And of course are on the revolutionary generation. Todays lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war, mostly in the north and south. Next week, when we have our guest speaker she will talk about some of the western campaigns in more detail. We have that coming up. That will be exciting. There are other aspects of the war at home, financing the war womens participation in the war that we will not get to date today, but we will before future classes. I want to start by one of the best books on the revolution is a book called the men who lost america. In this book, it is argued that british generals are often described as incompetent or indecisive, but the author argues that they were smart competitive men accomplished professionals, military professionals, and the reason why they failed is not due to psychotic character fails, but because they faced insurmountable obstacles in trying to fight a war in america. I will lay out some of those obstacles, and they will
Other numbers, assets 116 billion, down 22 . The Company Stays on track to reach its financial targets for the year. Continue to look through here, fixed income markets revenue, a number that has been weak in many of the banks, 3. 06 billion, roughly in line with what analyst anticipated. The company said its Net Interest Margin came in above estimates 2. 95 , the estimate for 2. 88 for a big group like citigroup. Interest margin will be an important part of the overall numbers. That is what we have so far as we look at these numbers. One other number the equity markets trading revenue, which was expected to be in the area of strength for citigroup looks to be the low estimates, 653 million, the estimate was 739 million, that number, expected to offset some of the declines in fixed income trading, perhaps it would do that as we look through these numbers. Eric julie hyman with headlines on citigroup. Good morning. We have seen everybody but Morgan Stanley, which reports on monday. Gett
Hello. Welcome to countdown. Im mark barton. Im anna edwards. Im manus cranny. His fate lies in the European Court of justice and his opinion on omt or outright monetary transaction. The ecb first introduced the concept in 2012. Enabling purchases of sovereign debt in secondary markets. They are considering whether they convene eu law. This meaning the court will deliver its opinion. The Court Opinion is nonbinding. If it goes against omt, mario draghi might wind his options on easing in the euro zone are narrower than ever. It is a big day for the ecb president. For more, hans nichols has traveled. You are back in berlin. This opinion really is quite important for him and the future of the eurozone. We will see. Good morning, manus. Hell put on his lawyers cap and sifting through this opinion. I suspect he will look for any guidance that may be construed that could be applied in and translated to quantitative easing. Restrictions. What sorts of limit would be placed potentially on Bon
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