I m ritika gupta. Welcome to business today, live from New York, us shares have made a strong start this thursday as investors wrap their heads around Thatjumbo Half Percent cut in Interest Rates from the Federal Reserve and later comments from chairjerome powell. Was it a Panic Measure in response to a sharp slowdown in the economy . Traders remember similar moves just before the Dotcom Crash the Global Financial Crisis and the pandemic. Well, in his Press Conference Mr powell was keen to dispel any such negative thoughts. The us economy is in a good place and our Decision Today is designed to keep it there. More specifically the economy is growing at a solid pace. Inflation is coming down closer to our 2 objective over time and the Labour Market is still in solid shape. Our intention is really to maintain the strength that we currently see in the us economy. Lets bring in steven schoenfeld, ceo of financial Data Provider marketvectors here in New York. We see equities rallying today.
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away with false imprisonment, which meant nothing. shin-mee chang: even though we were ready to go to trial on that day, we decided to offer some charges that were felonious but did not carry sex registration. hilda: shin-mee chang was not the prosecutor in banks s case, but supervises the sex assault unit within the san mateo county da s office. we asked why they accepted a plea down when the sheriff s report states they had a taped confession. shin-mee: the trial deputy, after having listened to it, decided that there were some issues because of the tone of the conversation. hilda: banks says the prosecutor never mentioned the confession tape or its tone. chang says the timing of the plea was unfortunate, and in hindsight wishes they would have asked for a continuance to consult with banks and give her time to process it. we reached out to altuna mendoza and his attorney, but never heard back. it turns out the plea agreement in banks s case is not an isolated one.
banks s case told us, we expected a harsher sentence. this was a no fail case, meaning everything was put together with a legal confession in a box and ribbon for them to prosecute accordingly. the sheriff s office has not released a confession tape to the investigative unit or to banks, but told us, as the charging entity, the district attorney s office determines the strength of a case for the purposes of prosecution. carrie: you know, they just kept saying to me, well, you know, this stuff doesn t happen, and all i could keep looking at them and saying, but why did it happen to me? like, why didn t i matter? hilda: altuna mendoza only spent five days in jail, but was put on probation and told to abstain from alcohol and drugs. two months ago, he was caught driving under the influence and is now serving six months in jail for violating his probation. that s more time than he ever served in connection with the banks case. banks is now working with civil rights attorney aaron z