foreign dollar claims are 27.3 billion dollars. and we've just had announced that the dollar of 1939 will now purchase 45 cents in its total value. as for the peace that we would preserve, i wonder who among us would like to approach the wife or mother whose husband or son has died in south vietnam and ask them if they think this is a peace that should be maintained indefinitely. do they mean peace, or do they mean we just want to be left in peace? there can be no real peace while one american is dying some place in the world for the rest of us. we're at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it's been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening. well i think it's time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the founding fathers. not too long ago, two friends of mine w

for 25, and the total cost will be 35 million dollars. and so, the proposals and the crown core is that we could design it for less than 30 million, and given that we did not receive any bids on the initial for the bid we want it to be on the safe side, and assign the 30 million dollar value. >> maybe, i don't understand how this is working. we don't know what the construction costs will be, we don't know what the materials and we don't have to work out an agreement. so, i would have thought then that we said, look, there is a design services, and we will find out after it is designed what it is going to cost and then you will be bidding on that and then on that basis, i thought that is what you were saying was going to happen, and so these numbers, that crown core inc has in for the construction fee and the construction overhead, are really just plugged numbers, based on an estimate of construction costs. and now, in effect we will say, design it, and then we will figure out the construction, and so, why are we getting into a constructio

and that is what the 36 million dollars, and what the total cost is going to be 40.75 million dollars and so there is about 5 million dollars, and now, the 3 proposals that we received, when we interviewed each of them indicated that they could do, and they could design it for less than 30 million, and so as we sit down with them and with the crown core, and maybe we will be negotiating the best value for us. >> and the cost sharing for our project that is under $30 million is enough to offset their fee? and i mean, is there enough incentive built in so that they actually have incentive to bring it in at less than 30 million. >> and we believe that they do. and for any cost, and less than 20 million dollars, we split the difference and so if we can come up with the cost and they will get 2 million and we will get 2 million dollar back and so if we design it for 25, and the total cost will be 35 million dollars. and so, the proposals and the crown core is that we could design it for less than 30 million, and given that we did not receive any bids on the initial for the bid we want it t

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dollar/euro?llar/yen, we're really breaking all the chart levels. 120 is the key level. there is a risk the japanese continue down this path and they lose control of the currency. i'm not saying that's the most likely outcome but there is a probability of that. >> you get the old statement is the markets can remain irrationale more than you can remain solvent. i don't mean you. if you have been trying to hedge your currency, you are breaking even here. not necessarily a good trade. >> no. but you can buy etfs on the dollar. you can have short etfs on the euro on on the yen. you can trade the currency as opposed to trading the second derivative which is the equity market bet. that's a relatively easy way of doing it. >> getting back to the euro, you are seeing a massive decline over the next couple of years. >> again the probability is it's not -- there's no crystal ball but if they start breaking these current levels of maybe 121 you are taking out every single person who's ever bought a euro in t

at 89 million dollars. and there are the exterior auning design services only, and the electrical package and the access equipment, and what is with that, and our total awards with what is recommended to date and what is awarded is 894 million dollars. the value for the packages is 213 million dollars. and that for the direct cost excluding the fees and the upcoming trade packages that was developed in february of 2014. and 246 million dollars. the difference is 33 million, and as well as the 26 million dollars in potential, and we continue to work with the mayor's office for the funding for the parks so that we can open the park with the transit center to be sure that the park can be opened with the transit center and issue, with what i think and the prepackage that requires the lead for the plant course and we should do that for last month, and we will bring it for at ward in january. also with the elements of the park in january and this was bringing that to the board for award in june. the contract will

and so, we started out with the 36.4 million dollars, contingency and in the budget.our current balance, is 43.9 million because some of that is utilized for the construction changes. we are increasing it because our award package are above our budget and so every time that we order a package we have to set aside the four percent so that additional focus on increases the contingency to 48.4 and so, part of the money that we are taking from the construction contingency to bid out the remaining packages part of that money goes to increase the contingency. >> but it does make sense, to me if we are seeing these contracts come in at higher levels than we expected, which is understood, and it is the market. why is there not a construction contingency that is much better than the cmg, based on what we are expecting. >> because we are utilizing the construction contingency to award the packages. >> but you spent it. >> yeah. >> but it seems like that maybe, when we do the budget, there is and there needs to be a whole realignment of what is based on it. >> yeah. >> and i wou

