Quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following nominations, executive calendar number 461, 462, 464, 478, 479, 480, 488, and 490. The presiding officer without objection. The clerk will report the nominations. The clerk nominations, department of defense, goas of kernan of florida to be under secretary of defense for intelligence. Guy b. Roberts of virginia to be an assistant secretary of. Robert l. Wilkie of North Carolina for under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Robert baylor of pennsylvania to be director of operational tests and evaluation. Thomas b. Modly of maryland to be under secretary of the navy. James f. Geurts of pennsylvania to be an assistant secretary of navy. Robert h. Mcmay hadnt of geor
Laying off 470 people from its Corporate Headquarters in minneapolis, this is to according to a report of the dow jones. These positions at target will not be fillld. The retailer said is that target is coming out of a dismal Holiday Shopping season. So lets take a look at this stock right now. Big blue on ibm. A lackluster earnings report. A big day on the board. 5. 5 largely due to a decline. And its hardware business and the stocks are the biggest drag on the dow jones today. They lost almost one and 7. 181. 74. Thats about 3. 5 of a loss on the big blue. We will check this stock through the close. And we are watching apple for you. The Company Facing new pressure. Now, carl ichan announcing that he bought another 500 million worth of apple to bring the total to more than 3 billion worth. It is doing shareholders a great disservice and is in effect actually higher right now. And so theres a little bit of the gain. A lot of controversy way carl ichan and apple. And some Big Name Comp
Minister kevin rudd. Chasing the golden lion, tough competition for the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. Well look at the favourites. Just a bit of breaking news to tell you about before we get going. Some article somalia, 10 have been killed in mogagishu near the president ial palace. More on that when we get it. Syria as far as securing an international support, the g20 was a failure for the United States. The focus shifted. Secretary of state john kerry is in europe to convince the european minister. The United States wants military action, supported by france and well, the british Prime Minister supports the idea but his government will not take part in a military strike. During the g20 meetings there was a bit more support we call it qualified support these countries are calling for a strong response sea, turkey, australia, south korea. The real job is convincing europe. The most senior u. S. Diplomat forges on with a campaign to convince European Union politicians for suppo
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