In europe, things have barely budged in most of the major markets. Cac is flat. Dax is up 0. 1 . The ftse up almost 0. 2 . Crude oil prices continued to climb yesterday. This morning giving back just eight cents. But there is a thought that with supplies in the United States experiencing an unexpected draw down, and with more countries looking like they may support saudi arabia in terms of continuing that production cut, we have seen prices that have stabilized well above the lows weve seen earlier this week. Wti trading at 47. 76. Some big corporate stories. Retail wreckage continues. Department store chains taking a major hit. Nordstroms posting better than expected earnings and revenue, but the stock dropped on a samestore sale miss. Theyre the latest Department Store to get hurt by a slump in clothing because of online shopping. Macy shares dropped 17 yesterday during the trading session after Quarterly Results missed. It was the worst day for macys shares since 2008. Well get anot
We take a look at which campaign pledges President Trump has kept and which he has not, at least so far. Chinas lenovo gives up the crown as the worlds biggest pc maker after some very disappointing results. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. In a minute well also investigate the Environmental Impact of the cruise industry. But first, he came into the white house with a pro business agenda. But events this week have caused the Business Community in america to isolate donald trump. And after over 200 days in office, donald trump has yet to achieve his first legislative change. Analysts have warned that his response to the violence in charlottesville will hurt republicans prospects for progress on domestic policy. So the big question is can the president deliver on his Campaign Promises . He has had mild success. In january, trump formally scrapped tpp a flagship trade deal with 11 asia pacific countries blaming the deal for job losses in the us. He also promised hed withdra
President s daily brief delivering intelligence to the first customer. 50 years ago, president johnson in an address to American Business leaders said a long axiom in my political thinking is a mans judgment is no better than his information on any given subject. Since its creation, the president s daily brief has served to provide our commanders in chief with the intelligence that informs Vital Decisions relating to our foreign and National Security policy. In short, these classified documents offer president s the tools they need to render their best judgment. First known as the president s intelligence checklist, or the pickle when it was introduced in june 1961, the document became known as the president s daily brief, or pdb in december of 1964. It represents the distillation of intelligence material deemed worthy of a president s attention, providing not just news, but importantly, context and analysis. Todays program which includes our nations top intelligence officials will she
People frightened about how much you want to invest in the United States at this time based upon regulatory requirements and so on. The other is banks are concerned about lending. You get anywhere near a risky loan and they get in trouble, so why bother . Were going to talk more about expectations. Then at the top of the next hour, Steve Liesman will join us with the exclusive cnbc survey. As for the markets, stocks rallied to start the week. The dow and the s p are down a rlths more than 1 actually, theyre only off by about 1 from the record closes. Youre looking at dow industrials there. 15,884. The futures this morning are indicating not much movement. The dow futures are up by 13 points. S p up 0. 5 . Nasdaq up by less than a point, as well. Were paying close attention to treasury yields in advance of a fed decision. The tenyear note is yielding 2. 782 . As the yield came down, that is what gave stocks to breathe and room to run a little bit yesterday. Well be watching that closely
From haiti, elle value have a door, and africa. Another move signaling an impasse. Minority leader nancy pelosi released a Statement Last night saying democrats must insist on a clean dream act. Meanwhile, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus will lead an effort next week to censure the president as a result of his comments. He may be our president , but hes not the moral compass of the united states. You have to call it what it is. It was an ignorant remark. It was a racist remark, and it served to do exactly what he wanted to do, change the conversation from his base being upset with him about his immigration remarks. Congresswoman Maxine Waters now joining congressman john lewis in his boycott of President Trumps state of the union address. What does he have to say that i would be interested in . I dont trust him. I dont appreciate him. And i wouldnt waste my time sitting in that house listening to what he has to say. He does not deserve my attention. But President Trumps