also commodities, you have the dollar higher. very complex. aussie dollar, where are we right now? second day of sharp the kleins. 87.23. 87, basically. have, manufacturing, pmi over the weekend, little bit of a slowdown. still an expansion. we will get more details on that in just a moment. 99, 102. int we were we are a little off that right now. where are we as far as the yen is concerned? that takes us back, all the way back. i have to go out of the camera. this is december of 2007. after that, the yen strengthens from 115 to about 76 over the course of five years. during that time, a lot of japanese corporates moved overseas. here we go again, back to levels of 2007. the question right now, the topic of conversation will be, is it actually healthier? what is the benefit for the economy? you have nominal wages more or less flat. you have them importing a lot of their energy cost. -- they are saying, 115 dollar-yen before we pop open those bottles of champagne during the new year. >> china's economy confirms a deepening slowdown. the service industry fell in october. our china co

is there anything that can stop the dollar. so, the dollar is pumping, the dollar is strong.time last week, they went for more quantitative easing. keep an eye on these two currencies. is tradingorean won 9.4763. the taiwan dollar is at a seven-year low. the clearest headwinds are to the korean war and. this is the threat. these are the two currencies that are under real threat from the bank of japan action. flyttle bit different for day. >> these are the bloomberg top headlines. the euro touched a two-year low after mario draghi iterated his commitment to stimulus. the european central bank president said that they will buy bonds for at least two years. he confirmed the bank is standing by to soak inflation in the euro area when and if it is needed. momentum, alongside heightened geopolitical risk could dampen confidence and in particular private investment. , insufficient progress and structural reforms and new countries constitutes a key downward risk and economic outlook. we will look at a snapshot of the health of the american economy. luxembourg dodge taxes. this follow

euro/dollar, 1.2408. aussie/dollar, 0.8597. the yen is interesting, the u.s. dollar bounced significantly today, 0.8% up into the green. 115.76. but we're still some way off the highs. what does that move mean for asian equity market? let's check in on asian markets with sri jegarajah who is standing by for us in singapore. sri. >> hi there, wilfred. lovely action in today's trade was concentrated in north asia, in japan and in the chinese markets. let me start with japan first. seven-year highs for the nikkei at the close. and we also saw fresh seven-year highs in dollar/yen, as well.. the yen getting dumped on speculation prime minister shinzo abe could delay the second round of the sales tax hike. not only that, there's a possibility that he could call a snap election, as well. the trading action in dollar/yen has been nothing short but fascinating. yes, we saw a fresh seven-year high well above 115.75. as they hit a session high, a new session high off of 116. and if you look at ebs, it moved a little bit of that threshold of 116. it has since retreated fr

strong dollar. dollar-yen going through 1.15. where are we now? a strong dollar. question is, as the job report comes in, if we get another pop in the dollar, these currencies keep going lower, how long and how much can the fed tolerate that strong dollar? >> thank you so much, jonathan ferro with the latest on the markets. up next, french president francois hollande faces a record low approval rating by betting his own job on the unemployment rate. as we had to break, the biggest names in monetary policy are in paris for the international symposium. speakers include janet yellen, mark carney and harry he go corona. kuroda.iko crossroads about what central banks can do in terms of what we have seen from the bank of japan the european central bank. we heard from one of the council members of the ecb. he was saying low rates facilitate high public debt. the crux of the matter, he put that very well, central banking cannot replace decisive structural reforms. we have been speaking about this for five years. when do those structural reforms start having enough impact

