Amazon. Ie amazons itself created amazons selfcreated holiday. According to channel advisor, the 2016 sales on prime day are similar to what we saw in 2015. Not changedad been much on the day. We will get more details on the numbers later in the day. Based on the pace of buying so far, channel advisor does a indicate the u. K. That prime day cells were up 11 as of noon. Prime day sales were up 11 as of noon. Aazon aside, it has been strong day. The s p and now on track for record closes. The nasdaq has turned positive for the year. This action has continued to send valuations of the s p 500 higher. This is the pricetoearnings ratio of the s p, going all the way back to the 1950s. ,he green line is the average 16. 5. As we approach 20 here, we are trading well of love thats well above those levels. We are trading well above those levels. We see a rally in energy, southwestern, freeport copper and gold and Chesapeake Energy higher. Outcome coming up with earnings that Beat Estimates beca
Good evening everybody. Good evening on this beautiful evening. Thank you all for joining us. We are very excited to host this launch in d. C. Of a monumental new book, train three. It is already getting excellent reviews in the New York Times. If you havent seen it, that should be the second thing you read after her book this brave new world. We are excited to have anja manuel joining us in conversation. I will give you just a brief sketch of both of their biographies because they are so well known to all of us in this room. Three is a lawyer anja manuel is a lawyer and handles the asia portfolio for the undersecretary of state who handles clinical affairs. They have served as the Deputy National security adviser among many positions as chairman of the u. S. Institute of peace. This book is really a wonderful work. Its important and comes at an important time when so many of our policymakers and Business People and are trying to determine precisely how to think about china and where t
That should be the second thing you read after her book, the review in the wall street journal. Were really privileged tonight to have joining an anja in conversation about the book. Both anja and steve are cofounders and principles at the hadley gates group and i will give you a brief sketch of both of their biographies because theyre so wellknown to all of us in this room. Anja is a lawyer, a former investment banker, teaches at stanford university, and in government, among other things, handleed the asia pour feltol for the undersecretary of state for political affairs. She is on the board of advisers which is not least of her accomplishments. Steve hadley serve as National Security advisor, deputy, and assistant secretary of defense for interNational Security affairs among his many positions. This book is really a wonderful work, and it is important and comes at an important time when so many of our policymakers, Business People and others, are trying to determine precisely how to
There institutions that have had to pay big fines for circomventing the sanctions. The second thing i would say is that iran has expressed concerns about the fact that they are not getting the kind of engagement with the International Business community that they would like to see. I think our response is simply that there is more than iran can do to encourage that investment because that is looking for a stable Business Climate in which we can do business. If you are routinely testing missiles, that is not going to inspire the confidence that this is a safe place to do business. Thats not going to be persuasive to Business Leaders that iran is a good place to make an investment. There is more than iran can do. You provide letters assuring these firms that they wont be prosecuted if they go ahead and do business. Thats the level of insurance they want. I guess i refer you to the state or pressury department or department of justice in terms of what assurances can be provided to the com
Next, treasury secretary jack lew. With reporters on the domestic and global economies and his Upcoming Trip to the g7 summit. The event was hosted by the Washington Bureau of the Christian Science monitor. Its 50 minutes. Tv reporter from boston. Good to see you. Just retired this year. [ room noise ] youre going to be right here, sir. Were going to start right on time this morning. Im dave cook from the monitor. Thanks for coming. Our guest is treasury secretary jacob lew. His last visit was in july 2015 and we appreciate his coming back before his trip next week to anchorage and then the g7 Foreign Ministers meeting in japan. Our guest flirted with a journalism career while he was editor of the Forest Hills High School beacon. He evidently thought better of it and while in college caught the washington bug, working for representative bella abzug and joe moakley, earned a bachelor degree at hafshtd and a law degree at jpmorgantown. Between 79 and 87 he learned politics from a master