The Un Secretary general, antonio guterres, told the Security Council that hell was breaking loose following days of cross border fire. Israels ambassador to the un said israel didnt want a full Scale War but would not stand by when its Northern Region was attacked. The lebanese Health Ministry said more than 70 people were killed by israeli Air Strikes on wednesday, while hezbollah has continued to fire into israel. The Security Council meeting in New York went on late into the evening and started with this warning by the Un Secretary general. Hell is breaking loose in lebanon. As i told the general assembly yesterday, we should all be alarmed by the escalation. To all sides, let us say with one clear voice, stop the killing and destruction, tone down the rhetorical threats, step back from the brink. An all out war must be avoided at all costs. It would surely be an all out catastrophe. The Prime Minister of lebanon told the Council Israel was violating his Countrys Sovereignty and ca
The pandemic is raging works like a charm can this market really be that binary can it really be that stupid to borrow a line from that masterpiece of english literature, this is spinal tap, its a fine line between clever and stupid [ drumroll ] the dow only gained 300 points, the short answer is, yes, it really is that simple. When texas was forced to pause its reopening plan because of record covid infections, a m suddenly the stay at home stocks came back in style i guess the virus didnt get the memo about not messing with texas. Many of todays winners were the usual suspects that benefitted from the pandemic. Plus the oils and the banks, though that was a femoral, given everything was stay away from the banks. Any way, before we get into the specifics. How the heck can this market rally on truey terrible news we have a horrific outbreak in the sun belt, we hit a new record for covid cases yesterday. The virus is back in exponential growth mode. The human cost could be enorm s enorm
If you say no, 202 7488001 send 202 7488001. Send us a tweet. All eyes on the house and senate. We will have the coverage on the cspan network, but first we will tell you what is in the bill. The Corporate Tax rate will drop to 21 from a current rate of 39 . The top individual income tax 37 . Drops from 39. 6 to it increases the standard deduction for all who take it. Businesses will get a 20 discount on the individual tax rate. The alternative minimum tax is. Etained but it is narrow the corporate alternative minimum tax is taken out. State and local productions are capped at 10,000. Student Loan Interest remains deductible while graduate Student Loans do not. Joining us is Bernie Becker who has been following this for politico. Walk us through the schedule this week. What can we expect . Guest we expect the house to take this up on tuesday. After that, it would move to the senate. President trump hopes to sign this by the middle of the week and by all accounts, it looks to be on a pr
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A relief but exporters and multinationals are taking a pretty dim view of the talks outcome most business representatives and economists seem to think its all been much ado about nothing responses to the outcome of the c. D. U. C. S. U. S. P. D. Exploratory talks on a new coalition with decidedly low key German Chamber of commerce president erics writer was disappointed he said this willingness to enter into workable compromise was still fails to adequately address important future issues in many areas theres still no into the competitive tax reform there is frustration that although taxes here wont be raised they also wont be cut for business while countries like the u. S. France and britain have all pledged Corporate Tax cuts. Exporters Association President holds a big man said the result is not forward looking and is anything but a fresh start. Others would also hope for more ideas and bounce when it comes to digitalisation they say the results are all very middle of the road. But