A fast so despite threats of violence and the big tech investment that greece is banking on to reboot its economy in sport, the match up for the last mens tennis final of the year has an unfamiliar look. Not a joke of it should rafael nadal both be knocked out of the a. T. P. Finals. Ethiopian Government Forces are pushing ahead with their advance on the capital city of the northern take grey region. They say they plan to encircle its capital mechanic with tanks and seize it. Its under control of the tikrit Peoples Liberation front. Reuters news agency is reporting the t. P. R. Left is standing firm. Its destroyed, roads and bridges to slow any government offensive. Fighting has forced people to flee for safety. More than 30000. 00 refugees have crossed the border into sudan. Im about, oh, isnt that a stab . Or he says the plot, the plans to surround mcalary seem very advanced. The Government Forces idea yet to reach the outskirts of the city of mccullough couple of the to grow region.
Rally has fed into crude. Propelled thates price. People look beyond the covid to a look beyond to a returned to normal. Gold pretty much stable appeared bitcoin at record highs. Up about two thirds of 1 . We have a u. S. Dollar index unchanged. Lets have a look at the copper price. Copper advancing. The highest price and a more than six years. It is under president elect joe bidens formal transition. The hope is there will be a move toward a Lower Carbon Energy future. That britain the outlook for its demand. As has what is going on in china up. Joining in all of that. Lets have a look at the transition in more detail as we get over to new york and join Karina Mitchell for the first word news. Introduced biden has his foreignpolicy and Security Experts as he seeks to calm relations with International Friends and foes. The president elect is promising a multilateral approach, reversing the America First tragedy of the Trump Administration. He will prioritize ending damaging executive o
Welcome you to this virtual conversation. Europe holds and free the future of the the line was unintentional, but we did it. Todays event is sponsored by our global europe around under the direction of our newly minted director, dan hamilton, who will take over managing this program for me in a little while. Its also sponsored by our kennon institute in partnership with the u. S. Helsinki commission. Dannon joins the Wilson Center after holding a variety of patients in the u. S. Department of state, including notably, assistant secretary for european affair responsible for nato, the osce and transatlantic Security Issues of the nordic, baltic, and balkan affairs. He also retains an affiliation with and taught for a while at johns hopkins. Our conversation today marks an important milestone. 30 years ago today, the charter of paris for the new europe was signed by 34 european and north american countries symbolizing an end to the 40year division of europe into two hostile camps. It form
Over the weekend an i. T. Firm said foot traffic in tokyo remained unchanged from a week earlier. Thats based on mobile phone data gathered with users consent. But there are far fewer visitors in Tourist Spots outside the capital compared to the november 23rd long weekend. The number of people was down 38 in china town south of to tokyo. People are also getting prepared for the new year holiday season. A shrine is selling new years lu lucky charms earlier than usual. I thought it would be better to visit now than over new ye s years. It will be so crowded and we need to be mindful of others. We cant aany infections from shrine, so i want people to visit between december and february so we dont see crowds over new years. Officials reported 1,425 new cases across the countrien on monday. More than 149,000 people in japan have been infected since the pandemic began. Over 2,100 people have died. The price tag of the tokyo listens and paralympics continues to rise after the games were postp
Since our inception we believed in the power of partnerships. Id very much like to thank the center for Global Security analysis and our wonderful partners the museum of American Finance and the cfa society of new york who are sponsoring todays conversations. The centennial series was designed to shine a light on important trends. One of the things weve realized is reflecting on our history provides new insight into the current challenges that have disrupted and changed industries and Business Models. Todays session focuses on the challenges we face and survive as seen in the latest book j. P. Morgans fall and revival how the wave of consolidation changed americas premier bank. Im proud to say j. P. Morgan is the largest employer of the schools graduates and i know many of them are on today. A few ground rules. First, president and ceo of the museum of American Finance will introduce Nicholas Sergeant following the discussion we will facilitate audience questions and ask you type your