The japan has struggled to shake off the impact of last april. Shinzo abe is expected to put off another tax hike to next october. The tax may not be imposed until 2017. Of more a lot of talk sanctions on russia. European Foreign Ministers are meeting today to discuss expanding a list of individuals being targeted. Meanwhile, russia hospiras in a, Vladimir Putin, left the g20 they toldposco prudent to quit arguing quit Arming Ukrainian rebels. At one point he ended up leading lunch by himself. He was Prime Minister David Cameron. If he continues to destabilize ukraine, there will be further sanctions, further measures, and a different relationship between European Countries and america on the one hand and rush on the other. Guzan says he left brisbane early to be at work this Vladimir Putin says he left brisbane early this morning to be at work. He said it is a long flight from moscow and he needed sleep. Families of those killed or injured in crashes with faulty ignition switches will
Another deal to tell you about. Hasbro and talks to buy dreamworks animation. That is according to people familiar with matter. A premium of 34 over yesterdays closing price. Thirdquarter earnings Beat Estimates at walmart. Was to buy the increase in sales and its newest stores. Adding more smaller Format Stores to boost revenue. Overseas, another outbreak of widespread fighting in ukraine. Nato says Russian Troops and tanks have been flowing into eastern ukraine. Areu. S. And European Union deciding whether to impose more sanctions on russia. Heres the u. S. Ambassador to the united nations. Russia has negotiated a peace plan and then systematically undermined it and every step. They talk of peace, but keep fueling war. For more than two months, ukraine and the rebels agreed to a ceasefire. The controversial Keystone Pipeline. Monthve an impact on next runup election louisiana. They both want keystone approved. Landrieu has been trailing in the polls. The information weve gotten is th
To rescue americans being held by isis. Pentagon officials saying forces stormed a terrorist compound only to find the host aemgs werent there. Were going to have a live report from our nbc colleagues covering this in just a bit. Carl icahn is at it again. The activist investors revealing a nearly 89 stake in hertz, the rental car company. Icahn says he will pressure the company over pricing issues and operational failure and he may even seek a board seat. Shares of hertz plummeted over the last few days after the company withdrew its full year forecast. They are up slightly in after hours trading. As of yesterday, some hedge funds talked about potentially trying to replace current ceo mark viscora, as well. But this seems to be bit of a low hang fruit at this point. As of the last quarter. Late 2013 is when he originally took that stake. We know hertz and we like mark. But it is low hanging free fruit, i guess. The high on the tock is 31. 61, its alltime high. And its at 30. 33 and th
Investors looking to build off the markets first win for the new year. If you still want more mark lazry says energy debt could return 30 . Mixed bag for two retailers. Family dollar missed numbers, costco ahead of numbers. Outside of business, a live update on that manhunt in paris. Futures are up sharply as stocks aim for a second day of gains after the s p snapped a fiveday losing skid wednesday. Oil prices on the rise. All ahead of tomorrows big jobs number. Jobless claims did fall last week to 294,000. Jim, its more about costco today and chipotle at 700. Urban comps going positive. Raw costs coming down. At the same time more traffic, more larger ticket prices. People are spending again and i think thats the theme. I think there is way too much being talked about expenditures in oil patch are coming down. That icons traited in texas, louisiana and north dakota. Sunflower oil used to be the big oil in that state. Lets not lose sight of the fact disposable income 1,000 more in ever
Biggest annual drop in dollar terms. Industry group api will release its data today. And in global news petro bass could be declared in technical default on some of its foreign debt. Some bondholders want petro bass to speed up its losses in that giant corruption scandal. So a lot going on this morning. Mr. Kernen. It was down yesterday. In the second place. Here it is. In Corporate News the shares of civio today. The small Market Cap Company about to get smaller. The Oil Field Services provider warning the First Quarter and full year revenue numbers will fall well below analyst estimates. The company suspending its dividend and announcing plans to cut its workforce by 45 in the United States and 30 in canada. The ceo blames big cuts in Capital Spending by major oil companies. The first time weve ever led with it, but thats why. Because we are going to be watching. It doesnt matter the size at this point. Well be watching it for any of the ripple effects from whats happened. The crude