A weapon in the geopolitical game and if they dont have the desired effect the next step could be military action but our sanctions useful do they work thats what were looking at today in terms of 14 russia occupy than an x. The Crimean Peninsula in contravention of International Law thus further destabilizing ukraine country that is regarded as a partner by the European Union so the e. U. Imposed economic sanctions against russia in response they may not have prompted Vladimir Putin to change his ways but they have affected businesses on both sides and as it turns out not always for the worse while some european exporters i heard saying production in certain sectors in russia is flourishing apparently as a direct consequence its complicated. Dairy farming in russia. Engineering companies in germany. And the military conflict in ukraine how are these 3 connected. This Engineering Company in eastern germany makes ultrasonic cleaning machines there in demand worldwide Good Business for t
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A big market move yesterday that started with concerns surrounding hong kong and that means yen found a good bed yesterday. Argentinaocus was in after the selloff after the surprise primary where we thought it unlikely the candidate could make it. The second time of voting since october. U. S. 10 year yield that 1. 63 . Coming up, we talk with the chief executive of Steinhoff International holdings. Do not miss that interview after 4 p. M. London time. Lets get to the first word news in new york city. Viviana Senate Leaders in italy failing to agree on the date for a confidence vote in the populace coalition, leaving the deputy premier happy to wait before consolidating power in rome. Discussions in the Upper Chamber continue tonight. If there is a new election, the commanding lead means he will likely be the next Prime Minister. Global anxiety showing up in the treasury market. Yield on 30 year Treasury Bonds approaching alltime low as the 10 year yield also fell. That one point it wa
My eyes are all on the bond market, both the 10 year and 30 year perhaps approaching the record low. Im taking a look at Cathay Pacific shares. We had reports about the airport in hong kong, whether flights or canceled flights were canceled or not. Right now it looks like only check ins were canceled. Dollaryen continues to strengthen come of strongest yen has been in the last 18 months or so strengthen, the strongest yen has been in the last 18 months or so. David we are joined by bloombergs Marty Schenker and sarah ponczek. Lets start with argentina. A chart here shows the price of credit default swaps in argentina. You dont need to know calculus to know that is not a good thing. So why are people so nervous about mr. Macri going out of office . Marty because they are very protectionist, and everybody is heading for the exits. Taylor i spoke to damian who covers aerday, lot of the emerging markets, and asking him what gauge measures the risk the most. What in your area you are resear
In labor history. Id like to welcome to my world and to talk a little bit about 1970s in many ways, the 1970s is our probably the most contested historical turf right now. As we talked about before, historians their minds, they find new evidence they find new arguments and new takes on the decades they study and the 1970s is really no different. I think originally the culture we tend to think of them as of the rebellion light decade in which would focus disco and focus the conservative backlash. But in fact theyre one of the most important decades for the american working class and in labor history. So today, title the times they are changing apologies to bob dylan is really about how this decade was a of fundamental in the workplace in the workforce and in work organizations. It also was a change in the context in which all of those three things operated. So focusing on worker militancy, the diversity of the working class and the emerging service economy. Were going to talk about this