the dollar here?en the dollar rallying in the basket of currencies, the oil price has gone down and we know the relationship with the gold right now. how does it all play out in your view? the dollar stopping the rally briefly. gold and oil, is in both positive? >> a look, i think the differences between gold and oil could not be more stark. oil is all about this week. the 2 meetings, one being the u.s. and another country, the g5 meeting with iran about the sanctions situation. and then on thursday, we talked about the opec meeting. it is allold side, about a couple of things. of course, demand has been very robust in india. china, a lot of mixed messages coming out about the demand for gold. in reality for gold, it is really about real interest rate in the u.s. we have seen the minutes come out a few weeks ago. fede minutes reveal -- the was probably more of the dovish side than people expected by leaving the language unchanged and not being dependent on economic data. that supported the gold price

for me that means it is a free pass for the dollar-euro to shoot high and the dollar-yen to shoot lowelsertainly like everybody , and this is a slight concern, dollar assets are a tractive. economic the fundamentals but from the currency strength it is a symptom of the strong economic fundamentals. we continue to run with that into the end of the year. strong,ar is uniformly the yen is the poster child of how strong the dollar is coupled with the domestic assets in the japanese state to depreciate and devalue their currency to help their own situation. the dollar is strong across the board and significantly across emerging-market currencies as well. we cannot ignore that as an investor and we have to sponsor it. >> final question for you, as i woke up and did my reading, i ran across problems interrupting from solutions. sitting in front of me talking about the fed and saying lower for longer and then we talk about the dynamic in the credit markets that central banks will state easy and get back in there, what is the endgame? is -- the ende game is a. we are not too hot and not too co

this is the dollar. this is the trade as you said, jon, 235 is around the consensus estimate under this year. a 5 yoif year high. - 5 1/2-year high. that difference between east and west versus north and south in europe. s&p made records yesterday afternoon. 80% of the companies in the u.s. reported a profit. in europe today we are seeing just a little bit of a -- carry through. equity markets are opening higher. we've had a couple of reports. waiting for the dax to open. allianz we saw the figure come out there for 50 million euros worth of money that has been taken out of allianz. let's see how that opens. paris, that's where all the action is. arcelormittal up 4%. credit agricole. the banks generally lower this morning. richemont saying actually the protests in hong kong -- their numbers. that is not really knocking their overall performance this morning. sales down 1%. asia has slowed down. and the overall operating profit -- up 1.3%, burr bury. burberry down .2%. they talked about a slow down. a loo

limit the dollar yen. saying thebeen dollar yen is net positive.we need on top of the internal acknowledgment is growth next year and it all goes back to 100. perhaps it will go back. >> you and i will have a chat about the market. i put up the tenure and i am looking at a yield. we have a bank of japan that holds 20% of the market. the bank of england is not terrific. they are getting new issuance. what about the funding of the market? >> it is execution error and they said they want resolve. hopefully, they have a system close to asset purchases. from the for perspective, we find it difficult to attack the market. mass, ithave critical is hard to say that the gdp ratio can be tackled. if we have thet, outflows and the increase of overseas out locations, that encourages all the other licenses to move overseas. 94%, if we can time, you no, over longer have domestics to assist the bank of japan in cornering the market and i think that will be a slow process with that are opportunities. >> the conversation is happening and we are talking a lot about

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>> guesses below three dollars now. -- gas is below three dollars now. dollars to $2.80 a gallon in the last couple of months in denver. this is going to help all parts of the economy except the energy industry. thing for theive developed world. the global leading economic indicators are highly correlated to declining prices of oil. the price of oil is not going to rebound significantly anytime soon. >> i want to put some context around the benefits. as a general rule of dumb, everyone sent change in the price of gasoline to a billion-dollar change in consumer spending over a full year. thumb. general rule of this is great news for anyone that relies on the grocery -- on discretionary spending. i'm thinking amazon. >> amazon will be a primary beneficiary. is consumer free cash flow disposable personal income and you take away the financial obligations and food and energy costs. this is not a new high right now. it may take another few months or a quarter before it starts to kick in for the economy, but it's going to happen in 2015. in much stronger econo

