Cade it is like this big with pack man. You have a minigalago my best present was an hour off for a nap. We dont Exchange Gifts for the adults we dont either it is for the kids we do under 35 or under 25 exchange for the adults. I lost mine at davos a few years ago. My little fur hat. I got a new one of those with the flaps i remember yours was like really big like a russian style. Yes i lost it. He looks like a cool kid wearing it so cool brian williams, ill never forget, i was walking into 30 rock years ago wearing the hat he said, you know, they make those for men too. There you have it. Lets talk about the u. S. Equity futures this morning, if you think this is a quiet holiday week, you would be mistaken looking at big gains again dow futures indicated up by triple digits this morning after all three of the major averages set new records seems to be happening on a regular basis. Dow indicated up by 106 points s p futures up by over 10 points nasdaq up by 36 and the nasdaq closed ab
We are going to have more of a dialogue and if you have questions we will engage up for the last 30 minutes. The first is a think many of you saw jon on 60 minutes this past sunday. Is there anything on the cutting floor of 60 minutes youd like to apprise . I think i went pretty well. 60 minutes folks it was her second case on 60 minutes in the last year both of them having to do with espionage. One chinese and one russian but a good indication both of the kind of the tv we are seeing these days but also the level of interest in the media which is very different from the last time i is on the National Security division when this is really a counterterrorism job and it was 95 counterterrorism post9 11 al qaeda responsibility. This is a big shift over the last 10 or 12 years. One of the questions we all have the nsc has been quite active in the china prosecution. Youve done your china initiative. What do you see as the goal of nst in that space and what do you consider success in that sp
Germany. The newest tends the crowd clamors for german unity journalist peter lim borg was at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the time interest and starts december 19th d. W. Online dating is huge these days worldwide some 220000000 people use absa websites to find love facebook wants a piece of the pie to our topic today on shipped. So far facebook users can access the new platform in 20 countries including the u. S. And china chile mexico peru and across asia but soon facebook wants to expand its dating feature to europe after. Current india as well Analysts Expect Online Dating platforms to turn over 11000000000 euros in 2020 so far match group the Internet Company behind is the biggest market player while might not be safe from hackers listening in on that one intimate conversations its much less riddled with beta leaks gunnels than facebook after all thats happened really willing to trust a book with private details about all of life. Some 200000000 facebook users say t
Alphabet apple price target up to 300 couple upgrades at nike, goldman. A lot of research to the up side. Facebook and google in particular have been in the penalty box over regulation concern, trying people in front of congress, having to answer questions. As that was going on, we saw earnings hold up i had the question how long before the numbers outweighed some sentiment while the upgrade seems to be happening. Speaking with all of the market strategists dayin and dayout, they talk about the new trend of cyclical growth, not new per se, but some of the themes theyre focused on while these companies play into that theme. Interesting timing with the upgrade. Seems like theyve seen Sundar Pichai assuming the role as one that would lead to Brighter Future for the company you know, also in terms of valuation, seems like thats another thing that they look at as being a net positive. The other element, facebook in check by the hsbc call that says 40 of market cap could be at risk. Definite
Shoot another protester. Turned negative. Saudi aramcos ipo inspectors as oil demand could top out in 2035. The document leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Spains socialists falls short. Sanchez election backfires. Less than a halfhour until the start of the european trading day. Lets have a look at whats going on in the markets, futures in particular. Spain, also the latest in the uptick in violence in hong kong. We will get to the markets to show you what impact that is having. It is having an impact in europe as well. We see expectations coming down for the start of the european trading day. Futures suggest weakness at the start of the trading day. Last week was marked by optimism building around what could be achieved from trade talks. Optimism had to be dismissed by friday, didnt it . We saw President Trump weighing in on where we had got to, or not, on tariffs and rollbacks. That is part of the narrative we are dealing with this week once again. Lets have a look at what is goi