good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these your headlines for wednesday november fourteenth two thousand and twelve u.s. president barack obama is reportedly looking for one point six trillion dollars and more revenue for uncle sam when he goes into those fiscal cliff negotiations on friday that's del ball what was talked about with g.o.p. leaders in the summer of two thousand and eleven according to the wall street journal so he is doubling down. and i'll bring everyone in to show that right away so we can give folks some certainty before the whole they see. we shall see about that but in the meantime the fiscal cliff is surpassed the euro zone crisis as the top concern for business leaders but was there a decision made recently that a verdant a pro longer recession for western economies and we just haven't heard much about it chris whalen senior managing director of capital partners is here with that answer and to analyze impending threats and could housing be the antidote to the fiscal cliff it has been suggested as m

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for wednesday october thirty first two thousand and twelve thanks. very ago the u.s. stock market reopened after two days of sandy and some ask if the superstorm had regulators erring not on the side of caution because of erosion of the shoreline but the rhodesian of the investor confidence and a year that seen m.f. global terror grand knight capital disasters all to name a few on the one year anniversary of m.f. global's collapse which by the way is to day we'll talk about what we think is standing in the way of restoring confidence we'll talk to a customer in peregrine who is still trying to find a way to hold regulators accountable and a superstorm sandy saw mother nature's wrath amount to death just struction fire unprecedented flooding on the east coast of the u.s. bad for victims is it also bad for some investors we'll talk to steve evans of artemis about catastrophe bombs and why the hunt for yield is growing this market and an ad for the tallest buildi

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington to d.c. and today we have a very special show for you combining some of the great on air to exert some of our best recent interviews first stephen colbert there is the latest to take on high frequency trading the twitter sphere is been abuzz over his segment on the colbert report earlier on our show this week you heard how c a t c commissioner for children wants more regulations for h f t but today hear what he says to the argument that regulators just need to enforce what's on the books plus author and professor of behavioral economics dan ariely breaks down why executives at wall street firms may feel better about cheating customers if their primary responsibility is to deliver for shareholders and in loose change the wall street journal reports of elections coming up japan's main opposition leader is stepping up pressure on the good old central bank to ease more and get the country out of deflation and oh politics let's get to days capital account. so stephen colbert there recently took on

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. vizier headlines for monday november twenty sixth two thousand and twelve egypt's president mohamed morsi today is reportedly standing behind a series of decrees the issued last week they granted new powers putting him above any oversight now this sent tens of thousands into the streets and sent the egyptian stock market lungeing bloomberg reports the most since january of two thousand and eleven when the arab spring uprisings began in egypt so what do we talk to an egyptian investment firm managing director to put it in context and is there any connection between say protests in egypt and if this.

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday november twenty ninth two thousand and twelve in washington not all deadlines are as pressing as those in the fiscal cliff the date for the final draft of the volcker rule has been pushed out according to the m.p.c. from the end of year to possibly the first quarter of two thousand and thirteen does this simply leave more time for bank lobbying wins like the one scored from the treasury treasury over foreign exchange swaps during this transition out for timothy geithner bob english is here to talk about it all from the south beach plus third quarter g.d.p. growth was revised up to two point seven percent up from the two percent gain previously reported by the commerce department and just short of expectations now reports are that this gain could reverse but more important than that should we put stock in g.d.p. as a measure of the economy's health at all we'll discuss and earlier this week we asked financial commentator peter schiff about his hype

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are headlines for monday november nineteenth two thousand and twelve just thirty percent of s. and p. five hundred companies be top line expectations while about sixty five percent be. earnings expectations in the prior quarter according to bloomberg and wall street journal analysis found u.s. companies are scaling back on plans to invest at the fastest pace since the great recession so what bearing does all of this have on a so-called economic recovery and what levers are left to pull well americans up their use of plastic average credit card debt per bar or in the u.s. rose four point six percent to just under five grand in the third quarter while these folks were less diligent about making payments on time that's all according to data from trans union doesn't sound great economist steve keen is here in studio to talk all things debt deflation and it is the business story that really hit home making the local news circuit in a town near you take a look. snowball cupcakes all o

