Health in baltimore. This is two and a half hours. This is about two hours. Andadies and gentlemen, online viewers around the world, good morning and welcome. I am alan mckenzie, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and i would like to stand by extending our special welcome to the president of clinton who you will hear from in just a few minutes. Also joining us today are several policymakers. They include congressman cummings. They will be joining us in the program to rip an audience are maryland delegate Antonio Hayes and senator ben carsons office. Finally, i would like to extend an especially warm welcome to senator murkowski who we are now proud to call [applause] who we are proud to call one of our own. Thank you so much for being here. We are indeed honored to be working with the Clinton Foundation to bring you todays summit on one of our most important locales problems americas Opioid Epidemic. It is a National Crisis which demands involvement from all le
20th anniversary of amazons ipo, a lot of people are musing about how so mathis stock evade most investors. Why dont we leave amazon alone here. You either caught it or you didnt. I still like it. I think it can go higher. It went higher again today. I want to zoom out and discuss some stocks that are hot in todays market. And why its so darn hard to stay in them, even though i think they could be incredibly rewarding. So listen up, lets make some money. Amazon was home depot has been a fabulous performer for ages. But we have all heard the drum beat that amazons finally gotten to home depot, that people are buying housewares and gardeninging equipment online, therefore home depot had to miss the numbers. In some cases that may be true. However this morning home depot reported the best numbers of any major retailer. So much for the short fall thesis. That makes this stock the exhibit a for why people sell winners, theyre scared. Yet home depot isnt your typical retailer. For starters i
As the Helsinki Commission hosted this event. Thank you for coming, welcome to todays briefing in russia. Iem for a policy advisor responsible for economic and Environmental Issues at the Helsinki Commission. Combating corruption is an imperative of the organization for security and cooperation. Corruption takes many forms but the one that concerns us today is nowhere is the idea of corruption a system of government more fully realized than in the Russian Federation. Russia has been on a steady path for the authoritarianism ever since putin entered the scene a teen years ago. Since then a new generation has entered adulthood, one that does not remember a russia before the enputin. As these young men and women enteentered the workforce to confront institutions in both the public and private sectors that have been completely assimilated into the architecture and are left with a choice to either be coopted into this system or ejected from it. While putin is a central figure responsible fo
Russia has been on a steady path to authoritarianism ever since putin entered the scene 18 years ago. Since then, a new generation has entered adulthood. One that does not remember a russia before putin. As these young russian men and women enter the work force, they confront institutions in both the public and private sectors that have been completely ssimilated into putins krl kleptocontractic architecture and are left with a choice to be could he opted into this corrupt cooperated into this corrupt system or ejected from it. While putin is the central figure, hes not the only one. The strong man of the kremlin is surrounded by a loyal group of cronies who aid and abet the president. Complicit in the robbery of the russian people and the sad state of russian democracy. Moreover, these cronies enable the kremlin to export its brand of kleptocracy into neighboring countries, transforming corruption into a potent geostrategic weapon. We will establish who most strengthens and benefits f
As the Helsinki Commission hosted this event. Thank you for coming, welcome to todays briefing in russia. Iem for a policy advisor responsible for economic and Environmental Issues at the Helsinki Commission. Combating corruption is an imperative of the organization for security and cooperation. Corruption takes many forms but the one that concerns us today is nowhere is the idea of corruption a system of government more fully realized than in the Russian Federation. Russia has been on a steady path for the authoritarianism ever since putin entered the scene a teen years ago. Since then a new generation has entered adulthood, one that does not remember a russia before the enputin. As these young men and women enteentered the workforce to confront institutions in both the public and private sectors that have been completely assimilated into the architecture and are left with a choice to either be coopted into this system or ejected from it. While putin is a central figure responsible fo