Culture do use wines as means for communicating with their gods. And even today, we can find references to wine as a status symbol. It is often portrayed as a drink of choice for the culture of the educated, the wealthy and sophisticated man. But trends are changing as globalization has brought about the democratization of wind. Im christie, i and today were going to be exploring the Wonderful World of wines from the Top Producers to the top consumers, the 4 countries, italy, spain, france, and the u. S. Produce more than half the wine in the world. Italy produces over 44000000 heck, the leaders of wine a year, followed by spain at 35000000. Heck, the leaders, france at 34. 00, and the us a 24. 00. Heck, the leaders and these 4 countries are not surprisingly, also huge. Consumers of wine as well, but if we break down consumption by capital, portugal is actually the biggest winner at 51. 00 leaders per capita, followed by italy and france. While traditionally, wind has been cultivated i
As well as the long term sustainability of the countries financial system. I made a global times, the nation. It has included representatives of the federal and regional governments as well as business needs. This en ceos of local and international corporations. I shouldnt find as samantha im to, im sending you i know from said the old briggs. These are actively discussing the use of National Conferences in cost for the transactions. With that topic, in spite seems to be high on the agenda. The next big summit. Its big enough for insurance. We are reconfiguring all our western connections to the southeast and this trend will continue. As for the alternative to swift, within the bricks, organization, a number of countries have their own such systems. Yes, we are now developing Settlement Systems within National Currencies using Natural Systems for transmitting financial messages. Were trying to implement our system for transmitting financial messages. Our chinese partners have their own
Than one hundred prisoners freed from a prison in the capital addis ababa three hundred sixty one other inmates also released in the south of the country always denied violating the law and his release is part of a government drive to foster a National Reconciliation bill bratton has more. Moronic edina is a hero to his supporters and thousands of excited well wishes for the guard of honor to score his convoy to nine miles from the Detention Center on the outskirts of paris ababa to his home in the nearby town upon a. Leader of the aroma Federalist Party had been arrested after returning from a visit to brussels a year ago was accused of collusion with outlawed groups a charge she always denied as if i have dared violated while it is there no owes them a footman a member of parliament and always a consideration in this you know. I have been always you know as big things that. Anyway its good that them out. His freedom came as part of government efforts to stem a spreading wave of viole
A policy decision out of the bank of korea staying on hold as expected. Surveyed that we stated that the bank of korea would stay on hold at 1. 5 . Who succeedsas to the governor as this was his last decision as the governor of the bank of korea. There has not been a lot of consensus over who replaces him or if he gets reappointed. Take a look at this chart. This is the conundrum they are facing. We had the rate rise in november. Export growth is also coming in a little bit weaker in terms of that last read that we had. Debt is oneath of the conundrums that bank of korea is facing. Banks, aany central fine balancing act. It is largely down to the fed. Take a look at the market reaction. Lets go over to sophie. Sophie you have text talks global stocks are rallying. Stocks in tokyo are rising. Have all of these stocks rising for a fifth straight day. Morgan stanley cannot a report saying that lithium prices will peak this year and have by 2021. An eye on keeping chinese lithium stocks at
[ screaming ] and thats basically how the dow can mruj 181 points while the s p sits at 7. 3 and the nasdaq declines. 3 . I would say this market is enamored with growth meaning it would pay beyond reason for any company thats scoring much faster than the average name or company in the s p 500. Often, that gets hidden perhaps because of earnings surprises or takeovers. You may not see it that starkly as there could be momentary sparks of yearoveryear growth for just about anything. Sometimes, though, its so stark as to be painful. The house of pain and today was one of those days and it continued into the after hours. First, lets deal with the two stocks that caused the dow jones to yell timber in todays action. Before we get to the confluence of stocks including apple, microsoft, and yahoo and goprothat reported after the bell and not to mention chipotle. The first utex thats how its known on the street has been considered the bluest of blue chips whether its aerospace, defense, heati