Estate market in the world sees value slide a bit well go to hong kong for the latest. This is your Business Report im stephen bears in the lead thanks for joining us. Credit to embed on the american donald trump all are scheduled to attend the annual World Economic Forum Meetings in davos switzerland which are getting underway monday sustainability and Climate Change are the main topics of the meeting activists like twin bed are putting more pressure on governments and Business Leaders to do more in stopping Climate Change the forum is introducing a scorecard this year to Rate Companies on how sustainably they act. Now ahead of davos American Money Management firm blackrock has grabbed a great deal of the attention of the finance world its c. E. O. Larry fisk announcing that the company would quote exit investments presenting a high sustainability related risk in quote for a start to festing hundreds of millions of dollars from coaling to businesses that could be a big deal black rock
Container is he waved back to the port more than 3700. 00 metric tons of Plastic Waste have been dispatched from malaysia back to the countries that originally dumped them since the 3rd quarter of last year. The illegal shipments of come from developed nations such as france the u. K. And the us Southeast Asian countries such as malaysia have been flooded with western rubbish since china refused to accept any more plastic shipments in 2018 but time and again there is a legal consignments of being rejected so we have sent 150 the our 110 more that we will send across the 3 different. Ports in malaysia and its the dumping countries that will foot the bill malaysia says it wont be paying a penny to send the stuff back. The International Monetary fund has cut Global Growth estimates for 2020 the leader of the i. M. F. Is in davos switzerland for the World Economic forum today to discuss the World Economic outlook the i. M. F. Reports that compared to the outlook report in october estimated
Allie rasmus, sara zendehnam, as mike and sal are enjoying a bit of time away. White christmas for folks up in the tahoe area. Absolutely beautiful. Yeah. And maybe even on some of the peaks here in the bay area. Hamilton and diablo. Cold enough and we are going to check in with rosemary in a second to find out. A lot of people counting down to christmas. For many people every gift, every family gathering, every meal documented on social media. However, a new survey shows many people would like to take a big old break from their phones. I am one of those people. According to a poll of 2000 parents, 80 said they would be willing to go on a digital detox. And 85 of parents admitted they needed to change their habits and would like to be present when they are with their family during the holidays. More than half of the people polled admitted they checked social media more frequently during the holidays and nearly half say they have had their holiday ruined because of social media. Sad. Do
Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, december 10th, im yasmin vossoughian, amin had an important family matter that kept him from making his flight back in time but he is on a red eye, as we speak. And will be back in the anchor chair tomorrow. We begin after weeks of hearings and countless hours of witness testimony, today democrats are expected to announce articles of impeachment against President Trump. Five sources familiar with the discussions telling nbc news democrats will bring two articles against the president , abuse of power, and obstruction of congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosis office announced last week that leaders of the house committees involved in the impeachment probe will hold a News Conference at 9 00 a. M. , this morning, to announce the next steps in the inquiry. Two people familiar with the matter are telling the Washington Post that under the current plan, the Judiciary Committee will vote on the articles on thursday setting up a floor vote for next week. Now t
Markets are struggling for direction. Stocks in the u. S. Are looking at record highs in markets around the world are trying to figure out how to put that against the fact the chinese economy is slowing. Andpean stocks getting 0. 2 you can see the 10 year yield at 1. 74. A good day to talk policy. Coming up, we speak to the Incoming European Commission her team of commissioners faces a confirmation vote in parliament. Lets its rate to new york with first word news. A worldbeating brexit trade deal. Thats what british carmakers want the next government to deliver. The society of Motor Manufacturers and traders say the key requirements include a friction this border, tariff free trade, and regulatory alignment. They spent more than 5 Million Pounds preparing for the exit from the eu. Of Chinese Industrial enterprise falling for the Third Straight month as Producer Prices continue falling and domestic demand slows. Early indicators suggesting the economy slowed for a seventh straight mont