Gentleman from tennessee, dr. Roe and the gentleman from california, mr. Takano, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. Mr. Roe i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The speaker pro tempore so granted. Mr. Roe i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the chairman is recognized. Mr. Roe i rise in support h. R. 4533 as amended, a bill to designate the collective Health Care Facilities of the department of Veterans Affairs v. A. In lexington, kentucky as the lexington, v. A. Health care system, to designate the Lexington Medical Center lease salsleythe franklin are campus. This bill is sponsored by my good friend congressman andy barr from kentucky and im grateful for introducing this legislation. One Health Care Facility of the department of veteran affairs located at 2250 in leasetown road would be the would be named after private first class salsly.
Now the lowest since november. Our road map begins with the atand the gop on the verge the president and the gop on the verge of a much needed win. Plus apple making the 1 billion bet on manufacturing, launching a new fund to invest in u. S. Jobs. We elle a well tell you what tim cook told jim. Its a big morning on the hill as the house is slated to vote on the Health Reform bill. It would give the president the biggest legislative victory to date. Some gop congressmen have shifted from no to yes after an amendment was added to help cover preexisting conditions. Theyre calling it the upton amendment, jim. The question is, whats the future for the bill, if it does pass the house and the senate and if that happens, does the reflation trade is the path cleared once again . I think it is. I think this would be rather remarkable if they get it through. Just to get it to the senate so they can Start Talking about economics. Because yesterday, the fed issued a statement that was incredibly ha
Panda this week on press here. Good morning, everyone, im scott mcgrew. The only way i can explain the Chinese Company le eco to you is what if somebody saw what apple is doing and says we need to do that, but bigger. If apple is showing off a new phone, lets have an event showing off a new phone, and a new tv, and vr goggles, and bicycles, and the bicycles should have lasers on them. And to top it all off, an electric car. Thats how they introduced themselves to Silicon Valley. Also there was an open bar, so your move, apple. To build all these things, le eco needs people. So they cut a ribbon on a Silicon Valley headquarters and says theyll hire thousands, which leads us to the question, who are these guys . Chief rnd officer at le eco and will put up by all of our questions. Lets start with the basics. How do we pronounce the basics of the company . Le eco. Ill write that down. Im not french, it means joy in mandarin. The original name was joy and it was, so le tv is what we know th
Fact we are seeing this Dollar Strength, yen weakness, and the nikkei and topix at those 2016 highs. The nikkei up by. 2 . Significant weakness in shanghai, down. 7 . Hong kong, down by 1. 2 , only to stocks on the hang seng in the black. Australia, a at better than expected employment number, 39 thousand 100 jobs created over the last month, but you did see the Unemployment Rate pickups likely, participation higher, so a dip in terms of the australian markets, also korea, the bank of korea leaving rates on hold at 1. 25 as expected. Have a look at the offshore theinbi, down. 2 against dollar, six point 9381. We did see a weaker fix from the pboc once again. That is the weakest level we have seen since august 29. The aussie dollar has recovered after that jobs data come up by 74. 24. Bonds, you are seeing a little bit of movement in terms of the yield on the australian 10 year note. Bonds getting a little bit of a bid today. Thank you so much. Lets check on the markets, and we get back
Back to shareholders. Shell divests its oil sands, investments for 7. 5 billions and agrees to buy Marathon Oil Canada in a joint deal with canadian natural. Cnbc speaks to Ben Van Beurden at 19 10. And altice shares move higher boosted by u. S. Growth. Well be speaking with ceo Michael Combes at 10 30 cet. Good morning. It is ecb day, the day before the jobs number in the u. S. Excitement and on the back of the super strong adp employment figure we had yesterday. Blew it out of the water. The fed hike next week is baked in the cake. It would take a lot for them not to hike. The jobs report tomorrow is about how many more hikes will we get in 2017. Thats the key focal point. Then we have some interesting news, akzo nobel shares soaring after rejecting a bid from Ppg Industries. They say they received an unsolicited proposal which undervalues the company. Akzo nobel says it is reviewing Strategic Options to separate its Specialty Chemicals business. It will consider alternative ownershi