On behalf of everybody at p and p and the staff here at sixth i welcome. You know we and pnp have been doing jointly sponsored author talks for a number of years. As much as we would have liked to have had you at our store on connecticut avenue, you just all would not have fit. So we really are very excited to be able to use this spacious and very beautiful and comfortable setting for author talks like the one this evening. And what a treat to have Thomas Friedman with us. And im sure youre familiar with his columns of the New York Times in his books. Note how great explain on just about everything he is. You can cut through the complexity of something and write about them as clearly as tom can. He says that the start of his new book that he went into journalism in part because he loves translating from english to english. And that has been evident in his work. When he focuses on in his new book, thank you for being late. Our several portions that he singled out as defining the world t
Interpretations of it that Congress Later had to reject and correct. The passage seems a bit wearied as if to say havent we been through all this before . But it also has the sound of a boxer jumping back into the ring for another round. Others who fought so long and hard might have grown frustrated for disappointments a fight equality entails. But as anyone who knows her can tell you, as the trainer whom we share as Justice Ginsburg told you often tells me justice indefatigible. Justice ginsburg would have been a giant of the law even if he would have never been a justice. The same is true of her although she has brilliantly extended those contributions as a judge. More than any other individual Ruth Bader Ginsburg is responsible for eliminating sex discrimination from american law. How has she done it . One of the constants of Justice Ginsburg style extending from the brief in 1971 to the advance decent in 2013 has been a keen attention to the realities of gender discrimination. Part
The japanese economy posted a record current deficit for december. As for europe, heres a look at the major averages in early trading. These are green arrows with modest advances. The cac is up by 10 points and the ftse is up by 5 points. Well go to Ross Westgate in a minute in london, but for now well go to andrew with the top corporate headlines. Thank you, becky. Welcome back to you and joe from pebble beach. Heres whats going on this morning, a big battle shaping up between carl ikahn and a major proxy firm iss. It is now recommending shareholders vote against the Share Buyback proposal for apple. In a report iss says the apple board has returned the bulk of the u. S. Generated cash to shareholders by aggressive stock buybacks and dividends payouts. In light of these goodfaith efforts and its past stewardship has retu , the boards latitude should thought be con striblgted by a Shareholder Resolution that would micromanage the companys Capital Allocation process. This could pave the
A question. Actually two questions. One, the portability aspect of new slegs legislation, how much does it conflict with state level Health Insurance and state level mandates that differ, of course, widely . How do you reconcile the provision that we have Health Coverage, all of it has a 10th amendment contest really. We stipulate that anybody that has a nexus for their Health Coverage with the federal government, then thats where it applies. So for example if our individual membership associations which would have a nexus with the federal government because it allows paur cross state lines, they would be able to own that. Individuals who are in any erisa plan, they would be able to own that. So it gets to that by making certain that everybody has a nexus with the federal overnment. One more quick question. I think weve seen how much patients and prospective patients are resistant to the law. Looking at the damages, pharmaceuticals, hospitals, clinics, how much pushback is Congress Hea