And a greece exit of the euro weighing on futures this morning. Mcdonalds struggles continue. Asia continues to drag on results. And twitter now lower in the premarket. Were going to get jims take on those earnings from last week in just a few moments. But first up futures falling as we enter a new trading week. Greeces new Prime Minister vowing to roll back austerity measures and ruling out any extension of an international bailout. Eu officials pushing greece to stick with those terms. Also chinese trade data showing exports fell 3. 3 last month while imports tumbled by almost 20 . Meantime, the dow is coming off its best week since january of 13, a 3. 8 gain. For the year, jim, dow is up one point. Right. One point. Youve got to give us something good overseas. There isnt a single area other than maybe india, where youre getting any good news at all. China the import export numbers were not good. Whats going on there in china . I mean knock knock, whos there, no one. Theyre importin
Open lower by 37 points. Nasdaq lower by 2. Goldman sachs holding a technology and Energy Conference today. Yahoo ceo and twitter ceo are expected to give keynote speeches later on today. In other media news nbc news announcing it is suspending Brian Williams for six months without pay effective immediately. He personally admitted he misrepresented events about coming under fire while flying in an helicopter during the iraq war. While on nbc news friday january 30th 2015 brian amissmisrepresented events that happened during the iraq war in 2013. Then it became clear that brian had done the same while telling that story in other venues. She added this was a very hard decision. Certainly there will be those that disagree but we believe this suspension is appropriate and proportionate action. Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of americans place in nbc news. His actions are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate. appropriate. He says williams deserves a Second Cha
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Ferguson, missouri, the scene of so much violence is back in the news tonight because the top officials there today came out to say they are worried about trouble and asked for the news medias help in appealing for calm. Theyre worried about public reaction if a grand jury does not indict a white Police Officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. It could come at any time. The missouri governor said today they will not tolerate any more violence in that community thats already seen so much. The problem is whatever you think of this case, the Legal Standard for an indictment is difficult. That may be why so many people appear to be planning for a bad outcome there. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs ron allen in ferguson. Reporter along fergusons already battered main streets, more businesses adding protection today, worried about what will happen when prosecu
Rules, a vote of 32, expected here, but we had contentions going into the vote. Basically, what they are arguing here is over the future of the internet, whether internet broadband providers will be allow to charge fees to specific websites for faster lanes and faster access to their own customers. Those websites lobbied against it, and broadband providers lobbied for it. In the end, the loss goes to the broadband Provider Companies like comcast, a parent of this network, and Time Warner Cable and others that provide those services. The debate in the room, though guys that framed the debate over the future of the internet. We have a commissioner, speaking against this skeptical this does not lead to more regulations and taxes on the internet saying it threatens the Internet Freedom itself. Take a listen. The internet has become a powerful force for freedom, here and around the world. So it is sad to witness this morning the fccs unproduce dented attempts to replace freedom with governm
Also on power lunch why your doctor is so angry and confused these days. First, though, to sarah eisen in for manned where i. Shes at the nyse. Hi sarah. Hi. Good afternoon, tyler. Were going to begin with a big deal in the transportation sector. Fedex making a major move into europe buying european rival t t. What is it this mean . Investors seem to like it. Morgan brennan outside Fedex Distribution Center in manhattan for us. Morgan. Well, thats exactly what it means. Fedex is expanding into a Market Europe that until now its had little share of. Fedex has largely focused in az wra. Instead the two dominant players in europe have been ups and dhl. By acquiring tnt express, fedex dramatically expands its presence in europe, and it does so primarily through ground operations. The chairman says there is a number of reason to do this now. The Dollar Exchange ratio was very favorable. The quantity the quantitative easing means the economy has a better outlook now than for some period of t