A debate about medical ethics how much should we spend on expensive treatments especially when theyre so new that its not certain theyll be as effective as hoped. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start with what appears to have been a breakthrough in efforts to secure a truce in the civil war in libya German Foreign minister heikal moss has announced that the powerful rebel leader star has agreed in principle to abide by a cease fire now the country and its backers they are split between 2 rival governments one of those governments is in tripoli that is the seat of the u. N. Backed government of iraq the other is based in tobruk which is the base of the Libyan National army led by general holly for huffed are germany and the European Union are pushing for stability in libya to help stem the flow of migrants who are making the journey across the mediterranean but it is a multilayered conflict and there are no easy solutions. Our strongman general highly for hafter wa
A downpour after weeks of catastrophic bushfires and more rain is forecast for the coming days. Plus how much should people have to pay for life saving medical treatment we need a baby boy whose gene therapy cost a staggering 2000000. 00 euros is case of sparked an ethics debate about the astronomical price of some cutting edge new treatments. Im sumi so much gonda thank you for joining us irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that donald trump support for the iranian people is a pretense in a rare sermon during friday prayers in tehran he accused the u. S. President of wanting to push a poisoned dagger into the countrys chest he also called irans airstrikes against the u. S. In retaliation for the killing of general custom solar money a day. I have got. After weeks of National Trauma thousands turned out to see irans Supreme Leader in a rare show of strength i the maimed cheered and chanted as ali how many railed against irans enemies. A spokesman for the wicked governm
That is all ahead but we begin with seema mody and the Market Action today seema, it was record highs to start. Were not there yet, though. Yeah. Thats a great point, dom. Three hours left in trade. Take a look at the screen. Were actually losing a bit of steam. Nasdaq now down just about three points s p 500 higher by four and the Dow Jones Industrial higher by 64 points. Nasdaq, if it gets back into positive territory, it would be on track for its tenth consecutive close. That would be the longest strea since 1997 and it really has been a strong weak lets break down when stocks have been leading the charge as you can see, it is primaril technology apple. Intel. Amazon in fact, amazon stock now playing catchup on track for its biggest oneweek advance of the year in response to those strong Holiday Shopping sales stock up about 6 . Also, want to draw your attention to shares of nike. Sitting on yet another record high this afternoon. Consumer edge overnight raising its price target and
Featuring a lead role like youve never seen before. For the mere 7 year old which did the ends justify the means. To jins witnesses starts december 13th on t. W. Did you get a bit of. South African Airways is grounded the airline has to cancel all its flights today as well to stage a strike it is unclear when a flights will resume the go live to cape town for more also coming up african countries invest some 100000000000. 00 in building new cities to cope with a growing population and critics say those smart cities just for the countrys elite. And how iceland biggest fishing firm managed to get the corning right in and then devious motives. Hello im going to jones and this is a business africa good to have you with us and were starting with beleaguered south African Airways went on strike today to demand higher wages and protest plan to job cuts forcing the state old carrier to cancel all flights south African Airways which is africas 2nd largest carrier has warned that the strike and
Housing data rebounded with Building Permits at their highest levels in 12 years we are set once again for record time close on the nasdaq anything positive, of course, is a record the s p has just dipped negative the dow has been negative for most of the afternoon. Joining us for the full first hour of the show, steve weiss from short Hill Capital Partners steve, very good to see you. How you doing . Good to see you what stands out as to whether or not were going to issee a meaningful move higher or lower . Its all about trade. Home depots announcement aside, which wasnt terrible wasnt terrible or was terrible was not terrible. And the stocks appropriately are saying, theres lots of people buying it into the earnings. And home depot, lets face it, theyve delivered remarkably over the last decade, particularly since new management came in but i dont think its really a referendum this report on the health of the consumer, which is what the market is based upon. And appropriately, were b