From politics to flash from housing boom boom town this is where. 77 percent. This weekend g. W. The u. S. Shuts the door on new Foreign Workers now some of americas Biggest Companies are complaining that a president ial order to pereira lee suspending new employment visas will cost them top talent. Also on the show times were already tough for Small Businesses in argentina and the pandemic has made them unbearable. This is your Business Report im Stephen Beers in berlin its good to have you with us apple google and tesla are among american firms criticizing a new order by President Donald Trump which blocks entry of many new Foreign Workers through years and amazon called the decision to suspend employment pieces short sighted and the threat to American Global competitiveness the c. E. O. s of google and apple both said they were disappointed trump claims the order which could block hundreds of thousands of workers will increase u. S. Employment but it follows a broader efforts by his
Charles the price of oil edging a little bit higher as iran is once again trying to cause international chaos. They are claiming they have dismantle ad cia spy ring, even sentencing some members to death. President trump throwing cold water on the story just moments ago. That is totally a false story. That is another lie. They put out propaganda. They put out lies. Lets see what happens with iran. Were ready for the absolute worse and were ready for sense too. Charles so there is no doubt iran is trying to instigate the west further but at what point does the west hit back . We have former state Department Advisor christian whiton. This is beyond sabre rattling, seizing ships, shooting down drones, where do you see the perhaps the dynamics of this changing where america becomes more offensive . Hard for us in the short term you need to take a stance against iran to set back its nuclear program. Capturing this british ship, hijacking it, taking this crew hostage, iran has done fairly so
We have somebody here who can give us icnsight into all of tha dow futures look to be down 35 points part of what happened in the market was because of tenyear yields topping 2. 96 right now the tenyear is at 2. 926 the 2year at 2. 2 26 . In asia, the nikkei off by 1 . Shanghai is up about 2 . In europe, the early trading there, the stock markets there are mostly in the red. Dax is off by 0. 8 ftse is down by almost 1 . Barclays shares are up sharply despite the uk Bank Reporting a big drop in 2017 profits. Barclays says it lost 2 2. 7 billion once again why would that happen . Yep. They its accounting for the u. S. Tax overhaul. But also a weaker dollar there were some bright spots Barclays Says its pretax profits rose 10 customer deposits were up and its doubling its didividend. Jeff staley says he is optimistic about the future. There are a number of tailwinds. During the next year and half we will be retiring a lot of debt Interest Rates are in a much better position than they were
Narrator how the u. S. Naval base became a Detention Center for haitian refugees. And the legal battle that set the stage for today. This is essentially guantanamo, episode one. Narrator tonight, two stories about guantanamo its past and present. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation. Dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. And by the frontline journalism fund. With major support from jon and jo ann hagler. Arun rath ive been covering the prison at Guantanamo Bay throughout the obama years. President obama r
Narrator how the u. S. Naval base became a Detention Center for haitian refugees. And the legal battle that set the stage for today. This is essentially guantanamo, episode one. Narrator tonight, two stories about guantanamo its past and present. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation. Dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. And by the frontline journalism fund. With major support from jon and jo ann hagler. Arun rath ive been covering the prison at Guantanamo Bay throughout the obama years. President obama r