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Lee General Manager: Catherine Lee Editor: John Robbins, Jun Gai Business Manager : Jennifer Lopez Address: 11122 Bellaire Blvd., Houston, TX 77072 Inside C5 Southern Daily News is published by Southern News Group Daily E-mail: [email protected] Tuesday, January 23, 2018 | www.today-america.com | Southern News Group Government shutdown fizzles on spend- ing, immigration deal in Congress WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress voted “I am pleased that Democrats in Congress on Monday to end a three-day U.S. govern- have come to their senses,” Trump said in a ment shutdown, approving another short- A United statement. “We will make a long term deal term funding bill as Democrats accepted States Park on immigration if and only if it’s good for the promises from Republicans for a broad Police vehicle country.” debate later on the future of young illegal sits parked Immigration and the budget are entangled be- immigrants. in front of a cause of Congress’ failure last year to approve The fourth temporary funding bill since Statue Cruises a budget on time by Oct. 1, just weeks after October easily passed the Senate and the ferry with Trump summarily ordered an end by March to House of Representatives. That sent it to the passengers in Obama-era legal protections for young immi- White House, which said President Donald Manhattan, grants known as “Dreamers.” Trump was expected to sign the bill, a prod- New York The budget failure has necessitated passage uct chiefly of negotiations among Senate by Congress of a series of temporary funding leaders. measures, giving Democrats leverage each Enactment by Trump of the bill will allow step of the way since they hold votes needed to the government to reopen fully on Tuesday overcome a 60-vote threshold in the Senate for and keep the lights on through Feb. 8, when most legislation. Congress will have to revisit the budget and With government spending authority about to immigration policy, two disparate issues expire again at midnight on Friday, Democrats that have become closely linked. withheld support for a fourth stopgap spending The House approved the funding bill by a bill and demanded action for the Dreamers. vote of 266-150 just hours after it passed The roughly 700,000 young people were Democrats, as a condition of support- shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washing- the Senate by a vote of 81-18. brought to the United States illegally as chil- ing a new spending stopgap, demanded ton, U.S., Trump’s attempts to negotiate an end to dren, mainly from Mexico and Central Ameri- a resolution of the uncertain future But Democratic leaders, worried about the shutdown with Senate Democratic ca. They mostly grew up in the United States. Trump created for the Dreamers with his being blamed for the disruptive shut- leader Chuck Schumer collapsed on Friday Former President Barack Obama’s Deferred DACA order last year. down that resulted, relented in the end in recriminations and fingerpointing. The Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, pro- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch and accepted a pledge by Republicans Republican president took a new swipe at gram gave the Dreamers legal protections and McConnell (R-KY) gestures to reporters to hold a debate later over the fate of Democrats as he celebrated the Senate’s shielded them from deportation. after lawmakers struck a deal to reopen the Dreamers and related immigration pact. the federal government three days into a issues. China’s Xinjiang to build U.S. slaps steep tariffs on import- ‘Great Wall’ to protect border ed washers, solar panels WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) mestic producers had hoped for. EIJING (Reuters) - China’s vio- “We will try our best to leave no gaps or - U.S. President Trump will impose a 20 lence-prone far western region of Xin- blind spots in social security management Donald Trump percent tariff on the first jiang will build a “Great Wall” around and ensure the key areas remain absolutely slapped steep 1.2 million imported large its borders to prevent the infiltration of safe,” he said at the opening of the regional tariffs on im- residential washers in the militants from outside the country, state assembly’s annual session. ported washing first year, and a 50 media reported on Tuesday citing the Technology along the border would be machines and percent tariff on regional governor. improved and roads and other infrastructure solar panels machines above Hundreds of people have been killed increased, Shohrat Zakir said. on Monday, that number. The in Xinjiang in the past few years in “The overall