moment for the residents of Alameda County who have just barely begun to see the work that we are doing and that we will continue to do to protect public safety. But as a recall election looms, critics say todays move is less about transparency and more about a last ditch effort to save the das job. When you get into this situation, you have to portray that youre actually doing your job and thats all shes doing, brenda grisham, leading the recall effort, says she wants to know how the data reflects efforts to hold criminals responsible and get justice for victims families. We want to know how many people have been charged, how many people have been convicted, and how many gun related crimes have there been. Those are details that the public really, really needs to know. County data doesnt currently break down how many convictions plea deals and other outcomes have come from cases. Those are figures the das office sa
Well, today, an amazing local help for el salvador on your comunidad de valle. Damian and we begin with some amazing opportunities for women over at vta. With me on the show are shannon arms. Shes a vta transportation superintendent, and alma ramirez is a bus tech trainer. Welcome to the show, ladies. Shannon arms thank you for having us. Damian yeah, no shannon, tell us about these amazing opportunities for women. Well, for everybody, but in particular for women at vta. Shannon yeah, well, thank you for the opportunity to speak about it. So my name is shannon arms. Im a transportation superintendent at Valley Transportation Authority in san jose, vta. And we have started a great cohort of women who are all currently Bus Operators or light rail operators or previously been a bus or light rail operator, and we are hoping to recruit as many women as we can into the transportation agency. Damian why is that important to the agency . Shannon well, you know, women have been under representa