Slower Consumer Spending early in the year. Not affecting stocks at the moment as we see the dow with little change and the s p and nasdaq gaining at the moment. Lets look at individual stocks. I wanted to look at amazon and what we have seen so far this year. Shares were up about 9 today were up to date and 9 year to date and they are expected to close at a record depending on gains. Amazon is going to be raising its amazon prime fee but only for monthly customers. Most are annual, but the monthly fee is going up to 12. 99 from 10. 99, but they have been a on a good run so far 2018. Mark carney season continues to ramp are earning season continues to ramp up. Ibm coming out with increasing sales for the first time in six by as muchit is not as cloud computing, said those shares are down. American express spending more for its customers. In other words, getting more and rewards. Those costs are going up. Jeff campbell says renewing its aret deals were going going to crimp money this ye
Much power. Yeah. Black rock was beat. Later this morning we do have more delivering alpha stars stopping by our set this morning including your Capital Management founder. This conference could start at 8 30 eastern time and the preshow starts right now. Dont miss them. They will be on stage together later this morning so a very busy day ahead but first up to speed on the top deadlines. Three big Global Market stories developing at this hour. Parliament is in session. The government must vote on reforms that have creditors insisting on a bailout. Then overnight in asia chinese gdp data coming in stronger than expected. 7 year over year in the Second Quarter. In other reports retail sales also topping forecasts and the main index is down about 3 . The boj leaving Monetary Policy unchanged today. That comes as expected. It continues to expect the economy to continue with a modest recovery. Chair janet yellen will begin two days of semiannual congressional testimony. Shell appear before
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Current justices. We begin with the longest serving member of the court, anthony kennedy, appointed by Ronald Reagan after the failed nomination of robert pork. Confirmed unanimously in 1988, replacing and nixon appointee, Justice Lewis powell, and previoly served on the nth ciuit court of appeals. Heres a brief portion of the Justice Kennedy confirmation hearing, beginning with an introduction by robert matsui. Mr. Matsui its too bad that two individuals preceded judge kennedy for this nomination. I noticed the editorial in the New York Times this morning, they made reference to judge bork and judge ginsburg and i say its a shame because we shouldnt be here today comparing judge kennedy to his two previous nominees. Judge kennedy in and of himself is a superb candidate for the United States Supreme Court. And comparisons do not do this gentleman justice. He has a deep compassion for the law, as many of you know. Hes highly intelligent from his academic record. We can discern that. And
Current justices. We begin with the longest serving member of the court, anthony kennedy, appointed by Ronald Reagan after the failed nomination of robert pork. Confirmed unanimously in 1988, replacing and nixon appointee, Justice Lewis powell, and previoly served on the nth ciuit court of appeals. Heres a brief portion of the Justice Kennedy confirmation hearing, beginning with an introduction by robert matsui. Mr. Matsui its too bad that two individuals preceded judge kennedy for this nomination. I noticed the editorial in the New York Times this morning, they made reference to judge bork and judge ginsburg and i say its a shame because we shouldnt be here today comparing judge kennedy to his two previous nominees. Judge kennedy in and of himself is a superb candidate for the United States Supreme Court. And comparisons do not do this gentleman justice. He has a deep compassion for the law, as many of you know. Hes highly intelligent from his academic record. We can discern that. And