Kurdish town allowed the syrianturkish border. U. S. Warplanes struck isis targets in that region overnight in attempts to hold the insurgents. And other middle east policy issues or part of a recent discussion hosted by the Washington Institute that included a look at policies over the last 30 years. This is a little over one hour. M patrick claw sen clausen. Im the director here. I would like to welcome you to this event, the sam lewis symposium. As my friend said at the start of the symposium. We will have two panels. One of which is looking backward and one of which is looking forward. As we said a moving target the art and science of middle east policy planning. And couldnt be a better moment for discussion that issue as we hear from important sources like the president of the United States, the difficulties of formulating a strategy for the middle east and to discuss those issues weve assembled, i think a stellar panel of the first speaker. Youve got their bios in their little br
At the controls is the board legal assistant victor im cynthia. Scott sanchez is here sitting at the table in the front row. Hes the city Zoning Administrator and hes also representing the Planning Department and planning commission. We will be joined shortly by the building inspector. I am looking around the room. Im not sure if theyre here yet. Representatives as well from the department of Public Health. If you would go over the meeting guidelines. The board request that you turn off all phone and pagers so they will not disturb the proceedings. The board rules of presentation are at followings. Department representatives each has seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttals. People affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the seven or three minute period. Members of the public who are not affiliated with the party have up to three minutes each to address the board but no rebuttals. To assist the board, members of the public wish to sp
Presiding officer is president ann lazarus. Shes joined tonight by Vice President darryl honda. Commissioner bobbie wilson. We are expecting commissioner frank fung to be here shortly. At the controls is the board legal assistant victor im cynthia. Scott sanchez is here sitting at the table in the front row. Hes the city Zoning Administrator and hes also representing the Planning Department and planning commission. We will be joined shortly by the building inspector. I am looking around the room. Im not sure if theyre here yet. Representatives as well from the department of Public Health. If you would go over the meeting guidelines. The board request that you turn off all phone and pagers so they will not disturb the proceedings. The board rules of presentation are at followings. Department representatives each has seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttals. People affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the seven or three minute perio
Well ut dow posting its biggest oneday gain since early february. All ten s p 500 groups are higher with Energy Leading the way. Weve got bob pasani on the nyse floor, dominik right here at hq. What can key Technical Levels and josh lipton on the very tough month for tech. Bob, you first. Blastoff around the globe this week. China from the outset ended near the highs. Germany starts early today. U. S. Starts at 9 30 eastern time. Theres a pat he were here. Global buying. You can blame it on comments from the peoples bank of china officials. Whatever. Theres the s p futures. We actually gapped up twice. Once at 330 when europe opened and once at 9 30 when we opened. Were at the highs for the day. In terms of sectors, i have been of the opinion that we are seeing some end of the month rejiggering since the beginning of last week. Were seeing it again today. The biggest losers for the quarter are Energy Financials utilities, and industrials. Those are the only four sectors down on the qua
Small business and Community Leaders discuss how the covid19 pandemic impacted their business and organizations during a listening session with the Federal Reserve board of governors. The discussion as part of an initiative called the fed listens which aims to hear from americans about how Monetary Policy impacts them. Why dont we get started . Good afternoon. Welcome. Its a great pleasure to see you all here in person after a long time of virtual events. Its also, this is the first time weve had a full board of governorsa in nine years, so to have the seven of us are its the first time were convening like this in seven years, in nine years. These sessions started just a few years ago in 2019 in what turned out to be a very different time. They were valuable then and we continue to benefit from them as we have navigated the pandemic shutdown to the path of recovery. H we started with listening sessions around the country that brought together people and organizations representing busin