Marriage on the oneyear anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling, and america has drifted from the founders original ideas of liberty and justice. And those are just a few of the authors on booktv this weekend. For a complete television schedule, go to booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] were going to get started. I have a lot of books to mention, so i want to make sure i get them right. Thanks for all being here, and thanks especially to the folks on our panel, mark, steve and george. Were really pleased that youre here. The last theres been a lot of talk about that over the last generation, maybe the last 40 years really highlights the challenges of measuring economic values. A lot of people take the view there hasnt been much progress, much growth in incomes, economic stagnation over that period of time. And i often try to put the lie to that assertion by asking people whether theyre low income, midd
Gilead. We will have the instant analysis. We are 26 hours away from the start of the cnbcs coverage of the gop president ial debate. Steve forbes and todd butch holds are here to tell what you say they want to hear from the candidates and predict who they think will come out on stop. We begin with ibm under investigation by the sec they have dis pleased. Bob pisani has the latest as the shares are falling. Well, obviously investors are taking this a little ease seriously. Ibm down 3. 6 . It dropped 2 on this news and their investigation on revenue recognition issues at the sec, ibm says they are cooperating with them. They are investigating how they account for certain revenues that they get from transactions in the u. S. , in the u. K. And irela ireland. You would think does that sound that serious . I think the issue here is that revenue recognition is sort in the Software Services particularly is sort of the heart of their growth that theyre having and anything that interrupts that
Morning, everybody, or afternoon, whatever the case may be. Welcome to the fourth president ial question and answer session. I am Javier Palomarez and as president and ceo of the u. S. Hispanic chamber of commerce i have the honor of representing 4. 1 hispanicowned businesses that together contribute over 661 billion to the American Economy. We advocate on behalf of 250 major corporations through our network of 200 local chambers and Business Associations worldwide. We represent the interest of business men and women who happen to be of hispanic descent, we never forget we are businesses. Every product we create and service we provide goes to benefit this American Economy. As an association that represents 4. 1 hispanic Business Owners we have an accountability to make sure our voices are heard by each candidate. Not only as business leaders, but taxpayers, Campaign Donors and ultimately as voters. That is why this is so important. This question and answer session is the fourth in a se
Little conversation with the reader and you address the reader directly in your work. Is that something you think about . Totally conscious. Another big influence on me are my dads side of the family. Every holiday, it would end up that we would be down in the cellar at my great uncles house , at the bar, and everybody would be spinning these funny stories. So the context is, this guy is telling you these stories in a bar, and you are not sure whether to believe him or not. So ill is have that in mind when i am telling a story, even when i tell now i work my stories out on my twoyearold and my sevenyearold. I cant trick them as easily as i can trick everybody else. [laughter] david s. all right, jen, do you want to advance the thing every time . Jen sure. David s. this is a piece from jens where it is a series of panels and she is going to go one panel at a time. Jen this is hillary clinton, pro versus con. On the pro side, we will Keep Health Care reform, saving countless lives, on th
Yourself and mashed in my world, and then you discover, there is a hook in their. There. [laughter] been s. i have always interested in your little biographical tom toles in the righthand corner. What are you thinking about it when you write it . The thought, initially, was the thought derived from pat all oliphant, who to me is the watershed of political cartooning, and he hates me to this day for coining that, and heme that is perfect because invested in it and it was so personal, and it seemed like it was offlimits. Library, i wasa looking through early 20th century american cartooning, and i found out this marginal commentary was part of the andand and i thought i thought, i would give it a try. I put myself in a personally. It is a drawing board. David s. do you have any way of putting yourself in the cartoon and giving a Second Opinion . Tom yes, it is just another dimension. When i draw cartoons and sketches, i always draw them without that in mind. Take that away, the cartoon i