of companies are concerned britain is the fifth largest trading partner in germany and the industry association says seven hundred fifty thousand jobs directly depend on relations with britain. doesn't come out of the blue they have been negotiations now for the last two and a half years people should be prepared what's the deadline for companies to act. well you know. the business world says that a lot of companies already started withdrawing from britain in the year two thousand and sixteen after the brits that vote for some companies it may already be too late to start preparing. because they have perhaps ships on the way from asia or from strayer new zealand with the goods on the way that will be affected when they arrive here after march twenty ninth and some companies will opt to stay they'll see it more prudent to take the risk of a no deal for exit that there may be no breaks at all or there may be a direct hit with a deal in the end because they're in britain because they have workers there that know their stuff they have a market there they have customers they have an investment they

published by the australian industry group by the housing industry association registers witness acrossthe board even as that measure improve slightly and december point five point five points to forty three point one that movement and number indicates that the sector continued to decline even as the rate of decline slowed somewhat the p.c.i. scale number by the way is a number above fifty that would indicate growth but below in the crate the sector is retracting while the australian housing market troubles have been apparent for some time the pace of resulting job cuts increased in the survey for the six straight months. and moving from housing to travel and aerospace the airline quantas has cancelled an order for a so-called super jumbo a three eighty aircraft from european manufacturer air bus industry observers say the cancellation throws the future of the a three eighty model into doubt with orders barely registering at twenty five percent of airbus as a neutral projections quantas is fully includes twelve a three eighty s. already and the company clearly believes that it's suffici

. >> industry association solved that problem for me. i belong to professional services council groups and all three are focused on government contracting. it is difficult to stay on top of every regulation that is passed on the hill here. what happens is they synthesize it and they four-speed it to me the things i need to know on a regular basis so they may want to consider joining a professional organization that will keep them up to date whether it is the chamber of commerce or an industry association so they don't have to stay on top of what is happening here. >> i appreciate that. i yield. >> i want to thank all of the witnesses for taking time out of your busy schedule. your comments were very helpful. it is clear from the testimony today that the government shutdown had dire economic and consequences on our small businesses, the small business administration and our workforce. i hope we can all remember what we heard today and work quickly to find a long-term solution. i would ask for a unanimous consent that members have submitte

industry associations solve that problem. i belong to the professional services counsel, the national veteran small business organization. all those groups are focused on government contracting. it's difficult to stay on top of every regulation that is passed up on the hill here. what happens is they synthesize it and they force feed it to me, things i need to know about on a regular basis. that might be something they should consider is join a professional organization, whether it's a chamber of commerce or industry association, so they don't have to stay atop of what's going on up here. >> i appreciate that. i yield back. sgli wa >> i want to take the witnesses for taking time out of your busy schedule. it's clear the government shutdown had real world consequences on small businesses. as we look towards the next looming deadline, i hope we can all remember what we heard today and work quickly to find a long-term solution. i would ask for unanimous consent that members support documents. if there's no further business to co

operating officer of the trade association that represents some of the most largest and most successful retail names and stocks in the u.s. seen here on your screen. retail industry association's chief operating officer, brian dodge joining us in a fox business exclusive. how is the hearing, and tell us not only what it would mean for potential consumers and buyers at these stores but also buyers of the stocks of these companies? >> sure. thanks for having me. the hearing was great. we give major credit to the committee for bringing the business community together to talk about the importance of getting a federal data privacy bill in play and hopefully signed into law this year. we think it's critically important. retailers rely on trust with their customers and a clear set of expectations about what data is collected and how it's used and ultimately giving customers greater control over how the data is used. we think it's critically important not just for the retail industry, but for all industries. liz: i want to bring up, see, it is up another 4% today. yesterday, it had a great day, up something like 17%. etsy is interesting because i believe a report out las

the industry's association for some of south africa's most powerful mining concerns. and here are some pretty pretty don't seem to see if what they mean look at them in an effort just to someone just can't. soumitra element eckstein to put on through some twenty. almost one hundred twenty years later stuff in a mood runs that we're going to is ations anti-pollution department on string for those issues because the gold producing families do not want to address individually regarding the environmental impact of the mining industry. do you think it's it's going in the right truck on the goodwill yes there is significant good progress achieved this far in terms of my mean companies dealing effectively with environmental impediments how's the chamber of mine ever conducted human health impact assessment regarding the tailings the mine tunings is not it's not that i'm well ok so we don't some some some smashed and then shows her letters the same scientific analysis that he has shared with the residents back in the township we never heard about that and i don't know. what d

