Today we receive testimony from director kathy grandeur, on october seven the issued its semi annual report, which outlined the bureau significant work between october two those 18 and russia thousand 19 including rule makings and supervisor activities. Mr. Crapo it also provides insight into what the cfpb plans to undertake in the work period. Since stepping into her role last december, director kraninger has demonstrated a commitment to making sure americans have access to a wide range of products and services to meet their needs, fostering innovation and vigorously protecting consumers. Reflecting miss, the director conducted a Cross Country listening to her with stakeholders during her first months on the job, the directors conversations with consumers industry and federal regulators have improved engagement, and formed their supervision and regulatory processes and improved Agency Transparency and in the semi annual report, the director also highlighted that they have taken steps
Today we receive testimony from director kathy grandeur, on october seven the issued its semi annual report, which outlined the bureau significant work between october two those 18 and russia thousand 19 including rule makings and supervisor activities. Mr. Crapo it also provides insight into what the cfpb plans to undertake in the work period. Since stepping into her role last december, director kraninger has demonstrated a commitment to making sure americans have access to a wide range of products and services to meet their needs, fostering innovation and vigorously protecting consumers. Reflecting miss, the director conducted a Cross Country listening to her with stakeholders during her first months on the job, the directors conversations with consumers industry and federal regulators have improved engagement, and formed their supervision and regulatory processes and improved Agency Transparency and in the semi annual report, the director also highlighted that they have taken steps
Blake burman at it white house with more on that. Reporter neil, there are details coming out of Northern Syria that the ceasefire is not holding up as you say. One Nongovernmental Organization telling fox earlier this morning that 30 people were injured by force house are backed by turkey. Just moments ago the president announced on twitter that he has spoken with the turkish president erdogan today. It was a lengthy three tweets. Let me tick through them, neil. The president just tweeted the following says he has spoken with erdogan. He told me, this is the readout from the president , quote, there was miner sniper and mortar fire quickly eliminated. Very much wants the ceasefire or pause to work. Likewise the kurds want it. The ultimate solution to happen. Next tweet the president goes on to say there is good ill with on both sides and a chance of success. Third fine tweet, president says i notified some european nations willing for the first time to take the isis fight thats came f
Communist and other left wing parties who put enormous pressure in their parliaments and so on to target monopolies that are basically ripping everybody off so thats why they have more of a movement having said that being more into taxing big corporations in america isnt saying very much unfortunately so yeah the europeans are ahead of us but theres a lot of wheeling and dealing behind the scenes that goes on and there is a serious risk that the europeans in order to placate their own people will give a little slap on the wrist to these big corporations but whether theyll go further and really deal with the problem thats a little more of a question on one issue however they will go further they are furious that big corporations can pick and choose in europe which scum tree to locate in for example. Many have gone to ireland because the irish have a very low corporate profit rate so they get the pay low rates it whichever country has the lowest 1. 00 so the countries compete with one an
O. E. C. D. Would address the problem of corporations exploiting official locations of licenses or patents to lower or totally evade taxes followers of big tech reporting noted the inclusion among the proposals of some from u. S. Delegates as well as targeting companies outside the u. S. Dominant tech sector those 2 developments were taken to signs that the proposal may be likely to receive an official green light from the new from the United States the u. S. And the European Union have been clashing recently over whether and how to rein in the big names from the u. S. Amazon facebook and google among others. Joining us now to give us a handle on the economic events of the day is professor Richard Wolfe Professor Emeritus of economics at the university of massachusetts amherst and the author of democracy at work a cure for capitalism welcome back professor wolfe and 1st on this tax avoidance tax avoidance push by the o. E. C. D. Does it go far enough in your view is it likely to have.