Percent. Shanghai stocks down by close to 1 a decline of more than nine tenths in europe there have been some green arrows the dax is up by. 2 the cac is up by a quarter percentage points. Stocks up in italy, spain and london crude oil prices which ended last week just shy of 59 a barrel, check this out right now, down by about 44 cents. Still, wti trading above 58 at 58. 51 a barrel. Now this morning the big news of the day. Publisher meredith buying time, inc. , for2. 8 billion thats the price meredith will pay 18. 50 for time, inc. It publishes wellknown magazines such as time, peopl people. Meredith received 650 million a lot of people raising questions about what this means. Raising 650 million in backing from the billionaire Koch Brothers, charles and david koch are widely known for supporting conservative causes. They say the magazine business is a good investment in the press release koch industry says it will not have any seat on merediths board and will have no influence or e
General Staff College faculty of the department of military history for since 1992. For 11red the department years. During that time, he has come to i quote from the front page of the New York Times 10 years or so ago as the intellectual center of the army. At the, he put set bottom of his email signature puts that at the bottom of his team else. Its required . Ok. Well, its appropriate in his case, because no one has done more to make that true. He is the author of the book great commanders. His origins are a series of historiansat command have given at the library. He has run about the tet offensive and the bottle of analog, etc. Written about the tet offensive and the battle of lock. He is on the Editorial Board of himself history but is no armchair historian. He is the general of the Army George C Marshall chair of military history at the u. S. Army command and general staff at the college of Fort Leavenworth, which is, by the way, the longest title you can hold as an historian out
We are live this morning for remarks from outgoing joint chiefs of staff chair general Martin Dempsey. He will be talking with the children of parents in the military at the conference hosted by the military Child Education coalition. The wife of general dempsey is also speaking at this event today. Live coverage on cspan2 in washington, d. C. Your respect here from the general in just a moment. A special thanks to the many many volunteers that you will see battle in this room but throughout this National Training seminar, but also to those volunteers who support us day in and day out. We just get tremendous support. There is a special group that you will see of men and women running around in lieu tshirts. There from deloitte and for some years now weve gotten great volunteer support from deloitte and a special thanks to ed casey and the members of deloitte for their outstanding support. As you go through this next couple of days and you look through the program you will see an Outsta
Joint chiefs of staff. General dunford, the Committee Thanks you for your decades of distinguished service to our nation. We are grateful to your wife, ellen, for the support that she has always provided to you, and to all who serve our nation in uniform. I would also like to welcome your son patrick. Patrick, fortunately you look like your mother. Thank you. Who is joining us this morning. I know that your other children, joe and kathleen, send their support from afar. Even as i bet theyre a little relieved that they dont have to sit through your interrogation. In order to exercise its oversight responsibilities its important that this committee and other committees of congress receive testimony and briefings and communications of information. Have you adhered to applicable laws and regulations governing conflicts of interest . I have. Do you agree when asked to give your personal views even if the views differ from the administration in power . I do, chairman. Have you assumed any du
A morning ive asked the committee to consider 3196 pending military nominations. All these nominations have been before the committee for the reset required length of time. All in favor say i. The motion carries. The Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general Joseph Dunford as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. This Committee Thanks you for your decades of service to our nation, we are grateful to your wife for the support she has provided to into all hers urination in uniform. I also want to welcome your son patrick, you look like your mother who is joining us this morning. I know your other children, joe and kathleen send their support, even as i bet they are relieved that they do not need to sit through your interrogation. To exercise the legislative responsibility its important that this committee are able to receive testimony, briefings and other communication of information. Have you here to applicable laws and regulations . I have. To agree to give yo