justices have to determine if the memorial is a religious symbol that violates the first amendment separation of church and state. this is just over one hour and 10 minutes. > there thank you, justice, and may it please the court. first, the families in the legion built at 93 years ago to commemorate 49 brave souls who gave their lives in world war i and has stood since that time without challenge. second, it is no ordinary cross. at the center is the american legion symbol, it is gigantic. a base and 4 huge capital letters are the words of valor, endurance, courage and devotion. third, not a single word of religious content appears anywhere. rather, the base has a nine foot plaque listing the 49 names, and forth, the monument is situated in veterans memorial park alongside other war memorials. justice sotomayor: do you know how many other parks are like this one? i have looked at pictures and it s an unusual part because there is major highways dividing it up. it is a most
it s up another half a percent. we ll get disney s earnings after the bell today. apple is thought of as sort of the lead dog. it s the largest company out there. i think disney is the company to watch these days. what a performance it has turned in. meanwhile, aetna out with earnings this morning. it s getting a big boost from medicare and medicaid these days. we have a first on cnbc interview with ceo mark bert bertolini. breathtaking consolidation in that industry. really looking forward to that. also rock star and actor rick springfield is joining us at the new york stock exchange. we ll talk about his latest film with meryl streep and what he thinks about taylor swift s harsh words for spotify. ring springfield has sold 25 million albums in his career. that s a lot of potatoes. i m sure he has some comments about streaming these days and whether or not that is a way for a musician to want to get paid whether the compensation is enough. taylor swift says it s no
have built up pretty steadily. there was a gain for wti. it s down a dollar. and here s what s on the agenda economically. tomorrow, look for july new home sales, followed by existing home sales and thursday, that s why it s called weekly jobless cams and on friday, it s the second estimate on the second quarter gdp. two for two. second estimate on the second. first on the first. third on the third. symposium in kansas city. oh, no, it s jackson hole. and i guess luhoyia was taken. hp, tole brothers. and now to the latest on the battle over control of viacom. it looks like this battle is over. and i believe dauman will be sticking around unsill september 16th. and redstone removed dauman from his trust and planned to sell paramount pictures. his daughter largely behind much of this. he s going to receive about $72 million under the settlement agreement. this was probably the way you had to imagine it went with the redstones owning 80% of the vote. check out shares of
10-year note yield around 1.6 and crude oil the story as oil prices down, as you see it right there. maybe we get the fed moving before the end of the year, right as we come out of the jackson hole meeting. a look, though, at wti. let s get to our road map this morning. on this late august monday. mylan, the controversy continues. the company announcing a generic version of its epi pen. it is going to be enough to satisfy critics and congress? the herbalife hedge fund drama man here we are, year three, four, five, ackman, icahn, going yet another round. on this battleground stock. we ll have news from williams by the way responding to activist pressure and the proxy fight that is looming for the company. it nominates three new independent directors to its board. i will give you updates there in terms of what we can expect on that front. first, though, let s get to the broader markets. economic data to consider this week includes friday s key job reports especially after yelle
they re flat in the uk. we ve taken that apple money and applied it immediately to the stock. they are. they re also still buying bonds up like crazy over there. put the money there s so many weird things going on they re actually hoping to fund the transaction by which denon is buying bonds. any way, let s get to bonds, you answered, 158, crude down today and you can see brent nearing at least $50 a share. we ve got the latest s&p 500 case chiller report, showing home prices rose 5.9%. and that s why unemployment are strong, and paychecks, doing consistently strong business. we keep running into these numbers that are somewhat positive. we ll get to conversations about the broader market. want to get to the roadmap, as well and it starts with apple, which is the market also. the european ordering the company to pay over $14 billion in back taxes. plus, any hopes of a deal off. and a bid for hersheys, saying there is no actionable way forward. i ll give you the