In a tweet the ruler of dubai Shaikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum said jerusalem is the core of a just and peaceful solution to the palestinian issue and is fundamental to the regions stability. The business guardian focuses on bitcoin where the first trades in the volatile crypto currency have kicked off on the chicago futures exchange. The futures are an alternative to the largely unregulated crypto currency exchanges that have been plagued by Cyber Security and fraud issues. And finally, the white stuff Takes Centre Stage on the front of the independent, as heavy snowstorms sweep throughout the uk. The weather caused chaos at heathrow and other airports causing British Airways to cancel 50,000 flights. With me isjonathan charles whos managing director of communications at the European Bank for reconstruction. Iam firmly i am firmly grounded. Lets get onto an issue that concerns us all. The irish times picking up on the comments by david davis and the, lets not forget that they had
This is daybreak asia. I am betty liu in new york, where it is just after 7 00 p. M. Charlie it is just after 7 00 a. M. In hong kong. It feels like summer. Quiet in the markets. We have the trade figures of china and the trade balance in japan. Betty those are the big numbers to watch. Big market moving event. In terms of here in the u. S. , it mergers of a focus on that may or may not happen and specifically a look at Berkshire Hathaway and what they may be eyeing out on the horizon. Oil Prices Energy prices in particular in focus. Despite the drag, the market still managed to get out the gain. We will go through that in a moment, but that is setting up for a slightly bullish tilt for you in asia. Yvonne let us look at how things are playing out here. Cpi figures out of the u. S. New zealand, we are seeing the stock with weakness. 7356. Wi, the traders are worried about the dollar edging up. The worst currency in the g10 space, ahead of the decision this week as well. We are seeing a
Deal with the uk but warn britain would have to continue to accept free immigration from the continent. And former National Security adviser Michael Flynn agrees to testify in the russia investigation in exchange for immunity, as president Vladimir Putin tells cnbc that claims of election meddling are fictional. You and the russian government never tried to influence the outcome of the u. S. President ial election and there will be no evidence found. Read my lips, no. Hi, everybody. Good morning. Welcome to cnbc. Very glad youre with us for the next hour. The finance minister of south africa, Pravin Gordhan has been sacked in the capital reshuffle. Mr. Gordhan will be replaced by Malusi Gigaba, according to a Statement Issued late on thursday by the president s office. We are just glancing at some of these stocks exposed to south africa. You are seeing the trading down heavily here in the trade, off somewhere in the region of 4 to 8 when it comes to old mutual. Investec off by 6 , and
We will be tuesday or wednesday of next week. That is an uncertainty the markets dislike. Francine no one likes risk in this kind of environment. October manufacturing, pmi rising that are then estimated. We will have pound and euro check shortly. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Bankersmost british really that london will remain the Financial Center even after the country leaves the European Union. 72 of banker say london will maintain his role as the Financial Hub for at least five years. The eu and u. K. Will be hurt by brexit. Forecast is that mark carney will not change Interest Rates while he is governor of the bank of england. Mark carney says he will stay in the job until june of 2019, one year longer than planned. Will keep the benchmark unchanged while the u. K. Is negotiating brexit. South korea government shakeup over a peddling scandal. The president fired her premier and finance minister. Neither was directly linked to the investigation, but she appears to be tr
Where the trooper just north of where the trooper was hit. The loss, as mentioned, is just very difficult on the members of the Colorado State patrol, who lost trooper jamie jercefex a year ago while she was also investigating a crash along very similar stretch of road here on i25. Needless to say its been very difficult last couple years. Its a matter of being able to comfort one another, being able to pull together and understand why we do what we do, and make sure that we are doing the best we can in order to go home each night. But to make sure everybody in the state has the opportunity to do the same thing. Reporter and Douglas County deputies now are investigating to try to determine what caused this crash. Csp troopers have not yet released the identity of the trooper who was killed. Still shut down northbound between largspur and castle rock. Well have much more on this story coming up tonight at 6 00. Live in Douglas County, melissa garcia, cbs 4 news. Thank you, melissa. A vi