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week: By anyone's definition, by any measure, right now we have a crisis at our southern border, Johnson said during an interview on Fox's Cavuto LIVE on March 30, according to MSNBC. According to the commissioner of CBP, there were 4,000 apprehensions in one day alone this past week, and we're on pace for 100,000 apprehensions on our southern border this month. Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images Obama's DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson Acknowledges Crisis' at the Southern Border By Janita Kan March 30, 2019 Updated March 30, 2019 Share Jeh Johnson, the former homeland security secretary during the Obama administration, said on several recent television appearances that there is a crisis at the Southern border, adding that the number of apprehensions has surpassed anything he had seen during his time as the department's head. That is by far a greater number than anything I saw on my watch in my three years as Secretary of Homeland Security, he added. Two weeks ago, I briefed the media and testified to Congress that our immigration system was at the breaking point, he said. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP Kevin McAleenan, said during a press conference this week that federal agents caught 4,117 people who were either trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally or through a border crossing on March 26. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

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press conference: The firm support for multilateralism and globalization is the most important outcome and the most encouraging message from this year's forum, said Li Baodong, BFA Secretary General at the closing press conference, according to Xinhua China. What we heard most is the hope to protect multilateralism and lead a path of common development. Photo/hkwb.net The Boao Forum for Asia BFA annual conference concluded Friday in southern China's island province of Hainan, with consensus on regional and global cooperation reached. Consensus has been reached that Asia is an important engine for the global economy, he added.A cooperation document was signed between the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations UN and BFA. The signing of the cooperation document will push forward cooperation on sustainable development in the region and boost the UN's efforts on sustainable development, Li said. Source Xinhua Please understand that womenofchina.cn,a non-profit, website, cannot reach every writer before using articles and images. The BFA annual conference this year took place from March 26 to 29 in Boao, a coastal town in Hainan, with the theme Shared Future, Concerted Action, Common Development. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

pro-european union: Underscoring the tough choices facing May to break the Brexit impasse, the newspaper said at least six pro-European Union senior ministers will resign if she opts for a potentially damaging no-deal departure from the EU. But at the same time, rival ministers who support Brexit were threatening to quit if May decides to stay close to the EU with a customs union or if she sought a long delay to Brexit, the Sunday Times said, according to Nine News Australia. May's Brexit strategy is in tatters after the exit deal she hammered out with other EU leaders was rejected for a third time by the House of Commons on Friday, the day that Britain was supposed to leave the bloc. To improve your experience update it here News World May risks total collapse of UK govt By AAP10 43am Mar 31, Prime Minister Theresa May risks the total collapse of her government if she fails to get her battered Brexit deal through parliament, the Sunday Times newspaper says, amid growing speculation that she might call an early election. Nearly three years after Britons voted by 52-48 per cent to end the country's EU membership after 46 years, what Brexit will look like or whether it will even happen remains up in the air. Otherwise she will have to ask the bloc for a long extension or take Britain out of the EU on April 12 with no deal to soften the economic shock. May now has less than two weeks to convince the 27 other EU countries that she can break the deadlock. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

teammates: His teammates had work to do and he was merely passing through en route from the site of his solo workout and the Maple Leafs dressing room, according to The Toronto Star. But Gardiner's presence drew a reaction. Gardiner, who's been out since late February with a bad back, didn't stay long. A couple of teammates offered enthusiastic stick taps in his honour. Playoff history notwithstanding, the Maple Leafs are eagerly anticipating the imminent return of defenceman Jake Gardiner from a back injury, likely Thursday against the Lightning. Longtime pal Morgan Rielly flipped a puck off his keister as he skated past. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

