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chung kyung-shim: Cho faces a dozen charges, including bribery, document fraud, manipulation of evidence and public service ethics law violations, it added, according to The Japan Times. Together with his wife he is being prosecuted for falsifying documents regarding family investments and efforts to gain university admissions. The accusations are a setback for President Moon Jae-in after the liberal leader named Cho, a former top aide, to the Cabinet post to lead reform of the prosecutor's office, which critics saw as being susceptible to political pressure. ; The Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office indicted Cho and his wife, Chung Kyung-shim, on Tuesday morning over family investment and using their position to gain admissions for his children, it said in a statement. Cho will remain free as he stands trial. Cho's lawyer, Kim Chil-joon, did not immediately respond to telephone calls or a text message to seek comment. Chung, who is also a university professor, was arrested in October on the same charges. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

defense capability: Trump approved the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which will increase the U.S. defense spending by about 20 billion dollars, or about 2.8 percent, on Friday night at a signing ceremony held at the Joint Base Andrews near Washington, according to Global Times China. Xinhua/Liu Jie After signing the National Defense Authorization Act NDAA for Fiscal Year 2020 on December 20, US President Donald Trump announced the establishment of the US Space Force, the sixth military branch of the US armed forces. Trump signed into law a 738-billion-U.S.-dollar defense bill which includes controversial provisions calling for sanctions against Russia and Turkey. Though the new arm of the military will not substantially augment US defense capability, it will definitely prove useful if the country's might is challenged in space. When the US believes that some countries might pose a potential threat to it in a certain field, it tends to seek a dominant position before the challenge can actually raise its head. Preparing in advance is what the US always does, since the US is used to being in the lead. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

end i: Download the new Indpendent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now THIS IS TEMP CODE TO RESOLVE TEADS ISSUES ON SAFARAI - ISSUE-387 - START THIS WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE FOOTER EJS FILE THIS IS TEMP CODE TO RESOLVE TEADS ISSUES ON SAFARAI - ISSUE-387 - END I expect a fundamental reconceptualisation of what Facebook's role is in the world, he told CNN. When you have an entity that large with that much potential impact, and not fundamentally doing good things to improve the state of the world, well, then I think everyone is going to have it in its crosshairs, according to The Independent. Created with Sketch. Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff said the tech giant urgently needed to be regulated and described it as the new cigarettes for our society . Mr Benioff, who also owns Time magazine, added to mounting criticism aimed at Facebook in recent years, which ranges from the negative impacts of social media on its users to the way it allows misinformation to spread online on an unprecedented scale. Facebook birthday 15 defining moments for the social network Show all 15 Created with Sketch. Created with Sketch. Created with Sketch. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

films: The Chinese mainland's box office hit an all-time high with a total of 63.7 billion yuan around 9.1 billion US dollars as of Sunday, according to Global Times China. It remains a difficult task, however, for Chinese films to appeal to North American moviegoers and achieve similar success beyond national borders. File photo MORE CHINESE FILMS RELEASED IN NORTH AMERICA The year of 2019 is another milestone for China's film industry as eight of the year's top 10 highest grossing films in the Chinese mainland's box office charts are Chinese films. Nonetheless, there is reason to be hopeful. CMC Pictures has successfully released 11 Chinese films this year with a North American cume of 10.66 million dollars as of Saturday, including China's first homemade sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth, which is the highest grossing Chinese film in North America in the last five years with a total of 5.87 million dollars. Two major Chinese-language film distributors in North America have fared much better in 2019 than last year. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

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commodities: With little choice, he grudgingly agreed to sell at 70 Zimbabwean dollars US 5 on the local interbank rate . The father of five said his family has been forced to cut down on meals as the price of basic commodities soars thanks to hyperinflation, according to CNN. It has been a tough year. Mautsa's only customer offered to buy a wheelbarrow of sand -- a key ingredient in household construction works -- at half the asking price. You simply cannot make enough to make ends meet, Mautsa told CNN. On a good day, I make 200 Zimbabwean dollars, but lately business has been going down because the traders are too many. Read More Risk of starvation As well as hyperinflation, Zimbabwe has been hit by severe drought in parts of the country. Last year was better, I could even save money for my children's school fees, but this year inflation has decimated my income. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

