Nasdaq at 4,612. Trouble in russia. Russian stocks getting slammed. The ruble falling versus the dollar yet again. What is putins next move . Could there be another Russian Revolution . The former u. S. Ambassador to moscow will be with us. Oil shocker, which is at the root of russias trouble. Are we near a bottom. It was lower earlier. It rallied back just a bit right now. To sue at the nyse. And stocks are on a tear this hour despite fears about russia and its collapse in currency. Come on in, bob pisani. You and i both said it the same time a couple of seconds ago this is one of the weirdest days that i can remember in a long time. Screwy is the way i would describe it. Volatility has been amazing today. The market cant describe what it wants to do. It is volatile. We have the oil up and down. It doesnt know where it is going. We have uncertainty with russia. We have a meeting. Traditionally the markets are up the day before an announcement. We have a quadruple exploreration. Let me
Place. The first rounds of finger pointing over the federal website took place. They say full tests of the website should have been carried out months i have not advance but began two weeks before the rollout. They blame government officials for making last minute changes just prior to launching the site. Finally, they say the administration did not allow window shopping on the site, increasing the volume of traffic that caused registration glitches. The experts often took a back seat to the republicans and democrats asking the questions. So you didnt test it prior to october 1 . No,ness. When House Committee members grilled the contractors about the sites technical problems they heard the problems start at the front door. Consumers must pass through this front door. Unfortunately, the eidm created a bottleneck keeping the vast majority of consumers from entering. The contractors were not prepared for the bottleneck that occurred when thousands tried to log on. Since then. Cms, cgi and
Good evening. Course. Im jessica aguirre. The official said there are indications that the planes and im raj mathai. Nearly a week of questions, communications were switched off deliberately and that the plane tears and theories. Appeared to be steered in such a now the Prime Minister of way to avoid detection by radar. Malaysia apparently going to the 777, which had 239 announce what the Associated Press is reporting, that missing passengers and crew on board, lost communication with the ground about an hour into its flight on march 8 from kuala lumpur to beijing. Radar signals appear to show the plane climbing to 45,000 feet after it disappeared from radar. The plane then turned west and information gathered from satellites suggests that the plane flew for hours. This presents a whole new series of questions as for where the plane is. Now searchers are zeroing in on a remote chain of islands in the indian ocean. Well keep you posted. Again, we are watching that News Conference closel
Doing this but so far no arrests have been made. 4 31. A technician at the Crime Laboratory has been reassigned after faulty tests were performed on 2,500 methamphetamine cases. The wrong chemical was loaded into a machine used to analyze the drugs. The faulty tests were done between january and march resulting in seven false positives. The d. A. Says the defendants in the cases is died, were not charged or pleaded to other charges. There is a sketch of a man who forced his way into the home of an elderly couple and robbed them. This man terrorized an 83yearold woman and her 91yearold husband on saturday forcing them to give up wedding rings and other jewelry. The robber got away. The victims were not physically injured. Two bodies were discovered in south san jose. Police say they do not believe there is a suspect at large. Police say two men were found dead in gunshot wounds at the town home on cherry view lane at highways 85 and 87. They have not said if it was murdersuicide or rele
Hello and welcome to countdown. A warm welcome to the program. Bloomberg reporters are standing by throughout the world, bringing you the stories that will drive your a. Drive your day. A look ahead at some of the big interviews we have coming up for you this morning. 40 miles west of davos, key talks are ticking off. First lets give you bit more detail of what is coming up in davos today. We are talking to a number of big names out there. We will kick it off on the program. The ceo of indias Largest Software Company joins us. We will hear that in just about 20 minutes time. Axel weber will be live from. Ominos davos the Russian Deputy Prime Minister is live in the next hour. Davosncine is live in with more details on what is coming up during our program. Good to see you. 2500 participants, more than 50 heads of state, davos is just getting started. We will tell you about the interviews we have and go through the agenda. Hans nichols is here on the ground with me. It is snowy, a little