Hello and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle from north korea to syrias president Donald Trumps Foreign Policy is literally all over the map north korea says it is open to direct talks with washington only to be met with preconditions in syria where the u. S. Has no legal right to be in the first place peace is within view but this is not what the trumpet ministration want. Crosscutting missing diplomacy im joined by my guest musin in washington he is the executive Vice President of the Eurasia Center in new york we have daniel is our he is an author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle East Eastern Europe and the Us Constitution and in Fort Lauderdale we have ivan eland hes a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated daniel let me go to you first you were calling th
It would be operation and maintenance that would move it. Because as i understand it, it is moving it from one location for the to the east. So there would be some cost in rail or truck or driving, you know, transportation costs that would be out of onm costs whether that is out of the do you have any thoughts about the well, it is part of the contingencies of a dangerous world. As you saw, a lot of what we have in the overseas contingency account is onm funds. Not just for the middle east, but also for what is happening in the far east and in the Eastern Europe as well. On syria, carter said they want enough people entering the program to to send a force in to fight isil. Was that news to you . Is there any hope left for that program . [laughter] hope is not a strategy, isnt that the theme of the day . I dont know. He is not the first person who has said iraq is easy compared to syria. You know, i see little prospect of having a ground force that ray trains, that can push back against
Seventh straight quarters that amazon has been in the black. Deidre bosa, san francisco. Despite amazons pull back in late day trading today the stock is up more than 7 this year similar to other tech stocks. In fact, the tech focus nasdaq 100 has risen more than 5. 5 since the 2015 easily outperforming both the dow and s p 500. But there are some headwinds and additionally some tailwinds but those headwinds could derail the rally that has been going on in the tech sector since the beginning of the year. Scott tesler head of Technology Equity search as cfra search and he joins us now to discuss. Scott, technologies off to a good start. Can it keep it up . To some extent we think so, tyler. Its basically tied for first as the best performing s p 500 sector at least through january up 4. 2 and we think that really reflects a couple of realities. One is these stocks were not, lets say, loved post election. A lot of people were gravitating too sectors and names that people thought would be
For burberry, as the designer calls the market challenging, weighing on sales growth and sending shares lower in london trade. Akzonobels First Quarter profit beats expectations as the paintmaker unveils a new strategy it hopes will secure its future as a standalone firm amid a bidding battle with ppg. Good morning, everyone. Yes, youre watching street signs. Glad youre with us on the show today we have all things covered coming from the political side in response to theresa may calling the snap election for june 8th. What does it mean for your money and your investments. Well talk much more about this during the show. Lets look at the European Equity markets. Looking at a fairly mixed picture. The ftse 100 off by 0. 1 after the index saw its biggest oneday loss since the brexit vote yesterday. This was in large part because of the strength that we saw in the pound sterling, but also the weakness in the mining stocks. Xetra dax is up by 20 points. Cac 40 hugging the flat line. Lets con
Countdown. I am anna edwards. Manus breaking news, let us take it off with statoil, the Norwegian Energy giant. The market was looking for profit of 294 million. That is considerably less, the understatement at the start of the reporting day. Adjusted earnings at 913 million, that was after 1. 3 billion Capital Expenditures cut, adjusted net loss at 28 million. The estimate was for a net of 294 million. They are holding on to their output guidance. However, they have cut down to 12 billion, the first of a feast, as it were, a breaking news. We will have the ceo, eldar saetre. Anna let us get on to another corporate breaking numbers, that is santander. The bank of course based in spain, but operates globally, they have given us a net profit in lineillion euros, with the estimate of 2. 8 5 billion euros. They say they have a goal of raising Dividend Per Share in 2016. A business that has a number of headaches, eliminating around 1400 jobs in spain just this year. Low Interest Rate enviro