Previously untouchable subject in thailand angry protest says break the taboo by openly criticizing the king and also demanded wholesale changes to the political system is a possible and why is the monarchy being targeted this is inside story. Oh it comes of the program. Theyve been running almost daily for the past month and 2 government protesters led by students out attracting different sectors of thai society their main demand is that change of the entire political system that includes the resignation of former army general now Prime Minister. One of the largest protests since the militarist seize power in the latest school 6 years ago was held on sunday as well as changes to the constitution and to the intimidation of political activists some are calling for what has long been unthinkable with full of the monarchy and the quick this is of the royal family is an offense that can lead to a long prison sentence our reporter scott reports from a student roddy held on tuesday. A new ge
Previously untouchable subject in thailand angered protesters break the taboo by openly criticizing the king and also demanded wholesale changes to the political system is a possible and why is the monarchy being targeted this is inside story. Low incomes are the program. Theyve been running almost daily for the past month and 2 government protesters led by students are attracting different sectors of thai society their main demand is the change of the entire political system that includes the resignation of former army general now Prime Minister. One of the largest protests since the militarist seize power in the latest school 6 years ago was held on sunday as well as changes to the constitution and to the intimidation of political activists some are calling for what has long been unthinkable with full of the monarchy and the quick this is of the royal family is an offense that can be to a long prison sentence our reporter scott reports from a student roddy held on tuesday. A new gene
The Senate Committee on finance the subcommittee on International Trade customs and Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strange but an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair treatment practices of foreign governments and especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because of its growing of facts on this list in the United States as well as culture. Last fall for example the National Basketball association had its Market Access lock in china because individual american citizens used to media platform not allowed in china to express a political opinion. Now the topic is become much more important to the lack of timely Accurate Information about the spread of covid19 due to chinese censorship has contri
Alley were seeing more push and pull this morning in this case the dow and the s p are green. Were getting decent bounces in names related to travel. Of course the covid cases out of florida at 11,000 plus is not good, but it has been off set by the data out of gilead lets talk about where were going in the coming weeks. You have been riding names like facebook and alphabet and is any of that betting tired the nasdaq 100 has bet the s p for ten straight months. At this point i think the s p this year is down 1 and the value index was down we started our careers at the same time. We saw the tech bubble we saw how bifurcated it can get. We saw how they still have value. Other companies doing exceptionally well it is not available compared to what we see in other sectors what is an example of that . Lets take leer if your family owned the business, you would say we made a billion and a half dollars a couple years ago and a few years from now we will again, but the market is offering to bu
Economy. More than two trillion more in programs today to support business and the bond market amid the covid19 out break. Fed chair powell saying the economy and the recovery can be robust this after another 6. 6 million americans file for jobless claims that brings the total over the past three weeks to nearly 17 million. Take a look at oil it was surging earlier today but pairing those gains now, its now negative on conflicting reports on whether or not opec has reached a deal thanks. We have all the big stories covered today. Crude being one of them. Its down 5 well have more in a moment. Bob on the markets and kayla tracking the moves in congress, which didnt happen today. Bob, we kick it off with you we are just off the highs the banks are lagging. Banks, retailers, just off the highs for the Dow Jones Industrial average bank, retailers and real estate doing well energy has been lagging a little bit. Were awaiting for details on opec and the deal or no deal we dont know yet. Ther