Into an area. Parents be doing for thousands of years is just simply its not good. With you this morning thanks for joining us the hotel has collapsed in the southeast of china with more than 30 people reportedly still trapped under the rubble Emergency Services working at the site say theyve managed to rescue 43 people at the moment theres no information about any potential casualties to local media the hotel was being used as a quarantine site for suspected coronavirus patients its still not clear at this point that the collapse. Meanwhile the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has exceeded 100000 the virus is not sparing politicians either with the leader of italys Ruling Democratic Party testing positive in iran the virus has claimed its 1st fatality among lawmakers with over 20 more of peace and affected as well as the World Health Organization has warned its still probably sure to predict when the outbreak will start to decline. We do not know years what the activity
These are your markets, the stocks europe 600 is down 0. 3 . Of course, what that means for easing against the backdrop of threats to Global Growth. Ignore this, it is the wrong number. If you look at oil, its up a touch, but definitely not at 9. 74. Will get an update shortly. There you go, american crude at 58 and . 85. Coming up that we speak to the Democratic National Committee Chair howard dean as the democratic debate takes place tonight in miami. Ahead of that government lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. Special Counsel Robert Mueller agreed to testify on capitol hill, setting up a dramatic confrontation over the trump presidency. In his report, he said he could not conclude whether Donald Trumps campaign conspired with russia the also said he could not exonerate the president from obstruction of justice. , that is whatorce President Trump threatened iran with if they attack the u. S. Tensions continue to flare with the president warning republic of quote obliterat
presidents have been saying over the last couple of days, most recently dallas fed president robert kaplan. semiannualhe monetary policy released today. anything that doesn t come up will be addressed next week in jay powell s testimony on capitol hill tuesday and wednesday. just some of the headlines, the coronavirus may lead to disruption spilling into the global economy. foreign political and economic develop and pose a risk to the united states. the global slowdown in trade and manufacturing is nearing an end. i think those are the three major headlines from this semiannual report. let s check u.s. markets now because they have been dominated by the nonfarm heroes report today, and maybe some earnings nonfarm payroll report today, and maybe some earnings. the s&p 500 is down 0.4%. the dow is down 0.75% right now. there s only four components in the dow higher. itself is the worst performer. , 98.53ger dollar today for the dollar index today. the 10 year yield is 1.58%.
Hello, welcome to the pulse, live here in london. Im mark barton. This is our market board for today. Stocks are marginally lower. The stoxx europe 600 down by. 25 . Up by 2. 2 this week. The worstperforming industry group, travel and leisure stocks down in the wake of the attack in the south of france overnight. Easyjet, thomas cook, air france, klm among the biggest decline is. The euro is up against the dollar today, the best run since may. The yield on the french 10year is up by a basis point bond yields rising in germany and the u. K. Stocks and bonds are lower. Yields are rising this week in france after falling for three consecutive weeks. The record low for the 10year,. 73 . Right, lets get to bloomberg first word news. Nic nejra chinas economy stabilize. Gdp jumped 6. 7 from a year earlier. Industrial output and retail sales could Beat Estimates while investment slow. The credit surge has been a prop to growth. May will visit edinburgh on her First Official appointment outside
Being laid to rest. Funerals for three little girls were held today. But as families say their final goodness, the debate over gun control is just heating up. On friday, the National Rifle association weighed, making it clear the organization would not budge an inch on gun control. More on that conversation here on cnn in just a moment. The physicianel california divten days away. President obama and House Speaker john boehner thousands of miles away from each other. Both men left washington for the holidays. President obama and family are in his native hawaii for a short christmas break. Well have a live report from hawaii and the latest on the fiscal cliff talks a few minutes as well. Its official. Bp oil company will pay up to the tune of 7. 8 billion. That is a Class Action Settlement amount they agreed to pay, about 100,000 businesses and individuals hurt by the biggest oil spill in american history. A federal judge formized the settlement yesterday. A lot of gulf coast residents