The Community Bank of chesapeake to whom we are grateful for their generous support over the past several years. And its that kind of commitment that enables it the program to bring to the university and to the Community Outstanding speakers such as our guest tonight. Eric jay dolin is the author of the fascinating book black flags blue waters. The epic history of americas most notorious pirates. Eric grew up near the coast of new york and connecticut. And from an early age developed an interest in maritime affairs. Toward that end, he earned the double major in biology and environmental studies then getting a masters degree in Environmental Management from yale. That was followed by a ph. D. In environmental policy and planning from mit, where his dissertation focused on the role of the courts in the cleanup of boston harbour. Eric has held an interesting variety of jobs. Many of them related to his interest in the natural world. The one thing that remain constant throughout his caree
Decision and economists not forecasting a change. Mike mckee our chief economic correspondent will be focused on the 8 30 a. M. Press conference with mario draghi where there is a lot to talk about. Including the possibility of a fed tabor here and what it could mean for rates rising in europe as well. A lot of Economic Data in the u. S. 7 30 a. M. , challenger job lot job cuts, then initial jobless claims of gdp and then bloomberg and Bloomberg Consumer convert and then factory orders and then 8 30 a. M. Eastern treasury secretary jack lew will outline his 2014 regulatory agenda and discuss wall street Reform Efforts in the buzz word will be the volcker rule. 950 pages. Lets do a 950page data check. Stocks, bonds, currencies, flat footed. Treasury yield elevated. 2. 83 . Of two 97. 57 a barrel. Yields,ds, the the the twoyear has not moved. Gold gets a bit finally today. Alix steel, why did gold get a bid . And perhapsering some Hedge Fund Buying coming in and buying a little bit. Mark
Nightly Business Report for friday, march 7th. And good evening, everybody. Im Tyler Mathisen. And im sue herera filling in tonight for susie gharib. With the wicked Winter Weather still hanging in there we got a surprisingly strong report on the jobs picture from the Labor Department today. The economy added 175,000 jobs last month, and previous months were revised higher. But the Unemployment Rate ticked up to 6. 7 from 6. 6 as more people started to look for work. The report offers a little more clarity about winters effect on work, wages and the economy. Heres Hampton Pearson. Reporter despite the harsh Winter Weather nationwide, that kept more than 7 million workers at home for at least part of the month, employers stepped up hiring. Job gains beat forecasts by 46,000, renewing hopes that jobs and growth could accelerate this year. Obviously we were somewhat upset by the polar vortex. But i think that this reaffirms that grow pattern, that in fact not only is the economy growing b
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Nightly Business Report for friday, march 7th. And good evening, everybody. Im Tyler Mathisen. And im sue herera filling in tonight for susie gharib. With the wicked Winter Weather still hanging in there we got a surprisingly strong report on the jobs picture from the Labor Department today. The economy added 175,000 jobs last month, and previous months were revised higher. But the Unemployment Rate ticked up to 6. 7 from 6. 6 as more people started to look for work. The report offers a little more clarity about winters effect on work, wages and the economy. Heres Hampton Pearson. Reporter despite the harsh Winter Weather nationwide, that kept more than 7 million workers at home for at least part of the month, employers stepped up hiring. Job gains beat forecasts by 46,000, renewing hopes that jobs and growth could accelerate this year. Obviously we were somewhat upset by the polar vortex. But i think that this reaffirms that grow pattern, that in fact not only is the economy growing b