Item 3 mr. Clerk, call item 3 for me and action item closed session. Any Public Comment . Were going to take Public Comment now before closed session no, no Public Comment okay. Thats because we started on time and our Public Comment didnt get the memo okay. Thats the secret everyone were going to go into closed session. Okay weve come out of closed session he united a vote or need to take a motion not to disclose what weve talked about in closed session so moved well take that without objection. Lets the house rehabilitate that commissioner paskinjordan is not here well take that without objection. The motion passed unanimously thank you, everyone at this time, id like to do something to accommodate the number of folks that are here the pob welcomed id like to have director huhuh irrational not here i was going to invite director huhuh i wish to make a presentation to accommodate the great number of folks to you wont have to wait until the end of the agenda to make your comments fair
Its a take over tuesday. Weve got a lot of deals to tell you about, and were going to break them all down for you. Finally this morning, apples big event is tomorrow. Were looking ahead to what infectors should expect, but stocks are set to open higher after the u. S. Added 151,000 jobs in august, investors still aer watching the fed, in anticipation of the september meeting and donald trump speaking out on rates in ohio yesterday and sounding quite different from an interview he did on squawk box back in may. Heres those comments what he said a couple months ago. Ive always been a lowInterest Rate person. If inflation comes in and we dont see any signs of that, but inflation starts coming in, thats a different story, then you have to go up and slow things down. But right now, im if for low Interest Rates and i think we keep them low and we have to compete. Theyre keeping the rates artificially low so the economy doesnt go down so obama can say he did a good job. We have a false econom
Expected job report from the fed. Were going to talk a lot about that this morning. In the meantime, take a look at what happened overnight in asia. The nikkei was up a quarter of a percentage point. Markets higher in china too with the shanghai up. 60 . Hang sang putting in a similar gain. If you take a look at whats happening in the early trading in europe, things are mixed at this point. Dax is up a third of a percent. Cac is up just under. 20 . Ftse is down. 20 and check out crude oil price this is morning, up 1 settling in just under 45 for wti. Among stop stories. 65 billion transaction bayer hiking offer for monsanto to 127. 50 a share. Up from 125 offer. Monsanto acknowledging the latest offer. Calling the discussions con struckive. Have been in talk since may. Bayer believes acquiring the seed maker would position the firm to help farmers produce for a larger population. Well have a lot more on the potential deal in just a couple minutes with an analyst. Other news, volkswagen
Commissioner meiberger commissioner paskinjordan commissioner stansbury will not be present we have quorum thank you very much ladies and gentlemen, the first one on the genocide a closed session for item 3 mr. Clerk, call item 3 for me and action item closed session. Any Public Comment . Were going to take Public Comment now before closed session no, no Public Comment okay. Thats because we started on time and our Public Comment didnt get the memo okay. Thats the secret everyone were going to go into closed session. Okay weve come out of closed session he united a vote or need to take a motion not to disclose what weve talked about in closed session so moved well take that without objection. Lets the house rehabilitate that commissioner paskinjordan is not here well take that without objection. The motion passed unanimously thank you, everyone at this time, id like to do something to accommodate the number of folks that are here the pob welcomed id like to have director huhuh irration