Good noon. Welcome to the Planning Commission of february 20, 2020. Please turn off any cell phones. If you would like to state your name for the record. Before we begin, those persons standing and cannot find a seat, youre creating a fire has haza. We have set up room for 16 on this floor where youll be able to watch and listen to these proceedings and when the item of interest youre here for comes up, youll be allowed to come in and provide public testimony. So, unfortunately, if you dont have a seat, youll have to make your way to room 416. I would like to take role. Tea role call . Disagree expect commissioner diamond to expect us shortly and commissioner richards to be absent. First is consideration of items proposed for a continuance. Item one, 2810001018, 4211 26th street, propose ford a continuance to ma march 12th 12th and item 2 at 2254 green street, a discretionary review proposed for indefinite discontinuance. And item 3 at union street, conditional use authorization has be
Car lets go and get through the day if not in court then at least and the camera thats the x. Nissan change the 1st appearance that says dramatic escape from the Japanese Justice system our correspondent was at its press conference. Also on the show iran and the u. S. To step away from the brink and market huge sigh of relief. And the Worlds Largest Consumer Electronics fair merchants attack and transport we take you to las vegas. This is the the view business im joined now the milan in berlin welcome all eyes were on beirut today where the fugitive former head of Nissan Carlos go on made an explosive public appearance his 1st since playing japan where he was awaiting trial on corruption charges it was a 2 and a half hour tirade and he pulled few punches. In be rude carlos ghosn face the cameras for the 1st time since his daring escape from Japanese Justice. Today is a very important day for me one that i have looked forward to every single day. For more than 400 days since i was bruta
The nikkei in japan leading the way with gains of more than 2 percent on kong and shanghai were also in positive territory european stocks began the day up and oil is once again trading lower after rising on those same tensions. And im joined now by financial correspondent Chelsea Delaney in frankfurt so chelsea are investors finally trying to put these tensions aside and continue trading. They definitely seem to be here for the taxes about half a percent away from an all time high thats after the s. N. P. Hit a record yesterday so investors are really definitely getting in on this relief rally as some analysts are sort of questioning if thats really appropriate at this point is this a sign of complacency just 36 hours ago we thought we were heading for the entire conflict and now stocks are at records again but a lot of investors say that they are you know cognizant that this could certainly flare up and it has in the past but they see a lot of reasons to be positive about stocks the
Competition for gas in greece cyprus and israel sign a pipeline deal in the Eastern Mediterranean but turkey is also expanding its influence there so well still feel the rivalry and how is it shaping politics in the region this is inside story. Of their very warm welcome to the program im Julie Mcdonald worldwide demand for natural gas is growing and discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean are changing that use policies on its Energy Supplies for decades its relied on russia for gas but israel greece and cyprus have signed off on a project for a pipeline that would lessen europes dependence on most school well the supply will connect israels offshore fields with europe and is expected to meet about 10 percent of the e. U. s demand for natural gas but that unites the 3 signatories in all positions at sarky and libya last month on korea and aaa agreed a new maritime boundary that they call their exclusive economic so they say this gives them full rights to exploit actual resorts in the
Is your Business Report im Stephen Beers in berlin thanks for joining us markets around the world are breathing a sigh of relief after seeing no further escalation in the conflict between u. S. And iran after u. S. Markets closed with gains overnight asian indexes are up across the board on thursday with the nikkei in japan gaining more than 2 percent hong kong and shanghai are also in positive territory after strong gains over the last few tense days oil is once again trading lower. If more on this lets go to our financial correspondent in frankfurt Chelsea Delaney chelsea does this mean that investors have finally put aside these conflicts or this conflict between the u. S. And iran. Absolutely and i think investors really began to look past these risks yesterday as it was it seemed that that wouldnt escalate further and that was really confirmed for a lot of investors by president trumps announcement yesterday so i think investors now are they dont believe that its this is the absol