firm that convinced b.p. to set up the b.p. america facebook page and then let them run it and he gave a very interesting talk at university of texas austin exactly two years after the spill almost to the day and in this talk he's talking to a class of business students i believe it was a about the p.r. machine that they ran and he was very specific about the types of things that they would do he he gave the example of anyone who's familiar with the stories maybe seen there's a b.p. commercial where there's an african-american woman named iris and she claims to be from new orleans and from the gulf and she's working for b.p. and she's standing there with a shirt on saying you know i'm from new orleans i'm here with b.p. and we're not going to leave until we make things right he said they would run these ads and then track the media impact of them via facebook and twitter gauge audience response. based on that response and then run them again immediately in order to quote unquote target the constituents more effectively so that'

how do you feel about that and b.p.?gree with the idea that when you are doing business, you can do anything that you want that isn't forbidden by law. what ep did was entirely -- b.p. did was entirely lawful. been -- it would be another matter if it was ethical and whether business should be concerned with at fixed or it -- with ethics. have every company and society at answer that one for themselves. >> just ahead, the middle east is a different place than it was a year ago. onwill ask a loom review this which country is the biggest immediate political risk going into 2014. ♪ >> time for today's company news. almosts they will pay $400 million to settle lawsuits from customers. the suits say -- claim the south korean automakers for --. they blamed testing procedural mistakes. until's parliament has passed a so-called google pack on web advertising. it requires a tie-in companies to purpose -- purchase internet ads from local companies instead of units in tax havens like bermuda. it violates euy laws and will face legal

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on many thing unless and until everybody feels comfortable with it so the issue you mention of the b.p. well there is a general recognition that there should be no discrimination of minorities of any kind that i think everybody agrees that up when it comes to more active policies etc there is no agreement because there are countries and i wouldn't single out the russian but there are others that feel less comfortable because. you know values in within the societies. religious principles etc so the different levels of the us see shows that now i've heard you mention and many of your previous public appearances that you believe that the always see model of consensus has been very successful and that it could be used as a. as an example to imitate probably in other parts of the world and i wonder if that somewhat optimistic assessment was a bit premature because if you look at europe there is a rise of ethnic tensions there is a rise of xenophobia the. democracy index for last year noted an erosion of confidence in democracy in a number of european countries a sterrett imagine is also hav

from the two thousand and ten b.p. oil spill in the gulf of mexico dolphins caught at the epicenter of the disaster still dying the details on that right now at r.t. dot com. britain is being accused of putting ideology before common sense that's after london turned down the e.u.'s offer to fund food banks despite having more than half a million miles of the going hungry. just a stone's throw from the seat of government in westminster is something that's becoming a more and more common sight in the u.k. this building's used as a food bank handing out emergency supplies to families so poor they can't afford to eat as the cost of living rises the number of people turning to food banks increases with its funding tighter all the time but nevertheless the government has turned down a potential twenty two million pounds in funding for food aid why because the money comes from the european union very britain we've caught i government with a very anti european ideology appears to be more keen to. warn europe to get credit for

the next head of b.p. also has a thirty percent stake in core drilling which is one of the key company's perspective in the u.k. and here was he stands to make a huge amount of money out of this personally and he will so it gets to a point many other people in government that clearly a following the same line but david cameron as i came to came to power on the promise of being the greenest government ever and what we've seen is exactly the opposite in rumania it seems actually the same scenario we see a leader that says there's no it's just that people want it and then when he's in power he starts dancing to the tune as a these major players like chevron and what we've seen recently is just very brutal . of the peaceful parts of that i mean for a number of months in romania all the entrances to the village were shut off it was a military style operation none of the press was allowed to go in there there are reports from credit. brutality we haven't seen anything quite so bad in the u.k. yet as usual in the

incorporate you know if you're mcdonald's you've got all these protections you've got i mean look at b.p. down in the gulf eleven men died and nobody even went to jail if you or i killed somebody as a person we'd be in prison corporations get all kinds of rights and privileges shouldn't they at least in exchange for those rights and privileges at least pay their workers. that you and i as taxpayers don't have to subsidize them. hey listen i'm all for everybody getting a fair wage look i grew up in a single parent household my mom worked for the telephone company is an operator i know what it's like to struggle and not know if you've got money for the rent ok so using that as a starting point everyone should get a fair wage but do corporations have to guarantee i don't really think that's what this is about what this really should be about is corporations are going to make the most profits they can because that's how the system works that's really going to try to do what about it that's a wrong the most minimal they can to do that no no no that's that's turning that's turning the american

