record more than a year ago. the dow and nasdaq also closing higher. i spoke to tribeca investment partners, who told me what s driving the rally. 2024 we re heading to a good start. certainly, the investor optimism has returned after the first couple of weeks of a little bit of weakness. investors have decided 2024 is going to be a year where interest rates will head lower locally and the economic activity will slow down but not as bad as feared previously, so all that combined, it s good to see the nasdaq pushing higher, led by big tech, and everybody else heading the right way. big tech we re hearing some good things, some lay offs as well? sure. i do think big tech is going through for 2024, certainly they ve had a great start, but i do think they will slow down somewhat because of the things you talk to. their earnings were slowed somewhat because costs are higher. i do think that the ai related sectors within the big tech will do betterjust because there s a pheno
partners, who told me what s driving the rally. 2024 we re heading to a good start. certainly the investor optimism has returned after the first couple of weeks of a little bit of weakness. investors have decided 2024 is going to be a year where interest rates will head lower locally and the economic activity will slow down, but not as bad as feared previously. so all that combined, it s good to see the nasdaq pushing higher, led by big tech, and everybody else heading the right way. big tech we re hearing some good things, some lay offs as well? sure. i do think big tech is going through for 2024, certainly they ve had a great start, but i do think they will slow down somewhat because of the things you talk to. their earnings were slowed somewhat because costs are higher. i do think that the ai related sectors within the big tech will do better just because there s a phenomenal amount of growth. but every part of big tech is going to experience slowdown because of high
starving. i m carlton mccoy, raised in inner city d.c., educated in kitchens around the globe. these days i make a living as a master sommelier. i m a nomad, driving to move in and out of different cultures, different worlds. i celebrate diversity by embracing what makes us both unique and the same. after all, we carry our travels with us to our next destination. that s what life is all about. let s do this. south korea. like most people, i m starting out in seoul, an international mega city located near the center of the korean peninsula. it is the beating heart that drives the korean economy and churns out record-breaking pop culture exports, squid game, parasite and bts, the biggest band on earth. this place is fast paced and runs around the clock. what about the rest of the country? is it super traditional, modern or both? after today i m headed further into the country side. i want to learn about the people, the drinking culture and, most importantly, the food.
Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where donald trump can celebrate perhaps the biggest victory of his presidency so far. Well, sort of. The house of representatives has passed a Major Overhaul of the nations tax laws. It includes steep cuts for the wealthy. The senate is expected to vote shortly. A last minute glitch could mean lawmakers having to vote again though its not expected to change the outcome. Republicans are celebrating. 227 and the no, 203, it is adopted. It is laid upon the table today we raise taxes on 86 million middle class families. 86 million middle class families. 86 million middle class families. 86 million middle class families. 83 of the tax cuts to the wealthiest 1 . Well donald trump has welcomed the house vote on social media. He tweeted his congratulations to what he said were the great republicans who had voted to cut taxes for americans. I asked our correspondent in washington, david willis, to run through what the president s
Community. At what point do we stop saying that over and over again either the Community Policing becomes a fabric of local Police Policy or do we understand when you have percentages of officers that within communities, those officers have a different perception of policing my Community Versus occupy in their community. This is a allday faceted issue but i will say one thing that you gave as a part of your answer your cell phone a Police Agency has a collaborative Community Policing program, that is a problem. It is a program or the six officers over there in the Community Policing and the rest of us do real policing or is it a philosophy that is welded in the agency and this is how we function and this is how we operate. You are part of that community. You are not an independent for years and into try to keep the peace. You are part of that community that you serve and you become part of it and that has to be mandated everywhere from the chief all the way through the agency said that