In terms of pmis. May look ata data august manufacturing pmi, 51. 7, in line with expectations. Economists were expecting 51. 7. The dollar dropping to a two year low. U. S. Features climbing after chinese manufacturing data that indicated exports are underpinning a recovery, and the euro leading the charge against the dollar. The weaker dollar fueled commodities with copper climbing. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london, this is laura wright. Expectgermany does not economic fallout from the coronavirus to be as bad as previously thought. The updated forecasts are officially released today. Europes biggest economy has staged a rebound after collapsing in the Second Quarter. Global trade is on course to recover more quickly than the 2008 financial crisis, according to germanys institute for the world economy. It said shipping volumes are back at levels faster than it took after the lehman collapse. Argentina has received support to restructure its overseas debt , that pav
Dozens of hostages freed at least 20 killed after a siege at a sikh center in the Afghan Capital is. A turkey lympics is pushed back a year and athletes from around the world have voiced their relief at no im happy to be petering the current virus pandemic well hear from them in the next hour. Well the largest lockdown yet in the fight against the coronavirus is underway with 1300000000 people in india now under orders to stay in their homes the restrictions will last for 21 days now india is only seen around 600 confirmed cases so far but there are fears that that could rise quickly all europe remains the current at the center of the outbreak more than 500 people died in spain just in the past 24 hours. Raising the death toll there to nearly 2700 but theres also concern the u. S. Could be the next hot spot infections in new york have now said to more than 25000 and that number is rising rapidly and just in the past few hours u. S. Senate leaders agreed on a stimulus package to help He
Europes preserve take to the stage here a ballot in european film awards will introduce you to the way. And have a home for a glad you could join me firefighters in australia battling hundreds of fires in the countrys east now they include a massive bush fog north of the largest city sydney it was formed when many smaller blazes joined together and Authorities Say that it is now too big to put out. Grass fires bushfires. And even a finite a deadly swell of flames spinning out of control. These are just some of the dozens of blazes this is a ripping across the. East in australia several fires have come together in a mega fire in an area roughly 60 kilometers across leaving the nearby city of sydney swaped in toxic smoke. The speed and unpredictability of the fire leaves rural residents with little choice so any torn him or just come out of the sorcery just leaves bushfires a common in australia but meteorologists say Climate Change is exacerbating this fire season its an extreme challen
The women featured in the movie she was one of the Space Programs hidden figures, she was an engineer at the nasa special center in huntsville and alabama working for the sponsor tonights event, she worker on a team that determine the path if the rocket fell back, their work was vital for safety planning in after a successful career in technology she now teaches for the next generation of computer workers, please join me and recognizing and welcoming this marion lead johnson. applause but liz johnson tonight speaker certainly knows what its like to blaze trails and defy expectations. Throughout this year 50th and a victory celebrations of the apollo 11th mission, ive been moved by those stories that i finally find a spotlight on the inspiring woman who helped make our exploration of space possible. We were lucky to have three of them today on the panel with us tonight. A space engineer, engineer popular guy and medical researcher tactics carolyn. Each of our speakers tell us about her
February 6, regular meeting. Directors, any changes to the february 6 Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, open Public Comment for item 4, february 6 Meeting Minutes and close Public Comment. Could i have a motion and second . So moved. Second. Please call the roll. Motion to approve the minutes, henderson aye. Hinze, aye. Tarlov, aye. Eaken, aye. Thank you. The minutes are approved. Places on item 5, communications. I have none. Moving to item 6, introduction of new or Unfinished Business by Board Members. Colleagues, any new or Unfinished Business on todays agenda . Seeing none, no need for Public Comment. Item 7, the directors report. Thank you. First i like to introduce transit director julie curshbalm for our staff recognition. Good afternoon. It is mytransit director, it is my profound pleasure to be recognizing miriam surel today. She will come up in a minute. But she is over there with family and staff to support. We are on a multiyear effort to better support transit operation staff