bond market: AFP/Getty Images Caption outside of wrapper for normal article images Waiting for the panic to stop The bond market looks like a runaway train right now, as more investors clamber aboard to escape the perceived economic boogeyman, according to Market Watch. As New York wakes up, the yield on the 10-year U.S. bond is hovering at 15-month lows, yields on equally dated Japanese and German government bonds have pushed further into negative territory, and Australia's hit a record low. The story has been corrected. Japan & Germany are in a race to the bottom. Indeed, equities are holding pretty steady for Thursday, as investors keep one eye on trade talks in Beijing and take in some fresh economic data. Japan is again in the lead w/ 10y JGB yields at -0.09% while 10y German Bund yields at -0.08%. Holger Zschaepitz Schuldensuehner March 28, 2019 We fear the things we don't know, not what everyone is talking about, says Cracked Market blogger Jani Ziedins, who believes stock bulls still have the edge and investors may be freaking out over nothing new. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

dow jones: The Toronto Stock Exchange Broadcast Centre is shown in Toronto on Friday June 28, 2013, according to The Toronto Star. Aaron Vincent Elkaim / THE CANADIAN PRESS It slightly outperformed the 11 per cent gain by the Dow Jones industrial average. After underperforming other markets for years, the Toronto stock market bested markets in Europe, emerging countries and Japan in the first three months of 2019, says Michael Greenberg, portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions. But it lagged the Nasdaq composite, which is up 16.5 per cent so far this year, and the 13 per cent increase by the S&P 500 index. So I think it's a great lesson to investors to separate the economy from the stock market, he said in an interview. It's actually been a very good quarter for Canadian assets. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

blackberry logo: But the focus was on Black Berry's strong fourth quarter and future expectations, according to The Toronto Star. The Blackberry logo located in the lobby of the company's B building in Waterloo, Ont. on May 29, 2018. The company, based in Waterloo, Ont., had a full-year profit of US 95 million on revenue of US 904 billion, which were both down from the prior year. Andrew Ryan / THE CANADIAN PRESS During a morning conference call, executive chairman and CEO John Chen announced the outlook for Black Berry's current 2020 financial year includes estimated revenue growth of between 23 per cent and 27 per cent. We believe total revenue growth is a significant milestone to both the company and our shareholders, Chen said. He also noted that Black Berry met all of its key financial targets for the 2019 financial year and exceeded analyst revenue and profit estimates in the fourth quarter ended Feb. 28. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

board: The WTY board insists a criminal investigation is unnecessary despite Verity having paid back a five-figure sum on his abrupt departure, according to The Guardian. But one Yorkshire council leader is demanding evidence of why the organisation's board was so sure no laws had been broken. More than half of Welcome to Yorkshire's WTY income derived from the taxpayer between 2013 and 2018 but the organisation will not answer detailed questions about how that money was spent by its boss, Sir Gary Verity, who resigned last Friday. I want to know what the context is for the false claims . Our council has prosecuted staff for making false expense claims for much smaller sums than we are dealing with here, said Tim Swift, the leader of Calderdale council. Asked if it was too high, Swift said Yes. He said he had been shocked to learn Verity was paid a 243,000 salary. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

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madison: By Madison Feller Mar 29, 2019 The Washington Post Getty Images Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor from South Bend, Indiana, might seem like just another name on the long list of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, according to MSNBC. But following a CNN town hall and a number of media appearances Buttigieg has hit a new polling high. Here's Where He Stands on 9 Important Issues. Granted it's four percent, but it is above more well-known candidates like Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar. He would also be the first openly gay presidential nominee for a major party, if he were to nab the Democratic spot. Buttigieg, who would be the youngest president in history, is also a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, a multilingual Harvard graduate, a Rhodes Scholar, a former McKinsey employee, and, if elected, would become the first openly gay United States president in history. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

bytedance ltd: The 35-year-old founder of Bytedance Ltd. is worth about 13 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him China's ninth-richest person and one of the fastest people in modern times to amass a mega-fortune, according to The Japan Times. The business, founded in 2012, has more than 1 billion active monthly users across eight mobile apps, including a news aggregator powered by artificial intelligence and a video-sharing platform. ; His rapid wealth accumulation is a sign that China hasn't lost its knack for creating mega-rich company founders despite a slowing economy. That pivot proved lucrative. It also helps explain why authorities seem to be taking a more tolerant stance toward a corporate structure favored by the country's technology tycoons, most of whom have chosen to list their businesses overseas. It is also difficult because Bytedance is structured in the same way as the two tech behemoths a complicated ownership system known as a variable interest entity. Zhang's fortune is harder to calculate than the founders of Baidu Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. in part because his company isn't yet public. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

