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Look at the green arrows back this morning, even though the government could potentially be shut down. S p futures up by 4. 5. The nasdaq up by 19. Well talk more about that potential Government Shutdown in a bit. Overnight in asia, the nikkei higher. Up 0. 2 . Hang seng up by 0. 4. So was the shanghai in china in europe, at least right now green arrows across the board. Biggest gainer of the major averages is the dax, which is up by almost 0. 9 percent. The tenyear yield hitting 2. 64 yesterday. Thats the highest level since september of 2014. Again, concerns about the Government Shutdown really pushing things well see what happens to the tenyear when and if a budget deal is found. Right now it looks like its setting in at 2. 63 . Some big headlines this morning. Ibm returning to Revenue Growth for the first t ....
From where rena is going to dive in and the starting point of the conversation is to recognize our country has an epidemic of corporate crime, abuse and violence which we all suffer. It is evident in the financial crisis and the bp blow up and spill and numerous foot safety disasters that kill people from the new england compounding scandal, and workplace issues that rise across the country on a daily bases and more. You can step back saying we as a country dont do a good job with these problems because one marker is they persist over a period of time. We have a way of setting rules for corporations. You can fought imperil human life, threaten the environment, no you cant rip us off we dont do a good job enforcing the rules. We have to have inspectors looking at factories, supervisors to look at banks and we are not doing a good job funding those positions and they dont get enough support from the top to do such. When we do find violations, the hue is what do we do with companies that ....
The starting opinion of the conversation is to recognize our country has an epidemic of corporate crime, abuse, and violence from which we all suffer. Its evident in the financial crash that cost our country 22 million, and the bp blowup and oil spill, worse environmental disaster in the nations history, and numerous food safety crises and disasters that killed dozens rue teenly, and the new england Compounding Pharmacy scandal, and washingplace safety and Health Issues that arise at workplaces across the country daily, and much more. You have to step back and say we as country dont do a very good job of dealing with these problems, and one marker is they persist over long periods of time. So we have an issue how we set the rules for what is permissible for corporations to do. When we say, no, you cant imperil human life you cant 2013 the environment you cant rip us off. ....
Everybody, thanks for joining us, i am robert weissman, president of Public Citizens. We are here for a conversation about Rena Steinzors nuke wonderful book why not jail industrial companies, corporate malfeasance, and government inactio inaction, Rena Steinzor will speak for about half an hour and then Russel Mokhiber and i will talk about Rena Steinzors book and her remarks and we will open it up for discussion. The first step before we dive in, the starting point of the conversation is to recognize our country has an epidemic of corporate crime, abuse, and violence which we all suffer. Is evident in the financial crash that cost our country 22 million, above bp oil spill, worst environmental disaster in the n ....
In europe, things have barely budged in most of the major markets. Cac is flat. Dax is up 0. 1 . The ftse up almost 0. 2 . Crude oil prices continued to climb yesterday. This morning giving back just eight cents. But there is a thought that with supplies in the United States experiencing an unexpected draw down, and with more countries looking like they may support saudi arabia in terms of continuing that production cut, we have seen prices that have stabilized well above the lows weve seen earlier this week. Wti trading at 47. 76. Some big corporate stories. Retail wreckage continues. Department store chains taking a major hit. Nordstroms posting better than expected earnings and revenue, but the stock dropped on a samestore sale miss. Theyre the latest Department Store to get hurt by a slump in clothing because of online shopping. Macy shares dropped 17 yesterday during th ....