Increases financial uncertainty. What it clearly does do is add additional volatility. My conclusion would be increasing volatility and that will be with us for a while. Asian and european stocks are down or indicate u. S. Stocks will open lower as well. The sixth straight day of decline. Bond yields and set record lows in japan, germany, italy and five of the euro area nations. The west tenure is only 1. 73 . Cheap oil and u. S. Growth are not the solution to Global Economic woes. Christine lagarde spoke yesterday to washington. The question we have at the moment is should Lower Oil Prices and a stronger economy in the United States make us more upbeat about the prospect for the Global Economy . Most likely, the answer is no. One risk according to Christine Lagarde, that the fed could disrupt Financial Stability by raising Interest Rates. She did not get even get a heads up or know about the s p policy change ahead of the time. Not in the loop. The price of oil up as much as 3 this mo
Good arguments for us to try to undercut, undermine the negotiations until they have played themselves out. If iran ends up not being able to say yes, if they cannot provide us the kind of assurances that would lead myself and David Cameron and others to conclude that they are not obtaining a Nuclear Weapon then we are going to have to explore other options, i will be the first one to come to congress and say when you tighten the screws. And thats not the only options that are going to be available. I consistently said we leave all options on the table. Congress should be aware that if this diplomatic solution fails the risks and likelihood that this ends up being at some point in military confrontation is heightened. And congress will have to own that as well. And that will have to be debated by the American People. And we may not be able to rebuild the kind of coalition we need in that context. If the world believes we were not serious about negotiations. So i take this very seriousl
Personalized therapy things like cancer and genetic disorders. He announced the initiative at a white house ceremony today. Just like we did with genetics 35 years ago. The really good news, this is how you know that the moment is right. Is there bipartisan support for the idea here in washington. The proposal is part of the 2015 budget, which the president is expected to submit to lawmakers on monday. Ibm had a rough year. An sec filing shows she filed a 3. 6 million bonus in 2014. The Company Posted its second year of profit decline. The first salary increases taking the helm. Spotify will be working with Goldman Sachs on a new round of private financing. Seeking another half 1 billion. Now to the lead. Now apple has conquered the chinese smartphone market. Next up, what . Global domination . They nearly tied samson for Global Leadership in smart phone sales for the First Time Since 2011. Both companies shipped 70. 5 million smart phones in the fourth quarter. Giving each company 19.
10 in its second quarter. The ceo saying the Exchange Rate fluctuations hit sales to the tune of five percentage points. Pfizer, reducing its forecast due to the dollar. The new york metropolitan area, slowly getting back to normal. The historic storm was not in new york. Heres mayor buildable audio mayor bill the blog seo. We have an old saying that we live by prepare for the worst and hope for the best. We were spared the worst of the storm. New england, not so much as much as two feet of snow falling. Twitter is tweaking its products as it tries to boost revenue. Video clips that can last as long as 30 seconds. Twitter says the product will make the service easier to use during news events. Twitter also changed its direct messaging at a lower in conversations with as many as 20 people in a group. If you thought the storm in the northeast would cause a muted training day trading day scarlet fu has been watching the details of a big selloff. We opened with losses and we never looked b
Sharply lower than what had been expected in april. Also lowering its growth forecast for 2015. The main reason, according to the International Monetary fund, geopolitical risks. They cite risks coming out of the middle east and coming out of the tensions between russia and ukraine. On the up side, the imf revised the u. S. Outlook higher. Growth for the United States set to be 3. 5 for the second half of 2014. 3. 8 in 2015, but the u. S. Is certainly a bright spot in what is otherwise a down beat picture. Europe, japan and the emerging markets all taken lower. Of the emerging markets, i thought it was interesting that brazil was actually cut in terms of the growth forecast the most. Some quotes to highlight from the International Monetary report, mediocre is the word. We heard this from lagarde last week. It sets the tone between finance ministers. Theyll be gathering in washington. Theyll be there to discuss the new mediocre which is what the imf is calling it. Flag warnings about th