Department was cultural affairs. For those who are less familiar, how many you here is this your first visit. Okay, a warm welcome. Also welcome back to previous attendees. Founded in 1785 by 22 artisans, today our 234yearold organization continues to serve the people of city of new york. We do this through our cultural and educational programs. Our lecture series. Our general society library. Celebrating 200 years next year. Your tuitionfree mechanics instituted. And john m mofman law collection up stairs. You find more information on the blue and white post card on your seat. We have such a wonderful start to this years le lockture seasn lecture season. Tonight, susan renald, her biography of conde nast. I want to mention. You have an opportunity to purchase this book, it is stunning cover. Later, be aware you have this opportunity, i am sure susan would be happy to sign the book for you. I want to mention cspan are also filming this talk tonight. This program will also be rebroadcas
This is a trade war that seems stob a manufacturing trade war to what extent we get that tomorrow it should be noted that last months ism services was a very bullish number which had the markets reverse a twotai plunge like the one we had when people thought okay here we go but you had adp showing the labor market could be if you look at the threemonth average on jobs on adp down about 85,000 over the 12in month but not much changing. Karen you said last night you were getting worried youre more worried on a relative basis more worried today. A little more today but i see a lot for fear in the market right . Things are feeling a little panicky. Not superpanic but one of the things i watch closely is the vicks we had a big spike in the vix today. I think now is not the time to buy volatility i think this move too far too fast if anything if we have the story, the eu tariffs are that just came out, if thats sort of carb shall that with tesla numbers i guess well get to later if that star
Familiar with the general society and if you dont mind im going to ask. How many of you here this evening is this your first event . A warm welcome and of course a welcome back to previous attendees. The general society was founded in 1785 by 22 artisans. Today our 234yearold organization continues to serve the people of the city of new york. We do this through our cultural and educational programs. They include our lecture series which of course is the lecture to the party. The general Society Library which will be celebrating 200 years next year. Our tuition free Mechanics Institute and the john m. Loughlin and collection which you are welcome to visit after our talk this evening and that is upstairs. Youll find more information on the blueandwhite postcard on your seats. Now we have such a wonderful start to this years lecture season. I have the pleasure of welcoming critically acclaimed biographer susan ronald who tonight will discuss her accuracy of conde nast the Public Affairs a
Open up higher, just a little higher, and yes, we are still very close to record highs. The dow is going to be up maybe 15, 20 points. Very small gain for the s p, 11 points up for the nasdaq, but up is the operative word of the day. Now look at this. Street battles in hong kong. That is the right word to use. Water cannon was in use, police pointed their guns. There is a report of a shot fired in the air. Chinas leader has a growing problem in his own backyard. Tomorrows october 1st. Chinas big day. The last thing xi jinping wants is more violence in the form of british colony. Big protests are planned. We will be looking at the impact of this on china trade and yes, on your money. Look at this, too. Huge fire at a new billion dollar train station in saudi arabia. That comes on the heels of the attack on the big oil refinery there, and the shooting death of a saudi general who was a bodyguard to top saudi leaders. Plus a reported attack on an American Military installation in somalia.
A senate agent on robo call fraud. A pennsylvania sheriff, u. S. Postal inspector and Telecommunications Consultant testify on the impact of robo call scams and how to better educate the public. An hour and 45 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Good morning. Protect american seniors from scammers who seek to defraud them is a central goal of this committee. In the past six years we have held 23 hearings on fraud and scams targeting our seniors. Using phones and the internet, they have proven to be relentless. To protect our nation seniors, we must continue not only to prosecute con artists who steal literally billions from our seniors, but to also find new, more effective ways to block a legal spoofing and robo calls at the network level. Last year robo callers generated more than 26 billion unwanted calls that reached American Mobile phones. When land lines are included, the number soars to 48 billion. In may alone, our residents received an astonishing 93 million robo calls las