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This morning of course, our last trading day of the year. Speaking of 2017, it has been a blowout year for technology. The nasdaq gaining roughly 30 the index on pace for its sixth straight positive year in a row, the fifth time since 1980. Bertha coombs is at the nasdaq and she has more for us. Bertha david, as mark twain put it, history doesnt repeat, but it often rhymes, and thats certainly true with the nasdaq 100. The big caps up for the ninth Straight Year in a row, the longest annual streak for the index since the big tech breakout of the 1990s. These four mega caps, you know them, appl...

We see little bit of a lack of direction when it comes to stop. The stoxx 600 is pretty much flat, moving sideways. There has been quite a lot of movement in the u. S. 10 year yields. This week we have been looking for the 3 mark. We have not gotten there yet. Investors are trying to figure out exactly the Monetary Policy. And you have a little bit of movement in the euro sck. In the meantime, you can see the andmberg dollar index coming up, we talk brexit and trade. Later, david bloom from hsbc gives us his forecast. E talk gun0 p. M. , w control. Now, lets get straight to the bloomberg first...

Most accomplished Public Servants in their respective nations as well as two of the most astute analytical observers of the middle east and its prospects. I live in abu dhabi right now and ill tell you it has been a challenging year for businesses in the region, for political folks, for government entities, and if you if you look at it in a snapshot, you paint a picture of all sorts of challenges and obstacles, many of which we are discussing at this conference. Parsons has been in this region for 60 years. Theres 4,500 of us over there right now. I think we tend to take perhaps a longer term ...

It is about Central Banks this week. Julie it is. We are not seeing much activity. There is earnings still in a number of various deal agreements happening today. Oving the s p slightly lower. A big finish for the nasdaq on the strength of tech earnings. We mentioned a number of deal targeted Companies Moving today. Lets move them. Being targeted by lennar. A 27 premium. Gy is selling itself to the largest tech generator in texas. This is a medical deal here, based in france, it trades here in the u. S. For 3. 9 billion in cash. Radiopharmaceutical company. Finally, capello education. Apella e...

Estimates, revenue from this widely held stock also fell short of expectations. And this comes despite big blockbusters at the Box Office Like the force awakens and zootopia. Disney earned 1. 36 a share, below the 1. 40 that analysts expected. Revenue of 13 billion was higher than last year but wall street was looking for even more. And that along with lower ad sales in disneys Media Business weighed on shares. Julia boorstin has more on disneys disappointing quarter. Reporter disney shares falling in afterhours trading on earnings that were short of wall street estimates for the first time in...