Yellens comments. Check out the futures this morning. 227 points for the dow. Now down by about 25 points for the dow futures but up 5 points for the nasdaq and down by. 57. The big story is the dollar. The dollar got slammed on this news but the euro surging past 110 at one point. It was the currencys biggest move since march of 2009. Of course you have to keep this all in mind looking at the dollar verses the euro in recent months. The euro is back at 10898. Michelle will be joining us with more on what happened in just a moment. In the meantime lets get you caught up on the other big stories were watching this morning. Target agreeing to pay 10 million to settle a Class Action Lawsuit related to the massive 2013 data breach. Individual victims may receive up to 10,000 in damages as part of the deal. A hearing on the settlements is set for today in minnesota. Apple officially a member of the dow this morning. This is the first day of its membership. The Company Ranks 5th in the price
but at the end of the day, whether you re in memphis, tennessee, or whether you re in the bronx, it comes down to that partnership that willie was talking about. it s very personal, and it s on the ground, and it s what s happening right here in this we live in a city where the private sector is dominated largely by media and finance. and as i listen to willie talk about the collaboration between the school and the community. when you think about the psychological, the shareholders of the school are the parents and the community. the consumers are these kids. and you have a ceo and she has a board made up of her faculty. the only way any school, i don t care if it s a public school, private school, charter school function successfully is if all of the stake holders are not only a part, but contributing to the extent that they re supposed to. and that the kids are consuming the knowledge and the products that are being provided by this great school. i m excited as you talked about a
i think joe needs to review. oh, no. before i get to news. okay. willie, listen to this. and your art room downstairs, i copied five art room rules. and you want to apply these to morning joe. particularly to you and dr. geist. number one, respect yourself and others. okay. there s a problem there. willie and i know ourselves too well. number two is not going to go over well. listen carefully during instruction. that will not in fact, i m already bored with this list. number three is remain seated at all times. number four, raise your hand to ask a question. and number five, challenge yourself and be creative. so it s good lord. these are rules i think apply. there s a reason why my school when i was in fifth grade was not the best in the city which i lived in. so these are special kids. it s a special school, and more importantly, mika, the
i m talking about our commitment to education with starbucks. and we ve spent time in schools across the country from new orleans to tampa, florida, to los angeles. and now this morning, we shine a light on to another great success story in american education. this is the bronx charter school for excellence. we love it. this school is among the highest-ranking k-8 schools in all of new york state. and the fifth grade class sits atop all new york city schools. is there a teacher here? there s some teachers here! you re doing a great job! love it. it s an unbelievable success story. and i ll tell you why. we re going to meet some of the key educators here and find out what they re doing right. and we re going to find out how that formula can be emulated, not only across new york city, but also across the state and across the country. among our many guests this morning will be starbucks ceo howard schults, dr. jeffrey