Leaked that were very frank about his assessment of the president , and it was not very flattering. It was business as usual, but five hours later that proves not to be the case. David but President Trump really had gone after him, even calling him stupid and things like that. At the same time, the British Government backed him. But it is hard to do your job if they are not going to talk to you. Alix for sure. But also the leaking. He was supposed to report back. That was the point. In the markets, we are seeing a bond selloff headed into the fed , particularly on the long end and in europe. German bund yields are at their highest level since three weeks ago. You have persistent weakness in the equity markets, down 2 10 of 1 . It is a mixed dollar story. Some industrial output from europe. Eurodollar goes nowhere. Yields up by about three basis points, 2. 1 . We havent seen that in about a month. Crude, lots of things boosting crew today. Russian production is down. More harsh words fr
Consent agenda, approving the minutes of the may 21, 2019 motion. Okay. I second the motion. All in favor . The ayes have it. Clerk item 4, Wastewater Treatment plant update. So Tom Birmingham from the Wastewater Treatment plant will be providing us an update. Thank you for having me this morning to talk about the project. My name is Tom Birmingham, and im the director for the Wastewater Treatment plant for the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. Today, im going to give you a quick overview of the location and objectives. Ill talk about some of the Technology Decisions that have been made and some of the other things that were going through right now. So as youre aware, Treasure Island is an island in the middle of the bay. Theres a Wastewater Treatment plant out there, as well as other Wastewater Infrastructure which is ageing and well past its useful life. This is all old navy legacy infrastructure which is a challenge to maintain. However, the staff that works for the p. U. C
And is the us treasury about to intervene to weaken the dollar . Also in the programme the trade disupte betweenjapan and south korea that could have wide ranging implications for the Global Technology industry. Markets in europe have started the day, most headed upwards, but only just, we will talk you through the reason why. And well be getting the inside track on how to find the time to start a business while still doing the dayjob. Well be talking to one of the founders of a watch making firm who has done just that. Its the lithjuly and the bbqs will be sizzling across america. The latest figures show sales of plant based Meat Alternatives in the us are up, this so we want to know what do you put on your bbq . Is the future meat free . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Many comments already on what goes on your barbecues, keep them clean, many of them we cannot even read out loud because of the language send us someone loud because of
Commissioner haney, and we appreciate your presence. Clerk item number 2, general public comment. Are there any items that are not on the agenda that the public would like to make a comment . Seeing none clerk item number 3, consent agenda, approving the minutes of the may 21, 2019 motion. Okay. I second the motion. All in favor . The ayes have it. Clerk item 4, Wastewater Treatment plant update. So Tom Birmingham from the Wastewater Treatment plant will be providing us an update. Thank you for having me this morning to talk about the project. My name is Tom Birmingham, and im the director for the Wastewater Treatment plant for the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. Today, im going to give you a quick overview of the location and objectives. Ill talk about some of the Technology Decisions that have been made and some of the other things that were going through right now. So as youre aware, Treasure Island is an island in the middle of the bay. Theres a Wastewater Treatment plan
Emeryville. Reporter this is all about Small Business owners, particularly small Restaurant Owners with under 55 employees who say they cannot take this next increase in minimum wage. They are asking the city council for a pause on the increase minimum wage. This will be the second vote on the pause ordinance at the emeryville city council. Small local Restaurant Owners like Wayne Boucher say they may have to lay off staff if the cost of payment has to go any higher and that is if they manage to stay open at all. It is hard when it went to 15 but we managed to struggle through that, i do not know about this. Here is how it stands now, on july 1st the minimum wage increased the highest in the nation at 16. 30 an hour. It had been at 15. The pause ordinance was given an exemption for restaurants under 50 employees. Now, if this passes, this pause ordinance passes the city council tonight to stop the minimum wage increase, labor activists are ready, they have circulated petitions here in