Survivor. We want to thank all of you for your support of their loyalty with their book lovers we be where we are today. And also update our history in case you are curious it is a physical store. It is open repent two weeks. So where a mass can stop by and enjoy the area. Tonight we are excited to have with this Julian Zelizer who celebrating the release of his book burning down the house. Is it professor at Princeton University and is a political analyst. His most recent book a fault lies the history of the United States from 1974 coauthored by our moderator kevin. With Johnson Congress and the battle of the Great Society which is the winner of the prize the best book about congress. Hes been awarded fellowships with the New York Historical society, the guggenheim foundation, a new america. Tonight julian will be joined by kevin kruse. The political social urban clash. In 20th century america. Focus on conflicts of arrays, rights, and religion, his particularly interested in segregat
Discussing enough what the Standard Chartered bank and hsbc is doing where they are saying they are going to agree to whatever with new security rules of hong kong. How big a deal of this in your london . Francine well, it was quite a big deal when they announced it. I think you and i spoke to stephen engle. He reminded us, it goes to show may be the influence that beijing has on some of these companies if they want to have licenses in mainland china. This is actually quite difficult to dig into the deep root of it. Now, we understand that there is a backlash from investors. Just yesterday, we had o aviva, one of the biggest investors in a lot of these banks, saying it is decisionable with the of hsbc and Standard Chartered, it is uncomfortable about the banks decisions. Tom absolutely fascinating what we see their. We have got lots of coverage through this hour and on through bloomberg surveillance. Theill be joined from school of chicago, the former leader of the central bank of indi
Ahead. Im jack otter. We begin what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. Big tech acquisitions under scrutiny by the ftc about what it could mean for investors. Mortgage originations are the highest level since 2005 as housing finally back on track . And trouble at bed bath and beyond and under armour shows the turnarounds are hard to pull off. What to expect for other struggling retailers for on the barrons roundtable my colleagues al roots, carlton english, and jack howe. This story was a little underreported and i dont think anyone knows quite what to make of it federal trade commission made a pretty stunning demand to Tech Companies saying we want data going back ten years on all the purchases and acquisitions we did not look into. Thats nearly 500 deals for microsoft google and several others. And when is the right time for investors to panic because weve been talking for a long time about these guys having too much power there
Is public enemy number one. Its more of a threat than terrorism. Those who may be exposed or being held in quarantine including thousands aboard a crews ship to japan. Airline flights to and from china and other National Events around the globe are being canceled because the fear of the deceased spreading parade is also concern the virus will have a blow to chinas economy, the world secondbiggest. What kind of Ripple Effect that could be. The u. S. Economy does not seem to be overly impacted right now but that could change. In the semiannual report to congress this week Federal Reserve chairman jay powell said the risk here is not clear, but there will likely be some effect and the Federal Reserve will be watching. Careful to see if any follow could be persistent. Treasury secretary and said this is a onetime event that wont last beyond 20 20. A little earlier on foxbusiness he pointed out that it has led to the white house lowering growth projections. So what is the future of this dea
Ahead. Im jack otter. We begin what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. Big tech acquisitions under scrutiny by the ftc about what it could mean for investors. Mortgage originations are the highest level since 2005 as housing finally back on track . And trouble at bed bath and beyond and under armour shows the turnarounds are hard to pull off. What to expect for other struggling retailers for on the barrons roundtable my colleagues al roots, carlton english, and jack howe. This story was a little underreported and i dont think anyone knows quite what to make of it federal trade commission made a pretty stunning demand to Tech Companies saying we want data going back ten years on all the purchases and acquisitions we did not look into. Thats nearly 500 deals for microsoft google and several others. And when is the right time for investors to panic because weve been talking for a long time about these guys having too much power there