year s eve bash in times square in the final hours. organizers putting on finishing touches, testing the confetti. and millions of people expected to be on hand and brave the cold tomorrow night. i m leland vittert. i ll see you at the top of the hour with gillian turner. now back to cashin in. lauren: president trump ticked off as pictures allegedly show chinese ships selling oil to north korea. how can we deal with north korea if we can t trust china? gary, what do you think? you know, i have to tell you, china is sitting right there west of north korea and japan is south korea, just south. one would think in their best interests they would put the screws to north korea. they are 80% of the economy so
this is an opportunity to start something to compete with google. you re scaring me waving that wall street journal in my face, david. i would say, listen, people should shop around. if they re worried that google is screwing them over and getting a better deal, they should not go to just one site. that would be my advice. but it s certainly something that should be kept a close eye on. john, aren t you at least in favor of exposing this. giving this some sunlight to disinfect the problem? i want sunlight because i want to cheer on google. the fact that they ve got 60% market share, people go there first, is a sign they re fulfilling a massively unmet market need. why get into business other than to pursue monopoly profits. if you succeed, you fulfill the need and you have set yourself up for competition in free marketplace. david: i love it when john s head is about to explode. it s a good place to end up with. the cashin in gang getting ready to roll. lauren, what have you got
mid term elections and watch that and going off topic, prince harry and meghan markle getting married, who doesn t love a good love story. lauren: and david. all time corporate profits and the growth is at 3%. i think, however, we re going to see a course correction of 10% dip in the market to reflect steady economic conditions, not dynamic conditions. lauren: gary? fox news alert on david, i think he s actually right, but that s because we re up 6600 points since the election. as far as mine, i think the metals and mining are going to continue to commodity move. i m expecting 15% and go look at xme and exchange traded fund for that. lauren: oil and gold looking good at the end of the year. thank you and thank you to our cashin in crew for the rest of the week. that s it for the cost of freedom business block.
infrastructure spending to the counties, to the local communities and this thing is going to be a boonedogle, i don t care if it s a public-private partnership. david: we remember the obama stimulus package, and it was supposed to solve everything, we had the bridge to nowhere. isn t that hillary clinton s campaign? and kidding. and margaret thatcher said politicians take the infrastructure ap we take the bridges and roads. i think you re right it turns into a boondoggle and look at amtrak, virtually no passengers. david: and rolling in at the bottom of the hour, cashin in, trish, what have you got? we re digging into the tax reform bill and surprises, both good and bad for taxpayers. and mandating companies in 2018,
holy land. right ahead of the christmas holiday. palestinian protesters, some dressed as santa, clashing with israeli forces in bethlehem amid the fallout from president trump s recognition of jeruselem as israel s capital. a massive blaze, killing one animal and four others missing and several workers were treated as smoke inhalation as a fire tore through a children s petting zone. ap the cause is under investigation. i m leland vittert. we ll see you at the top of the hour with jillian turner with a lot more on the decision to send this to the ukraine. now back to cashin in. . trish: this could be the rage in 2018 because 19 states and d.c. are mandating that companies raise minimum wages in the new