This is lovely to get to interview on a book that i think its fantastic i read in one sitting in founded of silly fascinating so my first question to you is how and the world could you write this so quickly because you are referencing things that happened april and may and the book just came out. It is great to speak with you im glad you enjoyed the book. At was a bit of a frenzied. I publish a new book about every seven years and i give myself a break between but i just wanted to get it out as quickly as possible there are a couple of chapters focused on what we should expect if there is a crisis in the United States of an economic crisis or a major security crisis. And i felt so passionate that there needed to be a political disaster prepared this around progressives that i just wrote what i had never written before also working with a publisher that was committed to getting it out very quickly that Publishing Industry nearly finished the book then it creeps along the process in all
Triple digits, just shy of a record for itself. And were about a quarter of the way through earnings, with 74 of Companies Beating estimates, about 10 higher than the average for the quarter. So is this market about to experience earnings euphoria, guys yes, we have hi, dan hey. Hey thats an inside joke no, i think the market has been experiencing that as well. The vix traded almost below nine today. I think it got down to 903 and the good news is, i think that companies that have been doing well are being rewarded and companies that are not faring as well are being punished you see mmm down 5 today. The earnings we saw that were outstanding were, in fact, outstanding. Led in my opinion by mcdonalds. We talk about it being a 160 stock. It got within 2 cents of that today. Cart pillar continues to surprise me to the upside. Ive been a skeptic for some time but theres no denying when saying that most of these reports, three of four, have been very good karen i agree it looks to me like t
The tech rally still has room to run. Thank you. See how that works. Intels chief Financial Officer bob wan is back with us, talk about the chip anchors better than the expected earnings and concerns at rival amd could be taking a bite out of its business. They had to defend themselves on the intel Conference Call. Some of the analysts asking about that tremendous competition from amd these days. Yeah. Well ask him about that so lets begin with amazon still weighing on the tech sector. Bertha coombs has more. Reporter following that earnings misamazon seeing its worst day since early june selling off on pretty strong volume and thats providing the biggest point drag on the nasdaq 100 but amazon is coming off an alltime high just yesterday and shares are still up fractionally for the week and in fact up 6 with one more trading day left here in the month of july. The impact on bigcap tech is somewhat muted the major tech indices are down fractionally and treating volume actually isnt ref
If they need food, were going to get them food. You know, if they need love, were giving them the hug. Sreenivasan all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan president elect donald trump has penciled in two more names on his white house staff sheet. He announced today that Thomas Bossert will be assistant to the president for Homeland Security and counterterrorism. Bossert also served under president george w. Bush. And, Jason Greenblatt will be special representative for international negotiations. Hes now the chief legal officer for the trump organization. In the days other news shinzo abe became the first japa
If they need food, were going to get them food. You know, if they need love, were giving them the hug. Sreenivasan all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan president elect donald trump has penciled in two more names on his white house staff sheet. He announced today that Thomas Bossert will be assistant to the president for Homeland Security and counterterrorism. Bossert also served under president george w. Bush. And, Jason Greenblatt will be special representative for international negotiations. Hes now the chief legal officer for the trump organization. In the days other news shinzo abe became the first japa