And the whole weekend we have lined up for you. Of ceremonies, its my responsibility to introduce our speakers and to keep you informed of our schedule and any updates or additions as the day progresses. Most of you in the audience are now seasoned veterans who have attended our programs before. I do want to stress that due to the tight schedule of great programming, we will stick to the itinerary and timings as closely as we can, so as to ensure that everyone gets enough time for their presentations, and that so the question and answer sessions provide you all with enough opportunity to ask the speakers specifically what you want to know. I do want to point out that the speakers biographies are in the back of your official programs. Please refer to that for more personal details. For ouring lecture espionage symposium is general , he served under general patton and world war ii and worked his way through the ranks, following the war. Including an important posting at the pentagon. Aft
One china policy should be tied to trade. Prices, this Historic Deal to cut output. Oil jumping over 4 . Jumping to the highest since july 2015. Saudi arabia signaling it is ready to cut output more than agreed, while a nonopec countries including russia agreeing to pump less. Sophie we will have more about that deal in a bit, 30 minutes away from the open in china and hong kong. Singapore, taiwan, and malaysia coming online. What is going on in the oil patch . Game inhere is only one town, and it is demolishing every other safe haven. Gold retreating, bonds falling, all on the account of renewed Risk Appetite after the meeting between opec and nonopec members. Saudi arabias surprising the markets, saying it is willing to cut more than pledged. Russia and other noncartel members coming on board as well. Stocks, oil Energy Stocks leading the gains. Energyheavy markets like a straight up, the nikkei 225 getting that double boost, oil majors leading gains, but the impact of a weaker yen,
We have a great show to kick off a big week for the markets. We will discuss what 2017 holds for u. S. Monetary policy. As italy lines up another new premier, in turkey comes to terms with the bombing istanbul, we will focus on the market and Political Risk in europe. As crude oil surges, we also speak live to the Nigerian Petroleum minister on surveillance at 9 40 u. K. Time. Lets check on the markets. This is a picture for oil, gaining 5. 1 at 54. It surged the highest in 17 months as efforts to cut production sent the 10year treasury yield above 2. 5 . Chinese equities tumbling. European shares holding to what we saw last week, pretty much flat. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra president elect donald trump says hes close to naming his secretary of state, dropping hints it could be exxon mobils ceo. A person close to the transition on hasnt beenrs formally offered the job yet but is likely to be the pick. Italys prize minister designate has been hol
Conversation. We are grateful to cspan for broadcasting this evening. And for their support in taking what is a critical topic as part of the commemorative activities of world war i and to public. It seems to me that the experience of the american response to world war i represents something of the very essence of the american experiment. Who could not argue that the core values of america were expressed by the belgian relief efforts during world war i . They said they had been organized by hoover for the commission of release of belgium. Grassroots to response of National Crisis in belgium and france. Starvation due to the ravages of war. It seems to me that it is expressive of so many of the core values that seem to claim us as we think about this american experiment. Through the efforts of hoover and the commission, of the 9 Million People, each day were fed in belgium and north france. The opportunity to discuss contemporary parallels as it relates to need certainly are tempting. T
Conversation. We are grateful to cspan for broadcasting this evening. And for their support in taking what is a critical topic as part of the commemorative activities of world war i and to public. It seems to me that the experience of the american response to world war i represents something of the very essence of the american experiment. Who could not argue that the core values of america were expressed by the belgian relief efforts during world war i . They said they had been organized by hoover for the commission of release of belgium. Grassroots to response of National Crisis in belgium and france. Starvation due to the ravages of war. It seems to me that it is expressive of so many of the core values that seem to claim us as we think about this american experiment. Through the efforts of hoover and the commission, of the 9 Million People, each day were fed in belgium and north france. The opportunity to discuss contemporary parallels as it relates to need certainly are tempting. T