Anything new its been at least eight months anything new going on with you . How is life, is it a little busier than before, any change whatsoever we need to know about . Less sleep, but, i mean busier. Not boozier busier i think all our lives have been boozier. But im so happy for you it must be great i told you that all along. It is the greatest thing i dont know if people know what were talking about, but how old are the babies seven months old. That is still hard. A boy and girl. Still hard. Wow still tough and you are in it deep. All right. But we digress yeah, they are upstairs crying you look like youre far away i am hoping that they will crawl into a shot at some point. But ive seen pictures and they are so cute. We could have some Photo Bombing going on later in the program. Maybe later lets show everybody u. S. Equity futures at this hour, we do have some red across the board. It looks like the dow futures would be off a little over 1 right now. Similar story well, nasdaq off
Q were relatively flat up slightly, up about 2. 5 points in europe we saw the active trading taking place all of this ahead of the fed meeting starting today the cac is the biggest gainer of the three major averages its up by q . You see gains of a half percent across the board and then if you want to seee1 whats happening in the treasur market here in the United States o0. 042 theres no way bad news is good Morgan Stanley is soenearish yesterday was the mostx boring day i watched ine the markets seeing the bug here and there at thee1 gym or whatever. I would look up. I have to check. E 46 i have to check. Up 46. Is it dog days yet it may be market breaking news. Facebook officially unveiling its cryptocurrency currency plans. Julia boorstin has more on that. Facebook announcing its new Digital Currency called libra. It will make it easy to send money around the world the currency is set to launch the first half of next year. It will be run by a nonprofit in switzerland up like
Victory in the. Last stronghold in the north but its now back under iraqi control which means in the fight against the Islamic State of iraq and the levant its not just one area in iraq remaining in the hands of the armed groups also in the great moscow welcomes a sound the monarch for the first time. Has begun his official visit to russia but why now specially when the two countries are on opposite sides of so many of the worlds geopolitical back and in the unlikely location of malaysia syria has drawn with australia in their world cup qualifying match not the result that he wanted but it does mean serious ones improbable path to russia twenty eighteen. Now why men in india are placing selfies of themselves. But you can also tweet me. With the new spirit live on air and streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and the red dot com and you know at first glance it looks like another small piece of the puzzle in iraq but cumulatively its now means iraq is close to ridding itself of
Faster than cpi. Ae parliamentary vote on president. Youre looking at live pictures of the protests outside the parliament. Motion should be debated in the next few hours. The kospi is unlikely to be overly affected. Global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Let us take a look at the noon trading. R hong kong and china. Three quarters of a percent higher on the shanghai composite. Emily this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, the ecb doubles down on stimulus to the tune of 2. 4 trillion, but can europes tech sector capitalize . We will analyze the impact on the fund landscape. Plus, nintendo and is the year with another gamble on an old favorite. And groupon cofounder andrew mason joins us for an extended interview, partnering with airbnb in his latest venture. First, to our lead. The European Central bank its bond buying program. Mario draghi morning that the warning in frankfurt today that the latest stimul
Tracking the two hurricanes heading toward the Hawaiian Islands. The first is expected to make landfall tonight. The sun is beginning to disappear on the big island, and waves along this beach near hilo are growing in size. Residents are scrambling to prepare while officials are urging everyone to take these storms seriously. Clayton sandell is in hawaii with the latest. Reporter two hurricanes are barreling toward hawaii. Forecasters say hurricane iselle will be the first hurricane to smash into the islands in more than two decades. Experts thought it would weaken but so far is packing quite a punch. Expecting to hit hawaii as a category 1 hurricane or Strong Tropical Storm. The big island is on track to bear the brunt when iselle makes landfall later tonight. Its going to impact all of the Hawaiian Islands in the form of heavy rain, flash flooding and rough surf. Reporter right behind it, hurricane julio, now a category 2 storm, which may strike a glancing blow to hawaiis islands ove