Soul in americanism because he knows the negro blood has a message for the world. He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be put up negro and without being kirsten spit upon those are heartfelt, brave and seductive words. Unlike any that preceded it and they thrilled and persuaded his admirers. Indeed, there so seductive that even today it is easy to miss their intense ambiguity and how they blend people selfconsciousness and forthrightness into a model late victorian mysticism. I spent much of the rest of the book explaining that model part and how its very much a part of what dubois was talking about. Making it an an audacious book but a very strange one as well. This is how i conclude, to account for this, finally the strangeness and audacity of the souls of black folk arise less from broader circumstances them from the strangeness and audacity of its author. Dubois pics its argument, to quality folk who prided themselves on being representative negroes. As his ideas took
Lawrence lindsay saying we could see a bond market tantrum if janet yellen and the fed dont raise Interest Rates. A new Study Finds Companies may be buying back stock at a record pace. However, corporate insiders are not. Thats interesting. Coming up well discuss whether thats a sign that executives believe stocks are starting to become too expensive right now. Watching the insider trade. Heres what we see, right now with an hour to go the dow is up 16 points. Buffeted by earnings today. The s p adding about 4 points. Nasdaq up 19 bill as we continue to get the pulse of the u. S. Consumer today. Lets get to whats going on in the world today in the world of finance. Our Closing Bell Exchange with some of our favorite people Jack Bouroudjian, Keith Fitzgerald from moneymorning. Com. Susan fulton from fbb Capital Partners and our own Rick Santelli. Rick, ill start with you because the markets response is interesting, maybe instructive. After the minutes came out, nothing happened. And in
Markets slightly weaker yesterday. A couple of big stories this morning. The big one is hp reportedly planning to sell a majority stake in its chinese data networking operation for about 2. 3 billion. Heres whats going on. The wall street journal saying it comes after revelation that u. S. Spying for demand for tech products. Sis coe and others have had issues about this. Also in Economic News new numbers overnight showing chinese factory activity contracted for a Third Straight month. Chinese output shrinking at the fastest rates in more than a year. This is going to reinforce expectations for more policy stimulus. Geo political headlines this morning, isis saying its in full control of the ancient sere juan city of palmyra. Heres todays squawk planl. Key economic reports. Weekly jobless claims later in the morning. Manufacturing pmi. Existing home sales. Leading Economic Indicators in the Kansas City Fed survey. On the earnings front best buy will report Quarterly Results before the
Futures are up 10 , consumer stap ems flattening out. And two of chinas richest men lost billions in just a few hours. Well tell you who they are and how they did it. But we start with a very rough trip for mcdonalds. Protesters have hit the street outside of the companys Shareholder Meeting. Theyre protesting low wages. Kate rodgers has been monitoring that meeting. The protests and the stock, which as we mentioned is trading down by about 0. 8 of a percent today. Kate. Well today was ceo Steve Easterbrooks first Shareholder Meeting in oakbrook illinois where he acknowledged mcdonalds challenges and touted his turnarounds. The biggest takeaway was a clear win for shareholders. One of the measures passed was a proxy access by law. Those who have held 3 of mcdonalds stock for three years to propose director candidates on proxy materials. This was a shareholder proposal that mcdonalds did not want to pass but it passed with 61 of shares voted. This is a way to make the board more account
Youre watching bbc news at nine with me, annita mcveigh. The headlines 254 people die from coronavirus in china on the deadliest day of the outbreak so far. Meanwhile, more than a0 more cases are confirmed on the diamond princess cruise ship currently moored off japan. Here, a ninth case is confirmed, while the first group of people brought to the uk from wuhan and quarantined in a hospital on the wirral, are due to leave today. Labour calls for Boris Johnson to clarify who paid for his caribbean holiday over the new year. Iam i am live from downing street where
it doesnt feel remotely like mystique. There is a Cabinet Reshuffle under way. The latest comings and goings as there is a parade of personalities and the power and patronage throughout the day. The city watchdog investigates past links between the boss of Barclays Bank and the sex offenderjeffrey epstein. Criminal gangs are blamed for a big increase in fly tipping across england. Also, why are roundabouts are good for your hea