Today. All three major averages are down. The nasdaq down the lease today of those averages, as we see people, sort of, taking a pause, and also looking ahead to the fed and bank of japan decisions next week. I should Mention Volume today. That is something to talk about. Take a look here. This is looking at volume today compared with the past 30 days. You see the big spike today, all the way on the end here. We are running about 45 above the 30 day average on the s p 500 right now. Triplet is witching witching. It sounds spooky. It tends to cause spikes in volumes and volatility, especially at the open and the close. That is something to watch and consider as the day goes on. In terms of movers on the plus side, we have some tech newsmakers to consider. Twitter, last night, broadcast its first nfl game, streamed its first nfl game, and the reviews have been strong. There were some complaints about a little bit of a time delay, but otherwise the strength of the stream was good, User En
Employment report. The bailout trail back in court. Bernanke, paulson, geithner expected to take the stand this week. A live report from washington. And bitcoin loses a fifth of its value over the weekend. Well explain why and what it can mean now for future of a controversial crypto currency. First up, shares of hewlettpackard jumping in the premarket. Confirming the company will split itself into two publicly traded companies. Services businesses take the name hewlettpackard enterprise. Davids going to have a live interview with hps chairman and Ceo Meg Whitman in moments from now. Well find out when this all began and why they couldnt have done this a few years ago. A lot more detail. You know, carl, for broader takeaways here, it is interesting focus on of course following announcement from ebay last week, and you know connection between these two companies, john donohoe taken over from meg whitman as ceo at ebay. And also in the interview i did with him last week, citing so many o
This affected the way that you think in your life and the way that you conduct your life and think and if so, how . I invite in my book how long it was to read the book. I had to interview a colleague at the time that george mason. I was doing a podcast and it ended up being a six part series on the theory of the moral sentiment and when we proposed this idea i started reading it and after one page i put it back down and i thought i have no idea what hes talking about. Not an easily read book but once i got into it i got excited and it did help me to see how other people see me seeing them. When you write a book about loveliness and there is pressure to be roughly. It is an interesting experience. People have written to me about things that they have done not because they said that. So thats very gratifying. One is fabulous. If one person changed their behavior at all it would be a wonderful thing. So for me its interesting. If i knew you better i could tell you about in front of but i
This took place at the museum of the city of new york and is a little over an hour. To introduce John Tauranac could take the entire evening. John writes on new york architectural history. His books include many subjects including the Empire State Building. His other books include new york from the air, with great aerial photography. Other books include in central new york. There are others. John teaches at nyus school of professional studies. This spring his course is designed an architecture of public transportation. He does tors for the city museum. We welcome and enjoy his tors. His First Published map was undercover map of new york published by new york magazine. He was reader of the 19 he was creator of the 1979 new york subway map. It also included manhattan block by block. John tauranac. [applause] mr. Tauranac greetings. Im going to start with a bit of a digression. I want you to know that im an old fan of this institution. What he think was my favorite thing in the museum of
And this building went up on its site. Whether the Empire State Bank had an office in it, i dont know. Whether they sponsored it, i dont know. But it was called the Empire State Building. Now, today, it was originally an office, a loft building. Today, it is an apartment house. It does have sort of update relationship to the Empire State Building. If you think about superlatives, the architects of these buildings of this building was and they were influenced by the columbian exposition in chicago. Their two most famous buildings were on 6th avenue. They designed the Cooper Department store which was the Worlds Largest Department Store. It was in 1896. They also designed the Department Store on 34th street of Herald Square, macys. They sort of belong in the same league with sugarland and harlem. It was them who designed this building and obviously, this is the real Empire State Building. Its massing is so satisfying. Despite the fact that it is an enormous building. It is 1250 feet high