gaza health officials said many civilians were killed in an israeli strike on houses near khan younis. to the north, israeli forces are surrounding the jabalia refugee camp, which israel says is being used as a base by hamas. amid growing international criticism of the high palestinian civilian death toll, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has pushed back against those he says are trying to pressure israel s tactics in gaza. he said the only way to finish the job was to use crushing force against hamas. live now to jerusalem and our correspondent yolande knell. yolande, what can you tell us about the activities of the israeli forces in south gaza? 50 the activities of the israeli forces in south gaza? the activities of the israeli forces in south gaza? so khan younis, the second biggest in south gaza? so khan younis, the second biggest city in south gaza? so khan younis, the second biggest city in in south gaza? so khan younis, the second biggest city in
Off oure coming back lows. This is pretty perplexing but interesting to see what the causes are. The dow is down only. 01 of 1 . A have been down as much as 150 points. We are down by money five points. The s p 500 is down point two and the nasdaq is down the most by point five of 1 . This is coming after the fallout from the jobs report that we saw earlier today. Monthly jobs was the worst in september of 2010 and we see that impact here. Were still on track to break that. We will take a look at what is happening with the s p sectors. The 10 sectors right here. We can see the come back with the green versus the red. At one point we had seen utilities and materials in the green. Utilities are up id nearly 2 ,. 7 percent. Financials still the biggest laggards, down by 1. 3 followed by consumer discretionary. Lets take a look at where those stand. The aspect for interestrates going higher later on is having impact on bank stocks. Bank of america coming downloader at 3 . Citigroup similar
Far. Looking at so ar this morning we got Economic Data on home prices. The case schiller home price index showing an increase of war than five percent of a weathered is talking about the top 20 cities or more broadly, looking nationally. You can see the three major averages are trading higher, representing a rebound from yesterdays decline. Once again in the green for the full year. We have had a lot of switching back and forth on that front. As the is nearly as high nasdaq today. Seeing a switch from yesterday. Betty while prices are dominating the direction of the trade. Definitely, we are seeing more of an issue with commodities following the trade. This, 2. 3 looking at today. It is helping matters. Myyou look at bloomberg terminal, financials doing the best, followed by commodities. Yesterday, a broadbased decline, and today a broadbased advance. Natural gas is once again powering higher rate it has been on a winning streak on the outlook finally, some colder weather. The local n
Congress. Angela merkel is times person of the year. The magazine says she showed leadership during the refugee crisis and the greek debt crisis. I am emily chang and this is bloomberg west. The spin cycle at yahoo , the company changing gears again. It will hold on to its alibaba stake after all. Apple changes channels, the company pulling the plug on plans for a live tv service. Ramping up efforts to develop apps for tv providers. Notou work at airbnb, do make any plans to leave. The company topping a new list of best places to work. Another change of course at internethe legacy portal announcing it is shelving plans to spin off its stake in alibaba. It will focus on the possible spinoff of its core business and its stake in alibaba japan. Marissa mayer said the move will give investors a better sense of the value of yahoo s core business. Marissa mayer a large part of our market capitalization, a separation will provide Greater Transparency to ensure yahoo s Business Operations are
This is where we stand with about an hour to go left in trading. The dow is up by 1. 1 but it had been down by as much as 195 points. Take a look at the dow intraday right now. You can see the volatility that has been happening over the course of today. We fell down 195 points. Only toed the flat line rise right now. Oil has been rising in tandem. More than 500 million barrels. You would think that oil would be falling. This is really puzzling. There is also talked that there might be some currency impacts that are affecting crude right now. This is down the most in seven years against other major currencies. New data showed the service industries. Betty indeed, the service is so big in our economy. The nasdaq is the laggard here among the averages. Part of ato do in cutting thehey are pc estimates for all of 2016. They said there would be a contraction year. They were revising that. Some of the impact is happening here. Hp down the most by 2. 2 . New products, in convertible products,