one santa can't go operation santa.com. >> let's get a check on the business. markets around the world. you can see yueuropean shares opened here. futures are higher. still above 28,000 for the dow jones. concerned over the state of the u.s. china trade talks. three steps forward two steps back. we're in the two steps back mode. beijing is pessimistic citing government sources. president trump reluctance to roll back tariffs. this contradicts both sides. they said the talks were constructive. that sent u.s. stocks to fresh record highs across the board monday. watch this space. we works 12,000 employees bracing for mass lay offs. the troubled coworking start up confirmed lay offs are coming. it didn't reveal how many. reports cite 4,000.