Like indonesia closed higher. Road map goes like this, israel continues the ground offense with potential for significant operations. U. S. Officials concluded malaysia air flight shot down by Eastern Ukraine, by by whom is yet to be determine. Biggest oneday loss for the s p in three months. Stocks are trying to digest earnings from ge, google, and ibm as well as a 54 billion deal between abbvie and shire. A lot of news this morning. Israel continuing its ground offensive in gaza to stop rockets from militants. Benjamin netanyahu considering the pomt of widening the operation significantly in his words. We have a lot on the plate today, back at hq, hi, michelle. Reporter that annoyancement 1 a key issue this morning raising the level of uncertainty about the outcome of the situation in gaza. The Israeli Defense forces confirms to nbc news the ibf struck around 120 targets in the gaza strip since midnight. This is video released from last night. Idf says among them the targets are nine
Sundays final or going to stay home and stay away from what should be a showcase and joyous event. Kicking out the clutter. We investigate the meaning of the stuffed paradox. Welcome to the program. German chancellor Angela Merckle said a diplomatic solution is still the only way to resolve the crisis in ukraine. She was speaking ahead of talks with the french president hollande and russian president Vladimir Putin taking place in moscow in a few hours time. That meeting follows a visit to kiev where they put forward a new peace plan. No details of that plan have been released but some reports suggest it could include a redrawn ceasefire line and greater autonomy for the breakaway regions. However chancellor merkel says she will never decide on questions of territorial integrity over the head of another country. While there has been continued fighting over the past few days in Eastern Ukraine, prorussian rebels have surrounded the town of debaltseve. Now you can see in the territory he
Strategy, the pivot, the military girding of that is largely the u. S. Navy and the central that makes much sense if the navy is stable in size or growing because otherwise you have 60 of a smaller force that may be less than 50 of the old force and if you do the math, sequestration is roughly at the crossover point. In other words, it would force a reduced fleet size if it was to stay over longterm, which would be in the range of lets say 240, 250 ships, maybe less and 60 of that is no improvement. Relative to 50 of where we are today. Which is about 285 ships. Its more or less a watch. If you are trying to send a signal, you have taken the ability away by sequestration. Thats a clear way and a reason im against sequestration. I dont think we need a build up, but a nice, steady, real increase would be, to me, a good thing. Over to you. Thank you. If i had a real good answer for the question, id probably call the secretary of defense this afternoon and let him know, but its a very impo
100. Rescue efforts in nepal are hindered by after shocks following a massive earthquake that killed thousands of people leaving thousands sleeping out in the open. And welcome, everyone, to the show. You are watching worldwide exchange. A lot to talk about this week but first, wilfred, nice to have you back. I know. Weve been on different schedules last couple of week. There was a lot of konkl from the deutsche capital. I love it. It was great coverage. Having been away for a little bit whether it was holiday or election focus, it does make you think again about where markets are and im pretty bearish is. I dont see what there is to be positive about in the markets around the world. The shanghai market this morning hit a 7year alltime high and weve got the european markets on a tear as well. I dont think thats justify. The nasdaq stole the spotlight last week. Hitting a new high, sur parsing a level back in 2000. The sector continues to move higher. On your point, i think there is a l
At 2. 664 and europe is back to work and largely mixed. Our road map, the jobs number, payrolls above consensus. The Unemployment Rate dives to the 5. 5 year low. Watch the participation, rate, wages, more americans drop out of the work force in april. Pfizer raising its bid to try to buy astrazeneca. Astrazeneca says a few hours later no thank you. Astrazeneca shares trading below the offer price. Pfizer may need to raise a bit more. Were going to have a lot more. Upbeat morning for internet stocks. Linkedin, open table, expedia beat. A miss for chevron, profit dropping 27 on lower production. J. Crew going budget friendly. Can cheaper sweaters boost sales without diluting the brand . First up, though, lets tackle the jobs number, 288. The Unemployment Rate at 6. 3 , thats the lowest since 2008. People are wondering how this is possible, though, with the labor force decline like we had, jim. 62. 8 is the lowest since december of 2013. Yeah. Look, these are hard to rationalize. The 6.