A fresh week for a lot of markets. Asian equities off to a stronger start. The handoff from the United States in terms of the s p 500 was fresh record highs again. Take a look at global markets. Index up, a selloff in new zealand. Markets in tokyo are closed for a holiday. We dont get much indication there. Australian bonds lower, tracking moves in treasuries. Take a look at the south african currency, downside on the back of comments from authority saying they will take actions to stem moves in the currency. Commodities space, pressure on the metals. We did have that supercharged rally that has ground to a halt in metals. The first weekly drop since december. Aluminum and copper under pressure. Here are some other risk assets to take a look at, including brent crude. We had a rig count showing american rigs falling for the first time in three weeks. Some upside as we speak. , some inflation figures out of the United States , relatively unchanged at 2. 48 . Gold currently at 1320 an ou
Ann sheehan. Welcome to you all. Thank you. I think the question on everyones mind today is why apple . Of all the companies out there, why apple . Why apple apple is unquestionably a remarkable company, most valuable company in the world, and and a very responsible company, but theres no question that we need to be more responsive to childrens needs and childrens activities, and theres lots of research that has indicated that excessive usage of smartphones is damaging to kids, and so, you know, this should be an easy fix for apple. Apple, in fact, came out with a press release as you saw this morning that i was very encouraged by. They indicated that they acknowledged that theres an issue, that its an important one and that they expect to further improve their interactions, parents interactions with the kids phones. You could perhaps take their statement though as a why us maybe you guess have targeted the wrong company, that were already doing a number of these issues charlie, from m
[inaudible conversations] we are live not at the use conference of mayors wintry meeting here in washington, d. C. This morning the group is holding a discussion on trade policy. We would have mayors of san diego and little rock come also mayerson canada and mexico, and ambassadors from those two countries. Live coverage here on cspan2 should start momentarily. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning. Good morning. I know we had a busy morning. Welcome all of you. Encourage you to take your seats. We have a great panel this morning and welcome our live cspan audience as well. Im kevin faulconer, mayor of san diego. Welcome. Our session today is trade the americas and beyond, one of the most important topics that weve been dealing with, certainly in our area, in a region so i think all of my fellow mayors were here today, members of her audience and our panelists who you will hear from a just a second. There has never been a more critical time for cities around the entire c
Financial times, disheartening. One in five americans are receiving government assistance and now president obama saying lets give out solar panels to the poor just what we need to gre the economy. We havent forgotten about hillary giving the first interview since announcing her campaign. And she blames republicans for everything. Poor hillary there. Varney company is about to begin. All right. Guys, weve got a ton of news for you this morning and we have now breaking news all United Airlines flights are grounded, they say its due to a Technical Glitch. All flights, all airports are grounded, a big problem for travelers. We have a live look at Ohare Airport and thats on your screen now. Thats the giant united hub. If you have to go through there. The big story now liz the big story, there has to be something more to it than to be causing all the flights to be canceled. Charles this is worrisome because a lot of people are worried about Computer Systems worldwide particularly involving
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