Prodemocracy protesters and fire at least one a live shot here 0. 30 in Water Cannons for the 1st time since the protests began. Im max foster thanks for joining us putting a stop to Irans Nuclear program has emerged as one of the most divisive issues for World Leaders meeting in france french president emanuel says its been informally agree he should approach tehran in the name of the g. 7 but u. S. President donald trump denies having even discussed the question in a Surprise Development irans foreign minister has flown into the summit friend says mohamed jobs are reef wants to assess the chances of a deescalation intentions. And. Mattis joins us now from the summit to look at this georg what more do we know about zarif surprise visit. Well the Iranian Foreign minister here was invited on the initiative of his french counterpart to the French Foreign minister who welcomed him here and the now it wasnt exactly 0 g. 7 event but rather a friendship went but of course you know the french
Lets check where we stand on this wild markets day stocks taking a dive in just the past few minutes, now down 130 points all the major indexes reversing at the tenyear yield hits its lows of the day. And that is a sign of worrisome growth ahead lets go to bob pisani hi, bob. Hello, tyler. Again, markets roughly tracking bond yields. Take a look at a chart weve shown a lot recently the intraday of the tenyear versus the stock market here we saw a program come through as yields dip below 1. 5 here weve been trading practically in lock step with those yields today. See the market here with the tenyear yield on the top there in the s p on the bottom this is an intraday. And pretty much moving in lock step i want to note two weak sectors today. Retailers are continuing to get slammed today. Macys gap, l brand, all down another 4 these all of them are down about 20 this month i want to highlight transports common theme here. Logistics and trucking like jb hunt and rooyder ryder, all wear to
Niels lesniewski, Senior Senate reporter for roll call. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. And live now to remarks from secretary of state mike pompeo. Hes part of a discussion on Foreign Policy taking place at the Economic Club of washington d. C. This morning. This is live. So, look it, its an important question. Its about priorities and resources and how you allocate time and how do you think about the problems that, you know, for me the first the first half when i came in now, 16, 17 months ago to the state department after having been the cia director was to make sure that the state department was ready in the moment of crisis. Spent a lot of time making sure my team was ready for the day what happens when something bad happens and are your people, and things you hadnt thought about. Priorities, the first thing i do every morning is read about china. I talk about the broad array of issues that present opportunities for the United States and risks from china. The trade negotiatio
Guy adami. Yes, mel. What is your take on this big surprise you know, dan, i and karen were talking before the show tim gets here typically with 40 seconds to hey. It is true. I said this quarter came out of nowhere and dan made fun of me as he typically does. The eps beat is extraordinary, beat on revenue. Good for them. Stock buy back operating margins 24 . I said to karen, i dont know, you can make this argument, i dont know if it is true or not. Google, alphabet may be cheap you now than with the move yesterday. To karens point she said to me, it might make more sense to buy it today, up 90, than at the levels it was. I havent gone through the mass, i dont know how much one would adjust the earnings up what is happening here is google was in the penalty box after the disappointing quarter that they reported last time, and they didnt seem to have either a grand handle on it or they werent they were not able to convey confidence that, you know, this was a temporary thing and that the
Open, london benefiting from a wea ker open, london benefiting from a weaker pound, rest of europe weaker pound, the rest of europe treading water. And when is a cake, not a cake . When it means a 365,000 difference in your tax bill. We meet the firm that asked a judge to rule on whether their product fell foul of uk tax laws. Well explain why a little later. Today we want to know how soon is too soon . As one Famous London Department store opens its Christmas Store 149 shopping days before christmas would you be tempted to buy . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive personally, imjingling personally, im jingling all the way to that well known Department Store hello and welcome to business live. We start with the pound, which has fallen further in asian trading overnight, as investors worry about the increasing likelihood of a no deal brexit. Its now at a 30 month low against the us dollar. It comes as the uk Prime Minister borisjohnson has toughened his rhetoric on brexit. Micha