Lauren s and why you may soon say goodbye to your bingewatching days. Oh, no. It is tuesday, october 29th and fbn a. M. Starts right now. The city never sleeps tonight. Its time to begin, isnt it. I get a little bit sick of the day. Ill admit im just the same as i was. Now, dont you understand. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning to you at home. Thanks for joining us. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren lets take a look at you how your money is moving. Futures are down a bit right now in the premarket. The s p at a record high at the close yesterday. Nasdaq just 4 points away and the nasdaq is up 7 this morning. Cheryl investors in asia reacting to the s p record, as well as positive comments on trade from the be president. As you can see, the nikkei can did gain some ground. At the end of the session for the hang seng, the kospi, they all ended up in the red. Lauren a lot of red on the screen in europe as well. Boris johnson going to try to push thr
Products a bid to list budweiser brand in hong kong and Saudi Arabias Energy minister says every country should comply with oil output. Well sit down with the russian Energy Minister later on this morning. A lot going on today also in oil space. I want to take you to highlights from the iea report. The agency has kept 2019 and 2020 Oil Demand Growth forecast unchanged. The latest report describes the newly appointed minister as an experienced figure saying the country has acted as a lynch pen even though the compliance rate has fallen to 116 in august and a recession is on the rise in germany. Saying the weakness in industry is slowly spreading to other sectors in the economy, quote, like an oil slick. Theyve scaled back growth indicators now forecasting 1. 2 growth. Well speak about this more at 10 30 Central European time. Interesting ifo is using the word oil and oil slick there could be potential for things to turn around. Ecb expectations have been prizing. Today, the central bank
States working along side croatia bosnia and serbia crafted a setment to end the fighting and keep the peace in the balkans in the wake of the devastating wars of the 1990s. The framework has been imperfect, bd a path forward for bosnia and for the entire region. This legislation calls attention to the difficulties facing bosnia as it seeks to join the e. U. It calls for needed reforms to ensure that all the peoe of bosnia can have a voice in their government. Neither p in the region are inevitable. These trends require an enduring commitment to fostering them. The bill reaffirms that u. S. Commitment along with our partners in europe to actively maintain peace. The sanctions imposed und bill provide a necessary disincentive to ensure the dayton agreements mold strong and do nel under political pressure. The sanctions section include waiver language and appropriad and to comply with our international agreements. Despite clear challenges, bosniaet the e. U. And membership criteria for i
Next the hearing from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist party, an alleged human rights abuses against the uyghur population. A mostly Muslim Minority in a country in the northwest. The testimony from human rights advocates and people detained in prison camps in the region. Its about three hours. And the select committee will come to order. At this beginning of ramadan, as muslims around the world commemorate Prophet Muhammad receiving the first revelations of the quran, we are here to say a horrifying truth. The uyghurs, many of whom matt practice the muslim faith, are being erased. Genocide is occurring. This time, at the hands of the Chinese Communist party. We are privileged to have with us many members of the weaker community. We are deeply grateful for your bravery. We know that it comes at a great cost. We prepare to hear firsthand testimony from the ccp concentration camp. I would like to turn to alicia we sell, whose father, auschwitz survivor and Nobel Laurea
As steve smith wrested back all the momentum at the end of day two. Thanksjohn and darren bett has all the weather temps dropping a bit . It will be cold and things changing gcioss it will be cold and things changing across the weekend, i will tell you about that in a bit. A choir of people who cannot read but making music together. The eu has formally agreed to move to the next phase of talks on brexit. Theresa may welcomed the move as an important step on the road to ensuring a smooth and orderly brexit. It is always a little bit chaotic toward the end of an eu summit, a bit like a feeding frenzy, all of these journalists running back bit like a feeding frenzy, all of thesejournalists running back and forward to different press conferences. There have been press conferences. There have been press conferences from Emmanuel Macron and ankara merkel and everyone reacting to the idea that the negotiation should move on to the next phase. The test of sufficient for progress has been met a