Tell us volatility is back, but were not seeing it. This morning the vix is trading at 10. It marked the second time this year that the vix traded below 10. Overnight in asia, take a look and youll see the nikkei was up by 0. 7 . Hang seng was up by a third of a percent. The shanghai was down by a third of a percentage point. In europe, some of the early trading, things are relatively calm. Ftse up by a half percentage point. Modest gains for the cac and dax. Among the top stories, big news out of hollywood. The Writers Guild of america reaching a tentative agreement with the alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers avoiding a Writers Strike. They reached an agreement just after midnight. The Writers Guild had threatened to strike today if an agreement was not in place. Infosys making a big bet on america. The Company Announcing it will create 10,000 jobs here in the United States of the next two years. Those jobs will focus on the cloud, Artificial Intelligence and big data
American modernism and the role it played in the cold war. He argues that in an effort to win over skeptical intellectuals and cultural critics around the institutions in the United States such as the cia and state department promoted thatnism in order to prove they were sophisticated and on the cutting edge. This was posted by New York University. Mr. Barnhisel it is particularly special for me to be back here because i received my ba here. It is a real thrill to return here. In fact in many ways my book got its start in this building. Gradt mean in the usual student way, where this is where you start your research. To New York University as a pretty naive guy. I had barely been out of oregon. I did know anything about new york city. I had resolved to pay my own way in the city without any family help. Down a workstudy job here in the basement of those library, but i quickly learned that a 10 hour work week wasnt going to pay rent and living expenses. So even in a much cheaper time. J
[inaudible] the role that [inaudible] have had in strengthening the Iraqi Kurdistan . You repeat that . Yes. If you could please comment on the role that exxon, the oil company exxonmobil. Yeah, sorry. Okay. Thank you. Exxon is one of a number of Large International Oil Companies that have signed exploration and production agreements with the regional government. They did that under threat from baghdad, that they might lose their positions and privilege to develop oil fields in parts of iraq. P. M. They need a Banking Sector they need to be involved in regional trade, but oil is king, and exxon has played a leading role. Seems like a good place to leave these things. David, once again, you have given us a comprehensive sweep of the kurdish issue as well as the politics of the entire region. Again, the book is othe kurdish spring a new map of the middle east. And here with author david phillips. Please join me in thanking him for his insights today. [applause] booktv is on twitter and f
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