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rates and bond purchases. timothy geithner has drawn a line in the sand. he says the white house is prepared to go over the fiscal cliff if republicans don t give in on higher taxes on the wealthy. you can see we re weighted to the up side by a ratio of 8:1 at the moment. finland is not trading today, so you may see some quotes not doing very well. we saw apple stock having the biggest loss in four years. the ftse yesterday slim gains really. up 0.4%, the dax up a quarter of a percent. is this a this is where we stand as we wait for the announcements from the ecb. we re up at a 52 week high for the xetra dax. cac 40 up half a percent and ibex up half a percent, as well. take a look at bond yields. we looked at that auction yesterday from spain. they raised 4.3 billion. years went lower. nevertheless spanish yields today 5.4%, slightly lower from where we closed, but they did move up substantially after a handle of 5.2. we ll keep our eye on gilts, as well. we ll look ah ....
soon, this is a call, publicly, for an obama bailout. so, who is next? california, illinois, good question. raise tax rates on the rich or no deal. yeah, the line has been drawn again. president obama says america is poised to take off, but only if the republicans agree to tax the rich directly. he will only accept higher tax rates. how will speaker boehner respond to that? he speaks within the hour. and how about this, top anchors at a news network visit the white house for a cozy chat with the president. tell us, mr. president, how can we sell your tax the rich policy? citigroup, 11,000 jobs gone. varney & company about to begin. having you shipy gifts couldn t be easier. well, having a ton of locations doesn t hurt. and a santa to boot! [ chuckles ] right, baby. oh, sir. that is a customer. oh.sorry about that. [ me announcer ] break from e holiday stress fedex office. we ll begin with sad news. dame elizabeth mother of news corporation chairman and chief executi ....
great debt to jagdish bhagwati for sustained writing and thinking, some who informed the policy debates in this country and around the world. so, thank you, sir, and congratulations. thank you, too. you re watching booktv. next, sheri fink discusses what happened at memorial until center in new orleans in the n the days following hurricane katrina. she says that due to a total loss of power caused by the flooding tore had to come up with an evacuation plan and pick the order in which patients were rescued in total, 45 people died in the hospital. including some 20 patients who were euthanized by doctors. this is an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] you start. okay. i ll start by agreement. first, it s wonderful to be here with so many friends and new friends and new acquaintances, and also just definitely new america it s a wonderful program that they have supporting authors, people working on public policy, research for becomes, are welcome to apply to the prog ....
interests out there. i care and i ll keep caring. i hoff you. ask for your vote and hope to see you soon. thank you, mr. congressman. mr. tarpley without mentioning any of your opponents why should i vote for you? the policies of the federal government are destroying the middle class in this country. we see rising prices, wages that are stagnating, jobs that have been shipped overseas. right here in our district we see jobs that have been lost over the last ten, 15, 20 years. what is the problem? the problem, ladies and gentlemen, is not that washington is broken. washington is bought. the problem is that special interests control what goes on in washington. we need a congressman who will not be controlled by special interests, that won t allow the pac money and the big money from the big corporate interests to dictate what he does in washington, d.c. we need a congressman that will fight for the middle class, that will fight for the farmers, that will fight for the ....
stomach. there had been a little bit and systematic attempt on the part of the majority in the house and the mine north in the senate to take it impossible for all americans to receive quality health care, and some of us will not stand for it. we will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. health care is a right and not a privilege. democrats today didn t hide their frustration with republicans suggest concern with fixing american s broken health care system. are you serious? what you just said? are you really serious? after what we have gone through? you can sit there and say that you had a legitimate alternative after these years? we have gone through 44 votes, 48 votes now of you trying to d dismantle the legislatuelection? there is no way to fix this mon strotity. how do you know how many people have enrolled. this is an incredibly bad rollout. you didn t read the law as nancy pelosi said you should. it s not just health care. ....