when we withdraw from iraq, we need to make sure that there are benchmarks in place. those benchmarks are making sure there's a government that -- a representative government that serves the need of the people and that can defend themselves. when we reached these benchmarks, that's when we withdraw. >> you want to respond to that? >> she said withdraw from iraq, i suspect -- >> no, from afghanistan. did i say iraq? i meant afghanistan. >> if we're talking about afghanistan, frankly i come from a family of veterans. i come from a family that has dedicated a lot to the service of our nation, and i wear a flag pin every day to remind me of the young man who grew up next door to man killed in iraq in december of 2005. i never take lightly the enormous sacrifices that our servicemen and women have made and we ask them to continue making. i don't know how long is too long, but ten years strikes me as awfully long. i question whether your standard, whether your principles give us any hope of winding up this war on any reasonable timeline. frankly, the government of hamid kar

and then on the lower level, you can see the benchmarking would be phased in according to a schedule that matches the status taking under ab1103 legislation, where the state legislation would require benchmarking at the time of a major financial transaction to be date certain but phased in on the same kind of schedule. so it would be predictable and use the same tools the state uses and the information, once it's set up, is free to be maintained and actually pg&e uploads your energy for free on an ongoing basis so it should be -- a lot of tools in place to make it as easy as possible, a picture of where your building stands relative to its peers. >> does it clash at all with the controversy around the new smart meters? or is this totally separate and they don't cross paths in any way? >> very separate. the energy star is the free tool that's been available for about 10 years. it's just a web site operating is equally as easy and complicated, depending on your perspective, as buying something from amazon.com or something like that. you need to operate a web site. but the information t

, benchmarks that means that we have had success.in, you're saying how rhetoric -- you say that your top priority is the concern for the safety of us on the homeland if you seriously support this random time withdrawal because, again, all we're going to do is embolden terrorists to think they have more power than they do. and i would ask you, you know, a couple times whether it's the tax cuts or even here in this kind of veiled you've gone back and forth on what you just said in afghanistan, do you support the president or don't you support the president? with the tax cuts you're saying that you don't support the president. are you going to tell him that when he comes on friday? >> let's stay focused on the issue in front of us which is afghanistan. >> and it's your -- you're jumping around. >> no, we're staying focused on the issue of afghanistan rather than jumping to other issues. >> you're jumping around. >> the core issue -- >> let's let him finish his point. >> the core issue here is what reasonable prospect do you for these ga

we understand that this is the benchmark, this is what will be used. it is clear what is going to be expected. it should not be viewed as a failure. unless we don't learn from the mistakes and the failings. an ongoing process that allows reporting and on-time information so that people can get involved as the projects are unfolding is critical. the last initial recommendation is something that the puc has taken steps to address. because community benefits is still important, the puc should provide coordination and management at a senior level. resources and authority to properly manage the complexities and challenges of community benefits. and how we identify those resources, it might not be a percentage or a dollar amount, but it should be clear at the beginning of work, what is expected. and what is going to be provided for community benefits so that it can be tracked and monitored over time. it is also important for someone with experience, because she understands how to leverage the work that is being done with other agencies and other entities thr

when we withdraw from iraq, we need to make sure there are benchmarks in place.hose benchmarks are making sure there is a government, a representative government over there that serves the needs of the people and that can defend themselves. when we have reached these benchmarks, that is when we withdraw. >> she said withdraw from iraq. >> that i say iraq? i am sorry. i meant afghanistan. >> frankly, i come from a family of veterans. i come from a family that has dedicated a lot to the service of our nation, and i wear a flag in every day to remind me of a man who grew up next door to me and was killed in iraq in december 2005. i never take lightly the enormous sacrifice our servicemen and women have made and that we'd ask them to continue making. i don't know how long is too long, but to endure strikes me as awfully long. i question whether your standards and principles give us any hope of winding up this war on any reasonable time line. frankly, the government of hamid karzai has proven itself to be largely corrupt and ineffective of establishing control of the

