Matter. How does iraq. And Current Affairs that matter to you. Aljazeera. Hello im daryn jordan this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week. We are now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. We are independent and we do not the. Middle east Oil President trump wants us troops out of the middle east we take a look at the trillions spent on wars and the billions of men tainting us military bases. Also this week the hog and pork industry has taken a hit from african swine flu in china and asia but does the Meat Industry need to change to save the planet. And frances digital tax on big Silicon Valley tech that could escalate a trade war with the United States. Well right now there are 200000 u. S. Troops stationed at more than 800 bases in 70 countries and territories outside the United States despite President Trumps pledges to end the endless wars the number of troops in the middle east has increa
Military bases. Also this week the hog and pork industry has taken a hit from african swine flu in china and asia but does the Meat Industry need to change to save the planet. Frances digital tax on big Silicon Valley tech that could escalate a trade war with the United States. Well right now there are 200000 u. S. Troops stationed at more than 800 bases in 70 countries and territories outside the United States despite President Trumps pledges to end the endless wars the number of troops in the middle east has increased well the assassination of iran 2nd most powerful figure cost him soon the money by u. S. Drone strike has led to the deployment of more troops to iraq and one iran hit back and tensions appear to have eased for now a shadow war goes on which raises the question how much does the United States spend on its presence in the middle east well since 911. 00 taxpayers in the United States have spent 6. 00 trillion dollars on wars in afghanistan iraq and syria thats according t
You know what its like. You have twins. Werent they born on the same day . They happened to be born on the same day. I think you mentioned that. You have to gear up for that stuff. You can see right now, a mixed picture for the futures. It looks like the dow futures are up by 26. The dow was up yesterday by 236 points yesterday. The s p was up by more than 1 . It closed at its 17th recordhigh of 2024. Again, it ooh is only march 13 ft. So thats pretty rapid success for all of those new highs. The nasdaq was up by 1. 5 . It reversed two days of declines. This came after the cpi number was a little hotter than anticipated. All in all people looked at it saying housing inflation was coming down to some extent and it with was good news. If you took out treasury yields, they were higher. They jumped on the cpi. The 2 yeee2years at 2. 6 . Alaskan airlines is confirming the plane that lost the door plug was actually scheduled to under go maintenance later that night. I roy. To get straight to
mischievous asia s richest man hits back against us traders who raised doubts about his finances, wiping $10 billion off his companies share prices. and never too late to influence why brands are seeking out older people to push their products hello. we start here in the uk, where in a few hours time the government s finance chief chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt will announce plans to boost the economy and tackle the country s poor productivity. central to those plans, freeing the city of london s giant insurance firms from eu rules on how much cash they have to keep in reserve. they say it could release 100 billion pounds to invest in things like clean energy and infrastructure. mr hunt will also warn against an attitude of declinism amid accusations from business that post brexit uk is in danger of getting left behind in an increasingly competitive world economy. the future looks very uncertain because you have that ira, the 350 billion dollars been spent in