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are headlines for friday november ninth two thousand and twelve bloomberg reports u.k. prosecutors are ready to arrest traders and rate setters within a month for questioning over their role in the library scandal these are folks that u.b.s. r.b.s. and barclays so will we see bankers in costs for their war against a price mechanism will discuss and resulting the fiscal cliff. i outlined a responsible forward to avert the fiscal cliff without raising tax rates were serious about reducing with ups have to combine spending cuts with revenue. that sounds pretty opposed to good luck with that brand bargain guys so maybe we'll go off the cliff and what that really be so bad well you can decide mike maloney of gold silver is here to weigh in and cvo was out with a view of what a plunge would mean as far as a recession and unemployment goes and it's not about what the demographic that wakes up and says this is going through. there's a tightening. of the woolly demographic that realizes

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday november twentieth two thousand and twelve the securities and exchange commission is expanding and forcing a probe intensifying scrutiny of the exchanges the f.c.c. is looking more closely reportedly at how they develop new products communicate with investors and provide incentives to trade this is all according to the wall street journal and heart stems from a probe order types a number of which benefit high frequency traders sounder air con sader is here to help us read through this and speaking of high frequency trading australia is clamping down on australian media outlets report federal officials announced changes to market rules including mandatory kill switches for algorithmic trading to avoid you know us style flash crash down under our other countries ahead of the new whilst small discuss and navigating the post-election economy i moderated a panel on the issue take a look behind me malden economics featuring john walden bloomberg virtual

is host of the capital account lauren lyster and in new york our to correspondent honest enough ladies thank you thanks to you both for for joining me. on a saucy i'm going to direct this first question to you this rolling jubilee as it's called has gotten a lot of positive feedback but still there is. is blowback some people critical that this is going to be effective. can you kind of describe some of the concerns that people have felt with this idea surely as well as we all know having covered the occupy wall street movement since its inception that one thing the movement never lacked was the critics and the haters surrounding it and sometimes concerned have gone for more or less legitimate to outright bogus and certainly with the rolling jubilee idea that is also the case we have some people saying well we like the idea of what the rolling jubilee is about to occupy is still ridiculous or something like that and then there's also a really more legitimate social moral and legal concerns and one of the most popular ones is really the fact that people are saying that the way they're pl

capital account with lauren lyster up next you're watching our . good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in lister here in washington d.c. these are headlines for friday november twenty third two thousand and twelve budget talks have collapsed the wall street journal's matina status reports wealthier countries say there just isn't enough were straight in the plan so is this a sign of disintegration in the beleaguered euro zone or is this political theater one no one of the type we see so often in the us surrounding a budget or say raising the debt ceiling well ms devis is here to tell us plus mario draghi rattled off the e.c. visa recent actions concluding this. therefore i can address you today you used the big room it was really to reach can see them in the press. but is it really the case that we've seen a return to confidence or is the euro crisis team other headline grabbing news such as the u.s. fiscal cliff just making it seem like the worst in europe is behind us we'll try to answer that and it is black friday q. craziness at som

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday november sixth two thousand and twelve the u.s. presidential elections are today along with elections for hundreds of lawmakers for every the house of representatives and some in the senate will discuss what a proposed election economy may look like with credit write downs founder edward terrorists and and europe may be an example of what happens when you cut spending without writing down the debt so far the u.s. is postpone financial reckoning day by ramping up the presses but how much longer can do is continue plus the u.s. fiscal cliff has people worried about a u.s. recession if washington does nothing meanwhile in france president francois hollande is under pressure to reform the economy loosening labor laws for example reuters says he's expected to brush aside the prescriptions from an i.m.f. and also a government commission report our elected politicians just universally aligned and not wanting to make the tough decisions we'll discuss let's

