Out 1,000 to a slew of employees citing the tax deal. The polls are open in catalonia for another Regional Election which madrid hopes will put an end to the separatist movement. And another blow for theresa may. First damian green is forced to resign amid a pornography scandal marking the third cabinet stacking in over two months good morning its thursday, one more working day before the Christmas Season begins the news overnight, we got the long awaited u. S. Tax reforms. The reaction was relatively muted. Possibly thats on the back of some profit taking were seeing into the end of the year as liquidity dries up a bit dow jones ended the session 0. 1 lower. Same story on s p. The picture in europe in front of me, also not looking that particularly positive going into the session. Stocks europe 600 opening 0. 2 lower on the day looking at individual sectors, ftse 100, up 0. 1 . The leader in todays european indices. We have the catalonia elections coming up for the ibex lets look at i
Important. This will show less productivity and how do we get the growth that we need . It is friday. Not a whole lot in our earnings. John kerry is in kabul. He will have already met with afghanistans two president ial candidates. His plate is pretty full right now. Has that job ever been more difficult . Has anyone ever had a worse couple of months . That is a great question. Has it ever been more complex than what we are seeing . Check. A complex data it is historic and correlated. Are locked up. Equities down. Negative eight. The euro is one thing not moving. Crude oil is elevated over the last 24 hours. Near 98. The mix is at 16. 66 without question. The yen is one of the great things. 101. 78 on the japanese yen. There is the german bond yield. A 104 a 1. 04. Up six advancing dollars. The german two year went into negative territory. 0. 003 . Are paying people to take their money in germany. Brent crude was 104. Up nicely over the last few hours. Bond yield, stunning at 3. 19 . s
Over again . People are talking about whether a new tech bubble is forming. How many times will we have this discussion . The more, bill, this activity picks up, the more people will question some of the valuations. Is it a legitimate worry . Is there Something Different this time . Well explore this issue. Have you ever played candy crush . No. I havent either. We are no candy crush, no house of cards. Were living in our own little bubble at the new york stock exchange. Also, its the pharmaceutical deal that has carl icahn tweeting again. Actavis is buying forest labs. Paul bisaro will be joining us, a first on cnbc interview, to tell us what was behind that move. A reminder of where we stand in markets, the dow shedding 13 points this hour in an up and down session. The nasdaq looking pretty strong today. Its adding threequarters of 1 . Finally, the s p 500 up just a couple. So barely positive. 1,841 is the level were watching right now. Lets talk about this market as we watch it dri
The nation safe complying with all rules and regulations. The man heading up the effort to quote keep the spies in line as some say is john delong. Nsas first ever compliance director. John welcome to the program. Thanks for having me on the show. So lets starlet out. I mean start out. I mean the stereotype is that the National Security agency can spy on anybody it wants to spy on and can do anything that it wants but you guys are really in a delicate spot as an Intelligence Agency who has to cope with this issue daily. Why was your job created and how do you make sure that nsa stays in line with all personal privacy regulations as they exist . Great. First i think its important to define what compliance is. Lots of different ways. I like to think about it as bringing rules the life. And so to life. And so nsa as a federal agency is very heavily regulated. Right . Subject to specific authorizations. And so compliance is about bringing those rules to life. Those rules are designed exter