Of fighting in Northern Nigeria. Opposition activists in syria say rebels have withdrawn from the strategically important town of homs shakun in Southern Province recapturing it is a significant victory for the Syrian Military and its allies russia the towns being in rebel hands is 2014. The rebels withdrawal follows days of fighting which saw them firing rockets into government territory and the l. Me has warned its forces that the battle isnt over yet. Rebels have also retreated from the last pockets of land they held in neighboring Hama Province their foothold in hama. Earliest days of the war then the holder has this from beirut. A major blow to the opposition they have lost significant ground what we understand is that rebel forces have withdrawn from the strategic town of and in southern that town was close to collapse saying the rebels have been also forced to withdraw from towns further south in the northern countryside because losing. Would mean they would be besieged in north
Its tuesday, august 27th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. The moon comes up and the sun goes down. We find a little spot at the edge of town. Sip of whiskey, pass it around. Dance in the dusk, turn the radio up. That fireball whiskey whispers. Cheryl welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. Lauren im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take a look at investors monitor every twist and turn in u. S. China trade relations. The dow is down after yesterdays gain by 80 points, the s p and nasdaq lower as well. Lauren 1. 52 is the yield on the 10 year treasury. Cheryl lets take a look at oil after comments froms president that crossed the tape this morning. Oil is up 40cents. Were at 54. 04. Gold is showing a slight gain, that flight to safety a little bit there. Lauren stocks in asia edging higher. The nikkei gaining 1 , shanghai composite gaining 1 and a third percent. Cheryl european markets lower, theres a slight contraction in german gdp. Red arrows continue across the board across the
This fund in times of turbulence. We saw them withdrawing as markets calmed. Traders tell me this is usually a cash parking vehicle. Sarah i have been keeping an rates, or theven spread between nomination yields and those on similar maturity. Really all month long, we have seen them moving lower. 10year and 30 year, we have seen them fall the most this month than any other month this year. I spoke with the head of u. S. Ate strategy over a ups ubs. He said they are following along with the story and equities and oil, also saying it is setting a similar message as to the inverted yield curve. Lisa thank you so much. Andl with us, dances of the dan suzuki and luke kawa. I want to pick up on a notable theme. I wonder what your take is, that even though the Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates by 23 more times this year, it seems to be ineffective in getting the yield curve to steepen. What is the message . Dan i think the messages that things are slowing down. Theres a lot being made
Sunday after Supreme Court judges in the british territory ordered its release a new crew is on board and the super tanker has also been given a new name its now sail under the iranian flag after its registration was switched from panama under simmons has the latest from japan. Heading towards this renamed reregistered ship 44. 00 days after she was seized off the coast of gibraltar broad edification systems still saying grace was destination the mediterranean. As you can see theres nothing on the flagpole now the problem a flag has been removed apparently iranian flag will eventually arrive and down below theres no signage whatsoever to indicate what name this vessel has it is the exit and area it was grace warned but no sign of it now but Navigation Systems all of them indicates that its still grey swan so in terms of maritime law this vessel really has no visible identity i think. If they do that. Then midway through friday afternoon came and i looked there was a transmission from t
Your District Supervisor recently after a very lengthy community iterative process and the expenditure of millions of dollars, two developments trying to go forward could not in fact. And so that is thats what sometimes happens when the risks are great, the costs are high, and we get these Great Community benefits that then tip those particular parcels and i think you know the two that im thinking of. I do know the two you are thinking of, and one has been purchased by the city and 100 Affordable Housing. I dont know if its the worst outcome from that project. I dont think we need to belabor this point, i dont think you can point to one example and thats what worries me, right . I mean aside from little excellent arguments made by my colleagues around, you know, sort of putting a definition of Affordable Housing that includes one individual who earns 128,000 a year, which is very problematic, i dont think it would work anyway because what developer who whats the 1956, you get like an a