Welcome to francie and fitch book shop. We have a lot of helpers. I want to point out if you havent noticed, weve got cspan in the room, tony came in from iowa, taking a little break from the iowa campaigning. So youre going to be on cspan. Ill find out when, im not sure when, but ill be finding out so you can spread the word and let people know. Mary anne andre is here, awardwinning producer of documentaries, among them under the milky way. It was absolutely beautiful. And were kind of in a little fish bowl today, right . [laughter] which is great. I also want to recognize stephanie, shes going to be helping with the book signing afterwards. Well kind of try and streamline that process a little bit. How the agendas going to go is im going to youre going to get some introductions of some great people that are going to talk to you about this book, therell be a q a, and afterwards youll be able to meet the author and have your books autographed. And at that point, theres a lot of people
Industrialization in the postbellum u. S. , and the cultural history of Petroleum Use in the 20th century, and what it revealed about American Environmental ethics and precedents. He has examined industrial intensity during the civil war era, as well as the impact of modernism and landuse planning on the modern environmental movement. Professor black received his doctorate in american studies from the university of kansas in 1996. This evening, he will address how world war i informed the 20th centurys use of Energy Sources including petroleum, and the fuels enduring impact on our environment and climate today. Give a warm welcome to professor brian black. [applause] professor black thanks ,everyone. Thanks, everyone. Thank you for being hardcore audience to come out on an evening like this. Thank you, kamil, and everyone for putting together this program. I truly am impressed on a number of levels and i have not been to this facility, so i am impressed at that. I was part of a confere
Marianne andre is here taking photos for jane. Among them some of the milky way i dont know if you saw that it was absolutely beautiful. There are some other photographers. So we ar are kinder than a litte fishbowl today. This is great. I also want to recognize stephanie. Shes going to be helping with the book signing afterwards. We will try to kind of streamlined process a little bit. How the agenda is going to go, you are going to get introductions of people that will talk about the book. There will be a qanda and then afterwards, you will be able to meet the author and have your books autographed. And at that point, there are a lot of people here dont quite know what you were waiting i would invite you to explore the shop, there are great books, we have some treats in the shop. Jane brought amazing cookies you have to see before they get gobbled up. Restroom is down the hall to the right if anyone needs it, and book sales will be at the counter with pat. But i also have a credit car
We bring that to you live. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. The markets. N on the hs is closing shortly and hang seng index sores soars. Carrie lam is going to withdraw her controversial extradition bill. That is the bill that kicked off the last 15 weeks of protests. Some of them with more than an estimated 2 Million People which is an incredibly impressive figure. They got that, hong kong has a total of 7 million citizens. From babies to the elderly. That would be like if you had a protest in america and 100 Million People showed up. Reportthe stock moves on the chief executive carrie lam is going to formally withdraw the controversial extradition bill. We saw moves around europe as well and we even see futures moving higher. Is South China Morning Post reporting the news after months of protests in the city. You can see here, these luxury stocks are getting the biggest boost. Swatch is up, lvmh is up 4 . This is such an important hub for luxury sales, for the chinese, with tons of
Over 30. Where are we right now . Check this out. 30. 97. We will hear from the companys ceo. Home builders shares tumbling today presented to Nicole Petallides at the new york Stock Exchange. We are seeing the homebuilders under pressure. For example, it accelerated selling. Down three and a half . Down 3 . This on monday we have green arrows across the board. For talking about the fact, they have done a monthly survey. Seeing a slow start. Part of it is at least, fewer homes are available. Were seeing a pushed back from the buyers. Now basing great homes that they like, but those homes actually cost more. Home prices are on the rise. Also, one thing to my good decline in borrowing costs to not do much to boost traffic from the shoppers to the group is under pressure. Based on the survey that they did. In the meantime, markets are hire. Adam we appreciate it. You want to get right to the floor show. Traders of the new york Stock Exchange, cme, and nymex. At the cme, dale spencer. The