Amazon raises cash to pay for whole foods. Goldman sachs takes a game to silicon valley, roosting storage for top tech talent. Betty this is daybreak asia, live from bloombergs u. S. And asia headquarters. I am betty liu, it is just after 7 00 p. M. In new york. After 7 00 a. M. Here in hong kong. I am shery ahn. Volatility falling, the japanese yen, and gold retreating this week. It looks like geopolitical tensions over north korea are waning. But political tensions in the u. S. Are on the rise. Betty you could not see that reflected in the equity markets by any means. That turmoil you are seeing engulfing the president and throughout the country, largely shrugged off by the equity markets. Certainly no rally like we saw the day before. We had markets closing unchanged. Ingestrs still trying to all the news and the impact at my it might have on business and the economy. Shery that Economic Data out of the u. S. Good july retail sales, that probably helped. Lets look at the markets in
I think that in and of itself is problematic. I think in 20122013 the position of our country, our administration, and our defense department, as well as our allies was to remove assad and i think it is still our position to remove assad. I think it is clear the position of the russians is to keep him in power. My concern is creating a voice in the region and i dont know what the answer is today. But we will look at it over the next weeks and months. Prior to president peutins airstrikes he went to congress and requested an aumf and got hundred percent approval for airstrikes with no ground troops. Here is what i can is pore an important point and maybe i should not say a hundred percent but the president came before us months ago with an amuf, i always said the president shouldnt be using old aumfs to continue what is happening in the middle east and he did. And congress to this day is not acting on it. It has been sitting in our committees for the past three months. We need to make a
Suggest a certain amount of effort on the part of the russians a number of folks trains is so small finding them in the country the size of syria strikes me as not, as i might have said in my earlier career, by accident. Im prepared to say and ive said this earlier, the russians are not in syria to defeat isis. That is a fundamentally false narrative. I want to thank our panelists is somewhat depressing, i know that both of them will continue to be important voices on the subject in the future. I appreciate your time you spent with us this morning. Thank you. [applause]. More now from the Foreign Policy initiative. Coming up will look at u. S. Relations with asian countries. You will hear from senators dan sullivan of alaska and senator from colorado. The strength to lead. It is a pleasure to welcome you back to a session that will focus on the asiapacific region where the United States has so many allies that asked the question that gets to the heart of the form this year. Will the Un
Rules for news online. Italy wants to reform a stateowned broadcaster, theres no consensus as to how. Two names, three letters adding up to a world of difference. Last saturday night American Media outlets had a news story in baltimore, maryland. Protests over the death of another African American at the hands of police turned violence. Coverage on cnn, fox and n n. B. C. Was scant. The majority had the networks had cameras trained on aesent 50 miles away an event 50 miles away, the White House Correspondents dinner, a black tie event. The local news media in baltimore was on the story. By the time the National Media showed up, they were greeted with the resentment they faced in ferguson, missouri, and that they were more interested in the deconstruction of property than the disillusionment that fuelled the unrest. No one wants to be late to a story, sometimes it happens. That was not the case, and a vivid example of disconnect between journalism in the mainstream news media and the ci
Beijing issues a new set of rules for news online. Italy wants to reform a stateowned broadcaster, theres no consensus as to how. Two names, three letters adding up to a world of difference. Last saturday night American Media outlets had a news story in baltimore maryland. Protests over the death of another African American at the hands of police turned violence. Coverage on cnn, fox and n n. B. C. Was scant. The majority had the networks had cameras trained on aesent 50 miles away an event 50 miles away the white house Correspondents Dinner a black tie event. The local news media in baltimore was on the story. By the time the National Media showed up they were greeted with the resentment they faced in ferguson, missouri, and that they were more interested in the deconstruction of property than the disillusionment that fuelled the unrest. No one wants to be late to a story, sometimes it happens. That was not the case, and a vivid example of disconnect between journalism in the mainstre