The newest member says the company is designed to win but does it have the right strategy to stay a step ahead of the rivals . That and more for nightly Business Report for wednesday, october 9th. Good evening everyone im tyler mathisen. Im sue herrera in for susie gharib tonight. A historic day for washington and the u. S. Economy, as expected president obama nominated janet yellen currently vice chairman of the Federal Reserve to head up the nations bank. If her nomination passes in the senate and its likely to, shes expected to continue the easy money bond buying by ben bernanke and thats what people on wall street want who is janet yellen . Whats her record for the fed . Does her appointment mean for your money . Steve liesman takes a closer look at the woman who would be chairman. Reporter president obama in a historic announcement nominated janet yellen to become the first female of the reserve putting an economist in the hot seat at one of most controversial moments in the 100ye
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis awardwinning author Edwidge Danticat writes about haydee. She was born in portauprince. Countrylex view of the is at the heart. It has been praised by reviewers , using words like intoxicating and compelling. I am always intoxicated and compelled when i have you on the program. Its good to have you back. Your kids are fine . Yes. Tavis and this novel the sea is as much a are as anybody or anybody else. The sea is such an important part of our history. Its how most of us got to this lostof the world, and we so many people. This continues. It is an incredible point of view with which to explore the environment. Tell me about the story. Whoseire is a little girl mother dies in childbirth, so her father is struggling with this decision, whether he should keep her with him or give her a way to a richer woman. Decision,tory of the and its also the story of the villa where they live and how they interact. You wro
This temporary fix prevent the market from moving forward and hold back american businesses from making important decisions. Leaving a mark. Some of the nations Biggest Companies have been battered and bruised by washington. What are their executives saying about the damage thats already been done to the economy. And singing the blues, ibm the bluest of the blue chip posting a missed revenue today. Sending shares sharply lower after hours that could impact trading tomorrow. We have that and more for nightly Business Report for wednesday, october 16th. Good evening everyone and welcome. An end is in sight barring lastminute snag nobody expects. After days of bargains and stops, a deal has been reached to reopen the federal government and avoid default on its debts. The agreement struck by Senate Leaders reid and mcconnell is a temporary one, a truce, but it meets two goals the white house insisted upon. Get Government Employees back to work and authorize more federal borrowing. The bill
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. The African Americans many rivers to cross is the latest contribution from dr. Henry louis skip gates, jr. Airingies begins tomorrow night on these pbs stations and there is a companion text of the same name. We will start our conversation by taking a look at a clip fro the African Americans many rivers to cross. I asked been much of my life searching for the stories of the africanamerican people. Our first notation of anthony them as antonio the negro. I have always wanted to tell their history. Five centuries in the making. History and i have traveled around the country and across the globe to chronicle it. Receive wealth inherited from the slave trade question mark but people changed american society. I will start in a moment by talking about what happens tomorrow night here in pbs and the series premieres. Let me go back to what happened this past weekend. Alreadys a slave, there is oscar buzz. It was great.
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. With russia grabbing crimea and western leaders traveling to determine how to respond, International Policy once again comes into focus. At theector on strategy Brookings Institution has written a timely new text that looks into americas role as a Coalition Builder entitled still ours to leave. Jones also holds major appointments at stanford and in why you. Good to have you on this program. What a timely text this is indeed. The conversation too much, your thoughts on what we see happening in crimea. This is a critical test for American Leadership and for the west. You use a key phase about Coalition Building. There are certain things the United States can do by themselves about crimea, but its in a much stronger position if we can galvanize the western alliance, if we can galvanize the europeans and keep the chinese and indian from into support of of russia in this context. Tavis that means there has to be some