Futures are up 10 , consumer stap ems flattening out. And two of chinas richest men lost billions in just a few hours. Well tell you who they are and how they did it. But we start with a very rough trip for mcdonalds. Protesters have hit the street outside of the companys Shareholder Meeting. Theyre protesting low wages. Kate rodgers has been monitoring that meeting. The protests and the stock, which as we mentioned is trading down by about 0. 8 of a percent today. Kate. Well today was ceo Steve Easterbrooks first Shareholder Meeting in oakbrook illinois where he acknowledged mcdonalds challenges and touted his turnarounds. The biggest takeaway was a clear win for shareholders. One of the measures passed was a proxy access by law. Those who have held 3 of mcdonalds stock for three years to propose director candidates on proxy materials. This was a shareholder proposal that mcdonalds did not want to pass but it passed with 61 of shares voted. This is a way to make the board more account
The sweet business of ice cream. Froyo and cupcakes. That is all ahead on lunch money. A change at the top, ford motor company. Effective july 1, alan elected to retire as president and ceo and member of our board. Our board of directors met and elected mark to fill those same shoes. [applause] applause all around for ford employees. Phil has been at the company for 25 years and is young for a ceo at a major carmaker, just 53. The first order of business is to have a great transition over the next couple of months. It continues to stay relentlessly focused on implementing our plan and bringing more great products and innovations with top quality to the marketplace. That is our sole focus. I do not plan to make any changes because it is the Strongest Team and we will continue to grow in the same direction, and it is very exciting to grow a business and everyone is energized around that. People knew the day would come when alan would eventually step down. He led ford through a tumultuous
Tonight we abided to have Deborah Rhode author of what women want when we spoke to her months ago it grabbed our intention and had the great title wondering if she would come share her work and she has written a very important book on a very important subject coming of age post titled 99 the most astonished about what progress of america as we continue to lie behind the of male counterpart. Going into the lives of women. Please welcome a director stanfords institute Deborah Rhode. [applause] i am enormously pleased to be here and even more so that you are we allen said 90 percent of life is showing up in it matters what you show up for but im sorry. So let me begin with the new yorker cartoon that a woman enforcers skeptical husband that yes they do speak for all women. This is not the claim that any feminist would make. Women dont speak with one voice and womens issues. We have to be prepared to generalize with it as a group for perth for growths fifths in the goal of equality between
So i think it was that quality about him. And he had the ability to bring out the best in people by trying to figure out what do you want, what are your ideas, and i think it was that capacity to reach and he servedle, president s, regardless of party. He served president nixon. He served president nixon and president ford at the u. N. , and in the months before he passed away, he had worked on a commission that george w. Bush could together on social believe that it was that capacity to reach across the aisle. I went to get some background on you for growing up in new york, but before we do that, i want to show you a video of someone who looks awful lot like you. He also went to columbia university, and he is currently on the massachusetts Circuit Court, and tell us who this man is when we see him. I have had the privilege of knowing him since 1980 when i served as his first law clerk on the u. S. Court of appeals for the first circuit, and i also appeared before him on numerous occas
Completion happens before the student never enrolls in college. Two issues from the Texas College success or lack of success. The first is growing latino demography. There is also the case12 Public Schools where latinos comprise the majority of all Public School students. Problems not that there is a growing latino demography, the problem is the growth in High School Graduates has not translated to enrollment in colleges and universities. With black students, its slightly different but no less important. We have seen an increase in enrollment for the black population. It is worth raising that is an roman is not translated into completion. Far from it, its a clear example of how success on one side of the pipeline does not translate to the other side. Instead, we see in a previous arer the black students overwhelmingly going to Community Colleges as a First Choice Institution which is likely to decrease their College Completion. Next slide there is a racial achievement completiono colle