Its chinamade model 3 just a year after they broke ground teheran condemns what it calls terrorist attacks on iranallied militia. We continue to demand the Islamic Republic iran act consistent in a wi i laid back in may 2018 for what it is we expect iran to do so it can rejoin the community of nations. So lets take a look at the European Markets now that they had a bit of time to warm up, although warming up is the opposite of whats going on here because they are cooling down. Nikkei down 2 ftse mib in italy down and germany down by 4. 5 its been a very good year for all of these markets year to date lets take a look at how the overnight action was while we were all fast c markets. Im looking in the correct perspective now. The nikkei 225 did finish down but has closed for the year. Year to date its tally was up by 18 . The shanghai composite was the stand out performer for the asia pacific markets up over the past ten years down by just over 7 the hang seng in Congress Hong was an und
25yearold in florida making the new concern about copycats, the country on edge. The palace protest after this new footage emerges. Prince andrew now in the spotlight. New questions about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. What the royals are saying this morning. Cruise ship rescue. The quickthinking heroes jumping in to save this woman when her wheelchair rolls into the water. And shark scare. The Close Encounter with a 14foot hammerhead off the coast of florida, and the 9yearold girl attacked in kneedeep water. Theres three marks back here that are, like that torn through the teeth, and then just a couple, two rows of teeth. What she did to survive. , amd welcome to a new week. And it was a very loud night last night. It was. Did you guys hear that . It was a wet and wild weekend for a lot of people. Severe storms hitting the west all the way here to the northeast, bringing dangerous winds, rain and flash flooding. Those alerts on or phone through the early e
Always a pleasure to see you. This is a company that almost collapsed two years ago. Why is it filing for bankruptcy in the United States . I think it is a legal move. The Debt Restructuring Talks were already going on with hong kong, cayman islands, word has holding companies. The advantage for evergrande to file for bankruptcy in america is a gives it some protection against us creditors for the duration of that Court Process. I5 creditors for the duration of that Court Process Court Process. Is there a lot of exoosure Court Process. Is there a lot of exoosure for Court Process. Is there a lot of exposure for foreign Court Process. Is there a lot of. Exposure for Foreign Companies Court Process. Is there a lot of exposure for Foreign Companies here . I think there is a certain amount of exposure. There are enormous amounts of debts, large amounts of the offshore bonds have lost their value and i believe many of the less risk taking investors already sold their offshore bonds a couple
Bankruptcy protection in the us under chapter 15 which governs Foreign Companies in the us, protecting them from creditors that might want to sue them. You have probably heard of chapter 11. That typically governs American Companies but it is chapter 15. According to Court Filings these negotiations are ongoing in hong kong, canaanite and British Virgin islands. We have reached out to evergrande that have not had conversation. To those who have wondered if they have ever thought of evergrande before it is chinas huge property giant. They have about 1300 projects across 280 different cities in china and they invest in everything, not just property. They have an electric vehicle maker and a football club, but as i mentioned, 2021 was when we saw the Company Default on its debts, sending shockwaves across the Global Financial system and triggering a string of defaults from builders who owed money to evergrande or expected them to complete some contracts. We have seen 40 or the companies t
You know, an iphone sold in the us or europe might be designed in california and built in india using Semiconductors Made in taiwan from Raw Materials provided by china. So if any link in that supply chain breaks, it sets up big problems for the rest of the chain. And thats true for smartphones, as it is for pcs, and especially in Battery Production for those Electric Vehicles were buying more and more of. So what if one country decides to make it harderfor others to get hold of some of those critical Raw Materials . Well, thats what china announced just last month. Translation the Chinese Government implements i Export Controls on gallium and germanium related items in accordance with the law to ensure that they are used for legitimate purposes in order to safeguard National Security and better fulfil our international obligations. For quite some time now, the us side has been abusing Export Control measures to continuously strengthen its crackdown on chinas semiconductors and artific