next year, the industry's trade association, will require members to pass third party safety inspections. for now, there are guidelines set by an international standards organization. back to you. visit our webb at nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >> take it easy tonight on the roads. these storms are creating concerns about flooding. you can see the water levels rising near camp ground. the santa clara water district said there's no imminent flood risk and the water is decreasing. >> i know you want to talk about the snow but when do we have an end in sight? >> we get a break wednesday and thursday. that's some good news. then more rain chances ahead this upcoming weekend. all the bay area picked up two to five inches of rainfall. what about the cold we've been dealing with? this is all centered just to the north of us. and we're monitoring that area of low pressure real closely. over the next six to eight hours, that will drop to the south and it will continue the chance of snow as we move into tomorrow morning. you have to watch out. they're all looking at the potential of snow accumula

one of the industry associations we were waiting for is down 18% year on year, and we are looking atpassenger overall welesale, are looking at 17.7%, still quite a bad year. we are going to take a look at what's going on in the market. foras pretty much priced in these passenger vehicle makers in china. 1.9%, therkets are up nikkei 225 powering ahead, tailwind coming out of the streets, let's take a look at some of the movers, bridgestone on the tokyo market at the highest level in two months. at the moment we are at 5.4% on the way up. it wasn't so much the earnings, it was the share buyback they announced, 7.6% of shares being bought back. 22%, and we are getting things in the shipbuilding industry, this is the highest in 15 month and no clear news driving it. they are up even though we have movies looking at it, dbs one and two thirds of 1%. miss, not aste a bad as people were thinking on the way up. on daybreak we will be talking life with the chief executive, he will be joining us -- do not miss that. flat, theres are you have it. >> elsewhere in asia, pretty positive. risk is b

next year, the industry's trade association, will require members to pass third party safety inspectionsw members are encouraged to follow trampoline guidelines set by an international standards organization. back to you. >> liz wagner, thanks. if you have a story for our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips or visit our website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >>> still much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, our clear the sherlts s shelters segment. you'll meet cashew next. with ou need. >>> all right. welcome back. it's time for our clear the shelters segment featuring our friends from pets in need. we're both on vacation for two weeks. they are back now with cashew. and she is ready for a new home. she's just a little 9-month-old chihuahua. she's really sweet. >> she is the sweetest. she's just sitting here licking me. licking my face. she's so sweet. >> she's not one of those -- sometimes chihuahuas, they sometimes get a bad rap for being hyper. you say she's a favorite at the shelter. >> yes. >> any home would be good for her? >> i think any home, yeah. she would do well

so industrials ran, everything associated with the trade war ran. what didn't run is what i think you should buy, defensive. >> i'll be clear also. 2800 on the chart is another place you can say it just needed to go here so it gets through 2800. then it may be harder for people to say this is really the point. you can look at that chart and that's the level the last few times -- >> that's where we failed when we thought we had a trade deal done last time. >> and check out the russell 2000, the small caps they haven't broken through their 200-day trading average. they're bumping up against that. remember, it was in august of '18 that the small caps peaked ahead of all the rest of the market so going forward you want to watch the semis. i would argue they're more important for the global economy than even the transportation sector you want to watch russell 2000 if you don't believe -- you don't have to be in the bear camp vix is low, buy some puts, protect your portfolio there's a show coming on right after this that will tell you how. >> is it concer

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nineteen as a result of the unexpected slowdown in europe's economic powerhouse the association of german chambers of industry has a sliced it's gross will cost one twenty nine thousand and half two won't point nine percent that's a worry for the e.u. who now expects eurozone growth off one point three percent this year as a big cut from the one point nine percent predicted in november. let's bring in our financial market correspondent it's in frankfurt how what's slowing europe's strongest economy down. it's what slowing the entire european country coming down in what has the u. commission most worried and that's the fight of two world leaders over economic power the us china trade conflict ripple effects that we're seeing here and that has hit germany especially hard because it's a nation of export exports and very much depends on these exports and the chinese economy seems to be slowing down a lot more than was previously expected now these are forecasts but what we already see is that industrial output in germany has gone down in the past four months we've also seen a slowdown in car production and how wo

