75 years on from devastation the people of hiroshima mark the use of the First Nuclear bomb with silent prayers. And coming up this hour. Beavers are given the right to remain in england 15 family groups are given permisssion to stay, 400 years after the animals were hunted to extinction in the country. Hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Aid from around the world has started to arrive in lebanon after the devastating chemical explosion in the port area of beirut on tuesday. The death toll now stands at 137 people, but is expected to rise. More than 5000 people were injured in the explosion. The country is begining three days of National Mourning as a two week state of emergency is declared in the region. And as leaders from around the world pledge their support for the relief effort, the french president Emmanuel Macron is due to meet his lebanese counterpart this mornin
Meeting to order at this time and i would like to, if i may, give just a brief overview of what you can expect. We called the meeting to order that would have been an Opening Statement of the chair and Ranking Member, Opening Statements from chairwoman waters and are witnesses will give their Opening Statement and then we will have q and a of witnesses and adjournments. The title of todays hearing is protecting homeowners during the pandemic oversight of Mortgage Services implementations of the cares act. Without objection the cares authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Also without objection members of the committee who are not members of the subcommittee may participate in todays hearing for the purposes of making an Opening Statement and asking questions of witnesses. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Members also are reminded that they are responsible for muting and on meeting
Chambers testify about their concerns. From february until april of 2020. But the closure rates for minority owned businesses are significantly higher with 41 of blackowned businesses, 32 of latino acts owned businesses and 22 of asian businesses. They closed over the same time frame. Now, in april of this year the federal return bank of new york reported that minority and women owned businesses are significantly more likely to show signs of limited Financial Health and are twice as likely to be classified as at risk for distress then nonminorities Small Businesses. Further, companies are three times likely as healthy businesses to close because of [inaudible]. The pcp program established under the cares act and administered by the Small Business administration and treasury as funding lifeline for distressed businesses responding to the culminating pandemic. What recent analysis by the color of change and the u no space United States found only one in ten African American and late lati
All right. I dont consider myself a journalist. And, nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . We are here today with chuck schwab, one of the bestknown figures in the American Business world, certainly has been so over the last several decades because of his ubiquitous face and his ads, but also because of the Great Company he has built, which is one of the leading Financial Service companies in the united states. He has now just written a book, called invested by Charles Schwab and i want to talk about that and his life, which is incredible. Let me start by asking about something you made news with just recently. Your Company Announced you are not just going to do discount brokerage, you are going to give away brokerage for free. In other words, if i want to buy some stock, i call up, i have an a
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