In the works on the back of surging copper demand. Later, the white house announces another multibillion dollar award to another giant. Its thursday, april 25th, 2024 and are you watching Worldwide Exchange. Good morning thank you to much for being with us before we get start ed, a quick news alert the Biden Administration announcing a 6. 1 billion Funding Agreement with micron under the chips and sciences act. The deal will be in support of the construction of the facilities in new york and idaho. Micron investing 125 billion into the projects. President biden will be in syracuse, new york today we will have more this later in the hour look at micron shares down over. 13 . Turning back to the trading day ahead and the check of the futures after a mixed session for stocks dow snapped the foursession win streak and you can see all three are in the red this morning nasdaq is down 1 . The s p down. 50 . You see the dow looking like it would open over 100 points lower. Of course, the big s
Back in the u. S. , a potential deal is causing Stark Division between the white house and congress. We have a regime that has never quite kept their word about anything. I dont understand why we are signing an agreement with a group of people who in my opinion have no intention of keeping their word. It is surprising to me that there are some republican senators who are seeking to establish a back channel with hardliners in iran to undermine an agreement between iran and the broader International Community. Cory russias foreign minister has left the talks. He says he will return only with a realistic understanding of a deal. The index of pending home sales has hit its highest level since june 2013. It posted a 3. 1 gain last month indicating a pickup in the Housing Market ahead of the spring selling season. Gains in employment and rising rents are convincing more americans to buy homes. A pair of deals in the Health Care Business United Health has agreed to buy a pharmacy benefits com
Exacerbating supply chain issues because of lockdowns. The fed will continue to run off its Balance Sheet as planned that pace starting in september will be 60 billion in treasurys and 17. 5 billion in mortgagebacked securities. That continues to the statement, goes on to say the fed will adjust monetary stance based on eve merging risks. This was a unanimous statement, includes votes 3 00 new members, full board, lisa cook, michael barr. The fed raising rates 75 basis points as expected but saying recent indicators show that spending and production have slowed, have softened is the word they used. Charles, back to you. Charles a lot of interesting juicy stuff. Edward, thank you very much my friend. The fed has made the hike expected. The street has to deal with the guessing game. You heard what edward said. New words, some taken out. Maybe well learn some more in the question and answer period that is very important, more so today. This is a very serious dilemma, folks, twin evils of
Mentorship and s. T. E. A. M. Opportunities and how to develop opportunities for the work force and leverage the programs that the Small Business administration as well as other Government Agencies have for Small Businesses. Lets talk about what you expect to come from this. Shirley, lets start with you. It is one thing to be on a listening tour. Its another to put it in action. Did you get the sense theres going to be something within this administration to help Small Businesses that is different than what we have seen before . I think, probably, just a greater awareness that we are out there. We are out there doing good work and the women who own them are serious and dedicated to the work we are doing. What do you think . Im very encouraged for two particular reasons. Number one, ivanka trump was also at the table. She said its one of her priorities. I think she is going to work closely with her father to make sure theres a positive impact
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Fill a big order. Or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. For those who always find new ways to grow their business, American Express open proudly presents your business on msnbc. Hi there, everyone, im j. J. Ramberg. Welcome to your business, the show dedicated to helping your growing business. President trump says helping and supporting women owned Small Businesses is a priority for his administration. The president , along with the Vice President , mike pence, and first daughter, ivanka trump, convened around the white house with a group of Women Business owner who is spoke of successes and challenges they face. The president pledged to help them overcome some of those barriers. Today, we have two of the women that participated. Shirley perry owner of hydrotech and Jessica Johnson cope owner of Johnson Security bureau. With we told you about jessicas journey taking over the familys business a few years ago. Great to see both of you. Hi, j. J. , how are you doing . Goo