the last province on the route is shin john where the muslim turkic speaking wiggers complain of discrimination china is often accused of suppressing the ethnic group in its efforts to fight terrorism investment along the new silk road may help ease the situation and defuse the conflict. the three drivers are close to that destination spending the last night at a highway rest area it costs two dollars cheap enough for their limited budget they can finally get some rest and have a smoke so when he's not sure they get used to this life. the next day they'll reach their final destination on the border with kazakhstan and then return to ceann by train. and i'll have the next episode of all silk road series tomorrow for you and that's it for me and the business team here in berlin for now more news on the dow view for you at the top of the hour in the meantime check out our twitter and facebook feed the before you go is i will time say on global markets at this hour thank you very much for watching. look. a little ways at full speed leg. length but always on the moon mostly today and in the future.

companies are already well capitalized and can bring on as many employees as they need according to john shin, who is a foreign exchange strategist at bank of america merrill lynch. in fact, i think he is quoted as saying companies are sitting on a large amount of cash. they're not financially constrained. shin, who conducted a survey of more than 300 companies asking their plans for a tax overhaul. and said they're all basically focused on their shareholders and engaging in buybacks. so as the fed looks at this, and they're saying there is not a linkage between the tax cuts in investment. in fact ceos are saying they're going to do share buybacks. as the fed is looking at that and your policies, are share buybacks generally, are they going to increase wages? >> well, i don't think share buybacks would increase wages. the usual linkage would be investment in capital and equipment would if they occur order to the extent that they occur would help raise the productivity of the labor force. and in boosting their productivity, would likely end up raising wages. but the linkage occurs through capi