Weve been in a range for some time. You can see of course 3 well in the rear, isnt it . Nobodys talking taper too much anymore. As for europe, lets take a look. Kind of a mixed bag overall on the couldnt net. Lets go to our road map. It starts where else would you expect it . Hope with washington, leading to hope for investors but for how long . Well take a closer look at where the markets are headed the day after that big, big point gain on the dow. And Bank Earnings kicking off this morning. Jpmorgan posting its First Quarter lost amid litigation costs. And mixing coffee and politics. Starbucks Ceo Howard Schultz looking to end the d. C. Gridlock, launching a petition today urging congress to open the government. Well speak live with mr. Schultz later. Mark zuckerberg going on a real estate spending spree in silicon valley. Well tell you what the billionaire is buying coming up. Its the morning after the major averages rose 323 points, all on hopes republicans and the president will
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Highest level since 2011. We will be taking you there live in about 30 minutes. Speaking of that, Phil Mattingly with me from d. C. What can bernanke say about the fed as he is on his way out to . We are about a half hour away from ben bernanke taking the stage. It is a few weeks after policy makers may then move to trim the Bond Buying Program in less and less than one month away from his last months in office. This is being billed as his last major speech, likely a review of the turbulent time he has resided over. The feds decision to start its taper came amid a series of economic reports. Those positive economic reports have continued into the new year. It will be very interesting to see what, if anything, he says about his successor. The senate is to confirm janet yellen as the next federal chair. And bernanke has plenty of wisdom to impart. We will see if he shares any of it today. Phil mattingly joining us there from d. C. Our white house respondent. Ben bernanke will be speaking
Educational system, customized learning, things like that. And, of course, we talk about the Health Care Law and all the controversy, but the solution is in innovation. Its in some of the technologies. We have a huge, growing area on wireless health. People are monitoring cells. Its what they eat, its how much they exercise, its how much they sleep. And that information at the cautionary level could get to physicians. We could solve a lot of our Health Care Problems by focusing on some of these things, and they will solve problems. Host gary shapiro is president and ceo of the Consumer Electronics association which sponsors ces every year in vegas, and alex byers is a Technology Reporter with politico. He puts out their morning tech newsletter. Gentlemen, thank you. Guest thank you. Thank you very much. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Coming up next, Supreme Court oral argument from last month on the ep
Conversation with some of your points and the points on the panel. You touched a little bit with resource scarcity and the economics of that. They seem to suggest that the increase in immigration is essential, particularly for high skilled workers. The Panel Suggests for every high skilled worker job that is added, teed up to three local jobs for American Workers are toed in that area two three local jobs for American Workers are added in that area. It suggests that americans are not taking the jobs anyway, so the only way to combat the lower skilled workers to bring immigrants. Ants onanted to hear your take some of those points and if you feel like your arguments are matching that conversation. Topliness the easiest response to that is that you should not take the argumentation of employers with needing more immigrants or more foreignguest workers as necessarily representing the factual situation because of the fact that they have a vested interest in expanding both temporary guest w