thousand as a result of the unexpected slowdown in europe's economic powerhouse the association of german chambers of industry and commerce has sliced its growth forecast for twenty nine thousand in half to north point two nine percent that's a worry for the e.u. who now expects euro zone growth of one point three percent this year a big cut from the one point nine percent predicted in november. now there's an impressive figure of four hundred and forty five million dollars that's the price tag for an a three eighty aircraft from airbus great money if you can get it unfortunately the super jumbo is turning into a terribly expensive shelf hugger the australian airline quanto just withdrew its order for eight of the passenger jets and that is almost four billion u.s. dollars less on the european aircraft manufacturers bank account perhaps it's time to scrap the a three eighty. it's the largest passenger plane in the world three years the pride and joy of the european aircraft group airbus but as orders for the three eighty kept plummeting the group was forced to reduce annual production from thirty to just eigh

on this panel i might be unique because when i was running the wireless industry association, my members came to me and said we want you to go to congress and have us made common carriers. for precisely the reason that you said, we need uniformity of rules. and so this body passed legislation, created section 332 of the communications act, which made wireless carriers, at their request, into common carriers. that was my aha moment as i was thinking what we do about open internet? the cause after that happened, two things -- what one thing happen, the rules were modernized, we went through and did the same kind of forbearance. you did. and secondly, there were hundreds of billions of dollars that were spent after that on the basis of being a common carrier under title 2 and having that kind of certainty which the industry sought. so i think you have put your finger on the key driving force, which is, how do we have a national program and how to set national program adhere to the kind of concepts that have always been established in protections of title 2? >> i agree with what mr. wheeler

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industry remains vulnerable to trade tensions. they see ines as peaking and demand slowing. the president is of the german association joining us, we are eight weeks away from brexit. are we underestimating the possibility of a no deal and what would that mean to the manufacturing and auto sector in germany? strong supplyery chain between europe and the u.k. all our automotive companies and the suppliers have plants in the and and here in europe components and so on are going across the channel several times and therefore we have to do everything to avoid a hard brexit with tariffs and borders and all this because the free and fair trade between the u.k. as one of the biggest markets in europe is of great importance for our industry and the supply chain. thecine: what do you think future of the auto manufacturing industry and the u.k. will look like post-brexit? bernhard: i do not want to speculate but it is clear they companies are looking at various options, what could happen in what they would do. i do not want to speculate what would happen. the main thing is we have to encourage politicians to do everything to a

the report provoked a backlash from the german car industry even before it was unveiled the german carmakers association says its manufacturers employ over one hundred thousand people in the u.s. you know over three hundred factories german car makers are baffled at the idea they were a threat to security and the german chancellor on saturday made it clear she stands behind them. and use all those men to buy all these cars are being built in the united states of america the biggest b.m.w. factory it's not in a very a it's in south carolina and now if these cars because they're being built in south carolina are just as tightening as those cars that are built in bavaria and they are suddenly a threat to the national security of the usa that shocks us. i mean it doesn't that just makes sense that. trump has ninety days to decide whether to act upon the commerce department's recommendations e.u. trade ministers a jew to discuss contingency plans later this week during a meeting in romania now for the latest let's cross over to washington and our correspondent helen humphrey hello not donald trump says he's

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very confident that as we look beyond brexit we are going to enjoy a period of growth associated with the industrialution. that's where the u.k.'s strengths are. >> also this week, south africa put forward its 2019 budget. the government projects the widest deficit in a decade, and announced it will spend almost $5 billion over the next two years to bailout escon, the nation's struggling power company. plan hasganization drawn opposition from labor unions. bloomberg spoke with the chairman of escon and south africa's public finance minister about the controversial proposal. 23 23 billion --it's not all we needed. there's a lot of pressure. what approach will you take then? optimistic. all of us need to put the national interests first. there will be more job losses if this entity is unable to deliver the energy security required by the economy. i think we are going to have intensive consultation and discussion, and begin to envision a very different future for escon. there are differences, for example, municipalities, africa and many parts of the country have a deficit in terms of -- there are other

