Vladimir putin had his first state to state visit since the beginning of the ukraine conflict. Matteo renzi met with putin. Putin said the two agreed on ukraine. We were of one mind that the conflicting parties must strictly comply with the agreements reached in minsk on the 12th of february. I am certain that this opens the possibility for a comprehensive settlement and from watching a direct dialogue between kiev donetsk, and luhansk. Olivia the ceasefire agreement has been holding in recent days. The big banks all past their stress tests. All 31 banks have enough capital to survive a financial crisis. It is the First Time Since the stress tests were launched in 2009 that every firm has passed. Goldman sachs barely made the cut. Goldman will not be a low to match the dividends and share buybacks it rewarded investors with last year. A fraud involving apple pay. Criminals have been typing stolen credit card numbers into apple pay and trying to make purchases. Banks require users to kn
Traditional Growth Engine. That is declining and has a huge impact on our economy in the short term. Olivia leading to speculation the government will have to take more steps to stimulate the economy. A deal that will create the worlds biggest maker of equipment, howards mobile phone network. Note yellow by Alcatel Lucent will buy Alcatel Lucent 416. 6 million in stock. No egos take on contracts with two of the biggest wireless carriers in the u. S. Verizon and at t. Congress and the white house are planning victory in the fight over iran. Congress will have a say in the Nuclear Agreement. It has become clear that democratic lawmakers will join with republicans. Bob corker says the bill has bipartisan support. Senator corker i believe congress should plate a role in ensuring that all the details are there. And on behalf of the American People, before they sanctions are lifted that we ensure this is something that holds iran accountable. Olivia the compromise gives congress 30 days to r
Mark welcome to countdown. Anna im anna edwards. Mark coming up today optimism about greece but britain is better off in the eu. Mario draghi is his era. Hero. I just assumed people would figure out how to keep greece part of the euro. That is not the problem to me. The problem is fundamental structural flaws in europe. Im more concerned about what is going on admittedly, france, spain in italy, france, spain. Mario draghi is a hero as far as im concerned. Mark stay with us for more on that interview. Manus first, lets get into the breaking numbers. Caroline has the numbers. Caroline 13. 5 billion danish krone. Creeping higher than before. Organic and operating profit up 46 because the russian ruble is doing much better. Compared to this time last year, the russian ruble was down 15 but on quarter terms, it has been increasing and up some 13 . It is western europe and asia that is doing the heavy lifting at the moment. It is offsetting the weakness and russia. We are seeing a bit of an
New york times columnist david brooks dissects the idea of character. Former treasury secretary Henry Paulson takes a look at the evolution of chinas capitalist system and much more. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend on cspan2. We kick off booktv this weekend with a program from politics prose bookstore in washington d. C. With garry wills who questions whether pope francis is capable of producing significant change within the Catholic Church. [inaudible conversations] [applause] good evening everyone. Thank you all so much for coming out tonight what an outstanding crowd, im not surprised. Youve all picked a very good event to come to. Im Lissa Muscatine and our staff and my coowner and husband brad graham welcome all of you to this evenings event. Just in case youre new to our events professor wills will speak for a bit and then is happy to take questions. We have a microphone up here and we really would like it if you could make it to the mic if you can
Director of the center for principal and politics and we are joined by one of my favorite writers, Theodore Dalrymple. When i say his name many look at me with eyes of recognition confirming the numbers among their favorite writers as well. Others to stare back with puzzlement ask with their eyes, what is Theodore Dalrymple . Tonights event is about Theodore Dalrymples new book admirable evasions how psychology undermines morality. A close examination of modern psychology, psychiatrist and neuroscience from the perspective of literature and philosophy is long overdue. The scope of modern psychologys influence is remarkable. Indeed to what or to whom do we most turn to learn about what man is and what is good for him . What other authority in modern secular democracies is as widely presumed capable of addressing Human Happiness . Our predisposition toward him, not genetic of course but social is on account of notions wheeled onto for dear life let equality for example. Equality implies