Gain momentum in the Fourth Quarter. In china, imports rose the most in five months in december. It says perhaps that domestic demand in china could support economic growth. That is certainly what chinese leadership wants to see. It is job stay in america at 8 30 a. M. , we will get the nonfarm payroll report and we will find out what americas Unemployment Rate is. No earnings to note today. That is the story. Lets get a data check. We are up. Vxx is under 13. The next board is not telling us much. Dealwo year yield is a big migrating ever higher. The dollar is barely above 81. Looked at the papers today and its all about Chris Christie. It is all over the national papers. His effort to put the bridge scandal behind him, a federal prosecutor is now looking into this orchestrated traffic jam organized by his aides. He apologized and has fired a top aide for lane closures at the George Washington bridge. It is not clear what it means for his president ial hopes. It depends on whether thi
A very warm welcome to the pulse. I am manus cranny. Go, than 48 hours to scottish voters head to the poll and decide whether to become an independent country or stick with the union. David cameron made a final plea for no vote. His opposition leader, edward miliband, its set to do the same thing. Alan crawford joins us. You have got to say, it was a lastditch impassioned plea by the Prime Minister. Well, the first indication we had is the herold newspaper has come out for no. In that sense, she has of the result, but yes, and impassioned plea. Anythingd to imagine like this. The Prime Minister pleading with scottish voters to stay with the union. Very much a heartfelt message. At one point said even if you do not like me, i will not be here forever. If you do not like the conservatives, they will not be here forever. If you vote for independence, there is no going back. He said it was no each trial a divorce. What it was impassioned to be followed by the opposition, ed miliband today.
New sanctions on russia from both the eu and the u. S. Targeting statecontrolled companies. Moscow is warning of retaliation. Our International Course bond and has the latest. Good morning. The eu finally imposed these sanctions. What was the holdup . There was some states that. That they were counterproductive given the progress on the ground in eastern ukraine. The concessions that allows for a process to sanctions back almost immediately. Here is what the new sanctions do, they limited the ability of statecontrolled companies to raise capital. Energy and defense had years, also extended to the banking sectors are as from raising afterfalls down hours they did this, the u. S. Said they were going to do something similar. Companies that it may affect. We are extrapolating based on what is statecontrolled. Also would not be protected. The European Companies and taxpayers will have to the costs for the penalties. That came out of off now almost immediately after targets in terms of resp
That the dangers of you contracting ebola, the dangers of a serious outbreak are extraordinarily low. Starting today, four more major american airports will screen passengers from west africa for the virus. 6 01. Time to check traffic with liz. Were doing okay. We have a few slow spots out the door. In the meantime i want to show you a live look at the Richmond San Rafael bridge. We have a few delays in the cash lanes but overall looks clear on westbound 580. Heres one of our slow spots through the Altamont Pass and the Livermore Valley. Theres a stall in tracy approaching grant line westbound 580 for nearly an hour so speeds about 11 miles an hour approaching that stall. So its been there for a long time. The tow crews came and i dont know if they didnt spot it initially. Its taking a while to clear it and its slow to the dublin interchange. Metering lights on since 5 40 so they have turned on the metering lights slightly early. You are stacked up through the foot of the maze. Mobile
His financial stakt reporbility. And the search is on on for the winners of the pow ball ticket as two tickets matched all the numbers in the 580 million drawing. Were getting a lot of green on the heat map and not a lot of red. Sur enough, the stoxx 600 is up 0. 8 . We can take a look in at the bourses and almost a mirror image of yesterday. Ibex 35 adding 1. 6 , cac 40 up more than 1 . The dax adding 0. 8 . And we just got german unemployment figures. Plus the foot city 100 up 0. 8 this morning. So pretty much a strong session across the board. Again, following what we saw in the u. S. Yesterday. Take a look at the bond wall here of course we have an italian auction coming up later and italys ten year, below 4. 5 this morning. So price rising. That yield falling. Spain also benefiting. That yield down to 5. 2 . Bunds creeping back up to 1. 4 level. Lets key in on currency. The aussie dollar despite the broader riskon attitude a weaker. Dollaryen moving higher 82. 13. And the nikkei i