And spending the consumer wants reliability and the consumer will pay for it thats the lesson of the icr, the big consumer conference i spent all day learning from. A day where the dow gained 150 points, s p climbed 0. 13 and prices were higher earlier today. So many retailers are suddenly doing so well from kohls to childrens place to restaurants like darden. Remember, they are owned by olive garden and then end up with a winner, of course, it is never that easy i think its worth focusing on the consumer side. At least for now even as many of the big gains in the market are coming from what we call the capital good, companies that benefit from the global, not domestic but Global Economic expansion look, ive been recommending boeing for 240 points. Im not whacking away. In fact i think this 318 stock could easily go to 400 bucks caterpillar will be huge, accounting changes in the new tax code and thats not baked into the stock as much as they try to do so united technology, honeywell,
Ill have the all the details. In sport, its transfer deadline day. And an early deal should see confirmation of alex 0xlade chamberlains move from arsenal to liverpool. And carol has the weather. Good morning. It is a bright start for many. Chilly as well. Show is in the west. Through the day, they will develop widely. Showers. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may says she wants to lead the conservatives into the next general election saying shes in it for the long term. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has given his support, but backbench conservative mps have told the bbc theyre sceptical shell be able to serve the full term. The Prime Minister is currently on a three day trip to japan. There has been an awful lot of speculation about my future which has no basis whatsoever in it. I am in this for the long term. There is a realjob to be done in the united kingdom. It is about getting brexit done right and getting a Proper Partnership wi
Economic Playing Field. Maria china and u. S. Businesses trade over deals during the visit. Expecting to release a plan of their tax code today. By President Trump says democrats will like the version more than what weve seen for the house for threatening to derail the 85 billion merger between at t time warner while regulating the process of requiring the sale of time warners unit which includes cnn or the directv business as a deal to allow that to go through. Apple topping 900 alien dollars incredible market value. The details as the most valuable Public Company keeps on getting bigger. Take a look at americas best thursday morning by selling underway. Dow industrials to be down about 25 points. Nasdaq, s p 500 in the red. In europe come major indices also lower. Xt 100, dax down fractionally. Talk about a third of a percent. In asia overnight, the service may expect the nikkei average done a fraction. Hang seng and on, three quarters of 1 . Spacey cut. Ridley scott will remove and
Will call this hearing to order. Will be waiting for senator hatch and will make an introduction. I want to welcome the nominees, i want to thank you for your willingness to serve thisssector country. Coming from the private sector myself and this is absolutely true, ive been very impressedhe with the quality of individuals that work for the federal government. This is nomination process is not easy, as youre well aware, but the fact that you have so many people who will step up to this plate and subject themselves to this process you can make a lot more in the private sector so this shows your dedication. In your Opening Statements, will introduce your families, i want to welcome all of them and ill leave it to you, just dont forget to introduce your family members. For my Opening Statement all i want to do is read the description of the jobs that youll be filling. And out. Ill turn it over to my Ranking Member, senator mccaskill and then senator hatch will be here to make an attentio
Will call this hearing to order. Will be waiting for senator hatch and will make an introduction. I want to welcome the nominees, i want to thank you for your willingness to serve thisssector country. Coming from the private sector myself and this is absolutely true, ive been very impressedhe with the quality of individuals that work for the federal government. This is nomination process is not easy, as youre well aware, but the fact that you have so many people who will step up to this plate and subject themselves to this process you can make a lot more in the private sector so this shows your dedication. In your Opening Statements, will introduce your families, i want to welcome all of them and ill leave it to you, just dont forget to introduce your family members. For my Opening Statement all i want to do is read the description of the jobs that youll be filling. And out. Ill turn it over to my Ranking Member, senator mccaskill and then senator hatch will be here to make an attentio