when we with draw from iraq we need to make sure there are benchmarks in place.rks are making sure there's a representative government over there that serves the needs of the people and that can defend themselves. when we've reached these benchmarks, that's when we withdraw. >> you want to respond? >> she said withdraw from iraq. i suspect afghanistan. >> did i say iraq? i'm sorry. thank you, you're correct. >> talking about afghanistan. >> thank you. >> frankly, i come from a family of veterans. i come from a family that has dedicated a lot to the service of our nation, and i wear a flag pin every day to remain me of the young man who grew up next door to me killed in iraq in december 2005. i never take lightly the enormous sacrifices that our servicemen and women have made now and that we ask them to continue making oop . i don't know how long is too long. ten years strike me as too long. i question whether your standard, whether your principles give us any hope of winding up this war on any reasonable time line because the government of hamid karzai has prompt

and they can set the standards and benchmarks for community participation. the recommendation is the puc adopt the policy statement and agency wide program that is integrated with the core mission. there are methodologies to determine whether adequate resources have been allocated to the program. it is not an afterthought, what you're doing for the community. but the concerns about community involvement and community ideas -- the policy will be brought in the sense that it will not be prescriptive as opposed to giving policy guidance to integrate community benefits from the puc. the third initial recommendation is to develop long-term plans to sustain and fund public involvement beyond completion of these capital programs, the water system improvement program and the sewer system improvement program. projects are about to be embarked upon. it is important that that involvement is sustained over the life of the program. supervisor maxwell: it also could be a policy for the city as well, it could do something that all the departments -- it could be something t

this is the yield on the benchmark 10-year japanese government bond. in other major markets hong kong's hang seng opened up half i percent higher. it's currently up 0.2%. the shanghai key index for major blue chips is slightly in the red. and in shenzhen the sse composite is slightly up, 0.2%. >>> japan's prime minister naoto kan has revealed his intention to join the transpacific partnership, a proposed free trade agreement in the asia pacific region. but the news may not be well received among the government and business sectors in japan. the tpp is a framework for liberalizing trade between signatory countries in the asia pacific region. nine countries, including the united states, australia, chile and malaysia have begun discussing the pact. the aim of the partnership is the elimination of tariffs on all products. it prevents members from charging custom duties on any items. in a recent policy speech to the diet kan expressed interest in talks into joining the partnership. he believes the regional free trade zone will help japan's economic growth b

they're always benchmarking. as a country we are remarkably resistan to comparing rselves to the rest of the world. you know there are three countries in the world that have not gone on the metric system: liberia, myanmar and t united states of america. that tells you something about our resistance to benchmarking. >> rose: and rince tense to seeing where ware in terms of things wehought we were leading and suddenly we realize we're 15th inerms of the numb of people that enter the educatn syem and don't finish. we've gone to one to a significant placeelow that. "how to store the america dream" is this "time"agaze. this is the first big story there since fareed moved over to "te" magazin hes also on cnn on sunday on fare zakaria's g.p.s.nd there is onaturday night a ecial which is... >> it's call red storing the americanream and many of the things we've talked about. of course, even better because we have to get people to watch that as well. >> rose: continue the story. thank you for joinin us. see yotomorrow nigh

. >>> tonight, it is being called a frustrating benchmark. the war in afghanistan began nine years ago. >> hopes the war would be over. now the white house has to decide what to do next. >> the white house gave a mixed assessment, saying there are some good things happening. others are in need of change. after more than 12 u.s. deaths and $200 billion spent, many wonder how many more of these anniversaries there will be. as the fighting in afghanistan entered its 10th year, another kind of fight at home. veterans marching from walter reed to the capital. many who called this war a lost cause. >> you cannot continue to strain the young people of the country and ask them to carry all these wars. >> and has taken its toll. 2000 middle members killed, including one today. 30,000 troops have arrived with the exit date in the air. they're focused on the task before them. >> we have taken back some of cachesammunition and they have. >> the netherlands has pulled out and canada says it is next. >> they're not here for benefit, this man says. another

this is the yield on the benchmark, ten-year japanese government bond. in other asian markets, hong kong's hang seng index down just a bit while equity markets are closed for the national holidays. >>> the world's leading steelmakers looking to secure stable supplies. other industries of pushing up the prices of iron ore and coal. they expressed concerns that control over natural resources by a few major mining firms is raising their prices further, and that may weigh down on corporate earnings and the global economy. japan's jfe steel president eiji hayashida explained his firm's measures to secure stable supplies of resources. india's jsw steel president, sajan jindal, said his firm will boost development of domestic mines to ease its dependence on major resource providers. >>> the head of japan's biggest business group has asked the government to include a variety of fast working measures in a supplementary budget to spur economic growth. they include steps to create more jobs and secure a stable supply of a strategically important commodity, rare ear

