That ben jerrys was willing to take a stand on an issue that was not in its own financial selfinterest. It was for the common good. That was the big difference. Business is always taking political stance. Business is a very political animal. It is always lobbying to not raise the minimum wage. Business is always lobbying to not add any more environmental regulation. Business is always looking out for its financial selfinterest. But when business takes a stand for the common good, people stand up and take notice. This is something that is different. That really set ben jerrys on the path to being a different kind of company. And as ben said, soon there after the cold war ended, so it was very successful. [laughter] host i must say, there are most days i have to say i love my job, and today is one day i especially love my job. I got to have this amazing conversation and on behalf of all of us that put this together, we have something for you. [applause] host thank you so much. Mr. Greenf
Francisco for our invest in america series where were taking a closer look at some of the biggest names in tech and how theyre changing the way we think and do business and live. Its an amazing thing. You know what . Its also a beautiful thing when the old economy and the new economy converge. Thats what happened today when the averages with the dow jones rallied 113 points, s p advancing 0. 43 , nasdaq increasing. For much of 2016, thats not been the pattern. Oils rallied, distinctly the old economy, or you had the tech stocks, the stocks that dominate our cell phones. But not today. Today they coexisted. What makes this deelectricitiably bullish combination come about. Two different stimuli. For the old economy, its the price of oil. For the new economy, its the price of innovation. Lets start with the former. Today we got Oil Inventories and once again they showed a downturn. Remarkable given the glut we know does exist. Now, its entirely possible that one day well find out that the
Asian stocks followed through on one of the biggest rallies of the year in the u. S. Stock market. Ofis a compilation speculation by the ecb and bonds and results are beating estimates. The cash markets moved briskly yesterday. S p up 1. 2 , the biggest rally since 2013. It is around the flea money concept. The little bit of paring back for u. S. Equity futures. I love the u. S. Title about volatility. Panic departs from u. S. Equity market. Sharpest drop in volatility since 2009. The past three weeks have been for not. Bank of america speculating that equity stock by another 10 . It mimics what happened with 11 fed when we had an decline in 2010 and 60 in 2011. Bestperforming markets in the year, hong kong. It is somebodys bar chart today. There you go. Transport is driving this market. It is up by 11 and it has rebounded with a heck of a pace in the past six days. 30 airline stocks. Estimates at 13 , beating them. Volatility is down and oil. Investors are buying oil. Stocks are risin
Painstaking life and death decision. First, to sue at the New York Stock Exchange. Look forward to that interview very much. Meantime, it has been an amazing run for tesla. Up 520 in a year. Now that new jersey has become the third state to side with dealerships in their bid to keep tesla out of the market, what does that mean for the future of this gamechanging company . Phil lebeau is live in chicago with that for us and much more. Phil, over to you. Reporter in the near term it means that sales of tesla from the company directly to consumers in new jersey, that will stop on april 1st. Heres what happened yesterday. New jerseys Motor Vehicles commission, it unanimously approved a change in the rules saying you know what, no direct sales from auto makers to consumers, so the sales for tesla will stop april 1st. This is the third state along with texas and arizona to ban the direct sales of automobiles and direct sales of teslas. There are two tesla stores that are impacted in new jers
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