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Cue ramy on right on cue, the foreign minister put out his response to this that the act out of the United States is an active International Act of terrorism. Were going to get you more details on this story, information thats been for the lastough two or three hours or so. The state of the markets are looking like this. In terms of risk assets, going into the lunch break in hong kong, u. S. Features down 20 points, dollaryen low to the day, still fairly strong on the japanese currency, fly under the asian benchmark, and gold is 15401550. Wards 4 , but still substantial gains. He was features are looking like this u. S. Futures are up my mistake, moving up as london joins wakes up. Good morning to you. Well get to the latest on all of this. Jodi schneider is onset. And we have another reporter joining us. Jodi, im going to start with you, the significance of this act. Jodi very significant. Probably the most tense moment and certainly the biggest escalation in relations since the end o
We will talk predictions for Tech Companies in the new year, as well as what tech trends we will see in the next decade. The battle for tech privacy in 2020. Wednesday marks the official start of the California Consumer privacy act. This law is meant to give users transparency on what Data Companies collect about them, as well as the right to Block Companies from selling that information. For a look at what to expect this year, in the battle to protect Consumers Digital lives, i talked to reece hirsch, a partner at morgan lewis. Also with him, eric newcomer, who covers the intersection of tech and government. You know, this is probably the most important privacy legislation in the United States today. It is an economic powerhouse. We dont have a federal privacy legislation, so this is important for California Companies and users in california, but also all over the United States. It means that companies are going to have to disclose what data they collect to users, and then let users d
Ces, next week. We will look at the decade in tech, how predictions for 20 are not as easy as some Companies Make it seem. Our top story, a good start to , dowear, the s p 500 jones, and nasdaq climbing to highs. One of the best years for american stocks in the past decade. Joining us now is abigail doolittle. Record high another for these big tech companies. What is driving the gains today. It is more of the momentum we saw at the end of 2019. Some missed out on the Fourth Quarter rally because they did it. We have Central Banks supporting markets, putting liquidity into the system. Saying it is not qe, others say it is qe. Responding. Cks speaking of momentum, we have amd, talking about today up 7 . Put ins enough for it to its alltime high. At that chart, not really stability. What goes up, must come down. Investors want in on this big tech rally. Volatility, you look for stability in the fundamentals. We are approaching earnings season. Basis,a yearoveryear declined within the s p