Hikes and Share Buybacks. Germany in Strong Demand by ireland, italy and greece. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hello and welcome, everyone, to brand new edition of worldwide exchange. Ross westgate is feeling under the weather today. We hope he feels better soon. Julia is still in rome. The pboc, nearly 8 billion was taken out through bond purchasing agreements. Traders say the decision is a hawkish move, highlighting the pbocs desire to tighten Monetary Policy. Meantime, the boj is signaling its ready to help japans economy for the long haul. One day after disappointing data, the bank of japan held its policy view and kept lending steady. Using a driving metaphor, the boj governor kuroda said the moves were like putting new tires on a car to make for a stronger engine. Joining us now to discuss those moves is jeffrey anew, strategist at ubs. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. Its quite interesting to see that
Expressed strong confidence in what they saw as my gifts or emerging gift, i always doubted them. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. United healthcare online at uhc. Com. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill our lead story tonight negotiations in the senate aimed to break the stalemate in washington. The talks came with the partial Government Shutdown now two weeks old, and the debt ceiling deadline just three days away. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. After meeting over the weekend and again thi
Stay with us live from paris. Those are your latest headlines. First, developing news from egypt. The egyptian Prime Minister has confirmed the surprise news that the countrys armybacked government has resigned. He made the announcement in a televised address. He gave no clear reason for the decision. The local newspaper claims the decision was made after a 15minute cabinet meeting. We are bringing you more on that developing story from egypt a little later. Lets move on to ukraine. The country toss authorities have announced there is a war and out for the arrest of former moscowbacked president a warrant out for the arrest of former moscowbacked president Viktor Yanukovych. A caretaker president was appointed by parliament. Andcorrespondent is in kiev joins us now. Viktor yanukovych, president of the country last friday. By monday, he is officially a fugitive. Absolutely. There is a search for the missing president. For a president that they are calling a murderer. There has been swir
Because of this particular fire caused so much devastation and anxiety among those people who live in that part of eastern australia. Ministry putfense its hand up and acknowledge this . What we are hearing in eastern australia tonight is the military says its investigation are still continuing. The fire service said it has carried out its own inquiry and is satisfied the military was to blame. Causes ofook at the fire inustralia, many cause by lightning strikes or power cables rubbing together, causing sparks and strong winds. The work of arsonist cannot be discounted. Also the work of careless or reckless drivers flicking cigarette butts out of their car windows. It is very unusual for the military to be brought into this, so i would imagine the military top brass here in australia will not only be extremely concerned, they will be fairly devastated, too, that the actions of their staff, it would seem, would cause such a monumental inferno west of sydney. Thanks very much, indeed. Fr
Government is on the verge of collapse following the announcement that five ministers from Silvio Berlusconis people of Freedom Party plan to resign. The vice premier made the announcement a day after Prime Minister enrico letta said his Coalition Partners would support him in a vote of confidence. Tensions have been rising since the formers conviction for tax evasion. Joining us now on the line from rome is patty. Give us some more of the background to this news. The events have accelerated very fast in the last week. The straw that broke this particular camels back came midweek when the current prime , enrico letta, was in , doing a roadshow to encourage investors, particularly north american italy in, to invest in 2014. While he was doing that, at the very moment he was meeting on wall street, mr. Berlusconi held a meeting with his on parliamentarians, in which he accused the left of criminal. Deology he called on all his parliamentarians to resign. If he did that when mr. Let er mr