As we saw volatile day for oil, bill, as well. One of the days where bad news was bad news. You could have argued once an upon you could have said bad news would mean that the fed would delay raising Interest Rates and the market rally on that. That didnt happen today. And you wonder if thats the kind of action we will see going into 2015 here if suddenly now bad news is bad news and vice versa. Volatility bill seems to be here to stay. Yes, maam. It is. Well talk about that. The volatility index is moving up as well today. Theres the dow up 120 as kayla was mentioning. Down about 99 points at the apex of the day. The low of the day. Now down 30 into the final hour of trading and the volatility index. Made a liar out of me. Down to 1831 and rather elevated level when you consider the rest of the market has been doing. S p down 5 points today to start the new year. And the nasdaq down 17 at 4719. Before we sta start our panel discussion, we want to hear from you at home. Log on the to c
Welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. To russia positive richest man. He is now in berlin after giving a pardon from president putin. He spent more than 10 years in prison. He was released in a deal with Angela Merkel. Good morning. For khodoweekend rovsky walking into the first first scoffers and more than a decade after leaving his status the most popular print prisoner as becoming the most famous exile. He was received like a rockstar. Breaking between cameraman jockeying for vantage. I have not ever seen pandemonium alike in this. Did he come out fighting said he would take aim at Vladimir Putin . White the opposite. He said he does not get into politics. Quite the opposite. Tohe said he does not want get into politics. He said he will be a voice for Political Prisoners across the world. He said he does not think people should boycott of the winter on memphis. I spoke them a little bit. I asked him what he would advise. In the Winter Olympics. I spoke to him a little bit. He was
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Its workforce. Zurich insurance net profit falls nearly 30 , hit by weatherrelated claims in the u. S. And europe. This as lower Interest Rates weigh on investments. Welcome to the show, everyone. Lets get back to one of our top stories this morning. Hundreds have been left dead and thousands injured after Security Forces broke up camps supporting the former president mohamed morsi. Interim Vice President and leading liberal voice in the country Mohamed Elbaradei resigned over the use of force. Yousuf is in cairo. What is the latest on the ground . There is a relative return to calm in this part of cairo, but, of course, the country as a whole is in a state of emergency after clashes yesterday between supporters of the ousted president and Security Forces. The government taking a decision to disperse these two protest sites, which have been holding out there for some six weeks. The diplomatic efforts didnt work and now they made a decision, they said they had no other choice. The Prime
Of tripoli this friday. One blast with outside a mosque as the prayers and appeared the other hit central tripoli according to witnesses. There are casualties. We will bring you more on this story as we get it. Chinese politician bo xilai, this is the second day of his corruption trial. Said he was framed in the bribery charges against him and admitted to them only under psychological pressure during interrogation. On thursday, he called one witness a mad dog and set this money from his wife was laughable. Joining me from paging is our correspondent rebecca hume. Just a mind is come up rebecca, what has been said in court today . Bo xilai has come out saying that he calls his wife insane. She said she often tells lies and that she has changed. He claims that she gave her testimony under pressure for the hope of a reduced sentence. We have to remember his wife is actually serving a lifetime in death on a suspended sentence for the murder of a businessman among neil heywood. She is under