S p futures up by just over 3. 5. The nasdaq up by 6. 5 points. Also in europe this morning, Philadelphia Fed president Charles Plosser pointing at the weather for a blurry economic forecast. As you pointed out, it has been very noisy. Weve had storm after storm after storm, particularly on the east coast. Its been very difficult to get a decent reading on the economy. I think its important that we sort of take a step back, be patient here, and not overreact to whats going on because we just dont really know for sure yet. The fed beige book yesterday citing the weathers impact on the nations economic conditions. Well see if weather is a factor in todays collection of economic reports. At k8 30 a. M. , we get weekly jobless claims. The economy is expecting a reading of 338,000 to 348,000 we saw the week before. And at 10 00 eastern time, the january factory orders report will be released. Thats a decline of 0. 3 is what economists are looking for there. Treasury secretary jack lew will
Im going to turn it right over to curtis. Im a longtime admirer of curtis white. Published in harpers magazine and on the Editorial Advisory Board is a quarterly and they turned to him for wisdom in darkness which often comes over me and im going to let him begin by explaining. You want him to talk as much as possible and so you can set up the premise of the book and then i have a few stray questions that i will ask you if the silence falls. Well, from what i can tell so far one of the things that people out there whoever they are, readers, journalists, want to know was why i decided to write this book. Im a novelist and not a Science Writer and the answer to that question is familiar for me but curious probably for everybody else. [laughter] i just had to turn it off. Sorry, okay. As has happened more than once in my writing lifetime i was driving in the car, listening to npr and i just happened to hear a think it was on fresh air for those of you who know my book the middle mind. You
The most important story is. , numbers on your phone. Us on social media or leave a comment on our twitter feed. Make a comment on our facebook page. Address r email our lead story in the Washington Post is restrained nsa. Mounting revelations about the extent of federal surveillance. Push forving her a new significant legislative action from an industry that long tried to stay above the fray in washington. After months of calling for the government to be more transparent about its Surveillance Programs, tech leaders have begun demanding substantial new restraints on the National Security agenc ys collection of information across the globe. The pivot marks and aggressive new posture marks and aggressive new posture. Attentionvoting more to blunting potentially damaging actions and pushing initiatives that may prove conserve urschel controversial. Companies sentt a letter to Senate Leaders on thursday. He reflected the sharpening industry strategy. They created a privacy advocate to rep
Month at seven point three per cent from a year earlier the previous monthly record was forty nine billion posted in july two thousand eleven in these three attributes that record months to a surge in shipments to the United States and European Union with the magic recovering in a vast nations koreas exports are expected to keep growing in the coming months by sector exports of Information Technology products such as semiconductors and mobile phones led the way in october outbound shipments of automobiles also grew significantly by over twenty percent after production egg and then muttering and yet motors normal lights following our strengths in september. Imports also rose by around five percent to forty five point six billion dollars making for a treat surplus of over four point eight billion last month october marks the twenty first straight month in which three and has posted a treat served as bolstering expectations that the korean economy is on the path to gradual recovery. Korea
The sectors fried onions begin to. While the primetime years its friday to an eerie seventeenth year in korea a flight from seoul and seek a common thing so much for joining us. We begin overseas where president aka nana on the last full day of her state visit to india pushed ahead with their sales diplomacy on friday meeting with korean and indian businessmen see at this size the importance of converging curry as hardware in indias software. The president ial Office Correspondence art into sends us this report from new delhi the trick volume between korea and indiana search more than fourteen hundred times since the two nations established diplomatic ties in nineteen seventy three. The president excess and this is only the beginning. During recovery a Good Business forum on friday chris and i pointed to the freeways you for your prayers. The two nations Economic Cooperation cooperate in the sector of the Creative Economy expanded cooperation to small and midsize firms and upgrading th