Agrees to buy a company for 5. 5 billion. Right, half an hour from the start of the trading week. No trading in the u. S. , Martin Luther king jr. Day. In japan, machinery orders better than expected, the ppi,cer price index, factory gate inflation better than predicted by economists, but still in negative terrain for december. But see how the markets are tracking. David. David thanks. We are looking at a mixed bag. Markets just opening up, taiwan, malaysia. Have a look at singapore. One of the better performers performingthe best market in asia save for the philippines. Mixed. Ight times index,verything else canceling out japan pulling things down, australia, flipped the board, some other benchmarks at the moment. Australia, that comes down to the fact you are getting a decent bid when it comes to the mining stocks, japan, strong japanese yen weighing on that index. Assets. Ook across 1. 20, roughly at those levels. Dollaryen, still close to session lows, 114. At 2. 4 yields unchanged
If you have to pick the big winners, precious metal producers. I will tell you why in just a moment. Dollar, it aussie opened that much weaker levels for obvious reasons. It has now retraced its steps. Notet want to mention this midmorning, they believe they see more aussie weakness ahead. Whenever we Start Talking about it, it happens. The other market story i want to mention, the equity markets. These contracts are obsession highs are obsession highs. Our off session highs. A very good start to the trading week. Wonka, the stock was halted in december amid a power struggle. We have the story. The pressure really on for van. E. Back at theok reasons why it was suspended in the first place, you could call it a hostile takeover. The president this is what the president has been calling it. Less than 5 to 23. 5 and became the biggest shareholder, pushing out china resources. The chairman could have a negative impact on the Credit Rating and reputation. Vqnke is the largest traded propert
Im fascinated by by but im just not satisfied with how we are india. I realize limitations once again to what you said. Let me just frame it differently perhaps to whats a little more comfortable. What i would love to know is the debate that is happening, is it a typical, i know its not a useful description, moderate versus hardliner or is is happening within the hardline camp . This is all extramusical for everybody. The debate as i mentioned is between across the board. You can find on the hardliners, revolutionary guard, foreigners, think tank, policymakers, professors at university. They are all debating it to think tanks about this policy. What should be done . Generally, the government is a supporter. Not everybody in the government. Personally i have debated with them that they support it. Key positions in all of these places, but as i mentioned the general, use the first one but i know means thats the own do. I should mention to you mentioned a good point. I said the indication
Thank you, senator cardin. Senator sullivan. Administrator mccarthy, good morning. Good morning. I want to kind of echo what our panel mentioned at the outset. We talked about waters, life out west. I think thats something we all agree with. We certainly want clean water. And i agree with senator boxer we all want to make sure polluters are accountable to help make sure we keep our water clean. But i also want to emphasize what senator gardener talked about, where we believe the government should be held to the same standards as it requires the public and the private sector do you believe they should be subject to the same transparency and reporting requirements that the public is . I believe thats the reason why the npl sites are on the list. What do you think would happen to a private company if they did what the epa had done in this episode with the river . Accidentally causing a blowout. Very significant pollution. Some argument saying it took too long to notify. What do you think