Willing, at least initially, until they find out theyre in a trap and become literally enslaved. Are you aware of Victim Services program that are particularly useful in dealing with the victim cooperation . Is there any social science, any experience out there that would help us do a better job of getting cooperation from the victims of trafficking . Well, of the 15 programs that we looked at, those grant programs, we also conducted sight visits to various places within the u. S. We talked to a number of Victim Service providers, as well as a number of Law Enforcement officials. They told us that while victims cooperation can be difficult, part of the reason its difficult because the victim fears talking to the Police Officer or to the Law Enforcement official but fear retaliation by the trafficker. In some cases, you could have a case where its not just the victim. Its not just the person that is being trafficked, but the trafficker might actually have someone from their family, for
Agency tasked with protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets and facilitating Capital Formation. The s. E. C. Is responsible for ensuring transparency so that investors have adequate information to make Investment Decisions and to mitigate conflicts of interest, fraud, and manipulation. This regulatory paradigm is one reason why our Capital Markets have long been the envy of the world and the lifeblood of our economy. Excesses and unnecessary regulation, however, may endanger americas status as the worlds preferred financial center. First and foremost, i believe the s. E. C. Should focus on its core mission. This has become more difficult as the commission has come under increased pressure to expand its mission and cater to special interests. Examples of such efforts include attempts to force the s. E. C. To mandate disclosure on Climate Change and political contributions. These efforts are not new and the s. E. C. Has withstood political pressure in the pa
There have b. All those dots are earthquakes. The east bay still rocking and rolling tonight. Just in the last two hours there have been three small quakes. San ramon is the most active place in the entire world. 290 earthquakes have rattle the the area in the last two weeks. Reporter there have been three earthquakes tonight in this area not far from where i am right now. The latest was a small magnitude 1. 9 quake that happened after 10 00. There were 2. 8 and 2. 9 quakes in the 9 00 hour, all part of a string of small earthquakes that have san ramon on edge. Theres been a lot of earthquakes lately ill tell you that. Reporter this is at the epicenter of the earthquake swarm that has been felt from vallejo to pleasanton. We were home at the time and there were two of them, two shakes. I was sitting in my room watching netflix and all of a sudden i felt, like, a shake. My sister was in the bathroom. [ laughter ]. Reporter its no wonder the quakes were felt so widely. Close to 200 small
There have b. All those dots are earthquakes. The east bay still rocking and rolling tonight. Just in the last two hours there have been three small quakes. San ramon is the most active place in the entire world. 290 earthquakes have rattle the the area in the last two weeks. Reporter there have been three earthquakes tonight in this area not far from where i am right now. The latest was a small magnitude 1. 9 quake that happened after 10 00. There were 2. 8 and 2. 9 quakes in the 9 00 hour, all part of a string of small earthquakes that have san ramon on edge. Theres been a lot of earthquakes lately ill tell you that. Reporter this is at the epicenter of the earthquake swarm that has been felt from vallejo to pleasanton. We were home at the time and there were two of them, two shakes. I was sitting in my room watching netflix and all of a sudden i felt, like, a shake. My sister was in the bathroom. [ laughter ]. Reporter its no wonder the quakes were felt so widely. Close to 200 small
Revenues rose to a record 74. 6 billion in the first quarter, up 30 profit. Here is ceo tim cook on the conference call. Interest in apple products is at an alltime high with half a billion customer visits in the first quarter. Demand has in shattering our high expectation driven by the unprecedented popularity of iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus. Staggering is right. As cook mentioned, iphones are flying off the shelves. Maybe the only negative note was a decline in ipad sales. The Biggest Development is the success apple has seen in china, where sales are up 70 yearoveryear, opening another potential growth area. For more, i spoke with Piper Jaffrays jean gene munster. I asked about the whopping iphone number. I wondered what was the catch, if there was some sort of channel fill in their or some explanation. It turns out that it was a clean number, that they did not fill the channel. Even though expectations were for high 60 million. That 74 million number was well above that. Anyway you c