ways, i'm very confident that as we look beyond brexit we period ofto enjoy a growth associated with the industrials where the u.k.'s strengths are. ♪ week, south africa put forward its 2019 budget. the government projects the widest deficit in a decade, and announced it will spend almost $5 billion over the next two years to bailout escon, the struggling power company. the re-organization has drawn opposition from labor unions. bloomberg spoke with the chairman of escon and south africa's public finance minister about the controversial proposal. ♪ >> [indiscernible] there will be more job losses if this entity is unable to deliver the energy security required by the economy. i think we are going to have intensive consultation and discussion, and begin to envision a very different future --re there are possibilities municipalities, africa and many parts of the country have a deficit in terms of -- there are other possibilities in terms of staying within the environment itself. it's all of these possibilities we need to explore. even on the financial side, as announced yesterday, it's the beginning

industry stakeholders. this panel from the association of commitment manufacturers looks at the lack of congressional action and how that affects productivity and local economies. it's 40 minutes. >>> morning, everybody. it's a great discussion so far. i love talking about infrastructure early in the morning. it's been part of the conversation all week here in washington! maybe not as much as some of us would have wanted but certainly part of the conversation. that's certainly a good thing. i think one of the reasons it's a great topic is it's very refreshing to talk in washington these days but something bipartisan. that point was made very clear in the last panel in a lot of the material we talked about in advance of this event. you've all heard the phrase there are democratic roads. so it illustrates the point that infrastructure of all these issues that we're dealing with here in washington really has that ability to be bipartisan. in fact, it may be nonpartisan. i don't know really what those political faultlines are. like, can we have this truly be a nonpartisan issue here in federal washington these

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very confident that as we look beyond brexit we are going to enjoy a period of growth associated with the fourth industrial revolution. that's where the u.k.'s strengths are. >> also this week, south africa put forward its 2019 budget. the government projects the widest deficit in a decade, and announced it will spend almost $5 billion over the next two years to bailout escon, the nation's struggling power company. that reorganization plan has drawn opposition from labor unions. bloomberg spoke with the chairman of escon and south africa's public enterprises minister about the controversial proposal. >> 23 billion --it's not all we needed. there's a lot of pressure. >> if the unions block the government's plan, what approach will you take then? >> we are optimistic. everyone recognizes that this is an essential entity for the future of our economy, and secondly that we do have a serious crisis. thirdly, all of this is in the natural -- national interest because there will be more job deliveredthis is not by all that is required by our economy. i think we will have intense discussions, and we will begin to

prepare for the possibility of being out of work again, the airline industry will outle the risks of another shutdown. the association of flight attend attendants will hold a press conference this morning. tsa officers, safety insptors, and others were force to work without pay. travelers faced long delays because severaltsa checkpoints had to be closed because there weren't enough workers. at the time, airline officials warned of overall safety concerns becdose of the sh. >>> a grim reminder to always three people died in a single-car csh in prince george's county and none of them were wearing a seat belt.ig inveors believe the driver was not speeding but lostl contn martin luther king highway. a fourth person in the car was seriously injured. >> d.c. police are investigang a shooting. police say one man was shot last night in the 300 bck of 50th street northeast, which is near the kelly recreation center. call police if you have information. >>> this morning, two children and a pilot are okay aer their small plane crashed in northern virginia. this is a look at the area where this happened. half of the plane is on

we are going to be investing, doing any assistanan at all, t e coal industry should be looking at mitigation of the problems associated with that. there has to be an improvement on that side. >> south africa is seen as a third world place where you can dump parts of your business that are not acceptable in your own country but makes financial sense for some investor or for some bank, which is unethical approach to another country. >> munnik points out that germany has closed many of its own mimines in favour of impmpd coal, thereby trtransferring te environmental burden to others. germany does indeed import up to ten percent of its coal from mines in south africa. here at this disused mine, local residents scavenge for leftover coal. bongi machangu and her daughter zinhle live right by the t&db colliery. the mine has been officially closed for decades, but is still polluting the grouound water. it's a dangerous area. parts of the mine are burning underground as a result of spontaneous combustion. forsman is a small community not far from the mine. residents here suffer from the pollution, and also from the uncontrolle

