Nuclear ought to be in the mix. Cspan. Org. On our home page and by searching the video library. President trumps nominee for agriculture secretary, former georgia governor, sonny purdue, testified at his confirmati confirmation hearing. He was questioned about proposed white house budget cuts to farm programs, Crop Insurance, Forest Management, immigrant labor and farm bill reauthorization. Good morning, members of the committee. I call this meeting of the Senate Committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry to order. This morning we welcome governor sonny perdue, the president s nominee for u. S. Secretary of agriculture. Members of this committee have great appreciation for the farmers, ranchers and consumers and other stakeholders that are directly affected by decisions made by the secretary. The department of agriculture is made up of 29 agencies and offices. It employs nearly 100,000 men and women that work in all 50 states and all around the globe. The department provides lea
Leap on Scientific Research and related issues that impact americans virtually every day. Throughout our nations history, our farmers, ranchers and folks in Rural America have survived drought, disease, floods, and tornadoes and fires and whatever else Mother Nature throws at them. Year after year, they produced the safest most abundant food and fiber supply in the world, however today, growers from cross the country are facing high prices. These strong producers need a strong market for their goods. The importance of trade for agriculture, our agriculture industry cannot be overstated. And if that was not enough, over the last previous years, farmers and ranchers and Rural Businesses have been burdened by regulations all across the federal government. I have heard time and time again as well as many members of this committee about the costly and hard to understand regulations that endanger the ability of our producers to stay in business. This committee will continue its efforts to ma
And another side of conflicts. A japanese an mitted film shows how people carry on with life during wartime. Well soon know the final venues for some of the sporting events at the 2020 olympic tokyo games. They try to contain ballooning costs. Representatives of japans central and local government, the International Olympic commity and the Tokyo Organizing Committee met on sunday. They discussed a range of venues for canoeing, volleyball and swimming events. A task force estimated the cost for the games as a whole could be more than 30 billion, four times the original estimate. Officials considered two options for hosting the rowing and canoe kayak events. Its building a new venue near the tokyo waterfront, or using existing facilities in miyagi prefecture in northern japan. Options for volleyball event include scaling down a planned arena in tokyo or using an existing stadium in a neighboring prefecture. It is the responsibility of the political leaders to look into the conclusions an
So, we are now just less than 30 minutes ahead of the European Equity market open. Matt, it looks like after this rally that we have seen with 50 a barrel achieved on brent. We are headed for a fairly flat story. I am looking at the ftse futures and they are beginning to firm the calculations around. 1 . Other markets a little softer but nevertheless after such a decent rally, you would expect maybe a little bit of a pauls for breath. A little bit of a pause for breath. Matt the nikkei was up yesterday. Were looking at a change in asian markets. To again,csi turning it had been down. 5 . Rally not unusual in china. Brent crude is not what is what you want to be looking at today. You have wti up as well. Really crossing through that threshold, that big round number is a big deal for oil. The yen, there was a huge spike overnight. It has come back a little bit. One of 9. 76. The yen stronger 109. 76. The yen stronger. Billion matt, the 2. 9 just 2. 9 billion hedge fund that is according
Worth almost 4. 5 billion. Shares jumped the most in seven years. Singapore airshow, with the future of asian air travel and the cream of the aviation world in attendance, we are live at the airport. Let us know what you think about that top stories by following me on twitter. Dont forget to include trending business. Breaking news out of south korea, the central bank has kept its key Interest Rates on hold at a record low of 1. 5 . That is after cutting four times since 2014. Surveyed werests not expecting a cut, however in ars have been pricing rate cut very soon after japan adopted a negative Interest Rate, which kicks off today. Again, the central bank of korea keeping rates on hold at a record low of 1. 5 . Lets take a quick look at the korean trading. Down half a percent. The china and hong kong markets get underway in about 80 minutes. Singapore, taiwan and malaysia have just come online. Heres a look at what is happening so far. We werent expecting much of a change in terms of