World aids take. That, in just under half an hour, we will hear from judy relationsn u. S. China regarding Climate Change policies. She is speaking at the center for American Progress. That is live at 10 00 30 eastern. Governoridate Dannel Malloy is in washington talking about the achievement cap in the country. On august 9, 1974, Vice President ford was sworn in as president of the United States. This is the dress that mrs. Ford was wearing in the swearingin ceremony. She was less than excited about becoming first lady, but president ford encouraged her. She said, if i am going to do this, im going to have fun doing this. Within 10 days, she had a state dinner toceremony. She entertain king hussein of jordan. She hit the ground running as first lady. Ford. St lady betty coming up, epa genome mccarthy will be talking about u. S. China relations. Until then, a recent white house policy initiative and how it is impacting the president S Health Care initiative. Showing the president hitti
It was weird. It was fitting that that happened. It was good. We were hoping for it. We should tell you about the s p 500 as well. It added more than 5 to close at 1,883. The nasdaq closing at 4,114. We decided that good news was good news now and bad news is no longer. We got a 0. 1 gdp number earlier. Right. Economy starts with i did like this, andrew. It was hurt in the First Quarter, hurt by frigid weather. Yes. Frigid weather. You know what thats an indication of, the warming. Youre reading the wall street journal. Just think about the logic in that statement. Thats not what i want to talk about. What i want to talk about, also a day they decided to continue to cut its not like there was bad news that was going to cause them not to taper. There was nothing but there was a little bit of bad news in there. There was bad news. A lot of times market set new highs on bad news. Then i started thinking about it again, kbe qe is very, very powerful. What was the maximum we got to, 85. 85.
You okay . Yes. You have this. Im told your husband had it, too. Im sorry. Andrew had it. Everybody had it. Andrew had it. Tag, youre it. I dont feel that bad. Yes, exactly. Some people, you get sent home. If im going home, someone has to send me home. Its jobs friday. Im okay. Im in omaha. I need to be here. Theres a big bubble between us. Plus i need to show off my haircut. Retrofitting of the toupe. Astrazeneca rejecting the offer from pfizer of 106 billion. The uk government says the final decision will be up to shareholders even though its already pushing pfizer to commit to keeping jobs in britain. Pfizer also adding more cash to the mix, upping it from 30 to 32 . And the company hit previously hit over 99, now its theyre rejecting the second offer as well. And in an attempt to get the British Government on board, pfizer ceo ian read, sent Prime Minister David Cameron a letter promising a new Research Center in cambridge and 20 of the large groups work force would be in britain.
He says we could see a 20 move lower in stocks. His view that he wrote about on cnbc. Com has caught fire with readers. Now hell be here to make his cl case exclusively. Now cocacola defending itself on the program. David winters will be here this hour to respond to what coke is saying earlier this morning. This is a battle thats now escalating. You wont want to miss the latest chapter. Again, thats an exclusive interview coming up. All about compensation and governance. Of course, tomorrow all eyes will be on the employment report for the month of march. But what if we told you the key to americas jobs market rests with exconvicts . Do not scoff. Theres data that explains this and something that new fed chief janet yellen did this week has highlighted that very issue. We have a special report coming up today on closing bell. Heres where we stand in the marke markets. The dow off 23 points at 16,549. Take a look at the nasdaq, which is off by more than 1 . Its almost 50 points lower to
Some catching up to do. Foreign investment in africa has reached record highs, but that the United States is being led more by its domestic policies and we are letting europe and china grow at a faster rate. While our exports to the continent are at a record high it is also true that only 2 of our total exports go to africa. And that means were missing out on a major opportunity to create jobs here at home. In america theres a disconnect between the reality of the African Market and the perception of the African Market. And this conference is aimed at fixing that. Countries and companies that ignore the African Market do so at their own peril. And that will become increasingly true with each passing year. The business that i own, bloomberg lp has offices in six countries in africa, eight cities, employing more than 160 people, including more than 120 fulltime and freelance journalists and we are growing there. In fact the First Business trip that i took after leaving office in january