Sponsoring something because its all about boxing and reading and writing. And so are thrilled to present the section on paper or plastic and brother environmental and perhaps some brother choices that will be hearing about from the panel. Let me introduce our moderator and we will get the session going. A couple of logistical things first. There will be a brief signing after the session in the lobby. Library normally closes at 5 00 oclock on a saturday will be holding library open until 515 which is the conclusion of the session. Which means if you are not book site, we ask you to exit the building expediently as possible as there is another if it here this evening to. So to the order of business, barbara is the senior producing editor of environmental vertical. And has also been for the New York Times, technology or review. The boston globe magazine. Vessels producing Television Documentaries for pbs and the Discovery Channel in the History Channel and others. Shes also a former prof
These are your markets we are getting some data. Manufacturing pmi coming in better than expected. Little bit ofa optimism when it comes to the stoxx series the stoxx 600. Treasuries falling with the bonds. U. S. Looking daughters holding dollars holding pretty steady. Coming up tomorrow we speak to the Goldman Sachs chief executive, david solomon. Meantime we will speak about euro markets. As get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. Viviana Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for failing to deliver brexit by the deadline. Speaking to sky news he took responsibility for the failure but blamed parliament for refusing to back his timetable. One concern for his riot one concern for ryanairs ceo is the upcoming election may not decide a thing. My fear is this election would result in more delay. That could be good in that it means it means the transition to continue on ad infinitum. The economy needs to see in into this uncertainty. Viviana over to hong kong where 200
The Ceo Mark Parker is stepping down, replaced by nike board minneapolis and service now ceo john donaho, marker will be the executive chairman we heard from parker exclusively on the closing bell. We have spent a lot of time over many months working on succession planning. So this is this is not something that happens in a matter of weeks. So its really unrelated to oregon project or other issues this is about me on the board really wanting to make the build on the momentum weve got. Add the horsepower, accelerate against our strategy and do it while im here and in a position to lean in and make this as successful as possible parkers departure comes a the dame the crow kevin planning leaving his post in the new year as well. Both stort sporting stocks time to lays up and buy or sit on the sidelines. Can you just say that. I just did. Do you have ears i do. It hurt my ears. Youre sproech so much smarter than that time to lays up and buy. Ha ha. Based on this mr. Donaho on the board of
Responding. And, move over, oprah. Sherry redstone cements her status as the most powerful woman in u. S. Media as cbs agrees to merge with viacom in a long awaited deal. Shares of apple and chipmakers soared in tuesday trading after the u. S. Delayed a 10 tariff certain imports including smartphones as well as laptops. Before boarding a helicopter in new jersey, President Trump said in case it has an impact on people, what we have done is delay it so they wont be relevant during the Christmas Shopping season. To discuss in washington, the president of the u. S. China business council. , bloombergs l. A sarah mcgregor. Sarah, do we have any idea what the motivation is for the change of heart . Sarah we do know that the news gave a bump to the stock market. We saw some retail and Technology Stocks go up today. There have been some declines in share prices in recent weeks since tariff announced since trump announced the tariff. Of course, that is an immediate cheer from the market. What
And george mason university. Hes a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and has written regularly for the New York Times and contributes to a wide number of newspapers and periodicals. His previous books include the class and great stagnation. In his new book big business, he examines the tension between the lack of trust in big business snd big businesses in the American Economy. He argues that corporations despite americans ambivalence towards them are inessential and balanced, productive and Oppressive Society by spurring innovation, rewarding talent and hard work and created the bounty on which americans have come to depend. The Deputy Editor of Harvard Business review writes tyler cowen mounts a defense of big Business Finance and the tech industry. Both of their critics and defenders will benefit from b ts book. Cowen will be joined in conversation tonight by edward, u. S. National editor from Financial Times and author of the retreat of western liberalism. Please join me in welcoming eit