We also have to tightly look at oil. Tom i have never seen an earnings season like this. You have to go back to early 2009 or 2008 for the excitement and mystery of what we are going to see. We have those layoffs, citigroup, and now jpmorgan. On a small number of people. Francine yes. We will be bringing you the very latest off the bloomberg. Lets get straight to bloombergs first world news. Nejra thanks. More turmoil for the brussels airport, only this time it is a walkout by air Traffic Controllers. The airport is already reeling from the terrorist attacks that killed 16 people. Todays labor strike is disrupting flight that the hub. It began over a dispute over the working age of Traffic Controllers to 58. Syrians are voting today in parliamentary elections. Some 3500 candidates combined for the 2500 parliamentary seats. President Bashar Alassad voted early in the elections, which are taking place in government controlled parts of the country. Now to brazil, where the Vice President
Switch up the board, dollar on the back foot yesterday, front foot today. Another piece of top data. Time warner has come out with adjusted earnings per share of 1. 49. At 7. 3 billion. Billion hbo5 at 1. 15 billion. They are reaffirming their fullyear outlook and the stock is currently down 1. 5 in the premarket. Pre 74. 32 unchanged. Ondo have beating estimates the eps side and earning side. David two in a row for me. Now, back to politics. Donald trump won big last night in indiana. Delegates tonough secure the nomination. He commended ted cruzs decision to suspend his campaign. I did not expect this. Braveed did is a very thing to do and a great thing to do because we want to bring unity to the Republican Party. We have to bring unity. It is so much easier if we have it [applause]. [applause] david this is not what the political pundits would have predicted. i think ted cruz dropping out last night has been unexpected. Donald trump is going to get the nomination. That is a fact. Me
Or, areer results, there going to be any surprises . Away fromut one hour the close of the trade, stocks hovering near the highs of the session. Talking, third day of gains. Julie there is not really anything that changed or 24 hoursin the past yesterday. Negative chinese 20 trade data. It is a pretty big rally on the economic catalyst. 100 89 points. By about 1 each. The volume is 13 below the 28 20 day average. Take a look at the imap. It has been the same handful of groups leading throughout the day. Materials, industrials, energy, and financials. Technologyry and stocks are also gaining a bit today. The individual movers contributing the most to the s p 500s gain our amazon at a record after the price target was raised to 1000 per share, and microsoft getting some steam, as is general electric. We have earnings movers trickling in, not just disney, but a couple of numbers out today, down at a Business Information and technology company, earnings beating estimates, International Fla
Headlines. Here is vonnie quinn. Vonnie as francine was mentioning, it is the last day of the quarter and stocks are on an 11 trillion loss for the quarter. Stocks are rebounding around the world. Finished with their fifth straight monthly decline. 2008is a streak since the financial crisis. There is concern that japan may be falling into another recession. Retail sales showed no improvement. That is likely to intensify the debate on whether Prime Minister government should increase spending. In afghanistan, Government Forces have been unable to retake a city captured by the taliban. The pentagon has called the capture of kunduz a setback. The senate plans to pass a spending bill this morning that would avert a Government Shutdown. Mitch mcconnell says he is confident the measure will pass in the house. Mcconnell, john boehner, and president obama will meet soon to discuss spending limits for the next two years. John boehner is stepping down a month from now. There are number of things
Inq is joining saudi arabia cutting customers for the biggest customers in asia, a sign opec members will do what is necessary to preserve market share. We may see a significant shift by the Federal Reserves open Market Committee as their meeting next week, considering whether to drop their promise to hold Interest Rates low for considerable time. Dennis lockhart says he is in no rush because they are still danger of raising rates too soon. Amazon is looking for ways to deliver your package is sooner. Biken is testing messengers from one hour deliveries here in new york. The company is threatening u. S. Regulators over the use of drones. Amazon has told regulators it has started testily brees by drones test deliveries by drones and other countries. The duke and duchess got to see all cans of royalty last night. Prince william and kate went to the Berkeley Center in brooklyn. The Brooklyn Nets took on lebron and the cleveland cavaliers. They had a chance to meet pop royalty. How do you