The president will be addressing military strategy in afghanistan, shortly. In u. S. Dy the largest history. Betty good morning, folks. It has been another busy news day, not least because half the country was watching the solar eclipse. In the meantime, as we are awaiting the president and his speech on afghanistan, we had many lieutenants are talking again about policy. Was one, the treasury secretary at an event in kentucky with mitch mcconnell, and he was talking about tax reform, and one of the most contentious areas of tax reform is the carried interest, which President Trump had noted is a carried interest break for the 1 . He noted on the trail i am going to pull it. A little bit of a turnaround for mnuchin. They said they would that to continue the carried interest for funds that create jobs. The hedge funds are evil. Get rid of them before the other funds that actually create let us keep them. He struck a different tone. Let me play this for you guys. Permanent is a lot bette
The kelloggs plant. One of the officers was getting back into his squad car which was parked right here when a man in an suv started to ram his vehicle. You started hearing yelling. I knew something was going on. I went to my window. You could hear a streaking, the car streaking in the street. You heard one shot. And then five more shots. Pop, pop, pop. Reporter thats what the man who lives nearby heard as officers opened fire to protect their colleague. Police tell us this happened around midnight last night. One officer was entering his car when the suspect in a silver isuzue suv came around the corner and collided with the officers vehicle, backed up and rammed the car again. The two other officers opened fire. You may be able to see where one of the shots pierced the windshield. The officer, remarkably, was not hurt seriouslseriously. The driver of the suv fled and abandoned the vehicle about a mile away. It turns out the suv was stolen. Police found the suspect nearby, took him in
Time. Full steam ahead. Zima ats estimates for clarity following the brexit vote. Caroline super thursday is upon us and it looks as if there is a Risk Appetite and we are following you is higher, you asia higher. We got futures signaling. 5 uptick on the open. 5 . Ee we are up the dax looks like we could surge. 6 . Money moving into equities. Money moving into equities in japan as well. The nikkei 225 has been surging more than a percentage point. Finally a turnaround in the risk aversion and money moving into asia and out of the yen. Money moving out of the haven that is gold. We get we get a bit of a steadying in the oil market. We see supplies come down slightly in the United States. Lets get to Bloomberg Business flash with juliette saly. Juliette caroline, thank you. A woman has been killed and five others injured in a knife attack in central london. Police were called to russell square. A 19yearold man was arrested a few minutes later after being tasered. Mental health was a sig
Economy with janet yellen about to testify. We have to get our head around what matters to her most. Clearly she hurries clearly she cares about data. The question is, is a data around the world as we look at china, japan, brazil, or is it the economy improving slowly . We have breaking news right now. Matt first i want to give you news on time warners dividend. If you are a shareholder, you will be happy about the fact that time warner is raising its dividend. Well, you might be happy. . 40 to . 40, a quarter per share. You are getting a next her nickel and a quarter per share. As far as earnings are concerned, we have eps from 1. 06 fromops, at time warner. We had total revenue at 7. 08 billion. I will look and see if those are comparable, but the Dividend Increase and the 5 billion Share Buyback program are things that can move the stock. I want to talk with vonnie quinn from first word news. Vonnie voters in New Hampshire sent a message to establishment candidates for both parties.
Program. Youre watching the pulse live in london. Im anna edwards. China stepping up supporti for its economy bys ramping up spending and considering new measures to boost bank lending but it comes as voices raise concerns about the sustainability of the countrys credit. The minneapolis fed president has called for greater regulation. He floated the idea of breaking banks up to protect the economy. Significant progress has been made to strengthen the financial system, i believe the act did not go far enough. I believe the biggest banks are too big to fail and continue to pose an ongoing risk to our economy. President Barack Obama Says donald trump will not be elected president. The Republican Primary Campaign has alarmed foreign audiences who expect the u. S. To lead the world. President obama i continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. The reason is because i have a lot of faith in the american people. I think they recognize that being president is a serious job. Hosting ai