Economic Playing Field. Maria china and u. S. Businesses trade over deals during the visit. Expecting to release a plan of their tax code today. By President Trump says democrats will like the version more than what weve seen for the house for threatening to derail the 85 billion merger between at t time warner while regulating the process of requiring the sale of time warners unit which includes cnn or the directv business as a deal to allow that to go through. Apple topping 900 alien dollars incredible market value. The details as the most valuable Public Company keeps on getting bigger. Take a look at americas best thursday morning by selling underway. Dow industrials to be down about 25 points. Nasdaq, s p 500 in the red. In europe come major indices also lower. Xt 100, dax down fractionally. Talk about a third of a percent. In asia overnight, the service may expect the nikkei average done a fraction. Hang seng and on, three quarters of 1 . Spacey cut. Ridley scott will remove and
25 jump in earnings and vowing to restart its dividend. Happy holidays for intercontinental. Shares rise as the hotel group increases its dividend on higher fullyear profits. The ceo tells cnbc the impact of sterling weakness is muted. It had marginal impact on us on the year, it reduced our overhead cost on sterling, but we had an impact on revenues because were dollarbased, report in dollars. As far as the rate, very little amount. Good morning. Lets kick things off with a bit of data for the eurozone, that looks to be stronger than forecast. Market february flash composite pmi came in at 56 versus a reuters pole of 54. 3. This 56 print, that is the highest since april 2011 that follows upbeat data from germany and france this morning. In germany, private sector growth the fastest in three years, and in france, the composite pmi at the highest level since 2011. Interestingly enough, also prices rising. That obviously could crimp growth going forward. Now by in large it looks like a h
Talked about a huge hailed for microsoft. It is dismayingly humor us. Lockheed as liftoff. We have the details on the new air shipments. And well show you what they look like. Its very, very cool stuff. After the bell, a rare and exclusive interview s. Erin callan, this is her first time speaking out about lehman since the financial crisis. Shes out with a memoir about what she calling leaning in too far, and shell join us live to discuss the new book and life after lehman. I would be interested to hear her thoughts on wall street today, and the impact that regulations are having on it right now. Maybe the tech world, too, where a lot of this discussion is taking place. Lets start with the markets and spikes in insurance and financial stocks. Bob pisani tracking the action here. Bob . Hello, william. Dont normal get insurance stocks leading the market, but were getting it today, and metlife up nearly 5 . A u. S. District court in washington ruled that metlife was not eligible for a sys
Economy. Flexibility to accept individual gigs and the freedom to work on your own schedule. Thats the promise of the ondemand apps like uber and postmates. Others warn the sharing economy leaves workers without a safety net, benefits or employee protections. Thats our cover story. If you have ever hailed an uber or lyft, rented out a room on airbnb or ordered a craft on etsy you participated in the gig economy. People getting paid for goods and Services Sold on a digital marketplace. More than 90 Million People in the United States have bought something in this new sharing economy, and more than half that number, 45 million americans, have worked the gig economy. For most people its a way to earn extra cash. Up to 15 million americans say it is a major source of their income. We see the top 10 of our work force doing this full time. Theyre picking up two to three jobs a day. They are making upwards of 7,000, 8,000 a month. Reporter more than 70 of gig economy works say they love worki
Your own schedule. Thats the promise of the ondemand apps. Others warn the sharing economy leaves workers without a safety net, benefits or employee protection. Thats our cover story. If you have ever hailed an uber lift, rented a room on airbnb or ordered a craft on etsy you participated in the gig economy. 90 Million People in the United States something this sharing economy and half of that number, 45 million americans have worked in the gig economy. For most people its a way to earn extra cash. Up to 15 million americans say it is a major source of their income. 10 of our work force doing it full time. They are picking up two to three jobs a day. They are making upwards of 7,000, 8,000 a month. Reporter more than 70 of gig economy works say they love to work in the industry but with the freedom and flexibility of ondemand work comes the growing concern about worker protection. Most classify them as independent contractors meaning companies dont offer benefits like sick pay or payro