situation was stable in 2017, marking his tariffs decline to 16 percent violence between Uighurs, a mostly which made people feel safer,” he said. “We first moves to and 40 percent respectively Muslim people who speak a Turkic won’t allow separatism to stage a comeback erect trade re- in the third year. language, and ethnic majority Han Chi- and will ensure religious extremism nev- strictions under A 30 percent tariff will nese, especially in the heavily Uighur er rises again from the ashes and terrorist seldom-used be imposed on imported southern part of Xinjiang. attacks are doomed to failure.” trade laws that solar cells and modules in China blames the violence in Xinjiang The “Great Wall” comments were similar allow unilateral actions. the first year, with the tariffs declining to 15 on Islamist extremists and separatists, to those President Xi Jinping made last year The decisions in the two “Section 201” percent by the fourth year. The tariff allows some of whom it says have links to during the annual session of the country’s safeguard cases followed findings by the 2.5 gigawatts of unassembled solar cells to be groups outside the country. parliament, where he told Xinjiang lawmak- U.S. International Trade Commission that imported tariff-free in each year. Rights groups and Uighur exiles say it ers of the need to build a “great wall of iron” both imported products “are a substantial Whirlpool Corp (WHR.N), which brought is more a product of Uighur frustration to safeguard stability. cause of serious injury to domestic man- the washers “safeguard” case against rivals at Chinese controls on their culture and Xinjiang has been relatively quiet over the ufacturers,” U.S. Trade Representative Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and LG religion. China denies any repression. past year or so after a spate of incidents, Robert Lighthizer said in a statement. Electronics (066570.KS) after years of an- Xinjiang governor Shohrat Zakir said which has coincided with a massive increase The washer tariffs exceeded the harshest ti-dumping cases, stands to benefit from the Xinjiang would step up border measures in security, including collecting DNA and recommendations from ITC members, decision. to create a “Great Wall”, the official other biometric data from the whole popula- while the solar tariffs were lower than do- China Daily reported. tion. TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018 C2 BUSINESS The star of CNBC’s “Bil- the Rockets from Leslie Alexander, pending lion Dollar Buyer” reality Tilman Fertitta Has Business Interests In league approval, for an NBA record $2.2 bil- show is mulling over the lion.[36] On October 6, 2017 Fertitta was ap- idea of accepting Bitcoin The Houston Area As Well As Las Vegas proved by the NBA to own the Houston Rock- at his businesses, which ets. include restaurants, casi- nos and other entertainment destinations. Billionaire Restaurant Mogul Has Announced That Investments “We try to always be on the cutting edge,” Fer- Fertitta partnered with Richard Handler and an- titta told Time magazine. “If I’m a betting man, He May Soon Accept Bitcoin At His Restaurants nounced a special-purpose acquisition compa- I’m expecting [Bitcoin] is here to stay.” Compiled And Edited By John T. Robbins, Southern Daily Editor ny. The company would be called Landcadia, a Fertitta said he’s not scared by the idea of pa- ton-based Landry’s Inc., holds more of Fertitta, owns and operates more than 500 high speed wooden roller coaster. He also add- word mix between Fertitta’s Landry’s and Han- perless money. than 600 restaurants, hotels and casi- restaurant/entertainment/gaming/hospitality lo- ed the Boardwalk Fanta Sea, which is a luxury dler’s Leucadia. The company plans to raise as “People say they’re kind of invisible,” he said. nos. (Courtesy https://www.cnbc.com) cations. In total, Landry’s, Inc. employs more yacht cruise service where guests ride along the much as $300 million in initial public offering. “Well, all money’s kind of invisible—it’s just a than 50,000 people and controls $3.2 billion in Galveston Bay. number on a paper. If you draw it out of a bank Related assets. The marina on the boardwalk is the largest Hangar account, it’s the same thing.” His portfolio includes: The Golden Nugget concentration of boats and yachts in Greater Landry’s Hangar - Hobby Airport, Houston Unlike other billionaires, Fertitta has the means About Tilman Fertitta Hotel and Casinos; Morton’s The Steakhouse; Houston, as well as one of the largest in the na- Landry’s owns a private hangar situated inside to be a serious contender in the Bitcoin business Rainforest Cafe; Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.; tion.