Softbank continues to design a plan for wework despite signs that the startup prefers jpmorgan. Afterflix shares jumping investors concerns are called about a concern back home. We are seeing u. S. Futures unchanged this is after u. S. Stocks fell in the regular session. We had tech and Energy Leading the declines on the s p 500. We also had treasury yields declining today. We have u. S. Retail Sales Numbers that came in and contracted missing expectations. Up the sentiment for potential rate cuts coming later this month from the fed. However, we did see the pressure continued to mount as we also had china saying they would retaliate if u. S. Congress is up to have legislation in hong kong. Sentiment not great across markets. We saw the u. S. Dollar taking a dip. Lets take a look at asia. More of the same with sentiment taking a hit. Take a look at how futures are setting up and asia. We are seeing a mildly positive start when it comes to trading in some parts of asia. We have japanese
A vacant post for the countrys leadership could spark a power struggle among tunisias Political Party is definitely what candidates who are considered to be quite popular and quite strong but also very controversial. Have been barred from running the president ial elections by parson parliament not too long ago this was not yet been signed by missteps and before he passed away and i think well hear a lot more about this controversy next couple of days president benjy kind a sense be who spent the last few weeks of his life in a not of the hospital was a leading figure in what was known as the arab spring uprising as Prime Minister and then tunisians 1st democratically elected president he helped draft a new constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech. And then to have his accomplishments though were often overshadowed by a weak economy and high Unemployment Rate there is disparate nobody can deny that there is the sense of hopelessness nobody can deny that however in comparison to othe
Economies which relies heavily on coal which is trying to tackle air pollution well tell you how. And between the rock and a hard place the act of throwing his weight behind an indigenous cause in hawaii on stay with us. We got more right on the cots for japan over the next couple of days we have a Tropical Storm its a weak one but its awful storm nevertheless just pushing up towards honshu it will make its way across southern and eastern parts of kona shit thats because through the next couple of days 31 celsius in tokyo another hot and humid day to come here on saturday tend to increase and humid as we go on through the weekend as that wet weather starts to drive its way in much of honshu saying some pretty big downpours not too concerned about the winds but the right could cause some localized flooding libya if you shop shows to across the Korean Peninsula come across into northern parts of china lossy dry wanted to erode showers here the showers a little more widespread across sout
Thank you for coming. Welcome to infrastructure week. We have been looking forward to this awhile. Infrastructure was a thing that all pundits after the election when we were in this fractured state after the 2016 election, will democrats and republicans be able to Work Together on anything, people said infrastructure. Why . Democrats like spending money and donald trump likes having things built, sees himself as a builder. We were supposed to get something. We havent gotten something yet, and well, policy always proves more complicated in practice than in promise. And thats the complexity of this, why we assembled the excellent panel we have today. Anybody that follows stuff about transportation infrastructure, the way cities work follows nicole. Senior fellow, contributing editor and columnist at new york post. Nick lawyer is of heritage foundation, focuses on energy, environment, regulatory issues. A Deputy Director of the thomas rowe institute for Economic Policy studies. Finally,
A conflict going on all and in my view simply come on and. Theyre used to make money for people who have to pay their passage. Through servitude in effect a little bit in the high seas is not a happy situation. Turning away from it or banning boats from rescuing people are certainly not the way to go the u. N. Refugee agency estimates that 6000 other refugees and migrants are being held in Libyan Detention Centers even though they havent committed a crime yet they remain highly at risk of getting caught in the conflict or dying at sea and are schapelle aljazeera. Sanctions on north korea appear to be having a devastating effect on the economy its shrunk by the most in 21 years thats according to figures compiled by south koreas central bank but it doesnt appear to be having an impact on north koreas military ambitions on young says missile test this week or a warning to its neighbor from mcbride reports from seoul the figures provide the stark is devore dence yet of how sanctions again