one of the questions was are you satisfied with sbc's communications and a number of people indicated they do not regularly receive information from the sbc, office of small business and the small business assistance center. so, that's very easily fixable. and the chart figure 5, basically we asked about whether they received the newsletters. and a number of people said they know other people in my organization receives the newsletters, but i don't receive it. i haven't received it for awhile. we're going to recommend refreshing the e-mail list and make sure people receive the e-mail newsletters. that's a quick summary of the nedo responses. if you go to page 12, this is where the city department feedback begins. and, again, looking at figure 8 at the bottom of the page on page 12, you see that the understanding -- here the department felt that osb had higher understanding than the nedos of the role the department plays. and overall satisfied and very satisfied for all these answers. if you turn the page again, at the bottom of page figure 10, professionalism, they scored a 4.78. you

supreme military council staff to inventory status of u s equipment and supplies even provided the sbc. as result of the situation as you pointed out united states has suspended all for the deliveries of non lethal assistance in northern syria at the same time support for people to understand their humanitarian assistance which is distributed through international and non government organizations including the united nations is not affected by this batch of non lethal eight degrees medicine vehicles and communications equipment the uk foreign minister has said as far as they now at the mine when many british equipment has fallen into the hands of islamist militants to whether he has expressed the will to the decision to suspend aid and ten officials them exactly what has happened thousands of people that gdp the party of former south african president nelson the data in the country's capital pretoria. it's also a topic to catch a glimpse of the dumbest cost and thus it was taken to the union buildings when his body will lie in state from wednesday to friday. these are the same governme

approve the block a coalition deal hammered out between chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and sbc leaders spd chairman see mark vaile has been campaigning hard to acceptance of the coalition by his party's grassroots and most are predicting he's going to get it. if he does germany could have a new government before christmas so is voting for this deal a good thing for the social democrats. there's a significant faction that isn't convinced. these young voters the future of the spp and it got quite a different take and we are the party should be happy most of the young socialists are against the coalition deal with tentacles christian democrats. the head of the young socialists berlin branch and could not peel the spp is abandoning its socialist principles. by combining to recount my boy redistribution of wealth to the highest taxes in a notice to finance the government's plus totals at the foot of our vision of society. it's completely don't know what european level jobs in america was going to keep dead with her austerity a must if you don't like camping full suspension bike of t

recognizing the san francisco chamber of commerce small business advisory committee as part of the sbc's "small business recognition program". >> that's you. >> down here? >> um-hm, wherever you prefer. >> all right, here we go. put on my glasses to read it. okay. this is a certificate of honor to the small business commission -- from the small business commission to the small business advisory council of the san francisco chamber of commerce. on this monday, november 18, 2013, the small business commission is honored to recognize the san francisco chamber of commerce's small business advisory council for its contributions to the vitality of san francisco's small businesses. the small business advisory council has been a welcomed addition to the chamber's organization in an effort to ensure that the small business community has a voice on par with large corporations. the council's advocacy for small business interests during public policy discussions on significant issues including neighborhood commercial district parking and the family friendly workplace ordinance demonstrates the chamb

supreme military council staff to inventory status of u s equipment and supplies even provided the sbc. as result of the situation as you pointed out united states has suspended all for the deliveries of non lethal assistance in northern syria the islamic front insists is not tied to al qaeda the seat to establish an islamic state. for sin for its part says it's investigating the incident and suspending know me my heat until the situation to play at. more now that spring i national affairs editor army shorts and on and what sets this suspension of aid from the us in the uk mean for best rap song can be good news for the syrian president she was already making gains on the back field before this decision was announced last month his troops captured six here are a little all damascus. it made all the boxes in damascus provence and say southwest of us and within syria asset has been boosted only an influx of motivated she likes fight is from lebanon and from iraq on this us uk decision to suspend only too late to keep it in perspective. only applies to northern syria and it is time for a

sbc the minor? they're selling assets $1.3 billion.apital expenditure control, reducing costs. you're seeing the short positions drop quite significantly on kazakhmys. six percent of the stock is out there in a sure position. see it rising on the back of that 9 billion potential -- potential 9 billion investment overall in new models by italian and by luxury. let's have another look at some of the current euro, virtually -- it's a look at currency. euro pretty flat. aussieve a look at the dollar. aussie dollar is declining. given up a little bit of value on the back of chinese trade data. >> manus, thank you so much. let's welcome stuart richardson. he is hard and are in chief executive officer at r and g wealth management. talk to me about 2014. we had the stellar job support of the u.s. and friday. is this what is going to dominate the markets for this for six months of the year? >> unfortunately, yes. be one of the keys to 2014. clearly the pay for number -- the payroll number on friday helped. the simple message here from our point

with us for the next half hour is francois savoy, chief sbc officer.hanks for joining us, first of all. >> sure. >> we're up at a six-year high at the moment. firms have revised down their capital spending. are they still expecting needing the bank of japan to act further? >> well, capital spending was stronger previously, that's true. i think just to jump ahead is that the first two hours of abenomics, you made some comment earlier, have hit the target. in fact, they could be close to a bull's eye looking at the weakening of the yen, the equity markets. but also related to the gdp figures, but going back to the time can, another noticeable development although fixed investment may soften a bit was that the small and medium enterprises have turned the corner and they've moved into positive territory. the large enterprises have been in positive territory for a while. so abenomics is having a deep effect and i think that's particularly important because most of the employment and therefore the wage increases are generated by smaller enterprises, not by t