150 points to the downside, now 156, may be a little below or above that. Now, lauren said 170 was the down mark. I missed that, but may be reaching that as we head down into the end of the closing settling. S p is off by slightly less percentagewise than the dow jones. Nasdaq off less than that, and the russell 2,000 less than that. It is not a good day. You cant put lipstick on this pig. Look closer at the energy sector. It was the worse performer with Energy Stocks ending lower for the sixth straight session. The move lower comes despite a rise in more than 2 on crude oil this week. David . David as was just said, its not all red. There is some green on this markets, and its focusing on retailers. Barnes noble, macys, zales. People buying Diamond Rings and bracelets. Oh, i wouldnt know, david. Im not a realist, apparently. David only one woman on my diamond list, but go ahead. A look overseas at japan, last trading day of the year, shares closing, get this, at the highest level sinc
The time in london is just on 7 00. A french president ial audience for ges ceo and a rival bid from germanys siemens. Settles a remarkable threeday scramble. Hans nichols is in berlin to break down oust him down break down alstoms choices. Are they going to be open on friday . They will not be open until wednesday. They have until then to , oneerate over one bid formal offer. It comes down to one crucial question. Here is the ceo of an american company. Do you ask for permission from the french government first before putting out that big . Jeff himmel had the conversations with alstom. His board has approved it. Then the french government got wind of it. Today, he has a meeting with french president for an swap along. Francois hollande. Did he oron there is, should he have contacted the french state before he started getting everything in line . What has happened in the meantime, siemens has put together a rival bid. This is an asset swap. Siemens would take the energy unit from alst
Meredith Attwell Baker is the new presidd ceo of ctia, the wireless association. Commissioner, tell us about your association, who do you represent, what industry . Guest well, first of all, thanks for having me here. Its delightful to be back, especially now that i am representing this amazing industry that is really the platform where everything is growing off of. Who is ctia . We are not only the network operators, we are the people that build those networks, we are the manufacturers, and we have the App Community as well as the new Silicon Valley. We are, we are the connective life, and thats what ctia represents, and what we are hoping to educate washington about, and i just couldnt be any more thrilled to be with them. Host what is the Biggest Issue facing washington and your industry . Guest i think our top priority is always going to be spectrum. Spectrum is what the Wireless Industry needs, its what we run on. Its been six years wince receive had a since weve had a spectrum au
In our treaties it is time to renew the european promise. And we also need to improve the way we do things. And the way we decide things. Some might say this is thought the right time, but if we are serious about preparing for the world of tomorrow, we must be able to act on the things that met at the most for people. And as we are serious about a larger union, we also have to be serious about reform. So as this parliament has called for, i believe the moment has arrived for european convention. On the members, they say light shines brightest in the dark. And that was certainly true for the women and the childrens fleeing rushes bombs. They fled a country at war filled with sadness for what they had left behind and fear for what may lie ahead. But they were received with open hearts and open arms. By many, many citizens like magdalena and agnes scott, to selfless young women from poland. As soon as they heard about trains full of refugees, they rushed to the warsaw central station. The
Fed business outlook. All that is coming up today. And we have a ton of earnings, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, pepsico, and the ge. Lets do a data check. We look at stocks, bonds, currencies, a lot of these. 2. 63,s 5, 10year yield, euro does nothing, 1. 3860. 2. Mex, nothing, down to 103. 9 there is the data check. Lets go right to front page. It is an incredibly busy morning. We can go five hours for you this morning. Here is Olivia Sterns. First base torry, talks and at solving the crisis in ukraine getting underway in geneva. Diplomats will all be there. The state department saying that geneva will test whether or not russia is serious about a diplomatic solution. Justne meanwhile, we learned they killed three prorussian militants after an attack on the military base in eastern part of the country. President obama says russias government is supporting militia in ukraine. Nato says 40,000 troops are on the border. The u. S. And eu want troops withdrawn. They threaten to increase s