Came by about 50 minutes before the close and said 90 of the orders are to buy stocks. So tremendous amount of optimism, all triggered first thing this morning when japan cut a couple of interest rates. So that got a lot of folks thinking. Hey, central bank easing may be the seem around the world, including our Federal Reserve Charlie Gasparino talking a lot about this today. Not likely to raise rates four times this year. So obviously central bank easing sells great bullishness for u. S. Substantiating. We also have the gdp print come out. Disappointing but not a surprise. Everybody knew it was weak. So seven tenths of a percent in the fourth quarter. A couple of notable losers. Amazon. Com absolutely crushed on a disappointing number, netflix, also a couple of health care names, gilead was down but everything else, guys, back to you. David lets hope we dont go to negative interest rates, but meanwhile well take the gain melissa. Melissa joining me now, Financial Times u. S. Managing
To our viewers in the United States and those of you joining us around the world, welcome. We have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines today. We are live at Yankee Stadium for derek jeters last game, weather permitting. We have details on obamas latest comments on the ebola epidemic. Peter cook has word that attorney general eric holder will step down. We will get to all of that in just a minute, but first, stocks are falling the most in eight weeks as apple shares tumble and concern is growing that russia macys foreign assets. The dow extended a fouryear high, fueling speculation that the fed is a step closer to raising interest rates. Lets take a close look at the numbers. The s p 500 is down about one. 5 . The Dow Jones Industrial falling as well today. The nasdaq falling as well, down 1. 8 . We will get a check on the markets from Olivia Sterns as we follow equity trading throughout the hour. Now lets get to peter cook with details on attorney general eric hold
Plot to attack subways in the United States and france. We dont know what we dont know but there seems to be no evidence to substantia stan yat the Prime Minister has said. Meanwhile the isis militant seen in three beheading videos. Fergusons police chief apologized to the family of michael brown. Announcing the resignation of attorney general eric holder. Hes been on the job for six years. He plans to stay on until a successor is confirmed. Derek jeter with a walkoff single. Did you have any doubt . Jeter being jeter. Gamewinning atbat in his final game. What was going through your mind when you steps into the batters box . Dont cry. Dr. Rick sacra has left the hospital after fighting ebola. A drierker rammed his way free, hitting essentially cars and four people. All that spirits. See that little white shadowy figure there . Some insist its a ghost. What a night for eli. New york giants, 45, the washington redskins, 14. And all that matters above and beyond anything that ive ever dre
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Between kraft and heinz, not even that could stem the bleeding. More on that in a moment. Up 93 points to 17,718. Nasdaq suffered its biggest percentage drop in 11 months falling more than 2 or 118 points to 4,876. And the s p 500 dropped 30. Investors were concerned about Economic Growth after a surprise decline in durable goods. Orders for longlasting products like appliances and computers fell almost 1. 5 in february and thats the third decline in four months. While a key measure of Business Investment fell for the sixth straight month. The results prompted several economists to lower their forecast for First Quarter Economic Growth. Now to that blockbuster deal sue just mentioned involving two giants in the American Food industry. Kraft and heinz both makers of products that are likely sitting on your kitchen shelves like jello Maxwell House and of course, heinz kechtchup, revenue of 8 billion and sales of a billion each a year. It would rank as the fifth Largest Food Company in th