interest rate: Bond buyers usually expect a higher yield when tying up their capital for longer periods, according to Market Watch. But so many people have been buying up 10-year Treasurys fearing an economic slowdown that it drove the yield below that of 3-month T-bills. That's when the interest rate on short-term Treasurys, such as 3-month bills TMUBMUSD03M, 0.00% or 2-year notes TMUBMUSD02Y, 0.00% is higher than on longer-term debt, such as 10-year notes TMUBMUSD10Y, 0.00% or 30-year bonds TMUBMUSD30Y, 0.00% It's rare for short-term instruments to pay more than long-term ones. Yields fall as bond prices rise. The last nine times an inversion occurred, a recession began a year or so later, with only two exceptions 1966 and 1998, according to the Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The worst impact is that an inverted yield curve usually signals a coming recession. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

isn t: Not the clouds the cloud, according to Market Watch. The price, and the trade, only hold up if you see San Francisco-based Lyft LYFT, 8.74% as an heir to cloud computing companies like Salesforce CRM, 2.06% Rackspace, and of course Amazon AMZN, 0.41% Even giants best known for other businesses, like Alphabet GOOG, 0.41%GOOGL, 0.39% and Microsoft MSFT, 0.86% have juiced valuations by getting in on a cloud-computing trend investors are willing to pay up for. Someone has their head in the cloud. The purpose here isn't to dispute whether they should. First, let's run some numbers. But if you're considering chasing Lyft at the post-first-day-pop price, likely to produce a valuation as high as 30 billion, you should consider whether Lyft really is in a category like that. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

offenses underreporting: Nissan needs to ensure that the proposed changes to its governance structure will not end in nominal reforms but effectively revamp the way the company is run, according to The Japan Times. In the report released this week, the seven-member panel, comprising experts such as lawyers and business leaders as well as Nissan's three outside directors, concluded that Ghosn, who led the major Japanese automaker for nearly two decades while also heading the Motors alliance, allegedly engaged in the suspected offenses underreporting his pay by billions of yen for years in the company's financial reports and shifting his personal investment losses to the firm in his pursuit of private gain. While only Ghosn and a close aide have been criminally charged with offenses such as underreporting his executive pay and aggravated breach of trust, the automaker itself bears the blame for its failure to prevent the misconduct over an extended period. The root cause that allowed the alleged wrongdoing to take place for years was the excessive concentration of authority in Ghosn's hands, including on matters of personnel and executive pay decisions, according to the panel, which also blamed the former chairman for allegedly diverting company funds and expenses for private use. ; It went on to propose a set of changes to Nissan's governance structure to prevent such a concentration of authority with a single individual, separating the execution of the automaker's business and its supervision with the president and CEO taking charge of the business execution and chair of the board of directors responsible for supervision of management. Concluding that Ghosn wielded too much power as the top executive of not just Nissan but also of Renault and Mitsubishi Motors, the panel said that Nissan's representative director should not double as a board member of the other group firms. The proposed measures include the following abolishing the post of chairman, which has been vacant since Ghosn was ousted following his arrest in November; the board of directors, which used to be headed by the chairman himself, should now be led by one of the independent, outside directors; and such outside directors should constitute a majority of the board members. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

i m: Bail for Ressa, who holds Philippine and American passports, is normally automatic in this case and she went before a judge on Friday morning, according to The Japan Times. After her release on the equivalent of 1,700 bail, she told reporters, The press in this country is under attack. Ressa and her website Rappler have been hit with a string of criminal charges in recent months that have sent shock waves through the Philippine media scene, prompting allegations she and her team are being targeted for their work. ; I'm being treated like a criminal when my only crime is to be an independent journalist, Ressa told reporters before her arrest at Manila airport, where she had just landed from a trip abroad. We won't take the threat sitting down. She was taken into custody on a charge that she allowed her name to be used to circumvent a Philippine law against foreign ownership of media properties, a charge that stems from a 2015 investment into Rappler. The rule of law has been weaponized. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

