And their ride ends with this after seven yea rs, the new York City Taxi drivers calendar is rolling out its final edition. Well be speaking to mrjune. Israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has responded angrily to his indictment on charges of corruption. The accusations relate to cases that involved gifts mr netanyahu received from wealthy figures, as well as alleged efforts to get better Media Coverage in return for favours. It adds to the uncertainty for a country without a stable government, after two elections in a year. Gareth barlow reports. Benjamin netanyahu, israels longest serving Prime Minister, has been indicted with fraud, breach of trust and bribery. After months of deliberation, the attorney general and former political ally said he made the decision with a heavy heart. Translation with a heavy heart i decided to indict him. With a heavy heart but also wholeheartedly, out of a deep sense of duty for the rule of law and the public interest. The accusations that he
No response as of yet from the company. This is less than the amount Travis Kalanick has sold already since the lockup expired. Guy here in europe, very light volume. Stoxx 600 down by 0. 1 . Bottom,stocks at the firmly in the red. The euro is actually negative today. Saw germany avoiding recession, but the euro is down because that is going to make it less likely that we get german fiscal stimulus. But weig move, though, are trading around the 1. 10 level. The german tenyear has bounced back by 10 basis points this week. Today we are down by another four basis points, so we are starting to get a little but of traction back in the bond market right now. I suspect the euro is about the german story. The german tenyear story i think is more about the trade story. Vonnie hong kong crippled by chaos for a fourth straight day. Public schools are closed through sunday. Companies telling employees to stay home. Major events are being canceled, and some train lines suspended. Earlier, chinas s
Federal reserve. Thank you, chair powell, for coming to our committee today to testify on the economy. We know youre on a tight schedule and in order to keep you on schedule and ensure all members have an opportunity to ask questions, i ask unanimous consent to deviate from the fiveminute rule. Members will be recognized during the questionandanswer succession for three minutes without objections and the Ranking Member and i will be recognized for five minutes instead of ten. So ordered. Per agreement we will reduce our time for opening remarks and both be recognized for three minutes. I know yield myself three minutes which i will not use, but once again, thank you for being here. Its been seven years since the chair of the Federal Reserve has appeared before this committee and we are very grateful for your being willing to do that. And i want to say at the outset, im going to submit my written testimony for the record to save time. But i also want to make sure you know we wholehearte
West virginia, new york, and california. As always, we will take your calls come and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is saturday, october 12. Welcome to washington journal as Congress Continues its recess over this long holiday weekend, we continue to track house and Senate Members at town hall meetings. The number of town halls is up this year, due to the increase in freshman lawmakers. Lawmakers of course are spending lots of time on local issues as well. Thesion is when question is, when lawmakers return to washington next week, can they balance impeachment legislating . Can they do both at the same time . Participateyou will tak in this program, we will take your calls over whether lawmakers can balance impeachment and legislating. Republicans can call 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independence, 202 7488002 is your number. Several other ways to take part in the conversation, you can send us a te
Silence. Bloomberg will be covering those events through the morning. Alix 18 years. In the markets, you have seen the s p hold steady, but the churn beneath it has been quite staggering. A huge, unbelievable shift, added momentum into value since value weeen into have seen since 2009. Youre seeing some buying in the bond market. Yields down by about two basis points. Over in europe, couldnt decide on a bond bear or bull day. Time now for the global exchange, where we bring you the market moving news from around the world. Joining us are bloombergs enda curran in hong kong, in london, emma chandra, and Michael Mckee joins us in new york. The Hong Kong Exchange made an unprecedented 36. 6 billion offer for the london talk exchange. Bloomberg london Stock Exchange. Bloombergs enda curran has more. Enda obviously this is a very ambitious corporate transaction. , itably more importantly would be a real test of Investor Perception towards hong kong. Remember, this raises all kinds of questi