tesla shares: Tesla took the same approach when it started production of the sedan in California in July 2017, delivering its first Model 3s to staff. ; After reaching that milestone more than two years ago, Tesla went through months of what Musk called production hell, according to The Japan Times. After consistently falling well short of its chief executive officer's ambitious targets, the firm burned through billions of dollars and came within weeks of running out of money. The electric carmaker handed over the first 15 Model 3 sedans assembled at its new multibillion-dollar plant near Shanghai its first outside the U.S. to employees at the facility on Monday. Investors have been betting this time will be different, with Tesla shares on a tear since the company reported a surprise quarterly profit in late October. The China plant is already assembling more than 1,000 cars a week, and aims to double that rate over the next year, according to Song Gang, the manufacturing director at the facility. The carmaker is on much steadier footing, having worked out the kinks that limited initial production of the Model 3 and managing to far outpace sales of many other automakers' electric vehicles. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

p spx: But after the New Year's Eve revelry what sort of 2020 will investors wake up to In our call of the day, Wells Fargo Investment Institute strategist head of global asset allocation strategy Tracie McMillion said it was unlikely 2020 would bring such outsize returns, according to Market Watch. Investors should consider taking gains in the New Year, she said, and then put the cash back to work when political or other stresses push markets lower. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, 0.30% has gained 35% year-to-date, while the S&P 500 SPX, 0.29% is on track for its biggest yearly gain since 2013, gaining nearly 29% and the Dow DJIA, 0.27% has climbed 22%. The trio all edged lower in early trading on Tuesday. If the pattern of resilient markets continues in 2020 as we expect, investors should find opportunities to take profits when markets exceed our price or yield targets ranges. By rebalancing in this way, cash can become a tactical tool that may enhance returns if market swings become more pronounced, as we expect, she added. There also may be chances to put cash back to work when political or other stresses push markets below our target levels, McMillion, head of global asset allocation strategy, said in a note. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

party leaders: There's nothing ambiguous in Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's warning that the country may encounter larger downward pressure and a more complex situation, so governments at all levels will face more difficult tasks and bigger responsibilities. ; Chinese President Xi Jinping himself identifies three tough battles ahead targeted poverty reduction, effective control of financial risks, and general improvement in the environment, according to The Japan Times. There is an undisguised sense of urgency in his message We need to be prepared with contingency plans. The surest sign is the fact that Chinese Communist Party leaders spare no efforts in cautioning the public about challenges ahead and pliant Chinese media outlets have been quick to spread the word buckle up for turbulence. Jack Ma, Alibaba's founder, weighs in to confirm that the hardship of 2019 is probably just the start of difficulties. China's cumulative debt now tops 300 percent of GDP and International Monetary Fund experts warned as early as January 2018 of the dangerous trajectory of the country's credit growth. Tough battles ahead The financial de-risking battle Xi referred to is necessitated by the toxic degree of indebtedness of the economy. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

tides shift: With all that as a backdrop, what better time to ask ETF industry pros what they're thinking about for the coming year Two respondents think that after a strong run, investors might do better to look outside the U.S. for returns, according to Market Watch. One, perhaps not surprisingly, thinks his own fund is best positioned to grab investor interest in the value trade, now that there seems to be more runway in the business cycle. The SEC approved a set of new guidelines that will change the way funds get launched, investors continued to use ETFs as tools to express big ideas or larger themes, and to make U-turns as the tides shift, and Market Watch became one of the first publications to point out the uncomfortable elephant in the room that the ETF industry has a problem with intellectual property theft. And another is wondering whether that will prompt investors to become less cautious. Studying abroad U.S. stocks have gained handsomely in 2019, and while many strategists think the current bull market has more room to run, others suggest investors will get more bang for their buck overseas. Their insights are below. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

zhu fenglian: Only acts instructed, commissioned, and sponsored by Beijing that meddle in Taiwanese society would be ruled as unlawful, according to Global Times China. Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing, said in a statement on Tuesday that the law was green terror - the color of the island's ruling Democratic Progressive Party DPP - and would hurt the interests of the Taiwan people. Taiwan-based news portal website taiwannews.tw reported that Tsai said Wednesday the legislation will not infringe upon the freedoms and rights of the people, nor would it affect normal exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. People from all walks of life within the island strongly condemned and opposed the DPP actions, said Zhu. Zheng Bo-yu, 31, from Taiwan, who works in Beijing, told the Global Times that he won't be fooled by Tsai, as the authorities and the courts in Taiwan were all controlled by the DPP, and they could just use this law to prosecute anyone that has connections with the mainland. The controversial bill reportedly bans people on the island from receiving instructions, requests, financial aid or political donations from infiltrating sources. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

