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You are watching the pulse. We are here in london. Tensions between ukraine and russia are at boiling point. Nato top military commanders say russia is sending troops and equipment to ukraine. Sanctions are the focus of a meeting today in brussels. Ryan chilcote has been covering the story. What options do eu and u. S. Officials have . What toare deliberating do next and then we get a final decision from the Foreign Ministers on monday. Choices, one,e expand personal sanctions, the individuals subject to asset freezes. Two, expand the list of Russian Companies facing sanctions. Westernestrict what companies and investors can do on the russian market. It looked like it was going to be option one. Now it looks like options two and three may be in play. I spoke with Ukrainian Foreign minister and he seemed to downplay the idea that these sanctions would be really biting. Is just one point in the whole toolbox. What we need is a clear pressure to keep the escalation on track. Again, sancti
After a wave of consolidation we break down the results from two of the key players. Mark will the drama pay . Itv reports. We see if the numbers are as big a hit with investors as Downton Abbey is with global viewers. Welcome to countdown, i am mark barton. Anna i am an edwards. On a edwards anna edwards. Stay with us for the bloomberg exclusive with megaupload founder. Mark the markets moving in asia and stocks under pressure as the global selloff continues. Weve seen 400 billion over the past three weeks. Lets start off with the stock market. Lets start off with the stock market. Were basically seeing a decline across the regional benchmark. In japan we are down 1 and the yen is a little bit stronger down 7 10 of 1 . One of the stories right now is asia with a very weak retail sales number in the u. S. To some extent, investors started to book those profits in japan. Australia was down because of the banks and the big mining stocks. That is up. 5 . That market hasnt really done anyt