Heres how the structure is going to work. Im going to give very brief introductions for the poor people who are sitting here at the table with me, and i will do all of them at once. And then im going to go in the order in which the images are going to appear and have each of our Panel Members talk about why they decided to be part of this project and why they selected the image that they selected. And they will talk for a little while about the image and then well see where the conversation goes after that and at the end, youre going to be able to have some questions. Very briefly, let me introduce everybody up. I will start with Carol Reardon was a professor of American History at penn State University. We tossed together for a long time. Shes the author of one of the first important books on civil war memory, especially the military side of it in many ways. Hand, therd in one problem of military thought in the civil war north. And she is a coauthor with tom mosler of two field guideb
Scientists take a look at the black markets of cybercriminals. This sunday night on q a, david Kaye Johnston discusses the making of donald trump, which takes a look at the president ial nominee. I met donald. I immediately recognized, brian, he speaks barnum. He is selling tickets to the fiji mermaid and the amazing twoheaded woman. Because he was the dominant force in atlantic city, i started asking about him. And his competitors, including steve wynn and people who work for him and some big gamblers all said to me donald doesnt know anything about the casino business. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Now a Regional Federal Reserve Bank officials on efforts to further reduce unemployment, expand growth, and improve the economys overall health. This hearing of the House Financial Services subcommittee is about two hours. The committee will come to order. And without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time in the committee im sorry, of
Welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Less than three hours left in the trading day. Stocks are near session highs. What happened to the fry selloff . We have the nasdaq up a full percentage point. Strength in technology, and in particular in technology, take a look at shares of apple seeing the best day since july 27th, higher by 1. 6 now. Heres what else is happening at this hour. Hillary clintons doctor says shes being treated for pneumonia. This after she had to be held up and helped into a van while leaving that 9 11 Memorial Service early over the weekend. Donald trump responding right here on cnbc. Listen. I hope she gets well and i hope she gets well soon. But, you know, it was quite sad to be honest with you and i hope she gets well soon. No satisfaction, believe me, whatsoever. Also today, in business, a big agricultural deal, potash teaming up with agrium to create the Worlds Largest fertilizer company. Hp, hewlettpackard getting big near printers, buying samsungs printer
For a market holiday. The hang seng up by a third of a percentage point. The shanghai up bay hay a half percent. The kospi up. In europe, in early trading. Green arrows there. Much bigger adavans than here. This is playing catch up and then some. The dax up 1. 9 . The cac up by 1. 8 . The ftse up 1 . Crude oil having its best day in two weeks yesterday. It was up nearly 3 at 45. 34. This morning up 1 to 45. 79. Big question around whether opec can pull anything off with this meeting they have next week or whether this is nor jawboning. Well continue to watch this. Lets get you through some big top stories. Weekly jobless claims come out at 8 30 eastern time. Filings are expected to hold steady at 260,000. Then at 10 00 a. M. , august existing home sales which are forecast to have risen more than 1 . Yahoo reportedly expected to confirm a massive data breach exposing millions of User Accounts. Re code saying the breach was widespread and serious. The data allegedly includes user names,
Cnbc theyre sticking with their growth forecast. The differences are so small between ours and theirs. So it depends. We speak to the ceo of lamborghini as it unwraps its latest luxury model at the paris auto show. Others tell cnbc theyre optimistic on a european recovery. The worst here is behind us. I think the necessary measures have been patient. Theres still a lot of work to do. My job is to turn europe around. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Ecb meets today. The main rephi rate is 0. 05 . Banks are repaying deposit catch at a rate of 0. 2 . Mario draghi announced the ecb will begin buying Asset Backed Securities in a bid to expand the Central Banks Balance Sheet to 2012 levels. And that is what makes todays press Conference Key for investors. Top of the agenda, mr. Draghi, will be expected to answer tough questions on that controversial Bond Buying Program. The ecb president will have to defend the luke warmup take of