That the manchester suicide bomber, salman abedi, was a potential threat. This week we get a health check on chinas engine of economic growth, its Manufacturing Sector. An sri lankas government is facing criticism for the sale of valuable Infrastructure Projects to china. Welcome to Asia Business report. From high tech gadgets do Economic Data to defence. They are all on the agenda for investors in asia this week. Tomorrow asias Biggest Technology fair opens in taiwan. And the state of the chinese economy has beenin the state of the chinese economy has been in the news recently with Moody S Downgrading the debt rating, and on wednesday we get another peek into the key Manufacturing Sector with release of the official purchases index. And on friday, top defence chiefs from the region will c0 nve lg e defence chiefs from the region will converge in singapore at a major annual defence caught. Early i spoke and asked what we could expect from the computex conference . And asked what we cou
Treacherous weather system that will blanket much of the country. Already one vehicle pilep has had deadly results. Three people killed, Dozens Injured along michigans interstate 96. The Chain Reaction crash happened in near whiteout conditions. Dangerous travel. A polar vortex. Much more. All of that part of the system making its way here. Heres Kristen Dahlgren with the details. Another multivehicle accident near erie, pennsylvania, shut down parts of interstate 90 and sent several people to the hospital. In upstate new york, a funnel cloud along with blowing snow and slippery roads. We had to drive really slow. Even the professionals had trouble. Some areas could see more than two feet of lake effect snow. Out west, places like silem and portland, oregon, under a blanket of snow and ice. Schools and city offices closed and flights canceled. An arctic blast hitting hard across much of the country. Walla walla washington, just 16 degrees. Bolder dropped to 3, and casper, wyoming, a bo
Much of the country in the coming days. There was a deadly 40vehicle pileup where three were killed and a dozen injured along interstate 96. It happened near whiteout conditions, dangerous travel, a polar vortex and much, much more. All of that is on the way. Here is nbcs kristin dahl grin. Reporter another multivehicle accident near erie, pennsylvania, sent several people to the hospital. In upstate new york, a funnel cloud, along with blowing snow and slippery roads. We had to drive really slow. Even the professionals had trouble. Some areas could see more than two feet of this lake effect snow. Out west, another storm system, places like salem and portland, oregon, under a blanket of snow and ice. Schools and city offices closed and flights canceled. An arctic blast hitting hard across much of the country. Walla walla, washington, just 16 degrees. Boulder, 3. Casper, wyoming, a bonechilling 30 below. 44 degrees lower than normal. It is far from over. The polar vortex could plunge te
Many of americans are in the blanket of a deadly weather these days. A deadly pileup and a dozen injured in michigan. It happened near whiteout conditions, dangerous travel, a polar vortex and much, much more. All of that is really on the way. Heres nbcs kristen dolgren. Reporter another multivehicle accident near erie, pennsylvania shut down several people to the hospital. In upstate new york, a funnel cloud, along with proceeding snow and slippery roads. We had to drive really slow. Reporter even the professionals had trouble. Some areas could see more than two feet of this lake effect snow. Out west, places like salem and portland, oregon, under a blanket of snow and ice, schools and city offices closed and flights cancelled. Across much of the country. Wallia wallia washington 16 degrees, boulder dropped to 3. And casper, wyoming, a bone chiming 30 below, 44 degrees lower than normal. And its far from over t. Polar vortex could plunge temperatures even lower next week. Our meteorol
Regulation, cybersecurity and possible conflicts of interest. This is 2 and a half hours. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we will come to order. We will hear testimony on the nomination of jay clayton the chairman of the United States securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Clayton has extensive experience in our Financial Markets is a highly regarded securities lawyer. For decades he has helped Companies Access our Capital Markets. Increase their ability to invest in the United States and growth and create jobs. One area in which he has already indicated he will focus is Capital Formation. Capital markets drive innovation and job creation and axis is the lifeblood of our economy. The jobs act helped revitalize the primary markets in both congress and should allow companies to the public and allow investors to share in their success. Recently this committee marked several bipartisan securities bills and encourage you mr. Clayton, if confer