Presence and persistence and devotion to this very worthy and necessary and urgent, and i would say even medicinal, organization. At the beginning of this year, in january, United States lost one of its most innovative and exciting writers, baracka. Twice winner of the american book award, who is a strong supporter of the before Columbus Foundation. In fact, his last appearance here in San Francisco was at a fundraiser at yossis, not far from here to raise money for the before Columbus Foundation. So, in our embrace, of the arc and an panorama of american art and history i want to dedicate my portion of the program to the memory of a poet and writer, ameri baraka. We have quite a harvest this afternoon. And were honored by the presence of many of the most fertile writers. Who offer illumination and insight, and as i mentioned, a few moments ago, some very strong medicine, and some very ill times. So, before we get into that, id like to start with a gentleman, good friend, who cant be w
Introduce our speaker Richard Preston did his undergraduate work in english and got his ph. D. In english from princeton university, studied Nineteenth Century american nonfiction writing. He is the author of nine books on a variety of topics including fixes disease. Im also sure that the hot zone inspired many of its readers to consider and pursue careers in epidemiology, vie rolling and Public Health. That fascination fuels curiosity and a lot of what we know today. The most recent mass i outbreak of ebola occurring in west africa has once again propelled the hot zone back onto the National Bestseller list, 20 years after its publication. I have always had a particular fascination for the insidious ingenuity of Infectious Disease and for the dynamics of epidemic infection. And so its a pleasure to bring this element to the program and to discuss it today, and im happy we have the opportunity and the foresight to bring Richard Preston to talk to us today in this timely lecture. His ta
Go to booktv. Org. The before Columbus Foundation presents the winners of the american book awards in San Francisco, calif. I am the chairman of the board of directors and i want to thank our friends for their sponsorship for this afternoons awards and my colleagues on the board of directors for their presence and persistence and devotion to this very worthy and necessary and urgent and i would say even medicinal organization. At the beginning of this year january, the United States lost one of its most innovative and exciting writers, mary barracca twice winner of the american book award a strong supporter of the before Columbus Foundation. His last appearance in San Francisco was a fundraiser not far from here to raise money for the before Columbus Foundation. Still in our embrace of the panorama of American Literature and history of this afternoon unlike to dedicate my portion of the program to the memory of appellates and writer, amory bar barracca barracca. We have quite a harvest
Manus 1 million in breathing room from that ecb but the verdict is still out as to whether greece and be trusted to come up with adequate Economic Reforms before monday. Caroline i am caroline hyde. Manus i am manus cranny. Caroline coming up one heartthrob leaves the richest boy band in Music History. He says he is ditching one direction but will the four others carryon to make more megahits . Stay tuned, that story is coming up. Straight to manus for a quick check on the market. Manus this story sounds very reminiscent, lets talk but something slightly closer to my heart which is the equity markets, you are looking at two big global themes. One is holidays geopolitics the numbers were much worse than estimated. Durable goods were down one point or percent, jpmorgan has a comfortable growth target, have a look at the bottom of your screen, the philly semiconductor index. That is the Biggest Movement in that interact index. What is happening in the Technology Industry . Look at the lon
Continued pressure from abroad. And meeting facetoface, president obama and House Speaker john boehner sit down for a oneonone over the weekend. There are just three weeks left before the u. S. Goes over the fiscal cliff. Italian shares are down nearly 3 this morning. For the most part, it is bank stocks leading the way down. Were now down about 2. 76 on the ftse mib. Bank stocks have been hit particularly hard this morning. Earlier, we saw shares down 5. 6 . Were seeing the same thing, whether its bmps hitting session lows down nearly 6 comes amid concerns about leadership and economic reform in italy following mario montes announcement that hell resign once the budget has been passed. This move is likely to bring the country forward to elections next year. The italian Prime Minister has offered no clue as to whether or not he will run and it comes after Sylvia Berlusconi declared over the weekend he would throw his hat in the ring for the job of premier. Carolyn ross is in italy foll