trump: Their face-to-face will take place a little more than a month after Trump held his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, according to CNN. The talks fell apart over disagreements on exchanging sanctions relief for steps toward the dismantling of North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. Moon and Trump are scheduled to hold talks April 11 in Washington to discuss the latest developments regarding the Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea as well as bilateral matters, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement. Though the summit ended abruptly, the White House has maintained the leaders left on good terms. There's more work to do. There's obviously a long ways to go. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

lyft: Lyft is lifting the price target for its initial public offering in a sign of the excitement surrounding the stock market debut of a ride-hailing service that's gaining ground on its rival Uber, according to The Toronto Star. With the revision disclosed Wednesday, March 27, 2019,Lyft is now seeking 70 to 72 per share, up from its previous goal of 62 to 68. The next big test comes Friday morning when the San Francisco company's stock will begin trading on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol LYFT. This Jan. 31, 2018 file photo shows a Lyft logo on a Lyft driver's car in Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar, File / AP Photo In this Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, a Lyft driver opens the Lyft app on his phone while waiting for a fare in Pittsburgh. With the revision disclosed Wednesday, March 27, 2019, Lyft is now seeking 70 to 72 per share, up from its previous goal of 62 to 68. Lyft is lifting the price target for its initial public offering in a sign of the excitement surrounding the stock market debut of a ride-hailing service that's gaining ground on its rival Uber. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

jim: Jim Penman launched the corporate colossus known as Jim's Mowing from a 24 investment, now the brand turns over 500 million annually, according to Nine News Australia. Despite his soaring success, Penman says his passion always has and always will be science, which he pursues through his humanitarian efforts to support research into addiction and depression. To improve your experience update it here News National The mega-successful Jim's franchise started out as a 24 investment By Ashley Wick7 56pm Mar 29, 2019Facebook Tweet Mail The bearded bloke in a bucket hat is one of the most recognisable and successful brands in Australia but tonight, he revealed a lesser known side to A Current Affair. You've got to have a purpose in life, Penman said. It's been to make the world better on a very big scale. My overall mission has always been science. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

thing: It was the 1990s, and I first saw it in an advert on TV. The ad said explicitly that drinking milk would save the nation, according to The Guardian. It would make China stronger and better able to survive competition from other nations. It was an image of it, not the real thing. Like most ethnic Han, who make up about 95% of the population, Jian was congenitally lactose-intolerant, meaning milk was hard to digest. Throughout the Mao era, milk was in short supply and rationed to those deemed to have a special need infants and the elderly, athletes and party cadres above a certain grade. His parents did not consume dairy at all when they were growing up; China's economy was closed to the global market and its own production very limited. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

world backsliding: In the onslaught of news where we see the world backsliding into authoritarianism this stands alone, the film star and activist wrote in an opinion piece for Deadline, according to The Guardian. In a novel form of political activism aimed at the global elite, he called for the public to join him in immediately boycotting the hotels operated by the Dorchester Collection luxury chain three in the UK, two in the US, two in France and two in Italy. Let that sink in. The Dorchester Collection is owned by the Brunei Investment Agency, an arm of Brunei's ministry of finance. Other hotels in the group include the the Beverly Hills hotel and Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles. The British hotels are the Dorchester and 45 Park Lane in London, and Coworth Park in Ascot, Berkshire. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

brain volumes: Fifty thousand years ago with the rise of Homo sapiens sapiens, according to The Guardian. Ten thousand years ago with the invention of civilization. It began four million years ago, when brain volumes began climbing rapidly in the hominid line. Five hundred years ago with the invention of the printing press. In less than thirty years, it will end. Fifty years ago with the invention of the computer. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

