Have accumulated and theyve led to this really distorted view of both men. But today well be talking about Braxton Bragg. Earl has written a fantastic biography of Braxton Bragg, i believe we have kolpi copies of volume as well. Earls going to speak to us today about a topic. Im pleased to see were not going to hear crickets here because the topic is Braxton Bragg who is the butt of all jokes and of course civil war historians. Not a particularly humorous crew. It is my pleasure to welcome earl hess. [ applause ] thank you very much. Thank you, pete, very much, for that generous introduction. Thinking about it this morning, what made me do this book, and i think it really is what pete mentioned. That whenever you go to a civil war roundtable and mention the name Braxton Bragg, theres a titter of laughter coming up from the audience. Because he in some ways is kind of almost a joke. In some ways. In other ways, as pete says, a cheap joke. And also the question this morning that someone
Have accumulated and theyve led to this really distorted view of both men. But today well be talking about Braxton Bragg. Earl has written a fantastic biography of Braxton Bragg, i believe we have kolpi copies of volume as well. Earls going to speak to us today about a topic. Im pleased to see were not going to hear crickets here because the topic is Braxton Bragg who is the butt of all jokes and of course civil war historians. Not a particularly humorous crew. It is my pleasure to welcome earl hess. [ applause ] thank you very much. Thank you, pete, very much, for that generous introduction. Thinking about it this morning, what made me do this book, and i think it really is what pete mentioned. That whenever you go to a civil war roundtable and mention the name Braxton Bragg, theres a titter of laughter coming up from the audience. Because he in some ways is kind of almost a joke. In some ways. In other ways, as pete says, a cheap joke. And also the question this morning that someone
The best year since 2010 with energy as the standout sector helped by a 50 jump in crude. Europe treads water amid thin holiday volumes. And Johnson Johnson considers breaking up actelion as part of its takeover plan which it values at 30 billion. Good morning. Welcome to street signs. The last trading day of 2016. This was the picture on wall street going into the last day. A bit of softness. Dow jones industrial average getting further away from that 20,000 mark. The s p 500 closing just barely in negative territory. The nasdaq composite lower by 0. 1 . Yes, these are modest losses. You must keep them in perspective because its been a rally, especially since the election results. Well take a closer look at that in a minute if we can hone in on the dow jones for the moment, year to date this index is up 13. 7 . The outperformer among the s p 500 and the nasdaq. Lets hone in on the nasdaq. Higher as well by neighborhood of 9 , just shy of that at 8. 5 . We continue to watch the big nam
Reform path, if it enables no, then investor will say europe, italy is starting to become a little bit slow. Watch out. Get it. Swiss watch imports, exports rather slump by more than 16 as the slow down continues in october. Donald trump takes to you tube to announce hell withdraw the u. S. From the tpp, the Transpacific Partnership on his first day in office. Good morning, everybody and welcome here to street signs. Glad youre with us. Of course closing out once again in the u. S. With new all time highs across all the major indexes there. The dow, s p, nasdaq, russell 2000, russell 400 midcaps hitting all fresh new time highs. The russell 2000 saw its 12th positive session in a row. Thats the first time weve seen that in 13 years. These gains really continue. Ten out of the 11 s p sectors were positive led up by energy. That was an outperformer. Real estate the only negative sector which was down by a hair or so. This trump trade is just continuing for the time being. There doesnt se
Pam Francine Lacqua. Tom i am Francine Lacqua. Tom keene in new york. Markets with the dollar tailing. Tom we got the markets today and the jobs report. I tell you, this nation shaken. Memories oflearest 1963 and 1964. I dont mean to compare anything we have seen in the last 48 hours to that, but i tell you, this is a changed america this morning. The president is in europe. World. E it is a changed it affects us all. Lets get the first word news with nejra cehic. Nejra. Nejra a peaceful demonstration in dallas, texas, turned into an ambush pierce clippers opened fire killing five officers and wounding others. Arrested. Le have been there are media reports that a fourth suspect who had Exchange Gunfire had killed himself. British Prime Minister David Cameron heads to his first major summit since the country voted to leave the European Union. In warsaw, he would make argument that britain is still relevant to its allies. He will pledge more than 3500 troops. Some will be deployed in eas