Jenkins. When did you decide you wanted to be a writer . Guest i think i knew early on. My teachers identified in maine a talent for writing that they call journalistic. My father was a Political Science professor. Our house is full of books. My mother said i got the writing gene from her. Host where did you grow up . Guest in philadelphia. Host when did you get the first tent that writing would be your life . Was it high school or college . Guest i think it was in second or third grade. They had us wrote an essay about what if our shoes walked off without us. And i wrote something so charming that they published it. I told them i was going to put on my sneaky sneakers and sneak off after them. Host where did you go to college . Guest hobart in upstate new york. Host and then what . Guest i moved to boston for a while with my college cronies. None of us had any money so we did whatever we could. Once i got enough of a nest egg, i applied to journalism chool. So i spent a year in chicag
Out of the accord a year ago. China is expected to announce this month it will resume buying american soybeans. Bloomberg has learned that most of the crop will end up in government reserves. The purchases will provide some who have u. S. Farmers seen exports to the Worlds Largest consumer plummet in their own inventories pile up. President trump and the chinese president have pledged to resolve trade tensions. ,lobal news, 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries, im Mark Crumpton , this is bloomberg. Welcome to bloomberg markets. From bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, these are the top headlines. Laid, theresa may steps back from tomorrows crunch parliamentary vote to avoid a huge defeat in the house of commons. Low for the u. S. Martin whitaker is here with the 2018 ranking of americas most Just Companies. Doolittle is here first. We are halfway into the trading day that looks to be a little light. Abigail we opened higher and t
Fed chief powell i have said, he is way too bullish on the economy, and today he did a compete about face we have been talking about it out here, and he seemingly changed his mind hence todays mag n magnificent rally. The s p skyrockets 2. 3 . And the nasdaq pulled more than 2. 5 he told us that Interest Rates would have to go up substantially. The result, the market went into bear mode crushing all sectors and it was the end of economic expansion. We spent a huge am of time talking to executives in the show the more i realized that powell was being too exuberant. Going on and on about first the slow down in housing, a decline in car sales and then an unrelenting plunge in oil which threatens to bring down the strongest part of the economy, and finally a slow down in resent sales. In the end, i accused the fed of not doing enough homework or maybe on anecdotal information about the strength or of course the only prism that seemed to matter, employment just when powell was as his most i
Joe kayser he announced his withdrawal following pressure to respond to allegations of saudi involvement in the killing of journalist jamal to shoot a turnaround last week when qasr said he was still planning to attend in a statement posted on his linked in profile he said i will not attend the future Investment Initiative twenty eighteen its the cleanest decision but not the most courageous one and its not a decision against the kingdom or its people its a decision based on how much responsibility one can assume at one time for now the truth must be found and justice must be served. Cases one of several Business Leaders who find themselves in a moral quandary in the run up to the side of the conference but the wording of his statement especially his eagerness not to condemn his would be host its a reminder that for Many Companies this is primarily a tradeoff between profits and p. R. Our financial correspondent been following this news surrounding the conference he joins us now younes
Follows the republican candidate for senate in arizona a race that the republicans need to win to keep their razor thin majority. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program turkish president branch of thai air to juan is expected to reveal the results of an official investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi today he died at the saudi consulate in istanbul but the details of his death have been obscured by contradictory accounts from riyadh and a steady drip of revelations from the turkish media u. S. President donald trump finally joined other World Leaders yesterday in expressing skepticism at rehab story but its only later today that aired one will deliver what he has promised to be the naked truth. Hand in hand for the last time. This recently released c. C. T. V. Footage shows Jamal Khashoggi and his fiance at the residence on the morning of october second and then walking to the saudi consulate in istanbul. From which he never emerged. In the weeks since the journali