fool: Making bold predictions can be a risky move, leaving one looking more fool than oracle especially when the crystal ball gazing is done from several decades away, according to Nine News Australia. We've put together seven predictions for life in 2020, from as far back as the 1960s and as recent as 2017. To improve your experience update it hereLIVE UPDATESLatest on Australia's bushfire crisis News World How futurists from the past predicted life in 2020By 9News Staff6 47am Jan 1, academics and technologists have always wondered what life will be like in the years ahead. Matt Damon sits on the planet Mars in the movie 'The Martian'. 20th Century Fox Man on Mars In 1997 futurists Peter Schwartz and Peter Leyden wrote a report detailing how man would set foot on Mars in the year 2020. The four astronauts touch down and beam their images back to the 11 billion people sharing in the moment. It's an extraordinary event by any measure, coming a half century after people first set foot on the Moon, they wrote. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

fuel producer: Here is a review of the year in business, according to The Guardian. Floats Saudi Aramco secured its position as the most valuable listed company in history after investor appetite for the world's biggest fossil fuel producer pushed its market value to just under 1.9tn 1.4tn after its long-awaited listing. Bankers and tycoons tried to get on with things by attempting huge flotations, large mergers and sizeable refinancings with mixed results. Shares in the Saudi state-backed oil company defied Aramco's critics by climbing nearly 11% above the 1.7tn valuation set before its market debut on Riyadh's stock exchange. The word's most profitable company was supposed to be worth 2tn when it listed the number coveted by Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman while a secondary goal was to insert Aramco shares into the portfolios of international investors. However, despite those numbers, it was still difficult to class the float as an unmitigated success. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

future: Kim also reportedly said his country planned to introduce a new strategic weapon in the near future. 2019 the year US foreign policy fell apart Read more In response, Trump said he had a good relationship with Kim and believed the North Korean leader would keep his word to refrain from nuclear and long-range missile tests, according to The Guardian. He did sign a contract, he did sign an agreement talking about denuclearisation. ... That was done in Singapore, and I think he's a man of his word, so we're going to find out, Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. The North Korean leader told a four-day meeting of party officials in Pyongyang that the test ban, which Kim agreed to in talks with the US president, was no longer needed, state media said on Wednesday. Trump's secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said he hoped North Korea would choose peace over war. We're hopeful that ... chairman Kim will make the right decision he'll choose peace and prosperity over conflict and war. So, seeing that reporting publicly, it remains the case that we hope that chairman Kim will take a different course, Pompeo told Fox News in an interview. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

deal: I will be signing our very large and comprehensive Phase One Trade Deal with China on January 15, he said in the tweet, according to The Guardian. Donald J. Trump real Donald Trump I will be signing our very large and comprehensive Phase One Trade Deal with China on January 15. In a tweet on Tuesday, the US president said high-level representatives of China would attend an official ceremony at the White House, adding he would also be travelling to Beijing for talks on the second phase of the deal. The ceremony will take place at the White House. At a later date I will be going to Beijing where talks will begin on Phase Two!December 31, 2019 Under the deal, which was announced on 13 December, US plans for new tariffs on 160bn 121bn of Chinese imports of items such as smartphones and toys will be suspended. High level representatives of China will be present. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

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advertising campaign: And after hundreds of millions of dollars were spent on ads attacking Donald Trump in 2016, the results were the same They never did much damage, according to The Independent. Now Michael R Bloomberg is trying his way spending millions each week in an online advertising onslaught that is guided by polling and data that he and his advisers believe provide unique insight into the president's vulnerabilities. So did 16 rival Republicans. The effort, which is targeting seven battleground states where polls show Mr Trump is likely to be competitive in November, is just one piece of an advertising campaign that is unrivalled in scope and scale. THIS IS TEMP CODE TO RESOLVE TEADS ISSUES ON SAFARAI - ISSUE-387 - START THIS WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE FOOTER EJS FILE THIS IS TEMP CODE TO RESOLVE TEADS ISSUES ON SAFARAI - ISSUE-387 - END Download the new Indpendent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now That is on top of the 128m 97m the Bloomberg campaign has spent on television ads, according to Advertising Analytics, an independent firm, which projects that Bloomberg is likely to spend a combined 300m 228m to 400m 304m on advertising across all media before the Super Tuesday primaries in early March. On Facebook and Google alone, where Mr Bloomberg is most focused on attacking the president, he has spent 18m 13.7m on ads in the last month, according to Acronym, a digital messaging firm that works with Democrats. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

