Second straight quarter. It flames Week International demand and investment in ecommerce. Shery this hour brings another snapshot of the japanese economy. Trade data may show the deficit balloon in november. First, lets get you to the market action. Australia has come online. Sophie aussie shares opening, a little change to the upside with the benchmark twopoint shot of a fresh record. The aussie dollar Holding Losses after the rba reinforced the inw for its rba rate cut february. Pricing at a 59 chance. Thailand rates decision. Expect it to stay steady as it is stabilizing. We also waiting on japans november trade data later this morning. Nikkei futures pointing lower ahead of that. Overall, looking like a soft start of the session after asian shares closed at a high, with fresh eyes across the region including india. Right. L ll lets check in with the first word news with jessica summers. Jessica sterling slumped the most since january as fx traders gave a thumbs down to Boris Johnso
Tiffany. Stock has been rising in the green market ahead of the open. Paul lets get a check on how were doing on the markets at the moment. Weve had new zealand trading for a little while now. Looking higher by about, there you go, about a third of 1 giving up some of the earlier gains. We saw a very good trading major in the u. S. , all ndexes higher, small caps as well. 1 . Australia, up. 1 of bear in mind with australia, we here. Staggered open still performing well after up 2. 5 . s gains westpac. Ting for brian, the day, c. E. O. Buckling to what analysts saw as the inevitable and down in the wake of these Money Laundering llegations from one of the countrys regulators, 23 million separate breaches. His sword and n bringing forward his retirement 20192020 st half of as well. Trading t of chicago flat, similar story despite i ns that we have seen as mentioned fueled by trade shery. M, shery the u. S. Dollar strengthening broadly on the trajectory d the next year will be a result of
This week on q a our guest is Judith Miller former New York Times reporter and author of the book the story, a reporters journey. Jewely miller author of this story. Deep in the book you have a chapter called inmate 454570083 this paragraph. The worst part of jail was not sleeping on the paper thin yoga mat on the cold concrete ledges that had replaced more expensive cots nor the vile food mystery meets drenched that an inmate dubbed sloppy nose. So what was the worst thing about being in jail in for me it was probably being locked up all the time without any control over my life. I mean, we take watches or cell phones for granted. You know what time it is, you know what youre supposed to be doing. All of a sudden jail means total loss of control. You work on their schedule. You sleep on their schedule. And because i was in a kind of high security jail it wasnt a Martha Stewart cupcake life jail. There was no access to the outdoors. I think i had about four hours of real air, breatheab
Sleeping on a paperthin yoga mat. Nor the vile food, mystery meat drenched in thick, brown sauce. Accompanied by starches and carbohydrate in shades of brown and gray. What was the worst thing about being in jail . Judith for me, it was probably being locked up all of the time without any control over my life. We take watches and cell phones for granted. You know what time it is, you know what youre supposed to be doing. Jail means a total loss of control. You work on their schedule. You sleep on their schedule. Because i was in a kind of highsecurity jail, it was not the Martha Stewart camp cupcake kind of jail. There was no access to the outdoors. I think i had about four hours of real, breathable, outdoor air in 85 days. For me, that was the toughest part of the adjustment to my new life. Brian when were you in jail, and where . Judith i was in the Alexandria Detention Center in alexandria virginia. I had to say this, it was extremely professional. It was very well run. The people t
Have a chapter, this paragraph. The worst part of jail was not sleeping on a paperthin yoga mat. Nor the vile food, mystery meat drenched in thick, brown sauce. Accompanied by starches and carbohydrate in shades of brown and gray. What was the worst thing about being in jail . Judith for me, it was probably being locked up all of the time without any control over my life. We take watches and cell phones for granted. You know what time it is, you know what youre supposed to be doing. Jail means a total loss of control. You work on their schedule. You sleep on their schedule. Because i was in a kind of highsecurity jail, it was not the Martha Stewart camp cupcake kind of jail. There was no access to the outdoors. I think i had about four hours of real, breathable, outdoor air in 85 days. For me, that was the toughest part of the adjustment to my new life. Brian when were you in jail and where . Judith i was in the Alexandria Detention Center in alexandria virginia. I had to say this, it