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
Data, the u. S. Saying that beijing underplayed the number of cases and deaths. And we work may take legal action that softbank wants better terms on theirh rescue plan. Haidi . Inflationary pressures or lack thereof from south korea coming through the cps for the month of march. We are seeing a contraction of 0. 2 , better than the contraction we were expecting of 0. 4 . That is a month on month figure for Consumer Price pressures and south korea for the month of march. In atmber on year coming 1 , so a little better than 0. 8 expected, a little softer from the 1 reading in february. Expectingse have been some demand as well as the impact of lower energy costs, lower oil costs, the plunge in oil prices, down an average of almost 50 year on year so far this month. Debtor february february data carried through, and you would expect that to carry through to april as well. That is the south korean numbers. We have been looking at a lower open going into the trading in seoul and tokyo. Let
Along with dirty jobs host mike rowe participated in a discussion on the 2020 outlook at an American Petroleum substitu Institute Conference in washington, d. C. This is 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our future of energy pan panelistist, general president of Labor International union of north America Terry osullivan. President and ceo of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council Karen Kerrigan, president of Petroleum Equipment and Services Association leslie byer. Skills raid advocate and television host, mike rowe. And our panel moderator, api Senior Vice President of Global Industry services, debra phillips. Well, good afternoon, everyone. Im Deborah Phillips and i run a part of api that mike and megan have mentioned earlier today but not many know much about. Our 120 employees, and more than 7,000 volunteers worldwide developed standards and programs that drive safety, environmental performance, sustainability, and Energy Efficiency throughout the oil and gas in
He joins us from detroit with the latest. Hey, grady. Reporter hey, neil. As you said we dont know the specific details of this contract but the news it has even been agreed upon by the two sides is just trickling down to the workers here. Obviously theyre pretty excited by the news. I want to bring in jessica. You came from the plant you work in at indiana to be here at the Renaissance Center where the negotiations are happening. How do you feel you know there is an agreement . Even though it is cold and rain any were excited to be out here at this critical moment representing the union and good news. Reporter what has been on strike without pay . It has been hard on a lot of people. 2 a 50 week a not as at all. Reporter youre a temporary worker, negotiations are behind closed doors. Were told this created a pathway for somebody like you who has worked three years consecutively, will be able to get fulltime employment f that is the case, if you find that out tomorrow, once the contrac
His presidency. Many hoping that the vietnam war would end soon. It did not. After a raucous 1968, a lot of people were optimistic that the economy was on the mend and it was all clear sailing ahead. That was then. Similar hopes today. A lot of it built on an unemployment report that shock ad lot of people, it was more like a goldilocks number. Very low Unemployment Rate. Even though the number of overall jobs gained. That was a little less than thought but it continue as trend of jobs that are advancing in the latest period. Well get into that. But meantime, a lot of attention is on the reported itself what it says after a week we got news the Manufacturing Sector was slowing down, the Services Sector was slowing down. They were ready for bear today. They didnt find that. They found Something Like i said a goldilocks number that hit all the right buttons so far, the dow up 228 points. Lets get a read on all of this from Edward Lawrence who crunches numbers as we speak. Edward . Report