Priorities for the 2018 farm bill. The needs are certainly great. Every day our producers encounter extreme and unpredictable weather and pests to name a few. Researches and institutions tasked with these challenges are directed to do so with minimal federal resources and an aging infrastructure. Crafting the agriculture improvement act of and i along with members of this committee recognized that we had to continue to build on the strong history of Agriculture Research in the United States. With the enactment of the bill, the primary department of Agriculture Research education authorities were reauthorize z including the Agriculture Research and the National Institute of food and agriculture. Funds including the hatch act and the smith lever mccann tis sten nis and evans allen were extended and competitive Grant Programs were included to support Research Facilities and equipment improvements. Provisions were included to bring incompetent to 1890 and 1994 institutions. The farm and Ra
Selfdriving car ambitions and why that may actually be good news for the stock. Plus hong kong looks to get its property sector back on the right foot and its investor happy to go along for the ride. Shares of bumble sink as we go to the open. Its wednesday, february 28th, 2024, and youre watching Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc. Good morning. Welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im frank holland. Were going to kick off this hour with a check of u. S. Stock futures after a bit of a mixed day for stocks that saw the dow close lower but the s p and nasdaq finished very slightly higher. Right now you can see red across the board. It looks like the tow could open at 145 points lower. Nasdaq is the hardest hit, down over a half a percent. At least 46 s p 500 stocks are trading at 52week highs or a alltime highs with big tech or communication services. Take a look at some of the names. Were talking about ross stores, ulta beauty, tractor supply, volcan materials. Russell 2000 is coming off i
Watch the tenyear, near 2. 3 now. Fedex does miss expectations, cuts guidance. Shares are down sharply in the premarket. Well have a cnbc exclusive with hewlettpackards meg whitman. And the stage is set for what could end in the merger of the worlds two biggest beermakers. First up, so much going on one day after that rally on wall street. The fed kicking off that twoday meeting today with a decision on rates due tomorrow. Possibly the first rate hike in about nine years. One barometer of the economy, fedex missing with Quarterly Earnings and cutting its full year guidance. Sabmiller receiving a takeover approach from Anheuser Busch inbev. You have been busy. This is not something we have been unaware of. Many of us have been chasing it so a certain extent. Well get into more detail later, that Anheuser Busch, they did not want this to leak out the way it did. The time clock has started under uk takeover law. They have 28 days to make an offer. There is financing, the family which owns
And it limits on its Nuclear Program are lifted. Senator corker. Iran has misled us in the past when it comes to their Nuclear Program. Senator markey. What a condemnation of iran. What an indictment of this nuclear deal with iran. But this indictment comes from the supporters of the deal. In spite of their own words these democrats have chosen to give iran billions of dollars that would be used to fund terror and war and ultimately put iran on the path to Nuclear Weapons. So let there be no mistake for history about the consequence of these democrats choice. With iran detonates a nuclear device, these democrats will bear responsibility. When i read launches a missile capable of hitting the United States, these democrats will bear responsibility. With iran kills more americans as it has in iraq and afghanistan, lebanon, saudi arabia and elsewhere, these democrats will bear responsibility. When iran imprisons american hostages, these democrats will build responsibility. When iran attack
Impact of u. S. Taiwan relations on the countrys relationship with china. John mchugh spoke tuesday about the future of the u. S. Army. His remarks focused on military readiness, budget cuts, veterans mental health, and the accidental shipment of live anthrax to labs around the country. From the American Enterprise institute, this is an hour. Good morning. Welcome to the American Enterprise institute. Good afternoon now. It is a pleasure to have all of you and our guest of honor. Were rounding our series with the Service Secretaries after coming off our series with the joint chiefs last year. I cant think of a better way to end it. It is like a cherry on the sundae with john mchugh. On the eve of his retirement from not just the defense department, but Government Service hes a true Civil Servant in every respect. Hes been an unsung hero for the army and the soldiers that are in it for forever. Not just in his capacity in the executive branch, but during his long tenure in the house of