artists who have asked for a trilateral negotiations as well as russia so i think it's a matter of your b.p. and union dictating the sovereignty of the ukraine saying that we simply will not x. . trilateral negotiations with russia when both the ukraine and russia have requested it so i don't quite understand that. we have thirty seconds left to alexander give you the last word of the program go ahead alexander london quickly we're not talking about the association agreements of the european union has with other countries we're talking about vis association agreement if the e.u. e.u. wants an association agreement with you with the ukraine which will work it has to be a workable the grievance and it has to involve russia now this is simply elementary it's practical reality one can get on one's high horse and argue otherwise but if all right we're going to gentlemen we have run out of time fascinating discussion many thanks to my guests today in london and brussels and here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here dorothy see you next time and remember cross talk rules. leave

artists who have asked for trilateral negotiations as well as russia so i think it's a matter of your b.p. and union dictating the sovereignty of the ukraine saying that we we simply will not x. . trilateral negotiations with russia when both the ukraine and russia have requested it so i don't quite understand that. we have thirty seconds left to alexander give you the last word of the program go ahead alexander london quickly we're not talking about the association agreements of the european union has with other countries we're talking about vis association agreement if the e.u. e.u. wants an association agreement with you with the ukraine which will work it has to be a workable the green and and it has to involve russia now this is simply elementary it's practical reality one can get on one's high horse and argue otherwise but if all right we're going to gentlemen have run out of time fascinating discussion many thanks to my guest today in london and brussels and here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here dorothy see you next time and remember cross talk rules. leave.

incorporate you know if you're mcdonald's you've got all these protections you've got i mean look at b.p. down in the gulf eleven men died and nobody even went to jail if you or i killed somebody as a person would be in prison corporations get all kinds of rights and privileges shouldn't they at least in exchange for those rights and privileges at least pay their workers or nothing that you and i as taxpayers don't have to subsidize them. hey listen i'm all for everybody getting a fair wage look i grew up in a single parent household my mom worked for the telephone company is an operator i know what it's like to struggle and not know if you've got money for the rent ok so using that as a storing point everyone should get a fair wage but do corporations have to guarantee i don't really think that's what this is about what this really should be about is corporations are going to make the most profits they can because that's how the system works that's really going to try to do what about that song the most minimal they can to do that. no no that's that's turning that's turning the american

in the case of meg war as i recall was and carly fiorina was the other one the former the arena that b.p. . you know what if you know h.p. executive. what happened was that because they were spending so much money the money became part of the story and thus it neutralized the effectiveness of their advertising and promotion it's kind of gotten out there that wayne la pierre makes two million dollars a year that the n.r.a. is spending millions and millions of dollars in the weapons industry makes billions a year do you think that might be a strategy or is that even catching on that mean that people are figuring out that this industry is just using using money to to take apart these gauzy tom ard like to think so but look we're look at the face in the face of what's happening i mean when you look at the numbers of what's happened since the last time the do nothing republican this beltway do nothing republican types voted to try to stand in the way of this there really was not a caliber of outrage that you would think again it comes down to the idea that we've become so docile here our chil

b.p. up 3 1/3 of 1%. >> thank you. joining us now for a look at his 2014 outlook for european equity markets is goldman sachs' chief equity strategist, peter oppenheimer. talk to me a little bit about what you're expecting for 2014. 2013, equity markets have had a good rally to say the least. can we build on that? >> i think we can. rellive to other asset classes as well. there are two wives looking at this. the prospects are still very poor and equities will benefit from what we expect to be a reasonably good pick in global growth. we're expecting pretty decent gains in europe around 15% to 15%. plus -- 12% to 15%, plus dividends. >> how much of equity growth has to do with fundamentals and how much has to do with the stimulus being delayed until april or march next year? >> we are in ra transition especially in europe from a market driven largely by multiple expansions as expectations rise for a recovery and the risk premium comes down, people get a little bit more confident. we think the fundamental growth is going

