the three, up about 3.38%. overnight in asia, shanghai came back big-time. as you see there, up 5.3%. the hang seng, 3.6%. the chinese did seem to intervene a bit to help things along in china. as for our ten-year note, we started this week. we were below 2% on the ten-year. no longer. back to 2.20 despite those comments. crude oil above 40. the first time i have seen that in a few days. let s get to our road map. has the market bottomed for now? for good, for a while? another upgrade for amazon. why now is, quote, an attractive entry snoint. retail pain continues. tiffany and williams sonoma both disappoint and both stocks are looking down this morning. we begin with stocks on track to maintain momentum from wednesday s big rally. futures extend gains after data shows second quarter gdp revised upward to 3.7%. that s up from an initial estimate of 2.3%. this comes one day after a 4% jump on the s&p. the dow also posted a gain of more than 600 points. that was the first t
wayne smith who served as a combat medic during vietnam. we wanted to get home. we just wanted to survive. and yet there is an enormous guilt that stays with me and many my brothers and sisters today that we should have known better. we should have been sitting where you are. that we should have been more active, more informed, and more in opposition to that war. amy: all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. as the nation celebrates memorial day, we look back at the vietnam war. fifty years ago, on march 7, 1965, 3500 u.s. marines landed in south vietnam, marking the start of the u.s. ground war in vietnam. that same day, in alabama, state troopers beat back civil rights protesters in selma trying to walk over the edmund pettus bridge. weeks later, the first teach-in against the vietnam war was held at the university of michigan. by 1968, the u.s. had half a million troops in vietnam. the war continu
challenge all forms of injustice. amy: memorial day, we look back at the vietnam war. fifty years ago, on march 7, 1965, 40 years after it ended. vietnam: the power of protest. that was the number of a conference held in washington d.c.. we will hear from ron dellums pat schroeder, tom hayden and wayne smith who served as a combat medic during vietnam. we wanted to get home. we just wanted to survive. and yet there is an enormous guilt that stays with me and many my brothers and sisters today that we should have known better. we should have been sitting where you are. that we should have been more active, more informed, and more in opposition to that war. amy: all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. as the nation celebrates memorial day, we look back at the vietnam war. fifty years ago, on march 7, 1965, 3500 u.s. marines landed in south vietnam, marking the start of the u.s. ground war in vietnam.
good morning, everyone. this thursday in new york city. you are watching bloomberg television. i am erik schatzker. i am stepping in today for stephanie ruhle. see the resemblance? time now for the new speed. top business stories or around the world. twitter. at cfoame to the company as and moved to coo in 2012. retail sales rose .3% of a percent in may, less than forecast. still on the upside. revised figures show april sales were much larger than first report. is co-coo of bnp paribas stepping down in the midst of the investigation. he will leave at his own request. askedp bank regulator that he be dismissed. authorities want bnp paribas to pay as much as $10 billion to settle claims of illegal dealings with iraq and sudan. big implication overseas. this could affect oil prices around the globe. al qaeda has seized control of the second largest city in moving closer to baghdad i the day. here is how this is playing out in the oil markets. you can see the response. in a mo