You couldnt have a memo more than three pages, a powerpoint less than 10 pages. Its harder to Say Something concisely. Theres always one or two messages you are trying to deliver, so it made you go quickly and forced the conversation to where he wanted to go. We thought the morning after, this would still be on the president s desk. Tax reform still has one more hoops to jump through. Gary tiny. Come on. When are you going to stop worrying . Gary almost, now. Last night was a huge night. If you put things in perspective , you think about what we got done over the course of the year, you read what everyone wrote, where we were a year ago today. We were starting down this path. People were talking about, it has been 31 years since that since tax reform was being done. We were talking about a with a 20 handle on it. People said, you couldnt get below 25 . You said there is no way can make it permanent. If you think of what we have done, weve got a corporate rate down to 21 . Weve made it
Claims at a fiveweek high bon employee bonuses of 1,000 at some places. Now on to the next total in washington the shutdown as the deadline approaches well go live to d. C. For the state of play. And the apple conspiracy theorists were right the company does slow down your old iphones and consumers are upset. Details on that, coming up first up, though, as the tax reform bill awaits the president presiden president s signature, Many Companies announcing bonuses, pay hikes and Capital Spending sn initiatives. At t will invest an additional 1 billion in the United States. Our own parent, comcast, says it will give 1,000 bonuses to more than 100,000 workers and spend more than 50 billion over the next five years in infrastructure boeing, 300 million in workforce training and facility enhancements for its employees both wells fargo and fifth third raising their minimum wages to 15. Fifth third also handing out bonuses to 15,000 workers. Kudlow a few moments ago on twitter said hes never se
Cohn the talked about texaco in the Top Administration agenda for 2018 which includes Infrastructure Spending and welfare reform. This is 40 minutes. [applause] gary, thank you for coming in. Appreciate it. We appreciate you and learn to sing offstage that when you were in the private sector you had a rule about meetings. I had lots of rules had a rule about memos. Rules about meetings. I was telling mike, he was asked me about the private sector i in the public sector. I sit in the private sector you can have a memo longer than three pages and a powerpoint longer than 10 pages exactly hard to Say Something concisely but theres always one message or two messages youre trying to deliver. An exit force you to get the point relatively quickly and force the conversation to where you want it to go. This was a positive morning after. We thought this would be in the presence desk, that bill. Little, little, tiny, tiny. 20 going to stop worrying . Im almost stopping worrying now. Last night wa
Negotiations was a generous offer. On the other hand, in these times of challenges, the refugees or terrorism, europe and only be strong in every country has results ability. Stephanie european leaders have to decide. Those negotiations over Irans Nuclear program have been extended yet again. John kerry and his iranian counterpart held talks in vienna until early today. The u. S. And other powers want to stop iran from Building Nuclear weapons. In return, they will use economic sanctions. Matt samsung came up short in the Second Quarter. Earnings were made estimate. A big reason was lackluster sales of the new phones. We have more from hong kong. All the hype of the s6 failed to meet market expectations. It wasnt so much demand, but a supply issue with the edge model and the oneofakind curved screen. Constraints lead to shortages. Sales dropped nearly 9 from a year ago. Profit was down 4 . Samsung still struggling to win back customers who switched from the iphone 6. They are losing to
President trump signed the act into law. It will change the Way Police Officers book suspects and it has the potential to make a small Silicon Valley company very, very successful. Lets take you inside a fictional booking room and yes, this is all done by actors, but i want you to see the process. After the mug shot, after the fingerprinting, someone accused of a felony in california is swabbed and his dna is analyzed in compared to a database of other dna collecteda the crime scenes. If our fictional criminal was arrested for, say, felony hit and run, a nearlyinstant match might also place him at the scene of a murder last year. An important point most of this already happens in california. The dna swabbing and the matching and right now that dna is shipped off to a lab. The machine you saw in the video can perform that same test in less than 90 minutes right at the police station. Its made by antigenics, its produced the rapid dna testers. Thanks to a new law its demand is about to e