when we withdraw from iraq, we need to make sure there are benchmarks in place. those benchmarks are making sure there is a government, a representative government over there that serves the needs of the people and that can defend themselves. when we have reached these benchmarks, that is when we withdraw. >> she said withdraw from iraq. >> that i say iraq? i am sorry. i meant afghanistan. >> frankly, i come from a family of veterans. i come from a family that has dedicated a lot to the service of our nation, and i wear a flag in every day to remind me of a man who grew up next door to me and was killed in iraq in december 2005. i never take lightly the enormous sacrifice our servicemen and women have made and that we'd ask them to continue making. i don't know how long is too long, but to endure strikes me as awfully long. i question whether your standards and principles give us any hope of winding up this war on any reasonable time line. frankly, the government of hamid karzai has proven itself to be largely corrupt and ineffective of establishing control of th

this is the yield on the benchmark ten had of year japanese government bond. in other asian markets, the hang seng opened 0.4% higher. it's down 0.1%. the blue chips are almost unchanged. and the sse composite down 0.3%. back to the main news with catherine. >>> a magnitude 7.7 earthquake has struck off indonesias sumatra island. a 65-centimeter tsunami has been observed in padang. no damage or casualties have been reported. the u.s. geological survey says the quake occurred at 14:42 utc on monday. the institute first announced that the magnitude was 7.5, but later revised it to 7.7. the focus of the quake is about 280 kilometers south of sumatra's central city padang and is estimated to be 20 kilometers below sea level. the pacific tsunami warning center in hawaii says the tsunami was observed in padang one hour after the quake. with continuing aftershocks, the agency have been issuing tsunami alerts for the nearby areas. >>> the indonesian government says the country's most active volcano could erupt at any time. the alert status has been raised to the highe

this is the yield on the benchmark 10-year japanese government bond. and in other asian markets hong kong's hang seng is 0.2% higher. the shanghai's key index for major blue chips as well as the sse composite are both closed for holidays. >>> the international monetary fund has revised down its forecasts for the u.s. economy this year and next, citing the stagnant job market. japan's growth rate for next year has also been downgraded. in its latest forecast the imf lowered this year's u.s. economic growth from the 3.3% estimated in july to 2.6%. for next year u.s. growth has been marked down from 2.9% to 2.3%, or 0.6 percentage points down. imc cites the lack of improvement in the employment situation and the stagnant u.s. housing market for its decision. the fund also lowered the forecast for japan's growth next year from the previous 1.8% to 1.5% as export growth is expected to be restricted. but the forecast for the european economy this year and next have been revised up due to an expected increase in german and other exports helped by a weaker eur

the bank of japan surprised investors cutting its benchmark interest rate to near zero. >>> back on the street yesterday, american express was the biggest drag on the dow, losing 6.5% after vowing to fight anti-trust charges filed by the department of justice yesterday. visa and mastercard were included in the suit and have already agreed on satellitement. >>> microsoft weighed down tech stocks, flipping nearly 2% aftr an analyst downgrade cited competition from tablet computers. sanofi launched a hostile offer for gemzyme. the massachusetts company has turned down offers twice. >>> sara lee got reported offers from kkr. >>> and finally, closet eaters, rejoice. sneaking a midnight sun chips snack is about to get a whole lot quieter. in response to overwhelming consumer complaints, free toe lay is sackg their biodegradable but incredibly noisy bags. >>> well, europe claims the cup. baseball starts handing out pink slips. and a major league gasp by a pittsburgh pirate. plus, the patriots took it to their division rivals last night in south beach behind a bev very of special plays by speci

