From foreign takeovers . Across the European Union its an issue of growing concern with eu trade ministers meeting today to discuss the latest developments. Foreign direct invesment into the eu thats when Companies Invest their money in Foreign Countries came in at 370 billion last year. Not all of it is considered uncontroversial. President of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker said in September Europe must always defend its Strategic Interests such as technology, defence and infrastructure. One of the biggest deals to spark concerns was the 2016 purchase of kuka germanys largest maker of Industrial Robotics by chinas midea for 5. 5 billion dollars. And there is particular concern about companies linked to foreign governments. As china looks increasingly overseas at technology and manufacturing interests, its investors spent a record 43 billion on eu purchases in 2016. Thats almost double the previous year. Just yesterday germanys financial regulator said it would look into t
Welcome to squawk alley. Were at post 9. Lets start with the markets on this jobs day the dow crossing back above 22,000 for the first time in two weeks. U. S. Economy added 156,000 new nonfarm pay roles in august. The Unemployment Rate did tick up slightly. Both july and june numbers were also revised Lower National Economic Council director gary cohen joining us earlier. Listen to what he said were look teg trend overall. Were looking at job growth. Were looking at job creation. And we see a lot of very good momentum in the numbers. The one numbers that went down were government. Weve always said government is going to get smaller the private sector is getting bigger we see job creations in the sectors we want to see job creation in. For more, we are joined by wells fargo Senior Investment strategist as well as our very own Steve Liesman. Steve, is thewhite house right to see very solid job momentum continuing in this month of august yeah. I think so i think its well to put the numbe
The road to the white house began in iowa, the caucuses which date back to 1972 and then we move to new hampshire, the quintessential first in the nation primary which has a long and rich history, and now we really begin to test the candidates and their message. We miss out to south carolina, the first seven primary and then to the Party Caucuses in nevada for the democrats and the republicans. More than likely, we will see a number of candidates probably drop out of the race, so the field with a narrow, and that we move into early march. Super tuesday, the start of winner take all primaries, which means that the delegate count will be critical. As it watch the delegate count continue for the candidates, with a better sense of this message is resonating, and to us on the path to the nomination. President obama held a News Conference and was asked about the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Scalia. The 2015 present shall campaign and the ongoing conflict in syria, the p
Hundreds of First Responders who are like the Fire Department in a number of cities. Inside syria, theyve been a huge thing. Theyre independent. Theyre volunteers. Madame chair, may i ask another question or wait for another round . Go ahead. Thank you, miss frankl. If you all have an opinion, i would like to hear what your opinion is of what would happen if we wouldnt if we were not doing this aid . And what does that mean not just to the humanitarian part of this but i think what a lot of people dont understand is that a lot of this effort really goes toward our National Security. What happens, were about to lose a generation of children, it looks like. And hopelessness breeds a lot of bad things. But i would like to hear it from your own words as to why your missions are so important. Congresswoman, im convinced that were saving millions of lives with this aid. Some of it from u. S. Aid is feeding people, vaccinations that go to children that if theyre not vaccinated makes them susc
And the inspired action you took to come to the aid of the veteran in crisis. Thank you all for the work that you do day in and day out on behalf of those who have served. A few weeks ago i had the honor of meeting with robert mcdonald, the secretary of the va. Secretary mcdonald is a man who has time and again answered the call of duty to his and our nation. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in the top 2 of his class in 1975. An army veteran. Mr. Mcdonald served with the 82nd airborne division, completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare training, earned the ranger tab, that expert infantry men badge. Senior parachutist wing. Upon leaving military service, captain mcdonald was awarded the Meritorious Service medal. But mr. Mcdonalds expertise as a soldier is equal by his business beingaccumen. He earned a degree from the university of utah and has a career in the private sector. Before joining the va, chairman mcdonald was chairman, president and chief ex