In cities across iran, as Anti Government protests go on. At least 22 people have died since the demonstrations began seven days ago. Hundreds have been arrested. Irans Supreme Leader has broken his silence for the First Time Since the protests began, accusing his countrys enemies of stirring up the unrest. The protests are the boldest challenge to irans clerical leadership in almost a decade. The United States is seeking an emergency session of the un Security Council. Here is our middle east editorjeremy bowen. In tehran, squads of Motorbike Police are cruising the streets to break up groups of demonstrators. The protests have changed since they started last thursday. Gunshots. To begin with, they were about the economy. Most of the protesters are young men. More than 50 of iranians are under 30, and perhaps 40 of them are unemployed. But pent up political frustration is spilling out, and much of it has been directed at this man, the Supreme Leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. He is the
Im wilfred frost. And seema mody in for sara. Good morning, will. Good morning to you. Lets go straight to Market Action this morning. Off the back of a strong finish to a tough week last friday. We saw decent gains on friday that meant the weeks performance was respectable. Declines but the nasdaq down more than. 5 . S p and dow just down by. 75 . For the week as a whole, seven out of 11 were negative led down by financials which turned in the only performance of all of the sectors of more than 12 decline. A this morning, as you can see, were bouncing back from that decline last week. The dow pulled high just shy of 30 points. Lets look at oil prices because they turned in a resounding poll week. Up about 5 for the week as a whole. Back around 50. And adding gains as you can see, have the 50. 8, the fwries ofpri crude. Exports in japan rising 7. 5 in april from a year ago. Below the 7. 8 annual growth. Exports abroad are being driven by the weakest in the yen that weve seen earlier th
Profits were down 70 . Entire Technology Sector showed weakness towards the ends of the week. Friday morning gdp was 2 for the Second Quarter. It was an epic fail in the senate for the healthcare reform battle. All 48 democrats and 3 republicans voted against the socalled skinny repeal bill. The deciding no vote from arizona senator john mccain saying he want a bipartisan approach to changing obamacare. Foxconn announced its pledging to advance 10 billion to build a plant in wisconsin that could employ between 3,000 and 13,000 workers. Three of the socalled fang companies. Technology has bent Leadership Group since the beginning of the year. Joining me is david bonson. Thank you for joining us. Tech was on the down side this week. Do you see that as a buying opportunity or do you think the valuations in technology have become excessive. No question the valuations are excessive and the dips are so minor, even if one wants to buy on the dip, this wouldnt count as a dip. Maria apple repor
Profits were down 70 . Entire Technology Sector showed weakness towards the ends of the week. Friday morning gdp was 2 for the Second Quarter. It was an epic fail in the senate for the healthcare reform battle. All 48 democrats and 3 republicans voted against the socalled skinny repeal bill. The deciding no vote from arizona senator john mccain saying he want a bipartisan approach to changing obamacare. Foxconn announced its pledging to advance 10 billion to build a plant in wisconsin that could employ between 3,000 and 13,000 workers. Three of the socalled fang companies. Technology has bent Leadership Group since the beginning of the year. Joining me is david bonson. Thank you for joining us. Tech was on the down side this week. Do you see that as a buying opportunity or do you think the valuations in technology have become excessive. No question the valuations are excessive and the dips are so minor, even if one wants to buy on the dip, this wouldnt count as a dip. Maria apple repor
Profits were down 70 . Entire Technology Sector showed weakness towards the ends of the week. Friday morning gdp was 2 for the Second Quarter. It was an epic fail in the senate for the healthcare reform battle. All 48 democrats and 3 republicans voted against the socalled skinny repeal bill. The deciding no vote from arizona senator john mccain saying he want a bipartisan approach to changing obamacare. Foxconn announced its pledging to advance 10 billion to build a plant in wisconsin that could employ between 3,000 and 13,000 workers. Three of the socalled fang companies. Technology has bent Leadership Group since the beginning of the year. Joining me is david bonson. Thank you for joining us. Tech was on the down side this week. Do you see that as a buying opportunity or do you think the valuations in technology have become excessive. No question the valuations are excessive and the dips are so minor, even if one wants to buy on the dip, this wouldnt count as a dip. Maria apple repor