U. S. Regulators open investigations into junk bond liquidation on rumors some investors knew what was coming. Good morning, everyone. We are looking at markets that are higher. Ftse 100 up by 1. 4 . Rebounding after yesterdays losses. The cac 40 also up by 2 . Were seeing a little bit of stabilization in oil prices but also a little bit of Company Specific news. Also i want to show you whats going on with the euro dollar because were seeing the euro dollar at a 7 week high. 11030 crucially above the 110 handle and thats because were seeing profit taking and the dollar. I guess the dollar is really priced for perfection. For the first time in a decade. U. S. Futures looking like this. Were expecting a higher start to the trading session. S p 500 seen up by roughly 10 points and the nasdaq up by 28. Nancy. Yeah, we have to keep this rebound we saw in wall street in perspective. It was the biggest volume day in almost three months with 4. 6 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exc
His book does such a wonderful gob of weaving together the narratives. The process in the life experience. The penultimate example of that. I was particularly thinking of elon, alito case of malaria. Foster child is a young man. But those types of things command you talk about similar problems, butbut i want to give you both in conversation about the process. The importance of passion. Difficult passionate about something superficial. Youre probably not passionate about the drapes, passionate about your children or your family are some higher purpose. What you see with creative people, they are passionate about something very meaningful. One of the most important innovators alive today. It is a very good job of explaining this. He kind of gets it. We depend on technology for survival as a species. It made us a successful species. They will come a point when this planet is not big enough for the human race anymore. Probably not that far from now we have to live on another planet. If wew
They dug in. At space x that is his baby. He gets full credit. He interviewed every single employee after about the 1st 2,000. He would cold call, call people at stanfords in the aerospace visit i get no space company. I want you to come join. He was already pretty famous from paypal. No one believed in. He went to space race of the desert. He would chat of these kids and whoever seem interested, what you come by and do an interview. Anger through some of these things. And so he was very good at finding. He does not like to pay people much money. He doesnt go to harvard or yale. He tries to find people a technical universities, engineering schools the bill something in high school or college. Most of what i know i got from ashes book which is excellent. And from reading his emails. Last question. How important do you feel when you get into the study of Psychedelic Experiences in terms of his impetus. You know, i know steve jobs experimented with psychedelics. He loves to go to burning
Over the price of oil. And the most talked about man in europe is set to arrive in davos. Thomas jordan faces the forum after last weeks spectacular change of policy. Hello. Welcome to countdown. Im mark barton. Im anna edwards. We have over loads of ceos. A lot of prime ministers. They companies over there. They are all here. What theyre talking about is the price of oil. That seems to be the subject everyone is focusing on here. How big of an impact will have on the Global Economy in 2015 . What will it mean for the businesses for their countries . Everyone is trying to figure that out. The pace of the change has been so dramatic. No one has an answer. It is interesting. We walked around. There were plenty of ceos and finance ministers that now work for banks. When you chat with them on oil and swiss franc is this off the record . And still try to figure out how to read into this. This is the crux of the problem. A lot of the sessions are full. You havent quite figured it out. Its to
And two german giants report earnings. We will report the numbers as they come. Welcome to countdown, i am mark barton. Also coming up, almost a Million Dollar tribute to the late marvin gaye. And the late lawsuit. Net income falling 17 . Seems to be below estimates. Analysts expecting a drop. Earnings before taxes, down 1. 9 . 905 Million Dollars. Analysts were estimating 94 mine dollars. What is important is the projections for 2015. The company has confirmed the forecast for 2016. They will pay a final dividend of 85 euros. Those are the headlines. Stay with us. Later this hour, i will check with the chief executive. The strongest euro in a dozen years. Concerns about corporate earnings. Ftse 100 fell 2. 5 , pulled it down by commodities stocks. The swiss market was not hit as hard. It was buoyed by the news at Credit Suisse. Lets focus on Credit Suisse . A bank in transition. The new man at the top will be the announcement of his replacement had an immediate and positive effect on