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and these are your headlines for monday november fifth two thousand and twelve bond speculators doubled their long exposure to u.s. ten year treasuries last week says reuters reporting the f.t.c. data while bloggers from zero hedge say this marks the highest position since march of two thousand and eight we'll hear from hedge fund portfolio advisor grant williams on what might be driving this move will also talk about why you was elections and the fiscal cliff look like asia where he does his pondering most of the time and it has been a week since hurricane sandy hit the you were asked and from the one point nine million reported homes and businesses still without power last night to reports of some arming themselves with bows and arrows to protect against looting we're seeing widespread urban devastation and what might this mean for rural renewal i'm talking farmland we'll talk about it and on the big night forecasters strain to make correct call so read the wall street journal headl

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for friday november second two thousand and twelve jobs numbers for october show the unemployment rate inching up a tenth of a percent to seven point nine percent but this is because more people entered the labor force which may be a good sign and payrolls climbed more than forecast so are we seeing incremental improvements on the labor front houses is it given all the stimulus measures in place since two thousand and eight and what do wages indicate about an economic recovery or lack there of it we'll talk about it and today the buzz is the labor department's report yesterday it was the private jobs report reportedly showing companies expanding payrolls the most in eight months now these numbers get so much buzz when they come out less so when revisions are later released what can we learn from a.d.p.s revisionist history that could temper our expectations and from superstorm sandy's price gouging to catastrophe bonds to why you would citizens don't vote for

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for monday november twenty sixth two thousand and twelve egypt's president mohamed morsi today is reportedly standing behind a series of decrees he issued last week they granted new powers putting him above any oversight now this sent tens of thousands into the streets and sent the egyptian stock markets lungeing bloomberg reports the most since january of two thousand and eleven when the arab spring uprisings began in egypt so we'll talk to an egyptian investment firm managing director to put it in context and is there any connection between say protests in egypt and as a session movement in catalonia there's been a cattle on drive for independence from spain separatist saw gains in regional elections over the weekend is there a common economic gain underpinning unrest from egypt to spain to the u.s. are we going to see more of this we'll talk to michael krieger of liberty blitzkrieg plus it is this shopping day known as cyber monday today in the u.s. and we

thanks to the both of you for weighing in and that was lauren lyster she's the host of capital account and our t. correspondent on the. well the media fascinated with the twists and turns in the petrolia sex scandal but instead of obsessing over the general's personal sex life should people be more concerned about how this all became public we know about the affair things to an f.b.i. investigation in which agents sifted through thousands of e-mails between betray us and his mistress paula broadwell broadwell is certainly not alone google's semiannual transparency report shows that the number of government requests for user information has skyrocketed as you can see in the first six months of two thousand and twelve google says it received more than twenty thousand requests nearly eight thousand of them were from the us most of the requests ninety percent were filled in one way or another now that the betray a story has exploded is the real story the government's ease and desire to snoop on people's online activity even when there is no crime being committed i was to discuss i was join

and we are going to leave it up there but coming up next on earth he is the capital account with lauren lyster let's check in with lauren to see what is cooking on today's agenda lauren wells begin to cook and i heard you talking about turkeys and you know they will appear on the show today too because in the investing world you want to avoid them and you don't want to be a turkey because it essentially means you're a sucker so one thing that's really important to look at is volatility so there is an index to gauge this and to bet on it it's called the vix and people are always looking at it as kind of a gauge of fear to see what kind of fear exists in the market and what's been going on with the vix is it's been very low and some people have seen this is a sign that things are hunky dory some of seeing this is a sign that investors in the market are complacent and that really stormy seas are ahead that people are prepared for but is this a much too simplistic view to look at volatility with this specially with central bank easing and with the macro economic picture factoring so much in the co

well coming up next hour to use the capital account with lauren lyster let's check in with lauren to see what is on today's agenda lauren hi liz well news today that u.s. regulators are expanding a probe looking more closely at what kind of advantages high frequency traders have over average folks average investors you or i if we're going to try to play the stock markets if we want to risk that so anyway this is the f.c.c. probe this is something we've talked a lot about it sounds like this kind of side by world war algorithmic traders have these crazy exploitative practices to exploit us second but really that is what's going on and to give us a real objective perspective of what that looks like as market watcher next founder eric consider that to be in just a moment right a lot to live for were there thanks for that update laurin that is coming up in a half hour but that's going to do it for the news for more of the stories we covered check out our youtube channel youtube dot com slash r t america also check out our web site r t v dot com slash usa follow me on twitter liz wall we'

