Vaccinating rohingya children. Also Cyrille Regis, a pioneer for black footballers, dies at the age of 59. What a great shot. Tributes are paid to the former west brom striker, who made his name in the late 1970s. And a narrow escape for a driver and passenger how they escaped with only minor injuries from this car crash in the us. Good morning. Its monday 15th january. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Construction Firm, carillion, has gone into liquidation. Government officials had been involved in talks to try to prevent the collapse of the company, which owes banks about £900 million. This morning the government said Public Services provided by carillion will continue. The company employs 20,000 people in the uk. Carillion holds approximately a50 contracts with government. Some of the projects include the new hs2 rail line and managing nearly 900 School Buildings across the country. They are the second largest supplier of Maintenance Services to network rail and
Sell down on a slight earnings miss despite the dividend hike a better connection for bouygues and the fed sparks a fresh bond market selloff with Janet Yellens final minutes pointing to a more hawkish rate hike approach, amid an improved Economic Outlook we are just getting the german ifo data out. Expectations came in at 105. 4 in february versus the Consensus Forecast of 11 110. 107. 9 the Business Climate index came in at 115. 4 versus a forecast of 117. All of the components of the ifo seemed to have dropped here. Thats coming off very, very high levels back in january. We had high levels back in januariment ty men january. The manufacturing component rose to a new high. Im curious to see where the Capacity Utilization number came in its up at 87. 9 versus an average of 87. 3 still above the longterm average. That Capacity Utilization number is crucial when you think about some of the inflationary pressures that could emerge in germany. Also switching to the construction, i would
Possibility of a renegotiation. Why does the stock market love that idea apparently with the dow up 255 points . Blake burman has the latest from the white house, he was right there. Someone whod like to also see tpp revived, former undersecretary of commerce for International Trade stephane selig. He was the guy who helped put the tpp together. Hell tell us why team trump should reconsider having tossed aside his hard work on this plan. Plus, the Trump Administration cracking down hard on north korea. Lieutenant colonel ralph peters explains the big sanction move to stop certain ships. And i want to show you this, look at this. Colonel peters gets frontpage status in todays New York Post. His surprising opinion on what america should do to stop mass murder shootings. Colonel peters joins us next. Were live and less than an hour to the closing bell, lets start the countdown. Liz okay. Stocks were already up, but they are now jumping considerably higher at this hour with gains accelerat
Delta airlines finds itself stuck between the nra and millions of dollars. Gerri willis on how one Political Party is trying to punish an airline for picking a side in the Hashtag Boycott the nra battle. And the chief mechanic at Advance Auto Parts says hes got to retool. Ceo and president tom greco is here to tell us why the gop tax plan is actually revving up his companys turn around. Hes here. Plus, actress Heather Graham using hollywoods half magic to break down sexual barriers in tinseltown, writing, directing and starring in a movie she couldnt get the establishment in hollywood to buy into. Heather graham on how she turned into a businesswoman and fought the establishment. She joins us on set. Were less than an hour to the closing bell, lets start the countdown. Liz we want to quickly, at the top of the show right now, take a look at gun stocks. They are moving lower by more than 5 , at least two of them here after Sarah Sanders said the white house will have specific policy ann
Hi sue. Good to see you, bill. Im sue herera. Welcome, everybody. Earnings season the is in full swing. Four dow components all reported their results today. Johnson johnson, proctor gamble, verizon, and travelers. This quarter is expected to be a strong one. Analysts are forecasting profits to rise by more than 11 , potentially making this the second strongest Earnings Growth period since 2011. The lofty expectations come at a time when u. S. Economy appears to be firing on all cylinders. Todays reports have one thing in common. All of the companies had something to say about the impact of the new tax law. And these blue chip results could set the tone for thii thi the to come. Johnson johnson topped earnings and revenue estimates helped by growth in new cancer drugs and sales from its international operations. But the drug company will take a 13. 5 billion charge related to the new u. S. Tax law. And plans to bring back billions of dollars from overseas immediately. J js tax hit is t