Vote the presiding officer on is this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 40, the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the negotiation to reconsider is considered laid considered and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of wendy welcomes berger, of florida, to be United States district judge for the middle district of florida. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that the nomination of wendy welcomes berger, of florida, to be United States district judge for the middle district of florida . The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote the presiding officer on this vote the yeas are 55.
Over 10 percent a year only 44. 00 of the worlds 1000. 00 biggest businesses are based in germany. So lets talk about that with our Financial Market correspondents in frankfurt and andrea and in singapore hello to both of you and id like to start with you ali its a damning study there by why what are the main factors for German Companies liking behind. Yeah it sounds horrible when you look at the naked results that it is presenting there but you know when they look at the percentage growth where germany is lagging behind most other places of course you have to realize that a leading export nation with lots of industry with lots of interests in china and in north america its highly affected by the trade conflict and already theres been a downturn in sentiment affecting investment infecting incoming orders and so germany being that export dependent more than many other places in the world you see those traces in the Balance Sheet and the profit and loss statement and turnover figures and
Two tankers believed to have been attacked in the gulf of oman on the coast of iran. Dan joins us from dubai. Dan . Reporter a full scale investigation under way after this suspected sabotage attack on two tankers in the gulf of oman these pictures, youll see how severe the damage was. What these pictures show is a tanker with highly flammable products, adrift and ablaze near the strait of hamuz. This first ship is believed to be the japanese kakuka and it was moving methanol from saudi arabia to singapore. All 21 crew skaeed with just minor injuries after they abandoned ship and rescued by a nearby vessel. Second was a norwegian owned tear transporting crude products into asia. Whatever happened caused a fire to break out on board. It had to be rescued without injury we still dont know who or what caused such damage and no individual or state actor came forward to claim responsibility but what this does represent is another skirmish in the region, just as tensions between the United S
Until the close, cnbc contributor stephanie link from tiaa a nuveen company. Welcome, stephanie thanks. Energy doesnt usually lead this market but is today on the oil bounce and questions about whether thats sustainable and given sort of the scale and increase in tensions whether the move is big enough to bring back the sector and commodity trade i dont know. I really dont because its been a tough industry for the whole year. For a whul of years now. So this is really more a supply issue concern. I think the Biggest Issue for oil are demand and the demand environment has been slowing and the revisions have been lower. So with that as a backdrop this might be just temporary. You would have thought oil would have been rallying much more than it did. I spoke as well about 20 minutes ago to one of the senior traders at one of the major investment banks and said was pleased to see the algos didnt disrupt the market when pompeo came out and clearly blamed iran on that. That could have been a
You do have financials and Energy Taking up the slack to some degree. Inconclusive, indecisive action. Were 4 below the highs the treasury yields remain in fo focus. We did break out on tenyear yields above 4. 25 taking us back to 2008 the 30s are at 4. 40. Its a consistent story were pricing for a better growth economy, high real inflation adjustment yields. We can bet the economy can handle it or not plus a supply demand issue for debt. Look, the latest data is supportive of those higher yields we got jobless claims below 240. Psychologically important. Theres the yellow bankruptcy factoring in so far no evidence of real mass l layoffs in this economy. We have philly fed which was sharply higher and the first positive read since last august and prices paid inside of that, which a lot of people look at, looking for inflation cues was a little higher. You add that to the other data weve gotten this week its not earthshaking data. Its industrial productions, housing starts, retail sales