Information about hunter biden. I agree with dan your last guest there is not a strong connection at this point. Between the evidence on hunter biden and any evidence you can watch all of our programs on our website c span. Org. We take you live to capitol hill where microsoft president is expected to be joined by a law professor and a scientist to testify about proposed legislation that wrigleys Artificial Intelligence. Live coverage on cspan 3. And also to chairman durbin who supports has been invaluable in encouraging us to go forward here. I have been grateful especially to my partner in this effort senator holly the Ranking Member. He and i as you know have produced a framework. Basically a blueprint for a path forward to achieve legislation. Our interest is in legislation. In this hearing along with the two previous ones has to be seen as a means to that end. We are very resolved oriented. I know you are from your testimony. And i have been enormously encouraged. And emboldened b
To find out whether those that it owes money to will throw them a lifeline or claw the money back at any cost. Steinhoff may not be a household name to you. Let me give you a bit of background. Its origins are in the furniture business in germany in the 60s. But its now a global giant, with brands across europe and the us. Alarm bells were ringing last week when it failed to publish its financial results. What we did learn is that its grappling with a seven billion dollar hole in its finances. Little wonder that the regulators are now taking a look. The value of shares is down 80 since the news broke, as investors stampeded for the exit. The scandal has claimed the scalps of both the chairman and the chief executive. Those that gave the Company Money to help it expand are now exposed lerato mbele has been following the story from johannesburg. Lerato, this is a huge corporate scandal, lots of people are saying this is perhaps the biggest thing we have seen on thejohannesburg stock exch
Questions are good a lot going on all right the markets are crazy, becky what was that, 350 on friday, when it was all said and done. And strongly higher again this morning. Almost 200 and also well, well take a quick look heres a check on the markets u. S. Equity futures at this hour are, as you can see, 193 points indicated on the dow the nasdaq up another 25 the nasdaq shb dhad been diverg last week. Thats a big move that we saw, continuing buying, going on, across the board in this country. And actually in asia and europe, overnight, some strong Market Action and some interesting news in the tenyear note as well. But as you can see, the nikkei was one more than 1 point 260 points hang seng up sharply as well check out europe, green across the board, in europe, when i watched, at least looked this morning. Not the gains that were seeing here or in asia. But well see what happens this week as we move forward. Its only 6 01 and treasury yields moderating on the tenyear, which that you
It doesnt create more jobs for americans. He claimed that he wasnt going to let wall street get away with murder and he said he was going to drain the swamp. Great talk. Then he got to washington. He put together a team of people who had spent deducts as decades at big banks and large corporations, people who are determined to tilt the Playing Field in favor of wall street and against working families. You dont need to look very far to see it. His most senior Economic Advisors, treasury secretary steven mnuchin, National Economic Council Director gary cohn and dean in a powell. Together those three have spent nearly a half a century combined working for Goldman Sachs. When it comes to our economy, this isnt the Trump Administration, this is the Goldman Sachs administration. Now President Trump has lined up another top Economic Advisor, kevin hassett, who has been nominated to serve as the chairman of the president s council of Economic Advisors. Mr. Hassett hasnt worked at Goldman Sach
Family farm. The big banks dont Pay Attention to that, only Community Banks do. A couple years later with the help of these kinds of loans from these local banks, these socalled pipe dreams in these small towns and Rural Counties become successful businesses. They become job creators. These are the ultimate Success Stories that our communities in america are built upon. This is why the financial choice act is so important. It helps Community Banks and the Small Business that is absolutely depend on them, it helps them thrive. It protects consumers by increasing accountability and transparency over the wider financial sector. And it also repeals too big to fail. The rules codified by doddfrank that have left taxpayers on the hook for too long. Ultimately the financial choice act is a jobs bill. It is one that will bring hope back to main street. It is easy to talk about the economy and regular regulations as series of numbers. It is easy to talk in vague terms about job creators and Sma