Of the trade war and turkey agrees to a temporary ceasefire in syria. Pencera jumped as mike said tariffs will be lifted if the truce remains in place. Liveeen im Kathleen Hays in washington, d. C. , at the Imf World Bank annual meeting. In this hour, i will be speaking with the secretary of finance from the philippines and the Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor about the impact of the trade war and more and what policymakers can do about it. Shery first, let us get you started with a check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures unchanged after stocks climbed to an almost a record high in thursdays session. The s p 500 at one point topping 3000. We had health care and real estate leading gains. We had mostly positive Quarterly Earnings results. At the same time, we had more Risk Appetite as we saw that u. K. And the European Union struck a deal. The dow, though, underperforming after ibm disappointed with results. We are now looking forward to more data coming out of asia. Sophie we h
Order. Good afternoon and welcome to this afternoons session of the washington history seminar. Historical perspective on international and national affairs. My name is eric, of George Washington university, and i am the cochair of the seminar, along with christian f. Ostermann who represents the wilson center. As you may see, we have cspan taping here today, so we would like to welcome those of you who are watching on your computers or on your television screens, and suggest that you visit our website to learn more about the Seminar Series and upcoming speakers here at the wilson center. The washington history seminar, is a collaborative effort of two organizations. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars, and the American Historical Association National History center. We are now in our ninth year of programming, approaching our big decadelong celebration that will come next year. We meet weekly, mostly on monday afternoons, during the academic year. The seminar at wants
Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Pals cutting comments to the fed chairman is defined in the face of trumps criticism and strongly hinted ata trumps criticism and strongly hinted at a rate cut this month. The digital divide. The us orders an investigation into frances planned new tax that will hit American Technology giants hard. Good morning asia, hello world. It is thursday thank you forjoining us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. We start with the Us Federal Reserve and its chairman has brushed off heated attacks by donald trump saying he would not step down if the president asked him to. At the same time, Jerome Powell hinted that a potential rate reduction later this month as the world s most powerful central bank warned that Lawmakers Office continued uncertainty. All fed shares have a difficult balancing act. They need to keep inflation low and everyone at work. They also need to keep markets calm while being able to change their
Business stories. We start in saudi arabia as the Worlds Biggest Oil Company Aramco is set to announce its latest Half Year Results in the next half an hour or so. Last year, aramco netted record profits of over 160 billion, buoyed by soaring energy prices. But in may this year, they reported that profits dropped by nearly a fifth in the first three months of the year as the gloomy Global Outlook saw oil prices drop. To tackle this, saudi arabia has been cutting production to the tune of1 Million Barrels a day. They started in july and have now extended to september. The oil price has since been creeping up. Live now to our middle east Business Correspondent sameer hashmi. Sameer, nice to see you. 160 billion is so much money made in a year. What are they expected to say in the next half hour . Expected to say in the next half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching up half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching up to half hour . Sally, ithink it is ma
Prompting them to file the appeal. The residents argue the Plant Operator underestimated the maximum strength of seismic jolt that could hit the plant. An eruption could trigger a serious accident. The operator, electric power company, insists its earthquake measure measures are correct. A mega eruption is extremely low during the lifespan. In august last year, the number one reactor was the first to go back online in japan under the stricter regulations after the 2011 nuclear crisis. The number two reactor was restarted in october. Power companies arent the only institutions dealing with the tougher regulations. Universities and other academic facilities cant switch on their reactors until theyve met the new rules and they say its hirtli hurting their ability to train the next generation of engineers. Reporter researchers gathered at the government Atomic Energy commission to raise the alarm. Translator some universities are sending their students to south korea for training. The situ