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the dollar/ruble, short-lived, come to a little bit?ay be tricky to call the end of the rally of the dollar/ruble. how i look at it from the risks may further upside from here over longer-term particular to continues to it deteriorate on the back of weaker commodity prices also and furtherr russia escalation of the tensions may lead to new sanctions over time. the bank of russia will have to consider more options to stabilize the currency until they come, the risk can still to the upside. theet's talk about what central bank of russia has and ammunition. they have went through quite quickly. >> they have amount of reserves, 300 billion and gold resource. it should be more than 400 billion and the faqs once a currency crisis occurs, the becomethe reserves could quite alarming. what could be see as a war chest could be depleted. what the officials of may have to look for is a combination of fx intervention was heightened monetary policy like the bank of turkey at the beginning of the year to restore financial stability. playlook out commo

dollar general. a name we liked for a long time but it fell 4% yesterday on concerns they would have to divest more stores. i think they are going to have to divest stores. >> more than probably originally thought if they want to get that down. >> not 4,000 i don't think. and that is what sfookd stock. first this deal is far superior than the dollar tree bid and i think it is going to get done. much more gsynergistic on earnings and ebitda. i think they can grow earnings double digits and margin expansion. i like it either way and can see it getting at least to 70 on its own merits. >> what do you think of this trade? >> are you concerned at all against neighborhood markets? that is the one way walmart tried to defend themselves. >> and to that point neighborhood did really well. >> there is always competition and i certainly worry about that but i think at 16 times forward estimates it trades a the discount to walmart, target and dollar tree. a they lot of competitions and concern are in the stock a

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dollar. other commodity linked currencies, including the dollar and the crohn ya have come under pressure. so all parts of the market being impacted by the drop in the price in oil and the opec announcement yesterday. >> definitely. now, steve spoke to the oil minister of the newly appointed oil mip sister in nigeria and asked her what she had planned. >> for me, it's a privilege being a woman and being the first woman to hold this position. of course, we are hoping that over the next year, we will see more stability in terms of the market coming in. >> we don't have an extraordinary meeting in the spring. there must have been a push for the meeting. given the -- there was some call for that, but we felt that at this point in time, the rollover should be sufficient to ensure the decline in price is kept to a minimum or erased altogether. we would hope that it doesn't come to a meeting. if and when that is necessary, we are always ready to call one in. >> the markets are going to test opec, it

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the family dollar board continues to favor the dollar tree offer in the belief dollar general is not willing to divest enough stores. 1,500 willing to divest. we haven't talked about it lately, the bid on it, so it is probably in excess of 2,500. mid december is the meeting there. >> it's december 23. >> the ftc might require 4,000 stores to be sold. >> that becomes a question. if they were to come with a 2500 offer, my sense is it might at least bring negotiations between family dollar and dollar general. could you get to a number that would meet the threshold the family dollar board believes it would need to. dollar general's bid is a higher price than the dollar tree bid. >> wouldn't be regulators be more accepting of the dollar tree combo because they aren't as big competitors and don't operate the same? >> they are. dollar general has the ability to bid higher and already at a higher number. >> might be making their way into individual names. caterpillar one of the worst performers on the dow. people might start wondering or worrying about mining in that part of the world. >> al

there is another leg left in dollar/yen. at that point, intervention and the australians warned don't think we're not beyond intervening either. currency wars. a whole new commedges for 2015. -- dimension for 2015. one of the big corporate stories of the day. growth at sabmiller missed analyst estimates this morning. the world's second biggest brewer is getting hit by slowing deand in asia and europe. joining us is sabmiller c.e.o. alan clark. i'm looking at some of the regional headwinds. europe, asia. talk to me about them. what's happening? >> i think that we are pleased with the performance we have shown jever all for the group in a more difficult trading environment. he markets were uncertain. europe, the european economy and the beer industry in europe overall under pressure. our business managed to hold steady for the year. coming out with flat profits and good share gains in a number of key markets. so i am confident that we are prepared for the improvement in the economy to come out with an improved performance if e

