Foreign approval side as weve got an operation in mexico so that deal has to go through that process there. Weve got operations in brazil but theyre not the only ones. So were going through a process at the department of justice right now and, you know, our expectation is, you know, we should be through that process, we should be through, you know, the operational issues that we have to go through in order to be able to close without any license transfers and the foreign approval process and were hopeful, pretty confident that well be able to get through that by the end of the year. Watch it tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. Announcer a Senate Appropriation subcommittee heard from the head of the National Institutes of health, dr. Francis collins and other Top Public Health officials on the 2018 budget. This is two hours. Committee will come to order. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. Before my
Committee will come to order. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. Before my opening statement, i want to recognize melinda bikini, we had a chance to meet and talk about her cancer fight and the success shes made there when we were out in nih a few days ago, and we are glad youre here and i was just told that the youngest of your six children just got their drivers license so good luck with that. Good luck with all of that and we were glad to have a chance to meet with her, glad to have dr. Collins and the other Institute Directors here today. The budget, of course, proposes cuts that i think that you can rest assured the committee will find unacceptable. The 7. 5 billion cut from nih would according to analysts, this funding would cost nearly 90,000 jobs nationwide, result in 15. 3 billion of lost economic activity. In my home state of missouri that equates to a loss of nearly 1,700 jobs and 292 millio
Committee will come to order. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. Before my opening statement, i want to recognize melinda bikini, we had a chance to meet and talk about her cancer fight and the success shes made there when we were out in nih a few days ago, and we are glad youre here and i was just told that the youngest of your six children just got their drivers license so good luck with that. Good luck with all of that and we were glad to have a chance to meet with her, glad to have dr. Collins and the other Institute Directors here today. The budget, of course, proposes cuts that i think that you can rest assured the committee will find unacceptable. The 7. 5 billion cut from nih would according to analysts, this funding would cost nearly 90,000 jobs nationwide, result in 15. 3 billion of lost economic activity. In my home state of missouri that equates to a loss of nearly 1,700 jobs and 292 millio
Julie it has been relatively steady. We have seen stocks bumping barelythe nasdaq negative at this point. The nasdaq is set to snap a sevenweek winning streak with the down week this week. In terms of today fell session, what is putting the pressure on divinaverages, there is health care, the Centers Power medicare and Medicaid Health services apparently looking for made beon health biters Health Providers may be the aca patients to health exchanges. And Energy Prices bouncing around today this is negative and estee lauder out with numbers that missed estimates today, particularly its forecast, i should say, trailed analyst estimates. We have positive numbers from forecaste company ahead of estimates, foot locker sales rising more than estimated, and Applied Materials also with a forecast above analyst estimates. Those are helping to power those stocks higher and mitigate losses of role. Vonnie interesting. It has been a day off reversals, julie. Weie it has been yesterday saw a huge d
How we get there and the speed and trajectory, that is where the confusion is now. Officials are talking about the possibility of a rate hike. Richard clarida will be here to help us break it all down. After a dramatic week, the dollar index is still slightly higher but a threeweek low. Own, and nomc job one knows what they are talking about, futures negative the dax is down 6 10 of 1 . The ftse 100 down one third of 1 . The bloomberg dollar index up about one half of 1 . You are seeing this more acutely against the commodity commodities currencies. Far, week for crude so potentially on wti the biggest and smart as we reenter a bull market. On the back of dollar strength, some crude weakness, the dollar index down by 6 10 of 1 . Yields creeping higher on the belly of the curve of treasuries , up 2 10 of 1 . A lot to discuss so far this week, a Big Conversation over the fomc pivoting forward to the speech that friday. Alix who is going to want to take big positions ahead of Janet Yellen