bond rally: Now investors are positioning for the tech revolution's next 10 years, according to The Japan Times. Could we see a repeat of the Roaring '20s, as the 1920s were known years of prosperity, technological innovation and such social developments as women winning the right to vote Possibly. They go into the new decade with a spring in their step after watching world stocks add over 25 trillion in value in the past 10 years and a bond rally put 13 trillion worth of bond yields below zero. ; They also saw internet-based firms transform the way humans work, shop and relax. But there's unease, along with all the euphoria. And solutions may need to be unconventional, even more so than the extraordinary policies of negative interest rates and bond-buying that eased the post-2008 global funk. The current economic cycle is already the longest in U.S. history and a recession looks inevitable in the new decade which also will mark 100 years since the Wall Street crash of 1929. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

chinese observers: In 2020, more unpredictable incidents will happen or are likely to happen, including the upcoming Brexit proxy war in Libya, uncertain Korean Peninsula situation and the intensive US presidential election, according to Global Times China. Rising protectionism and unilateralism, especially in the US, also add more uncertainties and challenges to those global challenges shared by members of the international community such as climate change, terrorism, nuclear-proliferation and the sluggish world economy, said Chinese observers. Photo He Zhuoqian/GT As the year 2019 comes to an end and the new year is around the corner, many countries and regions around the globe are still suffering from political unrest, sectarian conflict, violent protests and even civil wars. Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on December 23 that today's world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. Jin Canrong, associate dean of Renmin University of China's school of international studies in Beijing, told the Global Times that President Xi's remark that the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century is an assessment that can objectively reflect the current international situation and this assessment could mean China might actively participate in shaping the current world order and reforming globalization system. The more complicated the situation is, the more we need to maintain strategic resolve and adopt a forward-looking vision that takes the overall situation into consideration. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

dollar holdings: Some Tokyo-based strategists expect a repeat in 2020. ; The case for a stronger yen is backed by a seasonal pattern that sees the greenback typically weaken at the start of the year, as global investors sell their dollar holdings to make fresh investments overseas, according to Credit Agricole CIB. The investment bank expects the dollar to also be pressured by the unwinding of positions by Chinese market participants ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, according to The Japan Times. The dollar has gained against the yen only once since 2014 in January, said Yuji Saito, executive director of Credit Agricole's foreign exchange department in Tokyo. January has typically proved to be a favorable month for Japan's currency, bringing gains against the dollar in seven of the last 10 years. Considering this, traders may want to sell the dollar around the end of the year or early next year. Demand has been sapped by improving U.S.-China trade relations, signs of a revival in global manufacturing and a decisive U.K. election result. Bolstering predictions for a rebound, the yen has been sold off in the lead-up to the end of 2019. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

inf treaty: ARMS CONTROL One prominent issue that testifies to their worsening ties in 2019 was the withdrawals of the United States and Russia from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces INF Treaty, one of the cornerstones for the arms control regime between the two military powers, according to Global Times China. After the collapse of the INF Treaty, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty New START remains the last legal instrument that mutually limits the nuclear missile potential of the two countries and provides predictability in the field of arms control. Some chronic rifts grew even deeper this year, and there are no signs for quick reconciliation as the 2020 election is likely to heat up negative sentiment in the United States against Russia. The bilateral New START is due to expire in February 2021, but Washington has yet to respond to Moscow's proposal to extend it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier this month at his annual press conference. MIDDLE EAST In 2019, Russia delivered two batches of its most advanced S-400 air defense missile systems to Turkey, a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in defiance of strong US opposition. Russia is ready to work on new arms control agreements but in the meantime will continue to strengthen its nuclear forces to ensure adequate deterrence, Putin later told a meeting of senior defense officials. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

