And previous overtures from chief executive kerry lamb to suspend the legislation in june and then announce that it was did in july failed to end the rest there are more large rallies planned in the days ahead which is when well find out of kerry lambs decision will have the desired effect or of protesters believe its come way too late the protest is viewed debil is just another example of Mainland Chinas growing influence on hong kong so its withdrawal could be seen as a rate concession by beijing demonstrators demands have evolved into broader democratic reforms and an independent commission of inquiry into the crisis and the actions of police. Rarely organizers say the legislations withdrawal will be celebrated briefly but its not enough to end the crisis and by not agreeing to all the demands they believe kerry has proved again shes out of touch with her people caroline herself irrelevant she already proved so many times too many times to all people that she really doesnt care abou
Favorite collaborator in one of the nations great independent bookstores, we pride ourselves of the library among other things on the timeliness and relevance of her signature programming. Whether forms on those issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. We certainly did not intend on the particular timeline of todays presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporter calls, wrote a couple pieces for the New York Times and cnn business. They spent eight years and cook koshland and the extraordinary empire in the poem Political Network has put together by david coke and his older brother charles based hundred hours on the road in wichita. Anybody had a chance to read the book . So you will not understand, youll know immediately when you get into it as you get into it it is daunting when you pick it up. Its encyclopedic, 574 pages and thats before you get to the notes and the appendix and then acknowledgments. But they have written
Bullard, a fed governor, who wants a 50 basis point cut in rates in the next fed meeting which is this month. Also helping, treasury yields as of now, not inverted. The dow industrials are going to be up over 200 points, probably erasing all of yesterdays loss. The s p up just short of 1 . The nasdaq up a full 1 . Going up at the opening bell. Now to britain. Boris johnson lost the vote on britain crashing out of the European Union. There may now be a general election and brexit may be delayed until next year. That means a trade deal with america is not coming any time soon. Now this. Winston churchills grandson, a conservative, voted against boris. Hes been expelled from the conservative party which was the party of his grandfather, winston churchill. The chaos continues. This news just breaking. Google has been fined 170 million for illegally collecting information on children, parents were not aware of that collection of information. Separately, a group of state attorneys general wi
Talks about efforts to counter irans Illicit Financial Networks. The Atlantic Council hosted this our 20 minute forum. [indistinct chatter] william hello, everyone, and welcome to the Atlantic Council. Welcome to everyone here and those watching on cspan and our livestream. My name is william wechsler, and i lead Atlantic Councils work on the middle east. Im delighted to welcome you to an event cohosted for strategy and security and our Global Business and economics programs initiative. This event is on the record, and please tweet if you are so inclined, and if so, use the hashtag shapingsanctions. Today, we are here to learn more about hezbollah and its finances. Hezbollah is one of the most sophisticated terrorist organizations and stabilizing factor in the middle east. Organizations in the world, and a key destabilizing factor in the middle east. Iran reportedly provides the terrorist group with hundreds of millions of dollars annually. This money has advanced the iranian agenda, u
Not very many people are talking about the fact that angola and the congo are also on fire we also saw in the past week or so yeah the past week that we saw trump trump president of the United States has denied reports that he wants to blow up hurricanes with Nuclear Weapons in order to avoid these hurricanes hitting the u. S. The d. N. C. Has said they dont want to debate Climate Change and age of climate treaties is over because of course at the g. 7 and refuse to participate in the so this is the landscape of our headlines coming up oh right well you know what can you say the temperatures are rising sea levels are rising. Theres a lot theres a few ways to play it if you want to make money on the apocalypse of course theres a couple of great trades on the table but without a doubt this is as weve said the last generation so the kaiser report 10 Year Anniversary or a quarter is heading into what we call the last generation which will probably be anyone whos 30 or under probably wont h