Welcome everybody. I am the co founder and just briefly we have been here now almost two years. It grew out of an annual conference that we do call personal Democracy Forum which is focused on how technology is changing government and we been doing it since 2004. We have traveled similar paths for a long time. Two years ago we opened this to be a yearround gathering point for the people in conversations focused on civic tech. How tech can be used for the public good. Its a pleasure to welcome everybody here. Let me just say i am really excited for the chance to get into this conversation about rules revolutionaries and how big organizing can change everything. We are living in a very unusual time. It isnt just the moment after the election. We are living in an age where participation in politics is possible at the scale of millions. Its a very confusing thing to experience and a lot of us are right in the middle of that moment now, asking what why do, and the confusion comes from the f
We will have exquisite interview with the chairman and founder of Colony Capital, tom barrick. We want to check in on the markets. Jon is taking a look at the turkish indices and the turkish lira. Jon equity markets are down 5 . Not reflected elsewhere, you can see markets in europe fairly stable, the ftse outperforming, a third of 1 . There is a big move there. There is a 40 premium offered by softbank or that deal look looks like the ftse gets a nice little lift. Market, the turkish lira, a big move. Slightly stronger in todays session. But that riskoff tone not really reflected in the fx market, it is a weaker japanese yen story. We trade at 105. 62 on the session. In the bond market, this is where things get interesting. Last week, an ugly session for treasuries. Ields up 20 basis points again today, you see bond yields inching higher on treasuries. In the commodity market, slightly softer. 47. 36 is how we trade on brent. Alix there is news concerning lending club. Chiefk dunn wil
Beyer offering to acquire monsanto, largest agriculture Chemical Company. The stocks on the move on this big deal. Big deal of the day. Market action meanwhile looks mix in asia overnight at the g7 finance meeting ending with no action. Nikkei hang seng lower, shanghai kospi higher. A third of a percent. Cac quarante down and in the u. S. Futures look like this edging lower, we have a of course, a handful of economic reports and earning reports this week. We are expecting a lower open forking the broader averages. All the stories coming up right here this morning and with me trading partners michael block, Anthony Scaramucci, good to see you guys. Good morning. Maria feels like a busy day with the beyer deal. We were just talking about this, people are looking for a higher bid than 122, this is starting point. We are going to hear more about this. Maria this gets a number of other Companies Moving as well in the sector. We will be watching that. As you can see monsanto trading up this
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