a former b.p. engineer is charged with deleting text mess averages to obstruct that investigation.estigators found a string of deleted text messages. the text reportedly said 6:30,0 gallons were spilled into the ocean every day. >>> they say carnival cruise line knew there was something wrong with the ship. it had to be towed to mobile, alabama, with more than 4,000 on board. part of the lawsuit against carnival cruise line says the company knew about the risk from leaks and recommended taking pres before the cruise. >>> a state senator wants to make it tougher for people to post explicit images of their exes on line. they are issuing another bill that include protection for graphic selfies posted online. another bill makes it illegal to post with the intention to humiliate someone. >>> the state's top fiscal official has taken a side job. the boston-based law firm brown rubnic, llp announced that bill locklear will work in the irvine office. the company says he will stay in office until his term ends in two years and work part time at the law firm. earlier this year, the democrat

of course we are talking about b.p. the judge said the oil company already agreed in earlier settlements that certain claimants living close to the coastal area could have been presumed to have been caused harm. >> >> a bid was to be launched for blackberry, but a filing with the securities and exchange commission said he is cutting his stake in the firm and ending potential effort to buy blackberry. christmas is over and wall street back to work. only four trading days left in the year. many traders are expecting stocks to continue high are until new year's eve. stock futures higher at this hour. stock futures up, the dow and s&p at record highs. in europe, markets are closed for holidays today. 2013 brought many positives in the business world as the dow soared to record highs. there was also controversy with record fines paid for bad mortgage practices. joining us is the managing partner. what do you think for 2014, is the momentum going to continue? >> well, there's no reason for it not to, all because the calendar

was six or seven years old when sputnik one and we all had the satellite going over our heads going b.p. and eisenhower went nuts and said ok we're going to fund programs for gifted kids and i got pulled out of the public school actually in the school pulled out of my classroom along with another friend of mine and a couple of other kids and put in this fast track for grades two three four five and six and by the time i was done with sixth grade i was you know had two languages i was doing math the calculus i was reading that i don't want so i can break it. down the vietnam war started and all the funding for that one away and the time i was in junior high school i was going down in flames and my brothers were hitting school who were just as smart as i was and were being given i mean you know it seems like there was a. time in this country when we actually fund special education for gifted kids that pretty much doesn't happen anymore. and it seems to me that there might even be an element of a lot of kids who are being diagnosed as he wants are just. i mean. i just i just threw a whole

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artists who have asked for a trilateral negotiations as well as russia so i think it's a matter of your b.p. and union dictating the sovereignty of the ukraine saying that we simply will not. except a trilateral negotiations with russia when both the ukraine and russia have requested it so i don't quite understand that all right we have thirty seconds left to alexander give you the last word of the program go ahead alexander london quickly we're not talking about the association agreements that the european union has with other countries we're talking about vis association agreement if the e.u. e.u. wants an association agreement with you with the ukraine which will work it has to be a workable the agreement and it has to involve russia now this is simply elementary it's practical reality one can get on one's heart holes and argue otherwise but if all right little going to gentlemen who have run out of time fascinating discussion many thanks to my guest today in london and brussels and here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching a few darkie see you next time and remember cross ta

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riches guys, immigrants, they are mavericks who believe in drilling in america when all the experts, b.put how to get a resurge tphepbs our country. >> matt damon talks about the dangers. where are the dangers? >> there are two big issues. there is the leakage of methane. you don't want that. it is a problem. they're getting better at it, the producers. i'm still troubled by it but i don't think it is so bad, the leakage that it makes it worse than coal. besides all the issues with coal, coal is much worse in terms of carbon dioxide and if you care about global warming. the other issue is leaking, spills. they make mistakes left and right but they are getting much better. >> wind and solar doesn't work right now so what are we supposed to do? sit on our hands? how can environmentalists continue to fight this and at the same time want to flip a switch and get the lights on? >> even people in the oil fields and wall street guys were betting on fracking saying long term we're going to have to switch to alternatives but we're not ready yet so they think this is a transition period that buys