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Capitalal has changed its business and cites among other things ge capitals exit of the u. S. And consumer businesses and transformation of its funding model. You might recall during the financial crisis ges finance arm almost took the company down and since that time, it has certainly changed that this or i should say last year undertaking an aggressive plan to reduce ge capital selling over half of its assets and, indeed, since that time, it sold about 166 billion or signed 166 billion worth o...

Hospital, the chief of staff who so generously allowed us to broadcast from the harlem atrium. Its a wonderful place. It was important because while we usually broadcast from schaumburg it was important to introduce another harlem institution and interestingly enough to have a more literally the harlem hospital live, the schaumburg in another way but i wanted you to just know that harlem is a vibrant community, a community that in many ways sustains not only those who live here but is the idea o...

To. A book i am rereading. I am also reading a book at the National Gallery a week or so ago called the accidental masterpiece. It is about how you see art and to me i am a great lover of art, every day objects, everywhere you look. An interesting book i picked up. You see by my office, i do my own art. And keep my day job here. Reading, i want to mention, is foundational. I was not born in this country. English is not my first language. I credit a library and in Elementary School who awakened m...

Were now in the billiard room which is one of the rooms that was built as part of the addition that the blaines made to the house in 1872. This is also a room which has been a place to hang photographs and in some cases the christmas cards of the previous first families. The first family was the millikens, and this is a large family, Carl Milliken and his wife are shown in the photograph along with their large family. There have been 21 families who have called the blaine house their home from t...

Along with their large family. There have been 21 families who have called the blaine house their home from the millikins in 1920 to currently Governor Paul Lepage and his wife first Lady Ann Lepage beginning in 2011. Today when we think of james g. Blaine in maine, i think we think primarily of the blaine house. It really is a symbol of both the maine governorship. And also of the state of maine as a whole. I think it is probably as well known a house as any in the state, and thus the equating ...

I know exactly the year, with then congressman Dick Gephardt who was running for president. And i knew dick quite well and i was chatting with him and i asked him, do you know the last member of the house who was elected from the house to become president . And he said no. I said, well, let me give you a hint. Do you know who the only member of the house who was elected straight from the house to be president . And he still said no. And i said garfield. And he said they shot him. And i said your...

Jeff bezos is in a pitch battle with donald trump. Would a President Trump give amazon antitrust problems . Look at that. A hockey fight breaks out a the a baseball game. Whats the penalty for a big right hook . Did you hear that . Order, order. We will indeed have order. Order Varney Company is about to begin. [laughter] yes, well, now, were almost halfway through and just about dead flat for the calendar year 2016. We will open ever so slightly lower this monday morning. Were actually about no...

Some events you can attend later this morning. Check out world war ii. There are wings of freedom tour in livermore. In the south bay, san jose metropolitan band at memorial park. In San Francisco, is there a march with veterans at the San Francisco National Cemetery and 21gun salute. A memorial day tradition returns to hawaii. Thousands of floating lanterns will light up the water. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to head to the shoreline. People light candles and let them floating in...

Coast. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s. As we approach noon, well see numbers around the trivalley climbing through the low 80s. Highs today in the low 90s in livermore and pleasanton. 7 and the trend ahead turns even hotter as we head towards tuesday. Well talk about mid 90s in the forecast over the next few days in our full forecast. 4 31. Breaking news in iraq. Isis has unleashed a new wave of bombing in commercial areas around baghdad. 20 people confirmed dead in three separate attacks. We h...

Offer for monsanto in what could be the largest merger of the year fit goes through. The acquisition would create a global giant in agriculture technology. Monsanto traded well below the offer price of 122 a share, a sign that shareholders are skeptical and may not be that enthusiastic about signing off on that deal. But the ceo of behr says the combination makes sense and hes not concerned about regulatory issues. The beauty of this combination is that both businesses are highly complementary. ...