Many democrats say the trade bill will kill jobs and hurt raises. Republicans are in the unusual and on situation of supporting the president s position. Sounds like the time or diplomacy has ended in the greek standoff. In a meeting with eu members greek was given up with 24 hours to end the proposal over bailout money. He officials told bloomberg that policymakers are examining all scenarios if greece refuses to compromise. That includes the possibility of greece leaving the euro. Olivia that attack of federal personnel records was a lot worse than ours bought. Bloomberg news is reporting that hackers in may of stolen data on as many as 14 million people. That is more than triple the number reported last week. The u. S. Has claimed blamed chinese hackers. One might be to target the data in a hackers. Mexico took a hit when oil prices collapse, but it couldve been a lot worse. The Mexican Government made trades with seven banks to lock in higher prices last year. Still, mexico relies
Awaiting janet yellen at 2 00. Plus, trump versus the house gop or not, two days until the inauguration and the president elect now suggesting that the border tax could be back. Trouble at target, Retail Stocks moving lower after target cuts its outlook on weak holiday sales. But stocks are looking to rebound one day after the dow and nasdaq each posted their lowest closes of the new year. Wall street digesting Bank Earnings today, citi beats on bottom line but misses on revenue, goldman exceeds consensus estimates. Stay tuned for exclusives with Goldman Lloyd blankfein and j. P. Morgan jamie dimon. Thats coming up later today on squawk on the street. Jim, you tweeted earlier today nothing is good enough mode on the fins. Yeah, look, these stocks ran a great deal and i thought the goldman quarter was exceptional. My travel strus owns this next one, if you adjust revenue for citi for international because they have a Huge International business, if you adjust for the dollar turns out th
[chatter] [indiscernible chatter] [gavel] the hearing will come to order. The committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. Today, we are reviewing the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of health and Human Services. Dr. Price, we welcome you and congratulations on your nomination. Welcome to you and your wife, betty, who is here with you. I enjoyed having the opportunity to visit with you in my office and learn about your plans. Dr. Price will be introduced today in a few minutes by a member of this committee and dr. State senator. Before senator isaac introduces the nominee, senator murray and i will make a few introductory remarks. After the nominee makes his statement, we will have a usual round of questions. Now let me Say Something about , that round of questions. Last night, we had a hearing of 3. 5 hours. I tried as chairman to be fair by following the same precedent we had with president obamas two education nominees by having one round o
[chatter] [indiscernible chatter] [gavel] the hearing will come to order. The committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. Today, we are reviewing the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of health and Human Services. Dr. Price, we welcome you and congratulations on your nomination. Welcome to you and your wife, betty, who is here with you. I enjoyed having the opportunity to visit with you in my office and learn about your plans. Dr. Price will be introduced today in a few minutes by a member of this committee and dr. State senator. Before senator isaac introduces the nominee, senator murray and i will make a few introductory remarks. After the nominee makes his statement, we will have a usual round of questions. Now let me Say Something about , that round of questions. Last night, we had a hearing of 3. 5 hours. I tried as chairman to be fair by following the same precedent we had with president obamas two education nominees by having one round o
This is two hours and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. Senator whitehouse is next followed by senator young. Senator whitehouse. Thank you, chairman. Lets me ask first to put into the record a letter from our governor in rhode island, which says in rhode island im quoting here we have actually seen exchange premiums decrease in two out of the last three years. Ended that this has saved consumers nearly 220 million since 2012. So, the story on the Affordable Care act in rhode island is a good one. I would also like to put this little graphic into the record, which to explain briefly, the red line along the top is the cbo estimate of where our healthcare costs were going to go back when they were making the estimate in 2010. Then, at this time 2016, after the aca was in place they took a look at the Actual Experience up to that point ended a new new projection Going Forward based on the Affordable Ca