Moving news from all around the world from frankfurt, to london, taiwan, our bloomberg two iowa, our bloomberg voices are on the ground. Commodities leading the charge for the quarter. Here for more is bloombergs sonali basak. Income net interest coming in above analyst expectations is a great thing for bank of america because it shows the bank is doing what a bank should do. That is loan growing, deposits growing. Investment banking mergers and acquisition fell short than expectations, but we are seeing that across the board. We want to see confidence among corporate clients now that we know consumers are holding steady. Alix what were some of the worries through the quarter . Sonali the expenses were up, but bank of america was a costcutting story. Something we are hearing from all of the banks is the propensity to keep investing because the cycle is getting competitive at this moment. Alix thank you very much. Now i want to go to the latest on trade. President trump is ready to sign
Be no strike for several months hospitals and Emergency Services. Nothing has been the problem. Also ahead on the Program Media nations. U. K. Government documents reveal the intelligence services. British news spreading. Propaganda during the cold war. May be tuning in from right across the world this hour a welcome to our 2 international my names you know in the in. The u. S. Secretary of state painted the assassination of irans top general. As part of a Bigger Campaign of the terence is word he says it will also be applied to russia china picking up the story for us. Mike pompei oh the u. S. Secretary of state seems to be highlighting the term deterrence as the new buzz word defining u. S. Foreign policy reestablishing deterrence real deterrence military deterrence deterrence is hard to establish an easy to lose now the killing of a top foreign general by the United States in a different country is considered now to be an act of deterrence intended to deter behavior on the part of t
Estimates by about 0. 30. Revenue was also better than estimated, and they see revenue up, so that stock jumping in the premarket. Time now for global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from around the world. From hong kong to brussels, des moines, iowa and new york, our bloomberg forces are on the ground with the latest top stories. Chinese growth and imports beat expectations. With us from hong kong is in the curran. Is enda walk us through the numbers. Numbers. Ty good a couple of factors behind these good trade numbers, sentiment was much better in the month of december and late last year in advance of the trade agreement that is going to be signed this week. There was an element of front running of the orders because in Chinese New Year falls january. A base effect gives the numbers a bit of a polish, but also importantly, china found new markets even as it suffered from tariffs on its goods going into , and even into europe. Nd Southeast Asia total chinese exp
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