Solidarity with my sisters tonight in black. A sea of black at the baftas, as stars line up to show solidarity against sexism and harassment in the film industry. Employers are in the dark ages when it comes to attitudes to pregnant workers and those planning to have children. Thats according to Research Published this morning by the uks Human Rights Commission. It isa it is a busy day that the brits at the Winter Olympics. And matt has the weather. The ice to be found here today. It isa the ice to be found here today. It is a cost free start to your working week. Its cloudy and expect some damp weather. A full forecast coming up damp weather. A full forecast coming up inis minutes. First our main story. The Prime Minister will admit today that students and their families have serious concerns about the cost of university. Theresa may will launch an independent review into Higher Education finance in england, saying many courses are notjudged to give value for money. Universities are f
In europe, things have barely budged in most of the major markets. Cac is flat. Dax is up 0. 1 . The ftse up almost 0. 2 . Crude oil prices continued to climb yesterday. This morning giving back just eight cents. But there is a thought that with supplies in the United States experiencing an unexpected draw down, and with more countries looking like they may support saudi arabia in terms of continuing that production cut, we have seen prices that have stabilized well above the lows weve seen earlier this week. Wti trading at 47. 76. Some big corporate stories. Retail wreckage continues. Department store chains taking a major hit. Nordstroms posting better than expected earnings and revenue, but the stock dropped on a samestore sale miss. Theyre the latest Department Store to get hurt by a slump in clothing because of online shopping. Macy shares dropped 17 yesterday during the trading session after Quarterly Results missed. It was the worst day for macys shares since 2008. Well get anot
[inaudible conversation] good afternoon. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen forks turning out on a cold, late fall day. I can i sure you its going to be worth your time im ben desalvo, an associate professor of Political Science at city college of new york and its any pleasure to introduce our speaker, beth akers. Id like to welcome beth to Manhattan Institute where she has recently become a fellow. Prior to joinings she was a fell lee at the Brookings Institution center on children and families, and before that she was a staff economist at the president s council of economic adviser, and worked extensively on Higher Education policy. Second id like to welcome beth back to new york. Beth received her ph. D in math and excuse me are ba in mag and economics and her ph. D in economics from columbia university. Beg is here to talk about her guantanamo low game of loans rhetoric and reality of student debt published by Princeton University press and written with Matthew Chingo of the urban ins
First things first, id like to welcome beth to the Manhattan Institute where shes recently become a fellow. Prior to joining us, she was a fellow at the Brookings Institution center on children and families, and before that she was a taffe economist staff economist at the president s council of economic advisers and worked extensively on Higher Education policy. Second, id like to welcome beth back to new york. Beth received her ph. D. In math excuse me, her b. A. In math and economics from cunyalbany and her ph. D. From columbia university. Beths here to talk about her book, game of loans. Recently published by Princeton University press and written with matthew of the urban institute. So after reading beths book, i can assure you shes going to fit right in at the Manhattan Institute [laughter] where the scholars really delight in debunking poorly argued narratives in the press and the public debate. And beths book does just that. Its a timely corrective to the wildly exaggerated stud
First things first, id like to welcome beth to the Manhattan Institute where shes recently become a fellow. Prior to joining us, she was a fellow at the Brookings Institution center on children and families, and before that she was a taffe economist staff economist at the president s council of economic advisers and worked extensively on Higher Education policy. Second, id like to welcome beth back to new york. Beth received her ph. D. In math excuse me, her b. A. In math and economics from cunyalbany and her ph. D. From columbia university. Beths here to talk about her book, game of loans. Recently published by Princeton University press and written with matthew of the urban institute. So after reading beths book, i can assure you shes going to fit right in at the Manhattan Institute [laughter] where the scholars really delight in debunking poorly argued narratives in the press and the public debate. And beths book does just that. Its a timely corrective to the wildly exaggerated stud