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with the group s sounds pretty cautious. you re watching worldwide exchange. bricking you business news from around the globe. all right. another day here on worldwide exchange. a very good morning to you. plenty to get through as ever. joining the demonstrations, one of turkey s major unions has called a two-day warning strike in protest at a government crackdown. this follows four days of violence. a new book calling for portugal s euro exit is taking portugal by storm. we ll speak to the author at 10:30 cet. we ll be joined by the chief operating officer of telephenomenon ka as the firm unveils the findings from its biggest ever global survey. a new generation of young entrepreneurs that highlight the importance of technology, but warns it can widen the gam between rich and poor. more than $1 billion to hedge funds with north america increasing its piece of the pie. we ll find out why europe is losing rank. first, another day for japanese investors as ....
burden of proof. and mr. kernan, that s going to be i don t know if it s a controversial decision, but i imagine people are going to still be debating that one for a long time, fairly or not. i m learning what post-modernism is now, andrew, in the wall street journal. and it s interesting, because it s basically the idea, it s a literary theory that you really reject anything that s objectively true and you realize that everything is a matter of interpretation in relative truth, and they use this as call the president the first post-modern president, because basically, the thrust of the journal piece is the challenge is that finding anything that his campaign says that is true. that s the challenge, to find anything that s true, and it s talking about that commercial basically where a man accuses mitt romney of killing his wife, essentially. and the funny part here is that at least the obama tiers didn t suggest that romney was the direct biological cause of the ....
let s talk about netflix first though. stock down ahead of the company s earning results. investors will be closely watching what the video provider will say about growth prospects ahead. how it plans to rebound from missteps. we are on the net flicks story. also, all day as wal-mart, stock with the worst day in more than three years after allegations of bribery at its mexican affiliate surfaced over the weekend. we will have more on how investors are playing stocks. what s ahead and we are looking at implications. meanwhile, less than an hour to go in trading. let s take a quick look at market themes today. of course, once again eurozone fears weighing on traders today sending the market lower even though we are off of the worst levels of the afternoon as we approach the final stretch. dutch officials failing to agree on budget cuts and a socialist victory if france, casting down on the future of the eurozone austerity measures and that certainly set the tone today for ....
and wal-mart s bribery scandal hitting the stock. we ll talk about the fallout and whether such practices are systemic to doing practice internationally. new survey says do not expect a new merger boom. and apple posts earnings tomorrow night. we re all waiting, a report that could set the tone for the rest of the week given the companies market cap and influence. the first round of the french presidential elections. nicolas sarkozy coming in second. dutch prime minister set to offer his resignation. and data shows the eurozone contracted the sharpest pace in about five months. this would not be the day for good news out of europe. it is always important to kind of own up to when things don t look good. we had imf this week. let me give you a thesis that may be short term bad or longer term better. i think what is happening in the netherlands, these are revolts against no growth and fiscal osterity. it s very hard but we talk about this a lot. you need growth. t ....
good morning. we ve called it. america s health care crisis, we decided. but the senate is set to convene within the hour for a vote on a bill to overhaul the system. show me the money, two more banks officially repay t.a.r.p. and the nation s pay czar green lights some compensation plans. the markets at this hour, again, u.s. equity futures pointing to a positive start after eeking out a small gain yesterday. traders looking for a traditional santa claus rally as squawk box begins right now. you better not watch you better not cry you better not pout i m telling you why santa claus is coming to town good thursday morning. welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. i m carl quintanilla along with joe kernen. becky is off today. the senate is preparing to add this highly anticipated vote on health care today. it s set to begin in about an hour. 58 democrats and two independent res expected to approve that measure. a simple majority is needed in the house. w ....