party. this man donated more than £630,000, oralmost $800,000, to party. this man donated more than £630,000, or almost $800,000, to the party between 2014 at 2020. some of his companies were alleged to be involved in a scheme to move money from one of the richest oligarchs out of britain. he is not subject to any criminal action and denies wrongdoing. 0rdered an 0be for businesses and services and in philanthropy, he has been a major donor with access to senior party leaders. 0ne been a major donor with access to senior party leaders. one of mr brandy s companies is the famous design brand, the conrad shop. it s not involved in this case, it has raised questions about some of his overseas interests. those questions began when the national crime agency investigated a family living in these opulent apartments in london s regents park. the family had an old associate of mr moran date. last year a court ruled the mca can seize more than £5 million from his family. it had been
Good morning. Welcome to Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc. Im sara eisen. Im dominic chu sitting in for wilfred frost today. A flood of Corporate News this morning, including that mega deal for syngenta. Plus, shares of chipotle are getting hit hard. Its now a subject of a broader criminal investigation. Well have the full story in a few moments. Boy, did that stock collapse over the course of the Conference Call yesterday. Absolutely. You can see those shares down about 5 in the premarket trade. First, lets check on whats happening with the Global Markets this morning. U. S. Equity futures, like you said, pointing to a modestly higher open. The s p up by maybe just about two points. The Dow Jones Futures indicating an 18point open. And the nasdaq, well call it flat right now. So again, modest, modest gains to start, at least for the time being. Well see if that changes throughout the course of the hour. Also checking on oil prices. Theyre continuing to be a focus for a lot of traders r
After a self imposed deadline expires, plus palestine becomes a member of the International Criminal court. Hello, we begin with deepening crisis in yemen, its a week since the start of a saudiled air offensive targeting rebels and houthi backed by forces loyal and forced the president haidi from power and the country. The ten Nation Coalition is made up of gulf states as well as jordan egypt, morocco and pakistan and hits rebel positions and says it secured yemen air space and saudi arabia is deploying more vessels for a full maritime blockade and rebel forces are still trying to make gains especially in the south. Fought against antihouthi forces in laheige and deli and here in International Airport but the u. N. Says it is alarmed by the growing civilian toll. On tuesday it said 93 civilians had been killed so far including 62 children. That number has risen after an explosion at a factory in hadaida killed at least 23 workers and we report. Reporter a Dairy Factory became an infern
Placed in the highest tier of restrictions. One of president trumps closest allies, attorney general william barr, says hes found no evidence of fraud in the president ial election. This is a serious blow for donald trump, which in effect pits his top lawyers against a Donald Trumps top lawyers against a Donald Trumps top law officer. Victory for a 23 year old woman who says her decision to undergo treatment to change gender when she was 16 should have been challenged by doctors. And an error in the ajax goal helps liverpool to progress in the Champions League. And coming up in sport on bbc news. Malan delivers with the bat again 99 not out as england wrap up 3 0 t20 series win in south africa. Good evening. All the efforts to save debenhams, one of the biggest names on the british high street, have come to nothing, and 12,000 staff are now set to lose theirjobs. Its the second major blow to the Retail Sector in the space of 2a hours. Arcadia, the owner of topshop, went into administra
Lets take a look at yum brands. 74. 75. They get about half of its revenue from china. Not looking so good. Traffic in china stores down about 9 . That is a big deal. The company issuing a negative outlook for china. Lowering their guidance for all of next year as well. This is a loser today. As for all stocks, mixed, cautious. We do have markets of except for the dow. Connell you are right about the end of the month. We have 31 days on our countdown. It seems like the fiscal cliff situation will never end. Monica crowley want to tell us what will happen here in washington. Nobody really knows what the next move will be. Both sides are pretty firm in their position. For anyone who thought that barack obama may move to the middle in his second term or be willing to compromise, we now know that is not true. Connell that is out of the window, and your view. Yes. Connell the democrats will argue, this is nonsense. This is who the president is. This is what he believes. My book is complete