This is bloomberg surveillance. Just about positive on the s p 500. The politics on dollaryen. Dollaryen positive. 4 . The boj governor meeting with the Prime Minister who says he will closely impact the impact of a weak yen on pricing. The japanese official snapping back saying if the market is functioning property there is no need but a suggestion that maybe it is not. Lisa all of this goes to say that people who are bearish on the yen are getting bolder. I wonder how much janet yellen will put the pressure on japanese authorities versus maybe there is a sense they have used up the little ammunition they are willing to send. Annmarie she said consultation should take place and then she called the reported japanese action a rumor which makes me think the japanese did not call washington to ask and let them know we are going to make a move and intervene. Jonathan dollaryen, big swings over the last week. All the way back down to Something Like 152 to start the week. Somewhere between 1
It was around 1994, the answer to the ageold problem, how do ive findi find a pizza place next to my dorm room, turn by turn directions. He ended up selling that company for 300 million. That is what set him on his way. Quite what did he do with that 20 million . He sat back and thought about an industry that needed a kick in the pants. He worked at a bank as an intern. They were dumb and kind of herd mentality. Early days of the internet, and he thought to do an online Financial System for everything. Then it morphed into paypal. Often cited as the founder of paypal. Well, they are both cofounders anyway. In the same building there is another company which was when he started with another stanford graduate. Two companies in one building that were spending each other to death. They would tempt people to use their service. A lot of fraud. They come up with a Service Called paypal. You say he arrived in the country with 100 in his pocket. Born in south africa. Have his family is canadian
Next step to discusses his novel about afghanistan following the u. S. Invasion. The book is green and blue. Mr. Ackerman is in afghanistan and iraq war veteran. He spoke at Johns Hopkins university in baltimore. Or guest tonight is elliot ackerman. Hes a decorated decorated veteran of United States marine corps and a writer whose work has been published in the new yorker along with the accomplishments the atlantic the times and the new republic among others. Mr. Ackerman was introduced to the daily beast and a member of the council of foreign relations. He served as a white house fellow in the abundant prior to that he spent eight years as an infantry and special operations officer. He served multiple tours of duty in the middle east and southwest asia and the Marine Corps Special Operations Team leader operated as a primary combat advisor to 710 Afghan Commando battalion responsible for capture operations and senior taliban leadership. Also let a 75 man platoon that aided in relief o
Consequence feeling connected to what youre doing is that motivated factor if you are in a nonprofit it can be pretty tiring because youre up close with the ugly it is the private on the battlefield it is difficult doesnt see big progreso as a consequence they can give very disheartened very quickly so give them the big picture was important to them if theyre doing something they are tired and cold and scared theyre not causally reinforced this is your contribution and you were making a difference it can undercut them then you want them and the matter how difficult sea or making decisions. The opportunities are remarkable having the chance to talk to the head of h. R. Eight and i said how was recruiting . He said we dont have a problem with that but we have these technology for wizards a you can work here on the coolest stuff that nobody else has but with the advances of medicine it has been driven off the battlefield. Those of the big advances. Looking at the organizational models i w
Thank you for being here, andin the strange times a strong journalism and good books and challenging ideas are critical. That is what the Los Angeles Times in this book festival aspire to and try to provide. After this will gladly take your questions and look for your insight to will have a Panel Discussion in about ten or 15 minutes after. Just as a housekeeping note, please also phones off. Therell be a book signing withs our authors after a area one. No personal recordings of the session please. Now, i would like to introduce the panel, christopher phillipsh is senior lecturer in the International Relations at Queen Mary University of london. For several years in syria and often returns to the middle east for research. Ndhe he is an associate fellow at middle east and north africa program. He has written many publications and has appeared on the bbc, al jazeera, and cnn. His just published his second book, the battle for syria, International Rivalry in the middle new middle east whi