Nap before doing the afternoon show . No naps. I always say nobody should have to go to work before there is a starbucks in the neighborhood. Japans nikkei closed above 65. That was the First Time Since 2007. Weakestnese yen at its against the dollar in five years. Yen goes down, that is good for japanese exporters. 8 30 eastern, we have the initial jobless claims. It tells us a lot. On a weekly basis. It is only on bloomberg. Outside the u. S. , little boxing action in the u. K. The biggest shopping day of the year. It is always after christmas. Tom will be at bergdorfs. You will be at saks. Kohls . Me. O kohls for people of thousands of had to abandon their own christmas celebrations because of heavy rain. He Environmental Agency in the u. K. Warned flooding could get worse. Not everybody celebrating on boxing day. Check, there is some quiet before futures start trading. Do have a green screen to start off. S p futures almost three points up. They are gaining some momentum of the mor
People bringing more money in. At least, finally, they are getting a little inflation on abenomics. In the u. S. No eco data. What are you going to do . Go home. Take it easy. Not much on the economic front. We have something else, the president has signed two more pills. He did this last night. Vacation in hawaii. One is the budget deal crafted by senators paul ryan and patty murray. The other cracks down on Sexual Assault in the military. Joe biden leaves for vacation today. They stagger their vacations. Like we do here at bloomberg. They stagger the vacations so one is always on duty. Bermuda or the bahamas . No adults in charge. You could argue that is always the case in washington. Obama is in hawaii. Thank you, trish. A data check. Going on. E lot markets overseas have been quiet. The friday, next week there is a holiday, nobody is at work. Who told us that only the third level junior traders are at work. And us. Theery light volume in futures market. Futures down. Towards ae hea
Global growth report. And a look at acquiring time warner cable. Lets begin with Phil Mattingly and president obamas executive order on exec on equal pay. Forward, they do going and more important, will it move the needle at all yeah president obama at sign at all . Resident obama signed two executive orders today. Comeayday to will only from federal contractors. If you shine a light on this data, you will be able to find it there, any disparities between men and women. However, for it to apply to a wider range, they will need congress. And once again, republicans are not in the mood to get along with democrats here, something obama addressed directly in his press conference today. If republicans in Congress Want to prove me wrong, if they want to show that they do, in fact, care about women being paid the same as men, then show me. They can start tomorrow. They can join us in this, the 21st century [laughter] and vote yes on the paycheck fairness act. [applause] humor both a little th
Completely kicked out in every Wearable Technology device there is out there. Were talking about the Consumer Electronics show in las vegas. Then we are also keeping ni on exsac capital manager. Jury selection . It starts today. Thinkingrs started out they were going to flip this guy, and here we are in the first day of trial. Quite markets. Delayed labor report this month. We will have the jobs report on friday. Futures up 7. They rebound nicely. Tenure is cut in the last number of days to 2. 96. Euro just nothing. Nymex, 93. 84. This is the unemployment rate. Youve got to get back to 5 . What a great trend. A lot of jobs formed here, but that is the chart for the week. That will be the chart that chairman yellen is decidedly focused on. Were you warm last night . It was cold. It is the real deal. All you need is the right equipment to get through it. Basically, you dont need to go outside. We scour the front pages this morning. Lets continue this cold theme. In the midwest and the no
Him endorsement dollars. Thethis is great news for new york yankees. Good morning, welcome to Market Makers. Monday in new york city, i am Erik Schatzker. Ruhle, itephanie suspect you were up late watching the Golden Globes. Not. Yes, my wife and daughters were watching it. Some funny moments. Poehler,ey and amy there were less women nominees than men, the women rocked the show. They put on a great show. Lets bring in another woman on Market Makers. A big takeover and the liquor industry. Offering 16ngs billion for an iconic american brand, beam. Our own deals reporter loves drinking you said Market Makers whiskey. Our own brand of burden bourbon. Erik got my favorite brand of bourgbon for christmas. Off easily, suntory is very big in japan. Drinks, iliquor, soft was telling erik this, you cannot go a day in japan without running into centauri into suntory. This is their attempts to go against giants like the agio, they are trying to hedge bets. Even if they are not going to get growth