Two bills back together. But we made a very strong, powerful point throughout the entire debate about ending that unholy alliance between rural republicans and democrats. Just the decoupling is something that i think is a strategic goal of the policy. Absolutely. That was big time with that first time it had been in 50 years where they had been split for at least going through one body of the congress. This lady. Yeah. Part of the bill, is there any incentive in there for companies to work with companies who would hire welfare recipients to work so that that be a way of keeping track of the people who are looking for work . Years ago when welfare reform had first taken place, i was an Office Manager at law firm, and we brought in a young lady who had who was on welfare. She had to go to work. And part of it was that, i dont know. We had received a letter or something that encouraged Small Businesses to hire these young people. And then the Welfare Social worker had to send the individu
We have only five or six minutes left. In the front here. We for the microphone. Good afternoon. This is a very important topic. I work for a management company. I have had the privilege of irking working with this group for the five years. There is a lot of innovation in this country. That is something we can share. My experience suggests that there is a lot of innovation overseas. I think about the Information Technology sector in the west bank. What is the agency doing in terms of Venture Capital and other means to take advantage and support that . Thank you for that and for your service. We have done very interesting things that are now maturing. Includes working with private funds in latin america, afghanistan. It has created the capacity to some or entrepreneurs. I was in the west bank and saw a Business Plan competition with all of these young programmers basically teaching to Venture Capitalists in the region their Business Ideas. It was a good idea. Half of them are services t
What do we bid on when the market comes in from the auction or because theres too much profit not to take something off the table. What can you still sink your teeth into . As the averages barely budget, dow up 11, s p slipping to. 06 , thats 9 , and even after years and years of managing money in some form or other, these questions swirl through my head as i look over todays action after a big up day yesterday. It is always like this, the big rally, the consolidation, trying to pick what can still move and making sure that you wont buy something that wont be able to will rally because its just plain bad. Now we had a momentum market going here, meaning investors are chasing whats hot and if you dont mind buying high, theres plenty to choose from. It is just ramping and hey, you can buy netflix, amazon. The two sainted stocks that dont need to show earnings as theyre all about the love of their customers. You can use the big secondary offering from facebook, and 41 million shares from
Seismic action . And get this, two anchors under the same roof, sue. I know, who knew, who knew. Its great to be with you up here at headquarters. Lets focus on the dow. We had a very strong morning. The dow up triple digits earlier today. Right now, up 82 points, 16,330. The s p also had a firmer opening. Right now, the s p up almost 11 point, better of that. 5 . The nasdaq is the winner on a percentage basis. It is up almost a full percent on the trading session. As for Interest Rates, weve begun of course the twoday fed meeting. Right now, the tenyear yield is at 1. 674 . One of my favorite things to watch, the transports, up at 50 points to the upside. And comex gold with the market rallying, well, some steam coming out of gold, down about 11 bucks on the day. Big question for inest hafst ve and traders alike today is a plan to change the rules on highspeed trading. Would it make the markets more fair or would it make it worse . Now, some of the details on that. New York State Atto
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