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here in boston, but this story was too important to be ignored, and this year it s even more important still because here is an amazing example of the qualities necessary for a president to take on the role of commander-in-chief. may i end? [applause] if any of you would like to buy the book i will happily sign it. i grew up in a small town not by any travel particularly about what books i checked out the local public library. all my life i ve been a reader and still want that book in my hand, so i m old-fashioned in wanting the hardcopy and i m reading at the moment biographies, history, things you might expect to somebody that ss interested in government politics to read a. of this is a new book to be written by arthur herman. i m trying to get it done so i don t have to carry another book i will soon be done with. i was meeting with john meacham describing a book and this is probably the next one on my list the story of two world war ii leaders in britain and the uni ....
incredible documents, spanning from everything from papal ambassador from the congo in 1608, to the first printing of the u.s. constitution, and so forth. it s an opportunity to get close to history through interaction with documents. what s exciting about this evening is that we not only have the documentation, but we also have living witnesses to history to 11 and deepen our understanding of these events. from the karen archive, we decided to expand the event. figure was on her way this evening and was instrumental in organizing the event by introducing me to jean the otherand panelists, but who unfortunately got stuck in denver in a snowstorm and was unable to join us. part of her collection is on display in the corner which she generously lent to us to show. through sue, serendipitously, by chance i came back to washington and have been to meet mary gallagher, who contacted me here in washington. collectionincredible she shared with me and has been kind enough to sh ....
leadership around the world. postmaster general make and brennan discussed the future of the u.s. postal service at a house oversight and government reform committee on wednesday. she outlined what policy changes could be made. this is 2.5 hours. the committee on oversight and government reform comes to order. thank you for being here. this is important and it affects every american. it is a vital part of the commerce in united states in the united states. we are here to talk about the postal service and to ensure options for long-term viability. 40% of the mill volume is carried through the united states postal service. workers are spread throughout the country and it is the backbone of a $1 trillion mailing industry that employs 7.5 billion people. 7.5 million people. there is an unprecedented financial crisis. mail volume has declined by 25%. as a result, the postal service has lost money for nine straight years, with nearly a decade of long-term financial ch ....
watch out below, investors. yes, and then there s disney. today, it opened its new park in shanghai, but it s overshadowed by the death of a toddler at disney world after an alligator attack. the finger pointing has begun. what a day. varney & company is about to begin. oh, don t like the look of this. watch out, everybody, stocks are going to be lower today after janet yellen and company leave interest rates unchanged. i m saying the central banks of the world are out of options, they ve become powerless, they re floundering. stocks on track for their sixth losing day in a row in the united states. now, here it may be the key number of the day. this is yield on the 10-year treasury, that s near a 10-year low. look, there s unease over britain s vote on leaving the european union. there s unease over central bankers, unease about a global recession, you add it up, rates down, stocks down. price of oil is down, too, way down at $47 per barrel as of now and edging l ....
sometimes teach very hard lessons and the past four trading sessions have been well, let s just say instructive. violent declines friday and monday following britain s vote to leave the european union. the dow lost 900 point, but then came tuesday. a 269-point gain for the dow. one oftoday, even better. stocks rallied around the globe and here in the u.s. all three indexes rising more than 1.5%. the lesson, what goes down fast can snap back equally quickly. today, the dow r close at 17,69. the average has now recovered more than half of its post vote losses. the nasdaq rose 87 and the s&p 500 climbed 34. for the record, the footsi 100 gained 3.6% today erasing all of its post brexit losses. and rising oil prices helped u.s. shares today. oil closed at 49.88 a barrel. that s up 4.2%. and another thing that might help stocked this week, it s the end of the quarter. many sec mat any. bob pisani takes a look at whether history could be an indication of an end of quarter ....