mr trump: Underscoring the divide was the fact the split was almost entirely along party lines, with 45 per cent of Republicans opting for Mr Trump and 41 of Democrats selecting his predecessor at the White House, according to The Independent. Download the new Indpendent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now Meanwhile, former first lady Michelle Obama was the most admired woman among Americans, securing 10 per cent of votes, with current first lady Melania Trump being selected by 5 per of respondents and coming second. A poll that suggested a starkly divided nation, found the current and former presidents tying for the title of America's most admired man. THIS IS TEMP CODE TO RESOLVE TEADS ISSUES ON SAFARAI - ISSUE-387 - START THIS WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE FOOTER EJS FILE THIS IS TEMP CODE TO RESOLVE TEADS ISSUES ON SAFARAI - ISSUE-387 - END Each year since 1948, Gallup has asked Americans to name, in an open-ended fashion, which man and woman living anywhere in the world they admire most. Created with Sketch. This year's results are based on a December 2-15 poll, said the polling company. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

points: The widening yields between the two maturities briefly steepened this key gauge of the so-called yield curve to around 34 basis points, its most positive levels since October 2018, but later ended at 32 basis points, according to Market Watch. A steeper curve can indicate brewing expectations for a bump in economic growth and inflationary pressures. What are Treasurys doing The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, 1.96% rose 2.2 basis points to 1.894%, while the two-year note rate TMUBMUSD02Y, 0.75% was down by 1.6 basis points to 1.571%, its lowest since Dec. 3. The 30-year bond yield TMUBMUSD30Y, 2.52% climbed 3.3 basis points to 2.342%. Bond prices move in the opposite direction of yields. Haven assets have been on the backfoot since the agreement to a phase-one U.S.-China trade deal, which has helped boost forecasts for global growth. What's driving Treasurys U.S. Treasurys took their cue from overseas, as investors ditched German government bonds, pushing its benchmark rate to its highest level since late May. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

atheendar venkataramani: Atheendar Venkataramani, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, who was first author of the study, according to CNN. The study is important because it shows that when economic opportunities collapse, it not only has consequences for people's economic wellbeing but it might adversely affect their health too, Venkataramani said. People using illicit opioids face higher risk of death from these causes, study finds Relative to the trends in manufacturing counties where an automotive plant did not close, having a plant closure meant that your opioid overdose death rate was 85% higher after five years than it otherwise would have been -- and that was a large number to us, said Dr. Economic opportunity matters for our health, and as the forces that are shifting economic opportunities for people are continuing to evolve, we have to think about how policies can both make people resilient -- from a health sense -- to the negative changes that might happen, and we also have to think about what types of policies on the economic side may actually give people opportunities, which may also bolster their health. The researchers took a close look at the location of each plant and dates of closure. Incarceration, falling incomes may play a role in the US opioid epidemic, study says The study involved a database of automotive assembly plants in operation as of 1999, which researchers built using data from industry trade publications, automotive company websites and newspaper articles. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

dozens: A month later, another derailed in Brooklyn, according to The Guardian. Elsewhere, footage went viral after a train broke down in the middle of a tunnel on a typically sweltering New York summer day. In June, a train derailed in Harlem, injuring dozens. After almost an hour the temperature inside the carriages soared, causing, according to the New York Times, some riders to panic and one woman to strip nearly naked . A tale of two metros how the London tube beat the New York subway Read more It became known as the summer of hell. Transport groups claimed trains were running slower than in the 1950s. Only 65% of subway trains ran on time. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

figure: Put another way, it's the equivalent of losing Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts and New Jersey, according to CNN. The stunning figure is from the Royal Statistical Society, which chose it as its international statistic of the decade. That's about 24,000 square miles, or about 10.3 million American football fields. The British organization is comprised of statisticians from around the world. Read More Since 2010, miles and miles of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil have been converted for commercial use, including cattle ranching, logging and palm oil production. The statistic only gives a snapshot of the issue, but it really provides an insight into the dramatic change to the landscape that has occurred over the past decade, Liberty Vittert, a visiting scholar at Harvard University and one of the statisticians on the judging panel for the RSS, told CNN. Statisticians calculated that number using deforestation data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research INPE and FIFA's regulations on pitch dimensions. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

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