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dollar, known as ie, rose.er the central bank governor says the economy needs more stimulus. we are watching out for chinese inflation data. the australian dollar will be the most reactive currency but keep your eye and other -- eye on across asia other currencies across asia. the question that you ask is which currency are we looking at today? there it is. you see the market. this is the reaction over the weekend, clearly dramatic reaction to the chinese trade figures. this is the performance for the aussie. the taiwanese dollar, you can see that we are a ways away from the figures out on the chinese inflation. obvious one,ost this will react, back to the aussie again. 86.43. ppi for china, there will be a movement and it will be volatile. >> we have some breaking news for you. the shanghai-hong kong stock connect is now announced to start november 17. checking some other stories making headlines that will be on top of that. we have been talking about this for a bit, a lot of weeks of people saying soon. and n

two other currencies dropping are the aussie dollar and qb dollar.se moves follow a drop in chinese manufacturing. it showed a reading of 50.8 in october, missing forecasts and lower than the reading for september. in south korea, direct trading etween the chinese one hand -- won will begin next week. about 10 banks will be appointed. this follows an agreement between the presidents of both countries to deepen economic ties. i just wanted to mention a little bit of breaking news. comments coming from the bank of korea's governor, commenting on the need to watch the currency markets very closely, watching how rapidly the japanese yen is declining relative to their currency. 1076.llar-won, there we go. a spike in that exchange rate. still, look at it over the last two years. you understand why they have some concern. it is 30% cheaper right now to travel to japan if you're a south korean tourist. those are the stories driving your fx markets. >> the democracy protests in hong kong are into their sixth away as the standoff continues and grinds on. the g

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100 million dollar gets spent over how long of a period verses a 500 dollar or $1,000? >> so normally the it is that once you get over to like five million, i think the life of the permit would then go to two million, and when you go to 100 million dollar project we are going to two and a half and three and a half four years or so. >> four years. >> so it is just depends on all of these smaller permits when the permits come in, we earn the revenue during the same year, because the work is done within that same year. >> right, okay. >> one other question. >> yes. >> as we are doing our study, are we anticipating a continual growth on the bottom two lines? the 500. >> the larger project? >> to 1 million? i see a growth, are we expecting and that is where the money. >> so actually we are not anticipating and part of the issue is that our valuation table is very, and it stopped at 1 million right? and so we, and a long time ago when we did this one million seems like a lot, and we know that one million is not a lot any more. even though you see 149 verses 85, in that one mi

look at the dollar against the yen.e talked about on yahoo finance dollar is lower against the yen. it correlates well to the s&p. s&p has backed off quite significantly. i am wondering if we get a little bit of dollar pause in this rally and a little safe haven bid from the s&p. >> sounds like fade it even if it gets a pop. neither of you thinks it will last. >> it needs to get through 1,250 to get the party started to get fear going. this dollar rally is monstrous. with what china did and what draghi is about to do, it is massive. how can the fed raise rates when the rest of the world is full on liquidity in the system? >> i think gold might have a chance to recover here. >> cautiously optimistic. thank you very much. be sure to check out the online edition of "talking numbers" in partnership with yahoo finance. >>> president obama's immigration order can be a big game changer for small business. >> it is your last call to guess today's mystery chart. here are some of your hints so far. it is on fire up more than 11%

the new zealand dollar falling alongside the aussie dollar.mi after the chinese slowed in october. we have the new zealand dollar at 77 u.s. cents. counting down to the open in korea. that is in less than half an hour from now. no trading in japan today, because it is culture day. over in thailand, a test for bangkok airways, debuting today in the thai capital. for asian carriers, it has not been a good run. with history as a guide, what can we expect to see from bangkok airways? >> bangkok airways starts trading today. , with theeen rising growing middle-class traveling more. airlines have seen that growth. they have been trying to capitalize on it very and unfortunately, as you said, history is not on their side. they have not been doing that well. bangkok airlines starts trading today. from 10 airlines that have ipo to in the last 10 years, a lossesd $1 billion in last year. airlines trading after a $4 million ipo last month. it plans to use that money to buy 18 new planes, hopefully, to start competing with other bigger airlines. >> we are

