Guest this is our first year for exhibiting and for me attending bookconker but were very excited to have a chance to interact directly with readers and have them come and see our authors signings its a lot of great stuff to see the interaction of readers. Were watching right now we see book bloggers are interacting with their fans, so its happening on a lot of levels. Host and because bookexpo is just for publishers and related industries. Guest right, right. Through our retailers. Were always dealing with the public but this is new, to really try to have direct interaction with readers. Host jamie raab. Guest this is my first time here, but i was amazed when i saw the lines of people. Its thrilling to think that people care enough about books to come to Something Like this pay money, get to see the authors. I think its fantastic. Host what is Grand Central publishing . Guest well right now we have a signing, we have an author named meredith wylde who wrote a series of erotic books ra
Does not work. And finally i would say that the regional organization, the au, it is better and they still havent quite developed that capability. And we either need to recognize that or understand that youre going to have to have the u. N. In a far more capable way, whether this means a standing capability, it have to be done. Finally, the one good piece of news is twofold. And i think that the atrocities prevention board that the administration has started has actually resulted in a far more expensive response over the course of the last month of a half. And the u. N. Has now developed something called the right way forward. And this includes staffing and resources as well. Very quickly, i agree with david, i think there is an institutional deficit in key areas with really important issues. And i agree with marcus also. There is a capacities deficit in many areas as well and i think that there is some positive news and there is an Ad Hoc Coalition to actually result in resolve the cr
Says. Above is a joke Consumer Prices in china rise two point four percent annually for the month of march. Thats just below expectations while Producer Prices continue to fall for the twenty fifth straight month. Asian shares but the friday of a down note that the carnage from the wall street overnight and all the final day of the twenty fourteen while forty four age of financial Reforms Take Center Stage it is to get on cctv news id like a walking stick. First up chinas Consumer Price inflation increased two point four percent in march she on your wall factory prices continued at the plate indicating weak demand as well as a cooling economy much is two point four percent cpi reading was more than two percent increase we saw back in february to just below the median forecast for stu prices led the gains though analysts use a food inflation is showing signs of moderating. The First Quarter of twenty fourteen though the Consumer Price index climbed two point three percent annually. Belo
Dow chemical posted first warnings First Quarter earnings. By results were driven bigger margins. And also by stronger sales in china. The company has not been very bullish on chinas Economic Growth. With us is the dow chemical chairman and ceo. Great to have you back. Nice to be with you. What happened with topline growth . America, as you know, we had a very cold winter in the month of march with lots of transportation and warehouse carrier issues. Our north american revenues were not robust but clearly the bottom line is what matters but i what but i would not read much about the topline numbers this time around. We saw growth in china and we sought europe beginning a decent recovery. We are very optimistic about that. Given the World Economy being slowly recovering and uncertain, i believe we had a good margin growth through the corridor. Through the quarter. It is six consecutive corridors of your on your margin growth and that is a great trend for our company. I dont understand h