to the capitol and i'm lauren lyster. a keeping drone use a secret it appears that's what's happening in a california county this after a freedom of information acts from an organization called amok rock and the electronic frontier foundation the request as part of their ongoing efforts to conduct a drone census across the country to find out who has them and who wants them but when the san diego sheriff was asked to fork over drone documents he said there weren't any at first there was no cause for alarm but after looking into responses from other cities it became apparent that san diego did and fact have documents pertaining to drones so why the big secret for more on this artsy correspondent ramon glinda during this earlier i first asked him how it came to light that san diego had documents relating to drones take a listen. the electronic frontier foundation and mark rock have been conducting this drone census where they're using the freedom of information act to get this information regarding drones from several diffe

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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for monday november twelfth two thousand and twelve what happens when you take your medicine you can do for the pain but your sickness doesn't go away well you might want to ask greece out then passed a new austerity budget they committed to public sector cuts privatization measures but grazes careening towards its sixth year of economic contraction that is six years of depression we'll get a report on the ground by greek journalist be honest paleologos live from athens and the international energy agency says the u.s. is on track to become the world's top oil producer in two thousand and seventeen and most entirely be energy self-sufficient by two thousand and thirty five what is this forecast dependent on and what does this mean for the energy outlook and for so many political talking points we've heard over the years like this. we're still addicted to foreign oil president obama in washington all talk no action. on oh well this got plus a trillion dollars f

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welcome to the capital of i'm lauren lyster. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is human and with the global scene where we had a state controlled capital it's called sasha's when nobody dares to ask we do our teen question more. thank. you we want to give you a live look right now this is the obama campaign headquarters in chicago illinois the crowd starting to gather there of course this is that time of night where everybody's sort of crossing their fingers not wanting to get too excited yet tom as it's happening right now everything sort of going according to the polls no big surprises yet tonight you know i think that this is you know very clearly the case and florida now is it has been called it's still very very close and get the exact number we have ninety one point four percent of the precincts reporting it's obama forty nine point seven to romney forty nine point five well it's very very tight but if obama

but after the break capital account with lauren lyster on the causes of the global financial rollercoaster. if you're passing through russia's very region you really can't. on the wild side thousands of kilometers of unspoilt countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the land such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fisherman and provides a business opportunity for hunters there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lax enforcement means many animals are killed out of the allotted times which can leave young animals orphaned and unable to survive the heart of just us forest provides a sanctuary for the most famous beast in russia it's home to a group who rescue often bear cubs and raise them when they're old enough to fend for themselves the cubs a target taken to a remote location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find a haven here this is wolf island here wolf pups who've been captured by hunters or bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have a unique opportunity to observe them these walls are all

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. in the zeer headlines for monday november fifth two thousand and twelve bond speculators doubled their long exposure to u.s. ten year treasuries last week says reuters reporting the f.t.c. data while bloggers from zero hedge say this marks the highest position since march of two thousand and eight we'll hear from hedge fund portfolio advisor grant williams on what might be driving this move will also talk about what you want the elections and the fiscal cliff look like from asia where he does his pondering most of the time and.

and coming up after a short break it's capital account with lauren lyster stay with us because. the sun rises over what seems like and last forest here in the new directions cry for hundred kilometers north of light of all stalk as in much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. for much. longer is both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system for filing down the forest of the more skewed region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis the world wildlife fund for nature makes regular trips to help local rangers do what little they can to stop the logging but it's not easy lager set up trucks making them hard to reach an already rough terrain and have mastered ways to jump through legal loopholes this is a nature reserve were only sanitary logging of disease trees is allowed according to law and not a single berry can be picked but loggers like this use their sanitary logging permit to cut down absolutely healthy trees and sell the profitable timber over the border in china we are on the hun

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