reaffirm the problem of lobbyists in politics whether it is apack, national rifle association of the fossil fuel industryit has gone on too long and we must be willing to address it. shannon: let's stick to washington, family and friends will say goodbye to the longest-serving congressman in history, john dingell. his funeral is this morning in his hometown of dearborn, michigan. his wife, debbie dingell getting emotional as she greeted hundreds of people paying respect in their community. on thursday a funeral mass will be held in washington dc before dingell is laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. the michigan democrat died last week at the age of 92. a story you need to know about, powerful winter storm slamming the us from the northwest to the northeast. rain mixing with snow in the seattle area causing a slushy mess on the road, the storm prompting a ground stop in the airport overnight and in iowa a driver losing control on a snowy road crashing into a police cruiser. no one was injured. in the northeast snow expected to disrupt the morning commute for millions, new jersey under a state of

association was not laughing. the group posted a tweet in response that american corn farmers are disappointed with you. thanks for supporting our industry representative for the beer giant e-mailed the associates late sunday asking for a meeting with farmers and anheuser-busch confirmed that it is in contact with the group. corn farmers have taken a beating in the last year. the trade war put a 25% tariff on u.s. corn exports which has left many farmers unable to sell their dorn for what thcorn for consider a fair price. meant to be funny, corn farmers did not think that it was funny. >> bud light learning a lesson you know well, you do not make fun of corn farmers. >>> meantime another major city in california could be heading for a teacher's strike. we'll tell you where, next. re tu about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 65 and take medications. what'

there were some reports of an industry group, the securities association of china, they are seeking viewstax cuts and lowering fees. a bit of a rally in the financials. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: 10:29.it is su: optimistic noises from the trade talks in washington suggest the u.s. and china are moving closer to a deal that would avert new tariffs next week. sources say beijing is offering to buy an additional $30 billion a year of american agricultural products, including soybeans, corn and wheat as part of a range of agreement under discussion. on top of levels from before the recent trade war. australia has been denied -- reports that on major port in northern china has banded coal imports. the countries ties remain strong. he refuses the idea that any possible ban could be read your vision for a strike blocking chinese mobile provider huawei from using it 5g network. the central bank chief says it is unlikely rates will rise but that rba is not a predetermined course for its next move. there may be a need for a rate cut. if there is a sustained rise in on a planet and a lack of progr

the oakland education association are organizing options for parents. teen industries will be open will be open during the strike. there were 35 calls from parents. >> we will offer after-school programs. a lunch program, we're going to be providing space for the kids to come and play and be off the streets. >> the school district said students who do not show up will be marked as unexcused absence. >> my mom wants me to go to school if i don't go to school i will stay at home. hopefully continue my senior project. >> i'm going to graduate and go to college and got a better job. >> many hope the dispute will be resolved soon. >> i hope they are solve it and get them back in the classroom. >> bus service will run for students who choose to go to school. the student union doesn't fault any parent for any decision but any students who part participate in the strike are ♪ punished. inial mooda the average is $73,000. in berkeley teachers earn $75,000. in fremont $89,000 and in pleasant on $90,000. the strike will affect students in 86 schools. a last dish negotiation sessi

industry stakeholders. this panel from the association of commitment manufacturers looks at the lack of congressional action and how that affects productivity and local economies. it's 40 minutes. >>> morning, everybody. it's a great discussion so far. i love talking about infrastructure early in the morning. it's been part of the conversation all week here in washington! maybe not as much as some of us would have wanted but certainly part of the conversation. that's certainly a good thing. i think one of the reasons it's a great topic is it's very refreshing to talk in washington these days but something bipartisan. that point was made very clear in the last panel in a lot of the material we talked about in advance of this event.

everybody in the industry, myself included and oui’ the industry, myself included and our trade associationhis for a long time. we were instrumental in getting the acting london with the safety group the suzy lamplugh trust. that safety group is on the committee that we are on and we are hosting a conference in manchester in april to bring the stakeholders together to discuss this. are there any negatives in this process? you mention cctv, we have done extensive work on this and there is a privity issue. taxes not flagged on the street are privately booked, because they want privacy. it is a difficult subject, there is a fine balance between getting safety in place for drivers and passengers and also making it very costly and expensive which would prohibit drivers from being able to afford it. i think the fa ct being able to afford it. i think the fact that eft has consulted on this isa fact that eft has consulted on this is a very good step forwards and we look forward to discussing this in april and take it much further, hopefully. cctv would protect drivers, and i think the plan would be