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Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us it was a rocky road to independence but today east timor marks 20 years since a un backed vote that ended a bloody decade long occupation by indonesia that vote on aug 30th 1999 saw 80 percent of East Timorese supporting a split from indonesia the country had invaded east timor a former portuguese colony with a shared land order in 1905 and while people now possess Political Freedom it has not led necessarily to Economic Freedom about half of the countrys 1400000 people live in poverty and 40 percent are literate but before we get into...

Currency with benign neglect in order to function as the reserve currency properly. And this is something we really have to take seriously in this particular environment trump can say whatever he wants politically. Mnuchin can say whatever he wants politically, but getting into intervention has always been a failed tool its never worked. And the concept that the Federal Reserve would cause it not to work by sterilizing is probably incorrect. Its not going to work in and of itself because nobody is big enough in that market to really drive the size of that market enough to have a noticeable imp...

Historians talk about religious influence on u. S. Politics and Foreign Policy in the 20th century, and address the question of why this is not a highly studied topic. This was part of a two Day Conference called remaking american political history. Thank you all for coming. I will be chairing this roundtable today. I will give you a brief overview of what were going to talk group,nd introduce our and then we will get started. 15 years ago [inaudible] oh, there we go. Thank you. There is a switch on the mic. 15 years ago, in a journal of American History article, john butler challenged histori...

York stock exchange. Very monday morning and its going to be a very busy week were going to start with some talk about technology and antitrust. Our next guests latest column says, are we finally getting serious about big tech monopolies is it too late cnbc contributor kara swisher joins us this morning. Good morning, kara good to see you. Hi. Good to see you. You ask, are we finally getting serious about mo monopolies and then you go on to say, youre not holding your breath and no one in Silicon Valley is holding their breath no, were not theres been so much suggestion about the ftc and the j...

Jet powered flyboard. Hello and welcome. Im Christian Fraser in london and jane obrien is in washington. A day after clearing out the old cabinet, Boris Johnson appeared at the commons dispatch box today with a new team behind him and a bold plan in front of him. With energy and enthusiasm, the new Prime Minister painted a picture of a better Brexit Britain the beginning, he said, of a new golden age. The confident style of leadership reflects the settled decision of his new cabinet, and it is recognised in brussels. In an e mail to officials, the eus chief negotiatior, Michel Barnier, wrote, ...