England keeping rates at a record low. 5 , where they had been since march 2009. The division was interesting. The sold a center, he has been the sole dissenter. He has voted for an Interest Rate hike will stop what is interesting, some of the comments in the minutes that accompanied the Interest Rate decision. The bank has domestic spending subdued, overseas demand. The officials within the bank of england say they have a range of views on inflation risks. This is a big one, the Oil Price Drop suggests continued subdued inflation. Interestingly, since the last meeting of the bank of england at the beginning of november, brent crude has sunk i16 percent. That puts downward pressure on inflation which, as you know in the u. K. , is negligible, down to. 1 . The bank has cited in the past and emergingact markets impact as well. Those are the two impacts weighing on the u. K. Economy. The domestic economy is resilient, as shown by the latest gdp data which grew by. 5 . But i think the big
Desk where matt miller has the latest. what an exciting day. North americaati will bring his brandnew bike. The major indexes. Not a lot of movement. The affinity of three points. Dow jones up about 34 right now. Was very dramatic this morning. Just like Tuesday Morning we saw a huge drop. About an hour later. Now available come back. 36. 5 for a while. Very exciting. Look at the seasonal picture of oil. It is a great way to look at a commodity and index for how is performed seasonally. You can see we got crushed in a oil attribute at 160 per barrel after it peaked. We did not see that until last year. Asterisk this a horrible drop. This year looking at an 11 drop, and only number 10. Very interest in move. The saudis and iranians to try to produce each other out of business. Look at natural gas. Initially did not come down with oil and then move down. We have still been it down. Not gas stock has not moved down as much. Oil stock has not moved down that much either. Take a look at the
That was after words booktv Signature Program in which doctors of the lead as nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists and others familiar with their material. Airing every weekend to endicott p. M. Saturday 12 00 and 9 00 p. M. Sunday and 12 00 a. M. On monday. You can also watch online go to booktv. Org to the upper right side of the page. Nearly exactly seven and a half years ago this evening i stood on this stage and introduced a Program Featuring a new book by a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist who had turned the focus of her reporting on a central figure of her life and looking inwardly and unflinchingly crafted a portrait of life and a relationship that journalists appeared in conversation on this stage with the consummate professional with foyers and sophistication when the program was over i remarked that those in the audience had been witness to one of the best book programs that you could imagine an. It was Lucinda Franks the book under discussion was my fathers secre
Those in the audience had been with me for one of the very best book programs and i could imagine. The journalist and author was Lucinda Franks. The book under discussion was my fathers secret war and the interlocutor was dan rather. Tonight we have reassembled the same team and welcome Lucinda Franks and dan rather back. This time we mark the publication of her newest book timeless love, morganthau, and me in 2007 and commenting about the more i spoke of the human story as well of the absorbing hold and the gradual regulation revelations. One must admit it would be a tricky enterprise to focus a professional reporters i of the most intimate spears of the lives of those closest to her. Lucinda franks manages to do this with a gift for narrative of sub consciousness and the probable the motion to the man she loves and who loves her deeply who happens to be the former chairman of this museum whose name is above the door as you entered this morning my boss Robert Morganthau. [applause] i
Ipod, you know, marrying a man 30 years my senior with five children, two dogs, one cat, a house in riverdale, and i was used to sleeping on church force and marching, you know, and throwing gas on fire and bob morgenthaler couldve put me in jail. [laughter] you mentioned yet five children and you write the families were not at least in the beginning not receptive to your engagement. That would be an understatement. How did you overcome that . Or did you ever overcome that . We did. I think it was very hard work on bob sport who had to walk a tight rope between two of his children, two of whom were my age which does not make it very easy, you know . Theres the edible complex and lots of other things that make it difficult at this complex. Weve gotten along very well until we announced our marriage to us as we announced our marriage i sort of moved into the realm of quasienemy. But we all worked very hard. There was his younger daughter, youngest daughter was 13 and i could never replac