Talking to strangers from one of my favorite authors, Malcolm Gladwell. I was so jealous last week my husband and son attended a breakfast where he was speaking and of course i Read Everything that he has written and followed his cones for years. Along with blink, out wires, whats a dog saw, the others i have now downloaded on my kindle talking to strangers. Just a little bit into it, not that far but totally intrigued. Ive also made certain that i have my 2020 farmers almanac downloaded and looking at that. You cant be good reading when it comes to the farmers almanac. Its just, i love it. I keep track of it, im a gardener i love being outdoors. So you got to have the farmers almanac. What kind of information can you get from that . By the mac s it the sickness acorn swelling of the trees or the hickory nuts, you will find all sorts of things and that farmer almanac. Before he got to back to other books i want to go back to Malcolm Gladwell for a second. He so counterintuitive and a l
We bring you todays market moving news from around the world. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. We want to begin with china. The government has agreed to cut import tariffs on a wide range. F goods joining us is stephen engle. Break down what we know about the tariffs, why now, etc. Stephen this comes fresh after a trade one agreement a phase one trade agreement. A gesture, yes, to show its lowering trade barriers, but it also wants to spur domestic spending for those 859 products he mentioned, from smartphone parts to food, in particular, frozen pork. All of these products will enjoy lower tariffs, and it comes as china hosts a critical trilateral summit this week that has already kicked off in beijing between china and japan. South korea will also take part. Trade, territorial disputes, military maneuverings, of course, exacerbated by north thoses posturing, and all historical animosities still persist. So those talks should be welcome. Been korea
The margins there seems to be more optimism in the markets that the yearend wont bring the crunch we had forecast. This is the picture for european stocks up 0. 1 . 1. 3096. D, a phase one trade deal. At 96. 3,ng in betterthanexpected after they had a figure of 95. 5 and thats moving euro a little bit. Coming up we will discuss the and also dont miss our exclusive interview with the chief executive, thats coming up at 1 00 p. M. London time. Lets get straight to the first word news in new york city. President trump is accusing Speaker Nancy Pelosi of turning chamber. Into a star powerump laying out his and obstructed congress. Later today the house is effective vote to approve two articles of impeachment. The u. K. Credit outlook has been upgraded by both s p and after Boris Johnsons conservative party won a decisive majority in last weeks elections. S p raising the outlook from negative to stable. Fitch taking them off rating watch negative. It removes the immediate threat of a downgr
Misread strangers words and actions. Many of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch them online at booktv. Org. Book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress about their reading list. So senator marsha blackburn, what is on your reading list . Mall come gladwell, and im just i was so jealous last week. My husband and son attended a breakfast where he was speaking, and of course ive Read Everything that he has written and followed his columns for years. So long with blink blink and outliers and the others ive new downlead on my win del, talking to strangers and just a little bit into it, but totally intrigued. Ive also made certain that i have my 2020 farmers almanac downloaded, and im looking at that. You cant beat good reading when it comes the farmers almanac. Its just i love it. And i keep track of it. Im a gardener, and love being outdoors, and so you got to have the farmers almanac. What kind of information do you get from that . Weather. A lot
Trailing it, microsoft, about 50 for the year joining us, ted smith, cofounder cramer likes to say apple is the key to the market. Do you agree i do. What about it is so important . I think the breadth of technologies they deliver to consumers and enterprises over time, and the fact in the latest cycle where they come out with apple pay, apple card, all of the partnerships theyve got going, in addition to core products, theyre so dominant on so many fronts. Getting investors familiar with new fronts has been a bit of a challenge this year, feels like were getting there, wouldnt you say the thing we talked about is slowing of iphone sales. The dominant apple story of the last decade is actually coming, that chapter is over they have to transition people to things like subscription services, streaming is one of the big wars payment, theyre doing more retail things now. With apple credit card, i think as a new chapter opens, were seeing more and more stuff like that. You talk about apple