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Welcome to the center for American Progress, i am the executive Vice President of external affairs. Im so delighted that you could join us today. In our recent report reviving antitrust, it highlighted the idea that the economy has grown more consolidated with more power be good time concentrated in the largest firms in america. This is in no small part of the conservative assault on both government and the middle class. This assault has played out not just in the courts, but in antitrust enforcement practices of the department of justice, the federal trade commission, and at a wider range of ...

Now moving to some challenge territory when theyll be taking you through. Before that, let me mention something i start with about the choice of the day. And there were a few chuckles. April fools day, why would she do it . And we see throughout medieval history. Its not just between powerful, but conventional ideas and assumptions on which we want to challenge today in an open and respectful way. You notice here there are two empty chairs. These chairs along to you and the audience says at least temporarily belong to you. This process invites you to join the table at some point if you want to...

Its my pleasure to invite tracy gordon, who is a senior fellow in the brookings urban tax policy center. She is a leading scholar and specialist in the area of state and local finance, and we are so delighted to have her as part of the urban team and working on these issues. And she is going to present work and research that shes done with colleagues at ucla and kick off our next panel conversation. Tracy . Thank you very much, erika. And thank to my colleagues at the urban institute and the Lincoln Institute of land policy. Such a terrific program. Very excited to be here today and talk about...

We have a market flash on at t. Take a look at shares of at t and time warner. Bloomberg reporting that Senior Executives at at t and time warner have been meeting to discuss various business combinations including a possible merger. It says the talks are in early stages but reportedly the talks of a combination and reported take over has been discussed. Shares of at t are lower but we are looking at timec warner higher on this report. Back to you guys. Here we go again. Thank you. The days leading up to final president ial debate have been packed with blows to both camps. The candidates took...

And im dominic chu sitting in for wilfred frost this morning. U. S. Stocks are on their strongest threeday rally since the turmoil in august. The dow and the s p up more than 5 , the nasdaq gaining around 6. 5 . This is the First Time Since october of 2011 that the s p 500 has rallied at least 1 in three straight sessions. U. S. Equity futures right now pointing to what could be perhaps a little bit more of a modest pause well call it. Its early. Were not really moving anywhere. The s p, dow, and nasdaq relatively flat as we approach this mornings session. So again, sara, an interesting move o...