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Low 3s, which means we have the bigger economy, we are growing faster, everything is on our side. eric: what if they start selling treasuries and the debt, people are scared to that? they wouldnt even do that? >> well, they are selling our treasuries, theyve got to, their most important concern is supporting because they are word about capital play, since the middle of 2014 theyve been selling dollar assets, as a matter of fact last month they sold $22.7 billion, they say they probably sold a lo...

Do well. >> which is going to help them invest in an infrastructure and development of better product. >> creating more jobs. >> of course, product is not their problem. worldwide, they have really taken some strides. now, lets talk about aig, which you mentioned. the government says that it made $22.7 billion on the aig bailout. and that was a bailout. some republicans say the unions kept us from making money on gm as well. is that a fair comparison? >> no, not at all. in part, look at the size...

Trading after the governments announcement. so and here is a look at general motors earnings over the past two years. david, is general motors recovering? >> oh, absolutely. general motors in 2008 was out of cash. theyve now got $32 billion of cash. so theyre doing very well. and going forward, they should do well. >> which is going to help them invest in an infrastructure and development of better product. >> creating more jobs. >> of course, product is not their problem. worldwide, they have r...

Motors earnings over the past two years. david, is general motors recovering? >> oh, absolutely. general motors in 2008 was out of cash. theyve now got $32 billion of cash. so theyre doing very well. and going forward, they should do well. >> which is going to help them invest in an infrastructure and development of better product. >> creating more jobs. >> of course, product is not their problem. worldwide, they have really taken some strides. now, lets talk about aig, which you mentioned. the ...

Time for business before the bell with brian shactman. >> beautiful out there today. >> what is the word on wall street? what are we looking? >> things are looking pretty good. futures are up about 50. two-day fed meeting starts today. funny with the fiscal cliff, no one is talking about it. expecting $55 million more in quantitative easing to be announced and also fiscal cliff, i would say, just with a little bit of positive vibe. i dont want to get into too much because i think everyone is tir...

Fiscal cliff worries put a damper on todays triple digit rally but the dow ends with a 78 point gain, the s&p up 9, the nasdaq adds 35 points. aig shares jumped nearly 6%. the treasury department says it has sold all its remaining shares netting a $22.7 billion profit for taxpayers. and on the economic front, the trade deficit widened in october as exports posted their biggest decline in nearly four years. thats it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." ♪ welcome b...

>> so, somehow, theyre going to pay 900 million dollars for access to the libyan oil fields so people wonder if theres another deal in there, and that involved alma gra had i. bp says no. >> its not clear whether bft p arranged for the british government to put pressure on scotland to release magrahi, its very, very murky. >> so is the gulf right now. >> the transition there, how bad travel is in the gulf. 22.7 billion dollars the sector could lose in the gulf of mexico as a result of all of thi...