To set the bar for negotiations and sell high, but we inevitably leave without a deal would be at the trail and the Prime Minister said he would get a deal and we want to see him deliver it. Well report from sweden where the rapper asap rocky has been found guilty of assault. And pacific leaders on the forefront of Climate Change hit out at australia over its coal use. There are shocking revelations about the scale of plastic pollution. Scientists have confirmed that theyve discovered particles of plastic falling in snow in the arctic. A region long thought to be pristine turns out to be contaminated microscopic particles are carried on the winds from thousands of miles away. Researchers have found more than 1a,000 microplastics per litre of melted snow. Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin travelled to the artic circle as the research was being carried out. Heres his special report. The arctic. A place of pristine beauty. Smothered with snow, clean and pure. Well, thats how it appea
Losses after strong u. S. Job openings ratchet up wall streets [indiscernible] hitting multiyear highs. The yen is surging from its weakest levels in a year amid speculation japanese officials intervened to slow the currency slide. Plus a republican revolt dumping Kevin Mccarthy as House Speaker, sending a fractious u. S. Congress and to further disarray. Media reports suggesting he will not run for office, for the post again. We are just getting some numbers when it comes to south korean Industrial Production crossing the bloomberg for the month of august. We are seeing a big beat when it comes to Industrial Production. Seasonally adjusted monthtomonth number, 5. 5 against expectations of. 2 and really bouncing back from the contraction of 2 we saw in the prior month. When it comes to Industrial Production, the year on your number, that is a bigger year number, that is a bigger fall than expected, about half a percent. Expectations were a fall of about 6 . A better outcome than expect
The year, will we hit 24,000 on the dow by christmas . The dow up 41 points at this hour. By the way, more bad p. R. For uber, the new ceo knew about that massive data hack for months before disclosing it. So plenty to go at. If youre at home enjoying that postturkey glow, settle in and buckle up for the next three hours. Varney company is about to begin. Ashley its hard to believe, but black friday may no longer be the hottest shopping day of the year. A new study shows only 35 of consumers plan to do their Holiday Shopping today. Amazingly, thats down 24 from just 2015. Interesting. Lets go to jeff flock. Hes live on chicagos Michigan Avenue. Jeff, i know its a little early, and i was going to say a lot of people out there . I dont see anyone behind you. [laughter] reporter you know, i always look to challenge these surveys because i sometimes think they dont make sense. Well, ive got to tell you, if you look at the magnificent mile right now, ashley, there are not throngs out here,
Has brexit shaken the foundation . We speak to the ceo at 7 00 a. M. U. K. Time. A very warm welcome to countdown. We are live from london. It is 6 00 a. M. Here in london. A quick look at what is happening. The asian equities session is underway, fairly flat. Weakness coming in through some oil related asset classes. Let us look at the risk radar. Oil prices weaker, down by 1. 3 . Weakness across the oil markets meaning the asiapacific energy is down for the fourth day. Prospect of increasing crude supplies. We talked about that story coming out of iraq. Prices are retreating from a sevenweek high. We talked about this a lot yesterday and last week with regards to the hawkish commentary coming in from fed officials. A little bit of a retreat from the highs we saw yesterday as we focus in on jack jackson hole where janet yellen will be speaking on friday. The fed needs to consider the cost of leaving Interest Rates low. We will talk more about that team as we go through the program. In
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