i called out siemens because it's by a distance the world's biggest automation company.ation is a portion of its total, about 25%. other names i call out in the u.s., stocks like cognex, another one in europe that makes robots and a bunch of companies in japan in particular two that we find very attractive. >> thanks. good to hear from you.picks? >> we own emerson. we started buying it a couple of weeks ago and in process automation they delivered 23% organic growth and so i think that company is doing a decent job and a very tough environment because a lot of other businesses are really seeing head winds but they did a good job on margin control and we were pretty impressed with the quarter and buying it under 50. >> a good month for emerson. >> for emerson and the industrials. i think a lot of industrial names are starting to move higher and as stephanie mentioned, the earnings autoof these names don't tell me of a mayor headwind out there. that's part of the thesis on the s&p going higher. >> taking on the greenback, as well as the euro gains ground today. time for pr

politicians that are there on this visit a group of around twenty in the delegation including people like siemens and volkswagen who are all there to show that the eurozone still is a stable market to invest in but china has its own vested interest in seeing the eurozone stick together europe is china's biggest export market so they will be support there from beijing to keeping the monetary union together both just expect some kind words they shouldn't be any talk of cash coming forward from china to help the ailing eurozone now there is talk of a special relationship between germany and china not unsettle some people in brussels who feel a little left out when you look at the figures you can see why some nations would be feeling like they're not getting a slice of the pie trade between the two countries is set to rise to around two hundred and eighty billion dollars by the year twenty fifteen well the reason that the to make such good economic bedfellows at the moment is that germany produces the machinery needed for china's manufacturing industry germany also sees china as a growing market full

intel, lockheed martin, general dynamics and siemens were just some of the companies that participated in the project. simens licensed its 3d modeling technology to nasa's jet propulsion lab to cut prototype costs. >> the techniques between public and private and the way that they can share costs, share risks and collaborate around technology is a great way to bring all these resources to bear. >> reporter: according to nasa, the public private partnership created about 7,000 jobs at various times during the eight years it took to develop the rover. and, unlike in past decades of space exploration, in true social media fashion, you can follow the rover on twitter at mars curiosity. ruben ramirez, "n.b.r.," washington. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for monday, august 6. goodnight, everyone. we'll see you online at nbr.com and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

germany's siemens rights commissioners as the country's past -- germany's human rights commissioner says the country's best provides valuable lessons. >> we are a free country, so we can speak out on behalf of those who are silence by persecution. in fact, we have a duty to do so. >> the memorial draws visitors from all over the world. 600 -- 600,000 came here last year long, including many groups of schoolchildren. >> german artist yadegar asisi has already revived the ancient cities of rome and others, and now he is bringing the ball back to berlin. he specializes in super sized 360-degree panorama paintings. in his latest work of the berlin wall, it has a very personal view. >> having grown up in the former german democratic republic, asisi wanted to focus on the everyday madness. >> yadegar asisi in his studio. his panorama of the berlin wall will be completely different from anything he has done before. it is going to be political. >> i want to create a certain feeling which i hope will give rise to questions that the viewer will be able to answer themselves in some way. people stan

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we have two companies, siemens and celgard, that have gotten investments through the recovery act, andbled their capacity in their plants. they're hiring more people at very good price points. >> reporter: but might not this be making the mistake of the government "picking the winners," as opposed to letting the market decide? >> as a mayor, i don't have the luxury of going and passing off to someone else the job of getting my people back to work. i want to see them getting back to work, and i know the president's done a great job of doing it. >> reporter: a great job? unemployment north of 8%, and if you're using a more inclusive number, as we do, it could be 27 million americans now who are either un- or under-employed. >> well, the president has taken us from losing three-quarters of a million jobs every month to now growing jobs. the private sector has grown jobs 29 successive months. >> reporter: on the other hand, mayor foxx and jared bernstein both acknowledge how tight the job market remains. and thus, the campaign's focus on education. at the university of north carolina's 25,

siemens may cut thousands of jobs.he company is considering that move in response to a weakening economy. the final decision could come in october or november. a siemens spokesman wouldn't comment any further. >> let's get a quick check on markets. got some futures right now that are going to come flying across the screen in a second. dow looks like it will open up 15 points higher. nasdaq opens five points higher. s&p 500 would open up higher as well. quick look at the oil boards. wti crude, $96.67. >> they did settle a little higher. data comes out later. that contract expires too. >> and how about t bills? what do you think of that? >> 1.819. yield is rising once again. that's an incredible story to watch over the last three or four weeks. >> quick look at the dollar. >> dollar has been weaker this morning. there was no movement originally on this but all of a sudden you started to see things happening but in large part because of what happened just some rumors coming out of the ecb. that's what's been affecting thi

the human space flight program can blaze a path for siemens in outer space. -- for humans in aerospace. its inspires young people. we have seen it that affects -- that effect. but i think it shows to the world what the american people can accomplish with our system of government and our system of free enterprise. and all of this cost less than a dime a day per citizen. one could say a great deal can be done with robots. but there are things robots cannot do. i cannot imagine our robot that could have made the robot -- the hubble space program. does anyone remember the name of the first robot that step on the moon? launching into the top of everest is different than sir edmund hillary climbing to the top of everest. i was asked to make a few brief comments on the space flight program as a whole. a few may pertain to the. i would cite just five. we concluded that nasa was being asked to accomplish grand goals and not been given resources that matched those goals and that is a very dangerous thing to do, particularly in space. with said it was very likely we would lose another shuttle. sa

siemens relative. you can buy these. europe is extremely compelling. >> what's your sense much what will happen over the next couple of weeks. post-labor day that one week will be critical especially as this conversation in europe develops. this week unto itself may be a pivotal week as well. >> that's a great point. we have jackson hole. >> that's true too. >> two years ago pre-jackson hole is when bernanke came out with his first quantitative easing discussion and the parkt took off. maybe we just had sort of that surge pre-jackson hole and really again in my view is a time to be less aggressive because maybe the market is anticipating what might be coming out in a week or two. >> what your anticipating out of jackson hole? >> i suspect, you know, the fed has been giving very much telegraphing more of the same. i don't expect them to press aggressive stances. they are telegraphing that status quo. >> thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> coupling we'll talk the low down on lowe's the retailer released quarterl