No, i can without a bit of money and i would like it to be permanent because it would make things less expensive and we can move around more than 1. 00 if you anything that benefit citizens is good. Of course, in terms of the economic and political situation, it helps for us. Its a huge benefit and were thankful for that. Asian. One minute, youre almost half a 1000000 people have already pre ordered the free transport cards and state own railway operate ren faire, expects the scheme which runs until year end to result in 75000000 free railway journeys. It will cost 221000000. 00 euros. And as part of the latest aid package to mitigate price rises, an economist alex cobham is chief executive of the Tax Justice Network. He joins me from oxford in the u. K. Thanks for being with us here on the w business. So ill win for taxes the right way to be funding inflation really seems like chief of public transport. Yeah, absolutely. And, you know, winful taxes are about taking a bit of the money
The communists didnt like me, too much. Now, he is not mentioning his words when it comes to the situation in ukraine and the threat that russia may pose. Estonia is a small country of one and a quarter Million People on the baltic sea right next door to the russian federation. I mean we are in a situation in which the rules no longer app apply. One country has basically decided it no longer needs to follow the rules that we have agreed positive. The president also talks about sanctions and the economic take. We bite the bullet and deal with it have i spoke to the president when he was in new assembly. You grew up just across the river here you grew up in new jersey and spent a good amount of time in america. 20 years, i spent. Well, i mean my parents were refugees, men then in sweeden and i was born there and then they its my uncle had come to the United States. He sponsored them and they moved to i was at Radio Free Europe for a number of years. Almost 10. First as an analyst. Writin
Look to portugal, tenyear rocketed to 4 , was 358 friday as the european indexes there are firmly in the red. Road map begins with the sell off on the globe; jobless claims fall from a week ago, and european worries drag down equities in the u. S. Family dollar profits fall for the third time as Carl Quintanilla icahn continues to push for the sale of the company. Costco, sales flat in premarket despite same store sale numbers strong. Allergan fights back after the bid to take it over. Well hear from the ceo. Third time the charm for bank of america . Reportedly submitting another capital plan to the fed to raise its dividend. First up, though, look at the premarket once again. A number of things working against the bulls today. China exports did miss for june, 7. 2 , looked for above 10. Fed minutes yesterday show us that the tapers probably going to end in object. Portugal worries about banks. Gaza Ground Invasion looms still, and industrial output from france and italy, worst misses
The expectations we have of adoptive families, we certainly have an interest in avoiding a double standard, but it suggested for a subset, and probably a very small subset of adoptive parents, there may be a different standard. What do you think about the evidence that she is uncovered as to the rate of adoptive versus biological parents that are advertising on the internet . You know, its hard for me to say because i dont know what the mindset was of these folks making these poor decisions. I do think that obviously when they adopted a child, they did not take that responsibility of becoming a parent in the way i think it was intended. Certainly, i think its important for laws to be clear how children, when they are placed outside a parents home, what types of laws and regulations should guide that. That should be equally true. Because it didnt happen in this instance, in this investigation, doesnt mean its not possible. I think the fact that parents, whether adopted or not, arent cle
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