We are also watching currency, the dollar has been the big story this week. The euro as well as its counterpart. We are taking a pause from the rally after the ecb, but if we see a gain today, that would take that streak for the longest in 16 years of nine days straight. So far it is flat. Flirting withlar . 70 for the first time this year. The dollar weakening across the board with the exception of the yen. Dollaryen, and offshore hovering. We are watching the bond markets as well. The mliv question is, the yields we are seeing, will they disrupt the equity rally . The u. S. 10 year after the u. S. Jobless numbers that fell again, treasuries ing the worst brent slipping after they did extend cuts after a breakthrough with iraq. Tom the European Central bank did put its money where its mouth is, announcing a bigger than expected increase in emergency bond buying, responding to what it calls the unprecedented contraction in the euro area economy. Kathleen hays has the story. What is dri
Still waiting for the French Market and the German Market to really get into their stride perhaps this morning. he british pound up around 0. 3 as we hone in on december 12. The Options Market is currently adjusting itself around that kind of timing. The dollar index is down by around 01 . 1 . s look at 0. Lets get a look at the sector perspective. And the outer space, what is good for one company doing m a might be bad for another. Financials looks to be an area of red, as does health care. A couple of areas of green coming through their but essentially read in both of those, as is staples. Utilities and staples looks to be fairly green. That looks a bit defensive on of what we are seeing here from sectors. One of the sectors we have focused in on a lot is the auto sector of course. The vw share price is trading higher, up by 1. 9 . There was no change in revenue on margin guidance from vw. Weve been speaking to the vw ceo, that is frank witter, about the cut to the forecast. Frank ma
Christiane and im Daniel Prieto in washington heres a look at whats on deck today joyce thing continues to slash jobs as part of its restructuring could there be an eerie pattern on folding nailer a Public Citizen is on hand to sort through whats in store for the banking behavior. In the wake of the constant Terror Threats auto exports from mexico to the states have spite lauren fix the car coach joins us today to break down the boom of cars coming across the border we have packed out i thought lets go and dive right in. A legal fight that could such major global precedence on down to sharing and privacy leads our Global Reports today as the Irish Data Protection Commission takes a case against facebook to the European Court of justice on tuesday the e. C. G. The top court of the European Union began hearing a case that began with revelations that a u. S. Spy agency the National Security agency was compelling facebook and Similar Companies to turn over private data from users in the e.
The top court of the European Union began hearing a case that began with revelations that a u. S. Spy agency the National Security agency was compelling facebook and Similar Companies to turn over private data from users in the e. U. The 11 specific questions that spun out of that case are now before the court and center on the rules that govern Tech Companies sharing data from users around the world socalled standard contractual causes or c cs if the e. C. J. Finds that as he sees fail to protect the privacy rights guaranteed by e. U. Laws Companies Like facebook and its peers could be forced to sequester that lucrative trove of european consumer data and rewrite their rules for sharing what is arguably their most valuable resource a decision from the court is expected before the end of this year. Catching up with africa 54 of 55 leaders attending the recent African Union summit in nigeria has signed an agreement to create the african continental free. Trade area the proposal under di
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