Far eastern history from the university of london, and his phd in japanese history from princeton university. He has been the secretary of the navy fellow and visiting professor of strategy and policy at the u. S. Naval war college. Usking professor at the trillion Defense Force academy, where he was a senior fulbright fellow, and a visiting scholar to the National Japanese center in kyoto. He studied the comparative history of war, specializing in Japanese Military institutions and the social and cultural transformation of japan. War, coauthor of japan at in world history, a New York Times best book of the year, and published widely on japanese war experience in english and japanese. Please welcome dr. Ted cook. [applause] prof. Cook its a great privilege again to once more at theo my friends military affairs symposium, which has been a home for me for many, many years. Not quite from the beginning, but close to the beginning. Ince we moved, my wife and moved to new york and number of
Investigation into president trump, Russian Hackers went after the company at the heart of it all. Our top story, jp morgan setting records. Tuesday, reporting the best year for any bank in u. S. History. Shares jumped in the fourth quarter, ruled by a rebound in trading. Joining us to discuss, bloombergs sonali bostic. Humans at least stand another chance against the robots that had been threatening so much of the trading business. Sonali even though there are humans involved, remember that jp morgan among other banks are working very hard to make these businesses much more electronic. Almost every part of these banks are being transformed by technology, except the m a rainmakers we really need the relationships to make a difference. At jp talk to anyone morgan, the ceo definitely says that they are just at the early innings in terms of what technology can do for them. Annual with the nearly 12 billion spend on technology. In earlye are only innings of that transformation from technol
Negative rates help the economy. Trade, brexit and growth put pressure on e. U. Alliances but europes top officials remained resolute. We will be the exporter of knowledge, technologies. Every company should contribute where they do extra in business. Europe and the eurozone in particular have to go a little further. From iran to saudi arabia to south africa leaders spoke to bloomberg about their challenges. Weve already committed to reducing expenditure on a number of fronts. We want to avoid a dangerous escalation. We are flipping the page. All straight ahead on this special edition of bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. Im nejra cehic. On this special edition of bloomberg best, well look back at 2019 in europe, in the middle east, and africa revisiting the most interesting interviews with newsmakers, policy makers and leading figures in business, finance, and politics. Lets begin with brexit. When 2019 began theresa may was facing a march deadline to achieve a deal. By years end, a n
Manyjewish members of the labour party have said thank you for the education process as you have put in place, they feel very and happy within the labour party. Place, they feel very and happy within the labour partyli understand you will be the oldest first time Prime Minister. Understand you will be the oldest firsttime Prime Minister. Is this the age question . You are being very polite. The oldest firsttime Prime Minister in over 100 years. Wouldnt it be nice to earn 2019 with a tov history . Do you have the health and stamina to serve a full five years . Iam very stamina to serve a full five years . I am very healthy, fit and active, i have travelled more than any party leader, i have attended more events andi leader, i have attended more events and i have still not finished yet. I have another two days to go and i will be out on the road until 10pm on thursday night. And i each porridge every morning, if that helps. It is good for you. Do you haveit . Helps. It is good for you. D
Takeaways. T time, democrats and repu case about whether the president committed an Impeachable Offense, or not. The facts that have come to light are very much what the founders had in mind, i think when they provided a remedy. This is an abject failure for the democrats and adam schiff. Reporter acting u. S. Ambassador to the ukraine, william taylor, and george kent testified before the house intelligence committee. Taylor revealed new information about the president s focus on comes from overheard call between u. S. Ambassador to the eu and the president after trumps call with ukrainian president , volodymyr zelensky. The democrats believed the president used his office to extort ukraine to dig up dirt on the bidens, including holding up 400 million in military aid. It was not just the white house meeting that was dependent on the investigations. He said it was now everything. It included the security assistance. Ambassador, you werent on the call were you . You didnt listen on the