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The flat line. Dow futures up by 9 points s p futures down by 1 point. Nasdaq up by 5 1 2 nasdaq up for two out of the last three sessions as Technology Stocks continue to defy odds. Oil prices dragging things down yesterday. You can see in asia, the nikkei down slightly. Hang seng was weaker shanghai was down by a third of a percent. In europe, in the early trading, already seeing some modest declines the cac is the biggest decliner, its down by a half percentage point. The ftse off by 0. 4 crowd oil prices sitting at a tenmonth low. 42. 80. Still below 43. The big stories were watching today anything that happens at uber is big. Its another departure it took a day, but its front page on all the papers today about travis so late it missed the papers. Even now, if youre interested, some guy named bill gurley, who you may or may not know, a venture canpitalist at benchmark who was behind the push to get ckalanick out, now e stepped down from his role at company. Gurley served as a board
Democrats and gop blame each other for the mayhem in that city. Ofhow do we increase Economic Opportunity in inner cities in america. If not by phone, you can weigh in on social media. You can leave a posting at facebook. You can send this an email. As we get started on this monday morning, there is an oped piece in the washington journal. He is the ceo of the baltimorebased business. He talks about his experience. He writes that the supply Chain Management company that he started is in downtown baltimore. The real cost we might be if the higher more of these baltimore ends. He continues to write that the most direct way to offer hope to discourage people is to hire them. The Business Community has a simple message. Help us help you. You can read the whole thing at the wall street journal today. The Washington Times has this story. Democrats and the gop in each other for this mayhem in baltimore. We speak broadly about innercity poverty. A new political fight corrupted sunday. This is
Baltimore, maryland, this morning after becoming the first africanamerican lawmaker to lie in state in the u. S. Capitol yesterday. President bill clinton also expected to speak. Lying in state, by the way, in honor that his only then bestowed upon, 20 former senators, representatives and president s in the history of this country. His casket yesterday as it lied in state, sitting upon the same platform as abraham lincolns. House speaker nancy pelosi, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton just paid their tributes to his life of service. A final goodbye to a man whose legacy will live on in the halls of congress and the hearts of many of the americans he inspired as well. Let us start this hour with Geoff Bennett who is there in baltimore, maryland. Geoff, how is the congressman being honored and remembered today . Reporter craig, he is being honored as a fierce advocate for truth, justice and kindness. We learned from the pastor of this church that Elijah Cummings himself wrote his
Tyler Stapp is a true SCC success story. Stapp was the first person in his family to receive a college degree and continued his higher education to acquire multiple college