He had Health Issues in the past that he has managed well during his tenure as Prime Minister. He resigned abruptly the last time he was Prime Minister in 2007 because of his health condition. David he is the longestserving Prime Minister, but he was quite influential. One of the things bloomberg is concerned about is abenomics. He came in with three arrows. Was that a success . Sheila i think it is a mixed bag. I will leave it to the economist to delve into the details. There two details are two pieces of what he did manage to accomplish. One is structural reforms. He and his government were impressive in agricultural reform, one of the structural impediments to participate in the ttp, the regional trade pact. He tried to increase womens participation in the economy. Some people would have liked to see more women, but he managed to make some strides there. Progress in slight the labor market reforms he tackled, but he did not accomplish what the japanese wanted, which is to see their
The 27,700 level. Remember, it was 18,000 on march 23rd. The s p, what, nearly 3400. New alltime high. The nasdaq well over the 11,000 mark. Who would have thought of that. Add it all up and yes, we are now in a brand new bull market. Heres another reason for the rally. Terrific performance from major retailers, target, out today with a blowout report. Online sales nearly tripled. It was targets best overall growth rate ever. That stock is going straight up. Add this to the numbers from walmart, home depot and its clear the major retailers won big by staying open in the lockdown. Really, though, kind of tough on the smaller operators. Got to get to it. The convention, boring in my judgment. Tv ratings way down. Wheres the excitement . Everything is on tape and the whole thing lacks the spontaneity of a live crowd. The performance of the old guard, bill clinton, john kerry and a grim chuck schumer. The bright spot was aocs oneminute appearance. She nominated Bernie Sanders. The democrat
Split. Well tell you why invesetors ae piling in today. Energy companies have shut in production we have the latest on the impact of tropical storms marco and laura. Power lunch starts right now thank you, tyler as you mentioned its shaping up to be another record breaking week on wall street. That means even more evidence mounting that stocks are getting pretty expensive bob is following the markets for us bob. Yes it is. Right now we have very light summer volume. We have fairly narrow trading range today. I like what i see and i like what i see for one particular reason for once its not all about Technology Stock it started out that way at the open but it quickly changed and investers decided maybe the tech stocks are too pricey afterall today were seeing Energy Stocks bank stocks out performing, even industrials out performing the Technology Sec tore. Thats a big change of pace for the last couple of weeks i want to show you something to give you an example of how it changed. Apple
And critical people what defines afrikaans i think. We need to champion in one sound. And we explore the angolan capital wanda we see the bankers who clearly. But fast let me ask you a question who gets to decide how africa and its history is put treat up until this point in time most history books on africa have been reluctant from a Western Point of view for children especially there are very few books which sell the story of all continent from our own perspective but d tangs finally changing south african his story i know my longer tees it has taken matters into her own hands and published how on african history book for keep. Well. Lets read. But today shes. So happy because. Im a little girl wow. With a book with. Some of the frickin history in the hopes to prepare. It for the future by teaching her the history of my people. Based on my own experience as an african that. The one thing that africans value that has and cut them through centuries of pain is knowing where they are and
Big meeting in the palace of independence. The campaign to nominate candidates for delegates to the allbelarus Peoples Assembly has started, elections will be held from april 1 to 10, comments from the head of the central election commission. Become a manager without classes or exams, trading diplomas in poland, the asking price is 10 thousand zlotys. A ticket to the big ice, the final tournament of the republican hockey competitions. Golden puck. The effectiveness of import substitution and exports are three Growth Drivers that will allow the country to develop further, named today at a large meeting with the president. The focus is on the development of the Mineral Resource base, in other words, the extraction and use of our Mineral Resources. At the large meeting , a wide range of government participants, scientists, governors, heads of belarus oil and belarus potassium. The president asks from the first minutes. Todays meeting, all minerals are our national treasure, a Strategic Re