we are well below normal, which is 71 degrees, but the good news is we will be at least near that benchmark by tomorrow. 40's again tonight. 50 about downtown. mostly cloudy. slight chance for a passing shower. this upper level low needs to go on and move up to the north out of our area. low pressure close to the jersey shore yesterday is now offshore, so that is good news. it is going to take a little push. not going to happen until late tonight and into early tomorrow. we will build in a stabilized our weather pattern, and we will see a good dose of sun as well. we also have this tropical depression, and it is a sub- tropical depression, the 17th one of the year, but the good news is it is not expected to affect land. computer models have a going often to the atlantic, but it is the kind of year -- the time of year where we could see some activity. dramatic improvement. it is going to be breezy as the low pressure moves to the north and high pressure builds behind it. sunny but 70, and when will be around tomorrow. friday mild, 75 degrees. saturday and sunday looking good. perfect weather

if the benchmark is self- governing, stability, security, wead a decent shot at that in iraq. >> whene were fighting the soviets in the 1980's and 1990's, we did not finish the job. now we have a responsibility to finish the job. >> we are about to wrap up this topic. yes or no ansr, is this nation more secure than it was under president bush? >> yes. >> no. >> we will move on to our next topic. >> it can i say why? >> we do need to move on. >> the statements out in the national media, the "saturday night live" skids or a distraction. to the voter in delaware, is the message they are receiving. we would be remiss if we did not address this issue. the comments you have made in your own lawyer have bome fodder for the late night tv shows. a local newspaper columnist said that the comments you have been seen to be making make delawareans cringe. what you say to voters who want change but or uncomfortable by these remarks? >> this election cycle should not be about comments i made on a comedy show over aecadand a half ago. the election cycle should be about what is important to the people

this is the yield on the benchmark 10-year japanese government bond. in other asian markets hong kong's hang seng index is 1.50% higher, while the shanghai's key index for major blue chips and the sse composite are both closed for holidays. >>> and the bank of japan decided to take the key interest rate to virtually 0% as we mentioned earlier for the first time in four years on tuesday as part of the additional monetary easing measures the boj is to flesh out the details of a massive asset purchase program. that's in a bid to inject huge amounts of money into the market to tackle deflationary pressures and keep the economic recovery on track amid a soaring yen. with a $420 billion fund to be set up, the central bank will buy not only government bonds but also a wide range of assets such as exchange traded funds and real estate investment trusts. this will be the first time for the boj to acquire these riskier financial products that could lose significant value. b.o.j. governor shirakawa expressed resolve to boost the economy through the extraordinary

i think that this is extremely helpful for us to have a benchmark and to see where we are and i'm certainly all of the work that is being done and certainly very excited for the school district to have this new initiative. i think we look forward to working with it and following it through this committee and through our respective roles with the city and the school district. so with that, i would like to ask our clerk to continue this item to the call of the chair in case we would need to bring it back and to share that on october 28, our next committee meeting, our agenda is going to be about student school assignment, an informational briefing that we'll have at that time. so that's what our plan is for our next meeting. so with that, colleagues, we are adjourned for today, thank you all so much. >> good morning, consuls generals and your constituency. the elected officials who may be here and other distiguished guets. sts. may i welcome you here to celebreate the national days of our wonderful countrymen, people from and people who are citizens of the consuls' generals, citizens of el sa

the bank of japan surprised investors overseas cutting its benchmark interest rate to near zero. a small but significant slide from its previous target. >>> back on the street yesterday, american express was the biggest drag on the dow, losing 6.5% after vowing to fight anti-trust charges filed by the just it department yesterday. visa and mastercard were included in the suit for allegedly violating credit card acceptance policies and have already agreed on a settlement. >>> microsoft weighed down tech stocks, flipping nearly 2% after an analyst downgrade cited strong competition from non-windows based tablet computers. and launched an $18.5 billion offer for genzyme by sanofi. the massachusetts company has turned down offers twice. >>> sara lee got reported offers from kkr. reportedly it sparked interest from consumer goods conglomerate unilever. >>> and finally, closet eaters, rejoice. sneaking a midnight sun chips snack is about to get a whole lot quieter. in response to overwhelming consumer complaints, frito-lay is sacking their biodegradable but incredibly noisy bags. >>> w

