I think that they raise issues that we have today. In the tension between idealism and pragmatism. The important thing is that traditionally weak cover these guys independently. We assume that because the it or was republican and franklin was a democrat that you can segment them and they contribute to different silos of American History when in fact they intertwined and integrated families, with the last name roosevelt is of much more interest. Exponentially more interesting when you see how related they arent that there is no franklin or eleanor without theodore. That there is no new deal, without the not only theatre roosevelts nearly two terms as president but his attempt to run as president as an independent progressive third party. So you have a great deal of americans 20 century commanded by one or more piece of roosevelt and interconnected command it is. And then you have got the rest of the 20th century and the 21st century that is still in the wake of their accomplishments. Ho
To introduce our speaker Richard Preston during his undergraduate work and got his ph. D. In english from Princeton University where he studied 19 century nonfiction writing and the author of nine books on a variety of topics including Infectious Disease and a childrens story and the author of many nonfiction pieces including a piece just last week entitled the old wars preston published the hot zone with the accidental outbreak and a colony of research monkeys and virginia in the 80s. The hot zone sold millions of copies and terrified millions of readers. For example, novelist stephen king said the first chapter is one of the most horrifying things i have ever read and then it gets worse. [laughter] i am also sure the hot zone inspired many readers to consider and pursue careers in epidemiology and Public Health with a fascination from what we know today. The most recent massive outbreak occurred for the first time in west africa put speeleven back on the bestseller list 20 years afte
Exclusive. Some of the biggest names in bank arrange at the global summit to rethink banking models. No small topic on the agenda today . Yeah, the future of finance and there are some big, big questions. We talked a little bit about credit provision. When you compare and contrast what happens heres have in the United States. You look at the United States, some of the big fines imposed and there is a risk of regulatory overreach. Are these banks becoming overwhelmed . Something that doug also flint talked about recently Douglas Flint talked about. Ill be talking with him and then i have Andreas Dombret of the bunde bank. Well talk about his role on the supervisory mechanism. We have to be clear about this. What are the difficulties here in the eurozone . I know he has something to say on what he calls reform fatigue. Look at for that one, anna. Interesting when you consider just how much banks are spending and should be spending on regulation when we have witnessed some enormous fines
This morning. Well tell you about them. Mans best friend may want you to sell the company. Petsmart is explorining alternatives as pressure from an activist investor mounts. Target posting Second Quarter operating profits of 78 cents a share, just shy of lowered wall street expectations. The retailer posted flat Comp Store Sales in the u. S. And cutting full year Profit Guidance as fallout from a massive data breach continues to weigh on the company. Target says sales, though, trends at least, improve this month based on early backtoschool sales, jim. We have a number, though, a guidance number, i guess, is the key for the full Year Adjustment of 310 to 330 compared with guidance of 360 to 390, and they go into why thats beginning to be below. I mean, some has to do with early debt retirement. Yeah. Obviously, a good deal still pretax has to do with cost in the breach. First, i said, are you kidding me . You got are you kidding me . Total disarray there. You did through the least of it
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening. Thank you for coming. Im liz huettel, Deputy Director of event at politics prose book store. We are were in at the throes of another dynamic season of events. Please check out our webs for more information weapon also host event at our book store and we offer wide range of cultural tripsliterary classes and book clubs, please stop by and visit us. But tonight we have the honor of welcoming leon panetta. Mr. Panetta has a long and storied career as a public servant. In 1976, he was elected u. S. Congress, where he represented californias 16th 16th Congressional District for 16 years. He acted as president clintons director or the United States office of management and budget and then as his chief of staff from 1994 to 1997. He founded the leann and Sylvia Panetta institute for Public Policy, and in 2009, he became the director of the Central Intelligence agency. From 2011 to 2013 he was the 23rd United States secretary of