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overall economy but what it does do is a good sign for the export sector, so the likes of samsung, sk hyneko do rely on that export growth foreign sales, that is good news for them. the domestic investors in south korea right now are looking at the positives and focusing on that at the moment. turning a blind eye perhaps to what we see on the tv screen outside the former presidential house but it remains to be seen how long this will drag on, but overall quite a surprisingly good performance, you would have to say. let's show you the capital of south korea. you can see lots of south korean flags, protesters lined up korean flags, protesters lined up for some supporters of president yoon and also a large police presence as well in the hi—vis jackets. you can also the vehicles and a large police presence not in hi—vis jackets but there is a large security force on the ground to ensure the protesters i kept in check. a crypto boss accused of being resonsible for a crisis costing investors $40 billion has pleaded not guilty to us fraud charges. do kwon was the boss of a singapore—based terrafor

overall economy but what it does do is a good sign for the export sector, so the likes of samsung, sk hynekon that export growth foreign sales, that is good news for them. the domestic investors in south korea right now are looking at the positives and focusing on that at the moment. turning a blind eye perhaps to what we see on the tv screen outside the former presidential house but it remains to be seen how long this will drag on, but overall quite a surprisingly good performance, you would have to say. this all kicked off in early december when president yoon tried to declare martial law, which really shook things up in south korea. the broader economy, a month after it happens, been numerous protesters — but the broader economy, was it impacted? so far it is too early to tell. we did see this week some manufacturing data from december. that did show the manufacturing sector moving into contraction below the key 50 level, so that would have caused concerns among investors about where the economy is placed right now. 0n the inflation front that is still reasonably well with inflation runn

sk hynek's numbers. bitcoin of 2.8 percent after a flurry of executive orders. them yesterday was ai and crypto. maybe we get some kind of overall bitcoin reserve. but took a bit of a hit yesterday back at 106,000. we have started the earnings season. verizon up 1.2% beating in terms of almost half a million added for new phones via tesla up .25%. they had to put an over the air update, recalling chinese cars. ericsson down 13% on the back of telecom not selling as expected. mike: tiktok is a big issue in washington. frank mccourt's executive chairman of mccourt global and founder of mccourt liberty that made an offer to acquire the social media giant two weeks ago not long before the ban deadline. i want to start with the reprieve president trump signed hours after taking office. how has that complicated efforts by you and other bidders to get bytedance to come to the table and talk about a sale? frank: it hasn't complicated things from our perspective. we continue to chug along. we are prepared. we are hanging around their hoop, so to speak, waiting for byteda

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