There will also be a book that's designed for each person to write a short one-page story of what the Liberty Tree has meant to them, what freedom means to them.

It's very symbolic of our needs as a community to address diversity and begin working together.

There are so many different colors of leaves representing all the diversity we have in Brockton now. That's part of the whole idea. It's another way of saying we are all in this community together.

When we do the product searches, we guarantee each person will get a 10- to 15-minute meeting with a QVC buyer. We know very quickly whether it's a product that's going to come across on QVC. ... If you can't get your message across to a QVC buyer in 10 minutes, you'll never get it across to a QVC customer in six or eight minutes.

The threat of a Fed policy firming on Nov. 16 will continue to weigh on the markets, despite the weak payroll figures reported in this morning's employment report. The sharp advance (in wage growth) will, nevertheless, worry Fed policy makers who are already concerned about the tightness in the labor market.

I will be coming from there to your event.