Washington ramps up pressure on beijing. Goldman sachs raises billions for a new fund to focus on private equity. The move comes amid rising interest in secondary investing. Haidi lets look at what the day has in store at the sydney open. We are expected a muted start to trading in asia after downward pressure coming from the u. S. Session overnight. Restrictions continue to take place to curb the the Coronavirus Spread we are starting to see accelerate again, even as we get further good news on the vaccine front. Trading marginal. The u. S. Dollar held to the lowest we have seen since april 2018. We are also seeing the aussie dollar on the back foot. Nikkei futures look like they will see a muted start to trading. Shery lets get started with good news on the vaccine front. Pfizer says final Data Analysis shows its covid shot is 95 effective. The ceo of its german partner told bloomberg about plans for mass production. Our goal is to supply up to 50 million doses by 2020 which andd go
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How much commitment is there . We have china announcing a net zero target. We have japan leading in hydro. Can asia lead the way in clean energy . Yeobee yin i am very optimistic about this because of the size of the market. I think with china, making that type of commitment, it helps for countries to make the same type of commitment. I agree with president jin. I think china can reach the goal because of the market. Aen you have the market and government that says you have to reach this, what will happen is innovation. As we innovate, the price will go down. I am very optimistic. There is one thing i think how do you open up to make it competitive to drive Competition Among prices . We are quite regulated. Can we make it more deregulated . To make this a competitive market, that is when you drive innovation. Some of the things policymakers in asia should think about, how in oururther liberalize own way to drive innovation . I am very optimistic. On this very important issue of the fin
Madison and james monroe were born. Grew to manhood and made their own. From this small expansive lands on the north American Continent came four of the nations first five president s and a dynasty whose members lead in securing independence, saving the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book and i have said most of last night reading it and its a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and the interconnected network that ties them together at the founding of this country and its a story that invokes the historian bill calls the story of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the American Experience and doctor cheney is a longtime member of ai faculty and let me acknowledge how much we all appreciate the scholarship and intellectual contributions to aei, not to mention the service he done for our country. This is the latest in a series of several works by doctor cheney and examine our countrys history with consideration and rigor. And James
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