Even keel with the dow dipping 18 points today. S p edging up 9. 2 . Nasdaq advancing 1. 8 . Will it stay this way . I think it could depend on what happens this weekend when the g20 meets in brisbane. This conference represents the first time that the true antagonist the ukrainerussia conflict sit down. And perhaps some sort of path to peace can go down. Lets put it another way, though. If you go through my tenpoint checklist, the cessation of hostilities in ukraine was on the list. We get any resolution at all from this australian confab and it will set the stage for still one more run to new highs next week. Without it, though, we could come in on monday morning with the s p futures turning down. Consider this g20 meeting as less of a photo on and more of a substance session. In other words, sorry, we have to care about it. You cant leave the meeting to sad son. Whats on tap after the g20 meeting . This is the week retailers report, so we have to be attuned to the oil markets, becau
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The final death sentence for those groups in those areas. Those groups tend to overplay their hand. They have to be careful. They have to be very careful about how to act. I do not to mention the role of and reining in those groups, maybe not militarily but he still very influential. You dont want to cause trouble and you dont want to be direct enemy every day because in iraqi will come out on top. Its very difficult. And, finally, i dont think there will be a hezbollah anymore. Ive heard different metaphors about what will happen at right. Somebody told it would be like libya with different groups competing. I dont think it will be that. Theres a safe structure that those groups out to be part of protecting. It cannot be like hezbollah for simple reason, its different kind of threat and different groups. Hezbollah was only dominant group in lebanon during the lebanese civil war. In iraq of all of these groups. You have 150, eight of them are really big. We have to wonder which one wil
Can actually solve some problems. This reform comes as close to anything we have got to a law that will benefit everybody now and far into the future. So lets see if we can get this done. And lets see if we can get it done this year. Contractors involved in the troubled rollout of the nations new Health Care Exchanges appear before Congress Thursday to face questioning from lawmakers. The online portal for uninsured americans and 36 states has been marred by crashes, glitches, and system failures since it went live earlier this month. Cheryl campbell of the cgi federal about improvements in the coming weeks. The system will continue to improve. From our perspective, as painful as it sounds, i know the experience has been a difficult experience. The system is working. People are enrolling, but people will be able to do so at a faster pace. The experience will be improved as they go forward. Byple will be able to enroll december 15 time frame. We will have more on thursdays hearing later
Hamas. It began when three israelis were kidnapped and murdered. Then a palestinian youll burned to death was discovered outside of jerusalem. Fighting broke out. Hamas rockets fired into the israeli. For ten days, israel used air strikes to attempt to stop the rocket attack. When those failed, the president there ordered a ground defensive aiming on the Tunnel Networks that hamas uses to bomb israel 700 palestinians and 35 israelis have been killed in the fighting. As of friday, 800 palestinians and 37 israelis have been killed. What does hamas want from a cease fire and what does israel want from a crease fire . Hamas wants a lifting of what they call a seize they want to open and they would like for their airport opened and they want some kind of reward for losses they have had. The israelis want to decapitate hamas and blow up the tunnels going into israel. It has been the israeli strategy for the last decade to dismantle the tunnel and irradicate the rockets. The thing is, this si