Much stronger position on tackles. There are strict rules about tackles that prevent a lot of injuries, particularly at the international level. Also, the absence of helmets , ironically, might be a cause cause for fewer concussions. Could you please talk about the difference between rugby union and American Union and american football, whether or not you have looked at that . And if you have not looked at that, take a look at the new Zealand Rugby union seem and maybe open up a dialogue with the National Rugby team to see whether or not you could learn something from new zealand and maybe they could play more games of the year. Thank you very much. Its interesting. I have heard from a number of folks. This issue is raised repeatedly. The biggest. Is the one you hit on about helmets, the absence certainly changes the way players tackle in the game. We we address this in the book. In many ways, the helmet has made the concussion issue worse. It is overpriced piece of plastic that has em
Yesterday . What did you think . Weird, right . What you are talking about . Went all the way up. Yesterdays session . Yeah. What happened midday that knocked that off . They thought it was the ap story about trumps tax plans, how theyll scrap it and start all over again. I dont know. During the day, the guy in north korea said were this close to nuclear oblivion, the markets just tread water. But then the tax plan. Syria saying, yeah, russia said one more move, were at war. And then the futures didnt move. But then they said something about the tax plan, could be a week late, the markets moved. Thats very telling. How do you price it in . You can kind of when the world ends, it doesnt matter might as well trade until it does. Flight to safety. Im in safety. It doesnt matter. Even oil, with everything happen. When music is playing, you have to dance. Quick heck on whats going chec in europe and then oil. The dax down a bit. Cac, we will call that flat. Virtually unch. It is unch unch.
darya good morning im darya folsom. james and im james fletcher. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. anny hong High Pressure building off the coast will bring a warming and drying trend to the bay area and monterey bay region. Expect temperature to warm through friday followed by a slight cooling trend for the weekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. darya a man is recovering in the hospital this morning after being shot by a burglar inside his home in the oakland hills. james rebecaa strom is here with the details. Rebecca. rebecca that shooter is still on the loose this morning. 30yearold jeremy white was shot last night while he was home taking care of his disabled mother. Police say white was in the kitchen with his headphones on and did not hear the burglar break in. The burglar shot white in the chest and took off. Neighbors say burglars ransacked several homes in the area before the shooting house. Two 20s and
Noempbt asia the markets were relatively flat the nikkei was up about 15 points. Hang sense added 29 and the shanghai up just over. And closely watching currencies. Early surge in the yen erased the bulk of this weeks gains for the dollar. You can see now the yen is trading 109 pvnt 96 to the dollar. The dollars down across the board. Euros trading 111. 8 and the pound is 147. 04. And ill applies. Brent crude prush pushing above 50 for the first time in several months. And were some people right just a couple months ago that made that trade. Also shares of takata. Kkr expressing interest in taking control of the japanese firm. This coming a it is air bag supplier facing billions in cost due to the recall of those faulty parts. And u. S. Foods raising a billion dollars in its ipo making the second biggest of the year. Shares are trade on the nyse today under usfd. Stocks to watch this morning. Hp, inc. Reporting better than expected Second Quarter profit. Cost cutting offset a drop in r
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