the bank of japan will meet -- reduced its benchmark to almost zero, saying they will maintain that until prices stabilize. of course, that news in japan is the big story of the day, the nikkei jumping 1.5%. the yen fell against 13 of the most traded currencies. european markets are of on the good economic data. that is it, i will see you soon. >> thank you. the latest alleged terror plot has focused on militants in pakistan. with no effective government, almost two decades later in somalia the minister is trying to seize power. in response to european union is helping to train troops to counter the militants. we have a report from a training ground in you've done that. >> an irish soldier with an unusual mission, training recruits from somalia. close to 1000 soldiers are being put through their paces at this remote military the european union is funding the training in an effort to help stabilize war-torn somalia. young conscripts would often have had little experience of war. these ones have known nothing but conflict and some of them have the scars to prove it. >> our first day, we ask

. >> when we withdraw from iraq, we need to make sure there are benchmarks in place.making sure there is a government, a representative government over there that serves the needs of the people, and that can defend them services. when we've reached these benchmarks, that's when we withdraw. >> i would support a negotiated resolution to the war that allowed us to leave security and intelligence assets in place and that allowed us the opportunity to reengage should the taliban tack control again or allow al qaeda to re-emerge as a real threat to the region or to the united states. >> neither coons nor o'donnell answered the original question, whether they would accept a negotiated end to u.s. involvement if it included taliban representation in the government. 19 days until americans cast their votes. we're counting down and bringing you all of the stories like the one in delaware we just told you about. paul steinhauser is tracking the other political stories. >> let's look ahead to tonight, another huge debate in nevada, and we're talking about the battle between harr

. >>> the european central bank has decided to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low 1% for the 17th straight month. the bank made the decision for the 16-nation euro-zone during a board meeting in frankfurt, germany, on thursday. the ecb apparently hopes the move will prop up the region's economy amid lingering concerns over the prospects for a global recovery. the bank of england also decided on thursday to hold its own rates steady at 0.5%. on tuesday, the bank of japan decided to reinstate a virtual 0% interest rate policy. the u.s. federal reserve is also likely to take additional monetary-easing measures next month. >>> japanese prime minister naoto kan says his government will continue to watch the foreign exchange markets and take action, if necessary, to prevent the yen from rising. an take action, if necessary, to prevent the yen from rising. at a lower house session on thursday, opposition leaders criticized the government for how it's handled the yen's appreciation. >> translator: why did the government wait until the dollar fell to 82 yen before it in

this is the yield on the benchmark fen-year japanese government bond. in other asian markets, hong kong's hang seng opened a quarter percent lower, is currently up 0.2%. the shanghai key index for major blue chips is up 0.3%, and in shenzhen the sse composite is up 0.6%. >>> made in china may no longer be the story for many clothing firms. japanese retailers are expanding their supplier bases beyond china following a series of delays in the delivery of garments. supermarket chain aeon buys some 80% of the apparel it carries at its stores from china. the company says it recently had trouble importing product as planned. aeon president okada expressed concern that china may be intentionally restricting exports to japan, as in the case of rare earth minerals. he said he plans to diversify the firm's suppliers to southeast asian countries. that's to reduce dependence on china within two years to roughly half the total clothing it purchases. the operator fuji brand clothing also plans to boost procurement of supplies from southeast asia. the firm says there

this could be the benchmark, the game that turns him into the quarterback the ravens want him to be.úaccustomed emotion after the big play. >> i thinn, my demeanor all week and throughout most of the game, you would not see that too much. but if you pay attention, i can be emotional. it is just uncomfortable. but when things happen the way yourself. you cannot control and i mean that happens more than just one ttme. like it ddd yesterday. every time we score and we have good drives, things like that, and we win games, everybody on the team, including myself is emotional. >> he has been in huge games. haplayed hhstile environments. count them up. how many hostile environments, road games, he has played in coo compared to quarterback in the history of the game. has to be more. because of the rogue playoffs. thhy are as hostile as you can get. all part of the process. i think, we all can realize that. >> across town, orioles were packing boxes getting ready for the off season. after the buc showalter turn around. their hopes are high. as they head into the winter. heaaing intoothe off se

