Filipinos go to the polls today. For continuity or change from manila . Gie welcome to first up i am angie lau. Lets check in on the markets in the asiapacific. New zealand, we are seeing losses of one third of 1 , but its a stronger new Zealand Dollar at . 68 after chinas exports show signs of stability. Were counting down to the open in australia and japan. Futures in australia, pointing slower open. Ally lets get over to japan, checking futures trading in chicago, pointing to a higher open, this after the nikkei 225 came back in the red after a threeday holiday. It was a it was one quarter of 1 down. Weve got the japanese yen weakening. Of course, no trading in the philippines because it is election day. The latest trade and Foreign Exchange data from china point to more stabilization, but signs are modest. Weve got Stephen Engle going through the numbers. Stephen its modest at best definitely. Its not a huge recovery. The numbers are not falling off the cliff like they used to be.
225 putting the figure had 20 million, although honda will not confirm that. The elections are underway in the philippines with more than 50 million voters eligible. At stake is an economy described as asias rising tiger. Follow me on twitter. Hong kong markets getting underway in 30 minutes. We are a pickup on index, up over three quarters of 1 . In two weeks. In this will be the first time japan has been online for all five trading days of the week after being shut last week and that prior friday. A little bit of a comeback today , helping alongside the weaker yen. Taiwan just coming online. Singapore, a good opening. Pretty flat in malaysia on the open. The south korea underperforming. The Australian Market had a shaky start. We are seeing gains coming through in the early session. Asx 200 up. New zealand, down 1 10 of 1 . We will see Better Movement in the region today. Positive gains coming through in the u. S. Session on friday. Betting thatomists the likelihood of a jew rate hik
The researchers even accidentally caught nine fish on the bay every one of them plastic microbeads in their system. That could have implications for animals higher up the food chain including people. I never heard of that before. Reporter this fisherman says now he has one more thing to worry about. Complaining about mercury here in the bay, you know, so reporter now you have microbeads. Microbeads, i guess. [ laughter ] reporter and its not just a problem here in the bay. Its affecting waterways everywhere and thats why state lawmakers recently passed a bill that would ban the sale of personal products that contain microbeads. The passed the assembly and the senate. Its awaiting the signature of the governor. In San Francisco, im joe vazquez, kpix 5. So are the Oakland Raiders taking a jab at their cross bay rivals and the host of super bowl 50 . It appears the team is not on the same page as the rest of the league when it comes to celebrating the nfls golden season. Dennis odonnell h
Bridge office in oakland with the explanation. Jackie, whats going on . Reporter well, anne, caltrans started this whole press conference with that unexpected news of the implosion being rescheduled, plus now they have to wait for slack tides to occur. Caltrans is calling the scheduled implosion of the largest of the piers of the former bay bridge an incredible milestone, but the anticipation has to wait. Our contractor and the quality control, Quality Assurance process that we have, for the explosives, it didnt meet our spec and we just said nope. Were sticking to our plan. Reporter the sixsecond series of under water charges is the result of two years of research by a team of engineers and environmentalists. Hundreds of small charges will be set off microseconds apart to set a smaller shock wave. What were trying to do is peel back the concrete. Thats what this blast plan is for to peel back the concrete so the structure no longer supports itself. And then gravity is what does the wo
Impress owners. The mayor has said no taxpayer money would be committed to building a stadium. The city has just now hired a consultant to study how to pay for nearly 1 billion project. Even so, it will be the first presentation from the city of oakland to any owners group. The absence of any program last may was noted by the nfl commissioner. I dont know if its a point of frustration or but its certainly a point of information. Reporter next weeks meeting with nfl officials in new york could be a tough sell for oakland, other cities fighting to keep their team st. Louis and san diego are further along in the planning and time is running short. Asked to make this happen. Reporter you know, the raiders have been in oakland a long time. It is not a lastditch effort. We are not in a moment of desperation. Reporter and that was the mayor talking to us just about 30 minutes ago. She is headed to new york november 11 to tell her story and why the raiders should stay here, is it enough . What