that's about 6 14 dollars per year. has more on the consequences of today's vote. >> be ready to fight. >> are you ready to fight. >> uc students forced to leave the regent meeting for disrupting today vote there were no surprises full board voted 14 to 7 in favor of increasing tuition by 5 percent every year for 5 years. the regent agreed with the the uc president in that the funding increase coming from prop 30 aren't enough. >> care about preserving the academic quality of university of california. other message we need more support in the state of california. >> prop 30 approved by voters 2 years ago. it raises taxes to funded indication. and governor brown had said the money would be guaranteed uc kept tuition for 4 years now some wonder if the regent decision could become fire in sacramento. lieutenant governor newsom predicted the governor with not take any punitive action against uc. >> i'm confident he will commit himself to looking for additional resource was strings tachltd you can't just provide money for th

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on "countdown," the dollar could get a boost.y next guest says we should look to black friday sales to gauge the u.s. consumer confidence. strategy atad of fx canadian imperial bank of commerce. he is back in two minutes. stay with us. ♪ >> live pictures for you from ferguson, missouri. protests have kicked off after a grand jury decided not to charge a police officer for the killing of unarmed teenager michael brown. time for today's company news. ker examining a bid for smith and nephew. that is according to people familiar with the matter. they could structure the transaction as a tax in version to move its business address to the u.k., where smith and nephew is based. smith and nephew say it is aware of the interest but could decide against the bid. bayer is exploring the sale of its diabetes device business according to people familiar with the matter. bayer is working with credit suisse on the potential sale that could be worth as much as 2 billion euros. it is part of their strategy to shed peripheral units to concentrate

the ruble-dollar getting very close to 45 rubles to the dollar. we saw the intervention by the bank of russia, saying they're ready to carry out additional intervention, saying they are going to do a repo operation, which will extend into next year. they will keep the limit at $50 billion. that had been announced. oil is part of the problem. >> they raced rates last friday. >> 150 basis points. >> what is stopping the currency? >> nothing. we saw a little bit of a correction. it went all the way to 45 and now down to 44.5. it is down on the day and it is extraordinaire. oil is only part of the story. oil has been falling. capital flight and other things. dollar strength is another issue. sanctions is a third issue. oil is certainly a big issue and shows how just befallen oil prices that affects countries that are produces. >> talk about whether opec and other countries will cooperate. >> it was the saudi's cutting price of oil to the u.s. market that started befallen oil the day before yesterday. then we got the inventories number. watch notg to j

dollar index is up because dollar yen is trading higher. if you look at the component of the dollar index which contains a number of different currencies most are trading higher than the dollar today. i think the reason for that is because we don't have much going on this week except for u.s. retail sales on friday. the next three weeks we are not getting clarity on eurozone. i think there could be profit taking. u.s. rates have been stubbornly low. i think that will end up catching up to the greenback at the overstretched levels. the longer term picture is positive for the greenback we have an opportunity to pick it up. >> we didn't get into the japanese political drama moving the markets. dollar-yen has been a show stopper. >> the show must go on. be sure to check out the online edition of "talking numbers" in partnership with yahoo finance. >>> one of the chief architects of obamacare has not so flattering comments for the american public. is it a big deal? we will play the clip and let you decide. >>> billionaire restaurant ceo will giv

we always show the dollar. at the bottom what you see is the dollar strengthening dramatically. they have currency leaving the country. >> massive. >> people are frightened to invest there. the currency has fallen dramatically in the last year. look at that. the dollar has gained 37%. they were spending a lot of money trying to change that. they said they are not going to bother anymore. >> what a dramatic statement. >> they said we are going to let the market set the price at this point. it is an indication of what a tough spot they are in. >> absolutely. thanks on both fronts. >>> speaking of markets, the dow hitting triple digits, near session highs. the republican sweep of the senate the major headline today. there were plenty of smaller races of particular interest to silicon valley. next on the show we look at the tech winners and losers in the mid terms. today could be the day. the day we give you hope. relief. a cure. today, we believe every life deserves world-class care. as one of the top four hospitals in the nation, over 100,000 people from around the world come to c