this is the yield on the benchmark ten-year japanese government bond. in other asian markets hong kong's hang seng opened half a percent higher, is currently down half a percent. the shanghai key index for major blue chips is currently up half a percent, and in shenzhen the sse composite is up 0.3%. >>> the yen has advanced to fresh 15-year highs and shows no sign of slowing down. for an insight into these market moves our business reporter ai uchida spoke with a chief market economist at mizuo securities. >> although the g-7 meeting confirmed that excess foreign exchange moves were undesirable, the yen remains strong. what's behind this? >> trend of yen's appreciation is unchanged at present. in 2007, when the u.s. housing bubble burst, that was the beginning of the trend of yen appreciation. i think the yen appreciation trend is going to continue for a while and we are watching closely the result of the fomc, the federal open market committee, on 3rd of november and we can get the details of the u.s. additional. if the u.s. decision is within market e

penchant for fossil fuels has since diluted that carbon-14 in the atmosphere, giving us different benchmarksintage for the champagne that the killer used? levels of c-14 here are consistent with levels in wine from 1957. 1957-- you sure about that? that's a rare bottle of champagne you're looking for. i hope this helped narrow down your search, guys. you know, the bottles at the dorset are electronically tracked. then all we needed was the date. thanks, travers. richard ellison. that's right, who the hell are you? beat it, gentlemen. i'm lieutenant caine. mr. ellison, you were at the dorset last night. yeah, i was entertaining clients. had a good time. you ordered a very expensive champagne. '57 pierre jousset-- good stuff. that champagne killed kristen banks. i had a glass, so i killed her? witnesses stated you were wearing a suit at the dorset. where is the jacket that you wore last night? it's at a dry cleaners in bal harbour-- french place. you're welcome to check it out. i will. (scoffs) sara: hey. you can grab the drink and that's it. you understand? take it easy, sara. don't make me l

penchant for fossil fuels has since diluted that carbon-14 in the atmosphere, giving us different benchmarksintage for the champagne that the killer used? levels of c-14 here are consistent with levels in wine from 1957. 1957-- you sure about that? that's a rare bottle of champagne you're looking for. i hope this helped narrow down your search, guys. you know, the bottles at the dorset are electronically tracked. then all we needed was the date. thanks, travers. richard ellison. that's right, who the hell are you? beat it, gentlemen. i'm lieutenant caine. mr. ellison, you were at the dorset last night. yeah, i was entertaining clients. had a good time. you ordered a very expensive champagne. '57 pierre jousset-- good stuff. that champagne killed kristen banks. i had a glass, so i killed her? witnesses stated you were wearing a suit at the dorset. where is the jacket that you wore last night? it's at a dry cleaners in bal harbour-- french place. you're welcome to check it out. i will. (scoffs) sara: hey. you can grab the drink and that's it. you understand? take it easy, sara. don't make me l

this is the yield on the benchmark 10-year japanese government bond. in other asian markets, hong kong's hang seng is now up 0.4%. the shanghai key index for major blue chips is down 0.7%. and in shenzhen the sse composite is slightly up, 0.3%. back to the main news with catherine. >> thanks very much, ines. >>> the heavy rains that have been pounding the amami islands in kagoshima, southwestern japan, have killed two people and left one other missing. the islands are bracing for further downpours through thursday night. the meteorological agency says some parts of the island have received 900 millimeters of rain since tuesday. the area has already had about three times its normal rainfall for october. two female residents of a nursing home in the city died when the facility was flooded. and another woman went missing after her house was hit by a landslide. some 2,600 residents of amami oshima island have been evacuated or ordered to evacuate their homes. and 20 people are stranded in a village on the same island. about 150 local elementary and junior

. >> tom: that's the lowest level for the benchmark note since january of last year. >> susie: the recent run-up in treasuries has renewed talk of a bubble in the bond market. suzanne pratt takes a look at whether it's a mistake for investors to buy bonds at current high price tags. >> reporter: as if small investors don't have enough to worry about, now there's a debate on wall street as to whether a bubble is brewing in government bonds. if there is and it pops, it would create big losses for bond investors, who have been seeking the safety of treasuries. b.n.p. paribas bond expert suvrat prakesh doesn't see a bubble. >> most investors i speak to are more concerned about disinflation than inflation, which is the main premise for the argument that the bond market is in a bubble. >> reporter: according to the investment company institute, people have poured more than $200 billion into bond funds since the beginning of the year. the heavy demand, coupled with large purchases of treasuries by the federal reserve, have pushed bond prices higher and yields to historic lows. so far this year,

