Center, this is about an hour. Once again, good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for coming this morning. I think it might be appropriate for us just to pause for a moment. I lost a good friend last night. Dianne feinstein was a friend of more than 30 years. Just an incredibly effective and extraordinary member of the senate and leader and we mourn her loss in more ways than i can articulate this morning. But i thought maybe just a moment of silence in memory of dianne and all of her contributions to our country might be appropriate. For the past three years ive been privileged to serve as the chair of the coalition to stop flu. Were a multisector Advocacy Coalition dedicated to ending deaths from seasonal and pandemic influenza, an ambitious goal, but one we actually believe is achievable. Now maybe more than ever. Tom our Coalition Members are a unified voice for the influenza ecosystem that include organizations dedicated to Public Health, to patient advocacy, academic, scientif
Once again, good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for coming this morning. I think it might be appropriate for us just to pause for a moment. I lost a good friend last night. Dianne feinstein was a friend of more than 30 years. Just an incredibly effective and extraordinary member of the senate and leader and we mourn her loss in more ways than i can articulate this morning. But i thought maybe just a moment of silence in memory of dianne and all of her contributions to our country might be appropriate. For the past three years ive been privileged to serve as the chair of the coalition to stop flu. Were a multisector Advocacy Coalition dedicated to ending deaths from seasonal and pandemic influenza, an ambitious goal, but one we actually believe is achievable. Now maybe more than ever. Tom our Coalition Members are a unified voice for the influenza ecosystem that include organizations dedicated to Public Health, to patient advocacy, academic, scientific and research, in addition to
At the same time, there was no change to the socalled balance of risk statements, thats the risk for their economic outlook, again described as roughly balanced. Their language and describing Economic Conditions was also slightly upgraded, things like Household Spending and business fixed investments were described as solid this time around. So none of these are really dramatic in and of themselves, but several subtle and important upgrades, perhaps a slightly more hawkish tone in this statement compared to december. Scarlet bloombergs chris condon at the Federal Reserve, thank you. Michael, you heard chris talk about a subtle upgrade in the feds report today, in the feds statement. What stuck out to you . Inflation,talk about and they have increased in recent months and that sort of supports the idea of this word further inserted into it. I dont think that any question the fed is going to be raising rates this your, its only a matter of how many times. So it may not be that dramatic a
Partner. First up as we look at a relatively calm day in the markets, we have to look at yahoo . The Internet Business could be in a combination of microsoft and private equity firms. Discussions are in the preliminary stage with microsoft potentially providing some backing. I also want to give you a little bit of news this morning, because i spoke with some folks familiar with the sales process at yahoo . That was categorized as being in the militantiddle, of the first with first round bids not having come in yet. But according to the person familiar with the process, it is on schedule per the sales committee, and the level of interest, im told, is high. But, of course, anyone working with a company to try and drum up interest is going to say it is high. But certainly, that is going to be interesting to watch as investors say the sales process is not going quickly enough. But tim draper, i want to ask you about this microsoft news. Is this 2007, 2008, all over again . Well, no. I actu
Earnings. Lets go to bonnie. Bonnie onetime benefit earnings came in at 116. Sales are good. David saying customers move to Outdoor Furniture earlier in the year. Home depot took advantage of that. Samestore sales are up 6. 1 . The stock is up in free market trading. We are waiting for topline amounts. Home depot raising guidance for 2015. Tom 6. 1 comp samestore sales better than nominal gdp. Vonnie we have the top line, 20. 9 billion. A nice break. Tom walmart at 7 00 a. M. Brendan we should look at big ticket sales. Improving household appliance demand. That will change revenue at home depot. Conseils at 6. 1 . There had been whisper that sales were going to be out. Tom what is a whisper number like . Brendan terminal has the whisper number in scare quotes. Vonnie the government is optimistic the bailout funds are within reach. Creditors not sure. The grease finance minister said the sides are almost there greece finance minister said the sides are almost there. Could it be a matter