Small the kinds for the major averages a second day of small the clients. Half an hour ago, the three major averages it line ever subjected climbed ever so slightly higher, but as major averages did climb ever so slightly higher, but as trump was speaking we have big 7. 5 s in this macys down from hitting a sevenyear low after the cfo earlier at an Investor Conference and annual investor date to say that the Company Expected margins to be 1 lower on a yearoveryear basis and as a result, they will be engaging in rigorous costcutting costcutting in order to maintain the earnings forecast. Of course, how much can you cut costs . Investors not cheering that. We are seeing other retailers falling, including kohls, foot locker, and nordstrom. This is an ongoing theme this year, retail, as is riskoff. When you look at the haven bidts, we are seeing a today. Today we are seeing a big haven bid. Haven bonds are rallying. Gold is up 1 . The yen is also higher. Spikinglso have the vix 5. 5 . Not
Successful in the tech world. All that, plus a houseswallowing sinkhole in florida, triggers a new emergency. The star witness takes the stand at the top chef trial. And the countdown begins. The olympic winter games six months away. How is the usa shaping up . The athletes you need to watch, today, tuesday, august 8th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. So nice to have you with us. So nice to be together. Its like running into a High School Sweetheart years later. Its kind of wonderfully awkward. Yeah. Like you really let yourself go, havent you . No. Its great. Good to see you again. We havent been together for three weeks. We have a busy morning to start with. The Trump Administration weighing its options for north korea, after the regimes harsh response to the new u. N. Sanctions. They may be the toughest sanctions ever. But could they pla
Successful in the tech world. All that, plus a houseswallowing sinkhole in florida, triggers a new emergency. The star witness takes the stand at the top chef trial. And the countdown begins. The olympic winter games six months away. How is the usa shaping up . The athletes you need to watch, today, tuesday, august 8th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. So nice to have you with us. So nice to be together. Its like running into a High School Sweetheart years later. Its kind of wonderfully awkward. Yeah. Like you really let yourself go, havent you . No. Its great. Good to see you again. We havent been together for three weeks. We have a busy morning to start with. The Trump Administration weighing its options for north korea, after the regimes harsh response to the new u. N. Sanctions. They may be the toughest sanctions ever. But could they pla
The diplodocus. Good morning. Its the 4th of january. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Britains outgoing ambassador to the European Union, sir ivan rogers, has strongly criticised the governments preparations for brexit. In his Resignation Letter he said he didnt know what ministers Negotiating Objectives were and called on his colleagues to challenge what he called Muddled Thinking. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. Sir ivan rogers has been britains ambassador to the eu for three yea rs, ambassador to the eu for three years, and his criticisms about the governments preparations for brexit will be hard to ignore. In his Resignation E Mail he said there is a short supply of Serious Multilateral Negotiating Experience in whitehall and he said the structure of the uks Negotiating Tea M Structure of the uks Negotiating Team need rapid resolution. He reveals that even he does not know what the governments Negotiating Objectives for brexit will be. But it is sir ivans implic
Sector is underappreciated and offers great Growth Potential raising its price target on allianz, aviva, and others. All right. Lets have a quick look at the European Equity markets this morning. Nancy, how are they looking . Looking at the stoxx 600, the picture is flat. This after some minor losses on the index yesterday. Overall, yes, we are looking at a loss of 0. 06 . This does not tell the full story. When we look at the individual markets here, once again were looking at the ftse 100, the star of the show this morning, hitting another record high above that 7200 level. Now higher by 0. 18 . Elsewhere, were seeing a bit of weakness on the german main market lower by 0. 1 . Weakness in insurers after a downgrade in that sector. The french cac 40 lower by 0. 2 . Looking at the italian main market in slightly bearish territory. Lets look at the sectors one by one. Telecoms moving higher by 0. 7 . Basic resources in focus throughout the morning and coming over from the asia session.