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data before making any rush to judgment. self-proclaimed venezuelan leader has won the support of most of europe as the u.s. led campaign to out nicolas maduro accelerate. the european union failed to offer its backing. trading of venezuelan debt has come to a standstill. stopped trading the note and debt after the treasury issued instructions, banning most transactions. the aussie dollar sliding today, , a trade balance more than expected. $3.7 billion, $1.5 billion more than forecast. more signs that the economy is slowing. retail sales in december fell 4/10 of 1%, comparing to the forecast of flat sales growth in november. it is a holiday. quiet day across the region with many major markets closed for the lunar new year celebrations, including south korea and singapore. mainland hong kong and china are shut down but let s take a look at the markets trading today. truncated session. japanese markets, nikkei receiving a little bit. hanging onto gains at a quarter of 1% ....
journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? you signed the giving pledge, agreeing to give away half your money. what did your children say about that? [laughter] michael: well, it is interesting. they have been involved in our philanthropic efforts since they were young. and my wife, lori, lori defines wealth as that she can buy any book she wants. and so, i think that has been instilled in our children from the very beginning. david: you met your wife in high school? michael: we met in seventh grade. david: seventh grade, and you have been married for how long? michael: well, we just celebrated our 50th anniversary. [applause] david: ok. so you did not date around when you were in the seventh grade? you just [laughter] michael: well, we didn t really we dated once i ....
david: i don t consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? you signed the giving pledge, agreeing to give away half your money. what did your children say about that? [laughter] michael: well, it is interesting. they have been involved in our philanthropic efforts since they were young. and my wife, lori, lori defines wealth as she can buy any book she wants. and so, i think that has been instilled in our children from the very beginning. david: you met your wife in high school? michael: we met in seventh grade. david: seventh grade, and you have been married for how long? michael: well, we just celebrated our 50th anniversary. [applause] david: ok. so you did not date around when you were in the seventh grade? you just [laughter] michael: we dated onc ....
david: i don t consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? you signed the giving pledge, agreeing to give away half your money. what did your children say about that? [laughter] michael: well, it is interesting. they have been involved in our philanthropic efforts since they were young. and my wife, lori, lori defines wealth as she can buy any book she wants. and so, i think that has been instilled in our children from the very beginning. david: you met your wife in high school? michael: we met in seventh grade. david: seventh grade, and you have been married for how long? michael: well, we just celebrated our 50th anniversary. [applause] david: ok. so you did not date around when you were in the seventh grade? you just [laughter] michael: we dated onc ....
the understanding is that whatever can get 60 votes would probably pass in the house as long as it is put on the floor by the republican majority. mistake, the senators would rather be back home. some of them and some of the reporters. [laughter] president trump would probably rather be at mar-a-lago. the president was expected to sign the resolution that was passed on wednesday. the fact that we are having this fight shows how important this issue still is to president trump space. senators mcconnell and schumer, they get some big credit for the heavy lifting on this. i would not give them credit just yet. if they can come to a compromise, this is the way the system is designed to work. it is supposed to be contentious and there is supposed to be give-and-take of ideas. ideally that would happen at the end of the fiscal year and not six and a half hours before the fiscal deadline runs out. the political component of this cannot be ignored. in theek, the preside ....