claims: It was only then that the complainant alleged, for the first time to Fedeli's knowledge, that Fedeli had engaged in improper conduct of a sexual nature toward her, says the statement, according to The Toronto Star. The statement of reply is a response to claims made in Brown's statement of defence. The finance minister who is suing Brown and his publisher for 8 million in a defamation case says in a statement of reply that he did not learn of a complaint of improper behaviour made against him until days after a female staffer was first told her job was being cut because of the party's precarious financial state under Brown. Fedeli's statement of claim was filed in January. The reply statement flatly denies Fedeli engaged in inappropriate behaviour with her as alleged in Takedown The Attempted Political Assassination of Patrick Brown, calling the book a vindictive attack on Fedeli's character. The reply document filed in Ontario Superior Court of Justice suggests the unnamed woman made the complaint as a ploy to get a bigger severance package. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

benchmarks fare: The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, 0.78% closed with a gain of 25.79 points, or 0.3%, at 7,669.17, according to Market Watch. What drove the market There were signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks, with Beijing officials making unprecedented proposals to resolve a long-running tariff dispute with Washington, Reuters reported, citing U.S.officials. How did the benchmarks fare The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, 0.82% rose 91.87 points, or 0.4%, to end at 25,717.46 and the S&P 500 index SPX, 0.67% gained 10.07 points, or 0.4%, to finish at 2,815.44. The report said the proposals aim to end charges that China systematically steals U.S. intellectual property. The cut was sparked by softer consumer spending and subdued business investment, and brought GDP growth for 2018 to 2.9%. Read Gush of government spending that boosted economy last year is fading The GDP report comes on the heels of heightened anxieties about sluggish growth in China and Europe that Wall Street investors fear has already begun to affect the U.S., reflected in falling yields of government debt, which move opposite of prices. Optimism over trade, however, was tempered by the final reading of U.S. gross domestic product growth in the fourth quarter which was lowered to 2.2% from an estimated 2.6% annualized rate. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

empire club: Ontario Finance Minister Vic Fedeli will table the Tories' first budget on April 11, according to The Toronto Star. Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press Fedeli, who will table the Progressive Conservative government's first budget on April 11, told 700 people at an Empire Club of Canada luncheon that Ontario is moving into the 21st century. But sources told the Star that breaking the province's existing 10-year agreement with the Beer Store could cost taxpayers 100 million in penalties. Quick' doesn't quite capture our government's pace thus far at Queen's Park. It's time for everyone in government to start acting like the competition is coming, and treat people like responsible adults, said Fedeli. For the Star Trek fans in the audience, we've been moving at warp speed,' the treasurer said Thursday. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

doesn: Responding to a joint Guardian Australia/ABC investigation, Littleproud said the Victorian government and industry have been asking for carbon credits out of native forestry for some time, according to The Guardian. What I've simply said is that we should explore that It doesn't sit within my remit, it sits with the environment minister Melissa Price. The minister cited concerns over the future of the Australian beekeeping industry and the knock-on impacts for farmers for his support, saying It seems as though it is common sense. But we should be pragmatic around that and when industry themselves are asking for it, that's when I start to twig my ears to look for a solution to work with state governments to make sure that a practical solution is achieved . Victoria's environment minister, Lily D'Ambrosio, welcomed Littleproud's intervention, but said We've been pressing the federal government for years now on the development of a carbon methodology that recognises the valuable contribution that preserving our forests makes to combating climate change and we've had no proper response, certainly no willingness to do just that. The letters reveal that after initial enthusiasm, the commonwealth told Victoria the development of a methodology to generate carbon credits and help conservation focused activities on public native forests was not a high priority. Logging of old-growth forests should stop, Victorian environment department says Read more Leaked letters In leaked correspondence last month to D'Ambrosio, Littleproud made it clear he was intervening on behalf of beekeepers who had told him that regional forest agreements RFAs have failed the bee-keeping industry . Littleproud's letter to D'Ambrosio is the latest in a series of eight letters between commonwealth and Victorian ministers going back four years which centre around secret plans to exit or drastically wind back native forest logging in Victoria. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.