A new potential revenue stream for twitter. The Company Announcing a new video ard strategy, looks very similar to you tubes. We will discuss whether this could help turn the struggling social network around coming up. Elon musk has harsh words for apple, calling it the tesla graveyard. Yes, his words. Fourown grades for his company this week, is musz k getting scared of increasing competition . We will discuss. Tough week for tesla and elon musk. Lets start with the big moves. Weve been seeing in oil Jackie Deangelis monitoring the activity at the nymex. Good afternoon. A choppy session for oil by all skts, moving back and forth between positive and negative territory. We did close a little higher on the day, 49. 63 our intraday high 50. 92. So several days now making an assault on that 50 range. When will we close over it . Your guess is as good as mine. Having said that is correct the experts are still pointing to the fundamental story. We did see a decline in rig counts but when wi
Former intelligence officials from the clinton, bush and obama demonstrations spoke monday about the Government Security clearance process and recommendations for moving the system. From the Wilson Center, this is an hour and a half. Good morning welcome bright and early on monday to the Wilson Center. I and jane harman, president ceo recovering politician for many many years, too many for some of my detractors. I spent time in the house of representatives working on security and intelligence issues and numbers of people sitting here are my friends on a bipartisan basis. Im very excited that we are doing something truly useful this morning, which is to host a Panel Discussion on security clearance, and nextgen overhaul. If you dont understand what nextgen means you probably should leave the room. Todays problems are digital. Too many of our policies and politicians are analyzed. Anyone who has held a secret or top secret clearance knows what i mean. Parts of our system fit the 19th cen
Representatives working on security and intelligence issues and numbers of people sitting here are my friends on a bipartisan basis. Im very excited that we are doing something truly useful this morning, which is to host a Panel Discussion on security clearance, and nextgen overhaul. If you dont understand what nextgen means you probably should leave the room. Todays problems are digital. Too many of our policies and politicians are analyzed. Anyone who has held a secret or top secret clearance knows what i mean. Parts of our system fit the 19th century like the paper timecards we are stuck with it. Not kidding. Bottom line if we want a workforce with secure and talented our approach to security clearances needs an overhaul asap. The way we do business right now and at least three serious problems. First, we are not getting the right people in the door. More than ever we need individuals with Language Skills and cultural staff working in National Security but its too hard for a native
Help them to see your glorious image in humanity and search for opportunities to empower those on lifes margins. Lord, inspire them to trust the unfolding of your loving providence, so that they will not become weary in doing what is right. May they live with such integrity that your purposes will be accomplished on earth, remind us all that it is in giving that we receive. And through dying to self we are born to eternal life. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell madam president . The presiding officer the republican leader is recognized. Mr. Mcconnell there are a lot of reasons to like the broad Bipartisan Energy bill which is before us. Youll like it if youre an american interested in producing more energy. Youl
Down big on new sanctions from the president yesterday. Road map begins with microsoft cutting a massive 18,000 jobs as part of restructuring focused on streamlines operations. Morgan stanley merely beating the street and blackstone trounss expectations. We will break it down for you. Hug it out. Icahn and ackman make up, but the highlights you did not see coming up. Microsoft announces a Restructuring Plan in the elimination of 18,000 jobs over the next year as they look to simplify operations and align the recently acquired nokia hand set business with the overall strategy. This is a charch of 1. 6 billion in the next four quarters. In an email, the ceo said, quote, as part of mod earnizing the processes, the disciplines change making the decisions to change are difficult, but necessary. Guys, the expectations had been for somewhere between 6 and 12. This is more. Yeah. Its about 18 of the pree nokia work force of 99,000. I think why people like this is because what these job cuts ar