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. >>> to ease inflationary pressure china has raised its benchmark lending and deposit rates by a quarter percentage point from wednesday. it is the first rate increase in nearly three years. china's central bank said on tuesday that it will raise the lending rate from the current 5.31 to 5.56%. the deposit rate will increase from 2 1/4 to 2.5%. china's maintaining a high growth rate of about 10% a year. but there's increasing concern about a housing bubble and the consumer housing index that preceded for two months in a row. the reserve has been raised four times this year to absorb excess money and to prevent overheating of the economy. china's economy slowed down sharply after the global financial crisis, which was triggered by the collapse of lehman brothers in 2008. the government has restored high growth with massive stimulus packages. china's return to normal monetary policy is in contrast with japan and western countries, which are still struggling to get their economies back on track. >>> in the united states housing starts in september rose for the third month in a row, exceedin

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i have not supported that deadline at all we said every conflict should have measurement and benchmarks. >> saying he may run for president. he's thinking of running to bring more attention to national security issues saying he doesn't think the current administration is serious the number one danger at the head of the intell agains community said to us setting aside is our economic security. my gosh, they hold so much of the reserve. he says it is a gift. he has a tarif and that's the number one issue for us >> all kinds of taxes he's voted for. the nationalizing and capitalizing cap and trade. i agree this is the economic viability of our country >> i was trying to go against budget cuts. joe is going for it. >> offering no solution the corporation he's voting for, the profits are already taxed. that's the difference. he is the "we", the corporation. pennsylvania has a lot of great companies. many operate overseas joe wants to punish them and raise taxes we have jobs in pennsylvania that depend on that. joe wants to take what is already the second highest rate in the industrial world

this could be the benchmark, the game that turns him into the qur tea!!> i think my demeanor the whole week and throughout the rest of the week, you don't see that too much. you pay attention, i can be pretty ow emotional, it's pretty uncomfortable. when things happen the way they did, you can't control yourself. that happened more than one time like we did yesterday. every time we score and have good rive and hings like that and we win games, everybody on the team including myself. >> he has been in huge games and environments. hustle environmmnts has he played i than any quarter back than hhs on the road it's all a part of the process but that was a big moment. i think we can all realize that. >> the or were back in boxes and ggtting ready for the off season around. president has identified two the areas in which he will seek -elp, either through trade. one of them is jeromy starter and the other is a guy who simply puttit hit the ball ut of the park. >>the one thing we would like to execute it. we would like to improve the middle ball. this is a free a

been involved in european union projects on zero and low-emission vehicles as well as cycling benchmarking. he has been the coordinating of a car-free cities conference and another conference in copenhagen. nils. >> i'm very happy to be here today and i'm going to talk about planning for a wide range of users, not just for the strong cyclists. i'm not too familiar with this. it's very easy. just keep to the right. in our cycling policy, we present a starting point for the policies for cycling, what we call the transport quality and we are looking at safety, of course, which are the statistics, but we also very much looking at the sense of safety or the sense of security that you feel safe, that the cyclists feel safe and that's not just the strong cyclist, but cycle groups, different cyclist groups should feel safe when they cycle in traffic. then we look at the traveling speeds which is important because we are competing with the cars and public transport. we are looking at health aspects and we are looking at how you experience the city and its life, how you're being part of the city sce

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agency compares with its peers, which is always a challenging thing to do, but also important as a benchmarking exercise that can provide useful guidance both to management there and also to you here. finally, it is my expectation fully because of the large amount of involvement of several key members of the board that it will be the individual board members that will be providing periodic guidance to the consultants on how to carry out the audience -- the audits. commissioner mirkarimi: welcome back from your trip as well, and i would like you to address the point that this contemplation of was moving forward with an audit is the second phase of an mta audit. the first, which was done several months ago, had a slightly different approach to it, and as a result of that audit, i had approached you to think that maybe it could be more advantageous to have a transit-oriented company, who is used to doing audits in this bit of an industry, would add well to the consideration of those pursuing this audit, but it comes at a price because it is more money. but i think you should try to make some disti