Carried out in vervies and the capital. They say the suspects were planning to launch a largescale attack targeting police officers. Officers evacuated a Police Station in brussels out of fear explosives may have been planted. Authorities have not yet confirmed whether the three suspects had links to last weeks attacks in france. At least 150 people from belgium are said to have gone to syria as fighters after being inspired by extreme ideology. This has raised concern that they may carry out acts of terrorism on home soil. Japans Prime Minister has left for a tour to the middle east. Shinzo abe will travel to four countries and territories. As part of his diplomacy for 2014 hes expected to announce support for the global fight abe will meet with leaders in egypt, jordan, israel and the palestinian territories. This is his First Official trip abroad since he launched his third cabinet last month. Abes first stop is egypt, where hell speak about his diplomatic and National Security poli
Capital. They say the suspects were planning to launch a largescale attack targeting police officers. Officers evacuated a Police Station in brussels out of fear explosives may have been planted. Authorities have not yet confirmed whether the three suspects had links to last weeks attacks in france. At least 150 people from belgium are said to have gone to syria as fighters after being inspired by extreme ideology. This has raised concern that they may carry out acts of terrorism on home soil. Japans Prime Minister has left for a tour to the middle east. Shinzo abe will travel to four countries and territories. As part of his diplomacy for 2014 hes expected to announce support for the global fight against the militant Group Islamic state. Abe will meet with leaders in egypt, jordan, israel and the palestinian territories. This is his First Official trip abroad since he launched his third cabinet last month. Abes first stop is egypt, where hell speak about his diplomatic and National Se
Rid of patient, so to speak. Great. Now were at 1. 9 again. Lets get to our road map. It starts with the markets, futures as you saw pointing to a slightly higher open helped by Consumer Prices that rose for the First Time Since october. Plus Chesapeake Energy blaming weak commodities for its decision to cut cap x this year. Of course its not alone. Carl icahn boosted his stake in the company to 11 , that was just out yesterday. Tragedy in europe up to 150 people are believed dead after a germanwings airliner crashes in southern france. Want to get to another story that we. Reporter have just been breaking. Mary thompson has. Ruth porat of Morgan Stanley. Thats right. Ruth porat is leaving that firm and she will become the cfo of google google. Wall street veteran moving to Silicon Valley. Shes been with Morgan Stanley for 28 years. Among the roles including ceo or cfo, she has been the lead tech banking, she led the companys banking franchise and also of course to serve the company to
Medium while producing an album at the same time. Erik good morning everybody. You are watching Market Makers. We begin this hour with some of the top stories you need to keep track of. It could be a 40 billion pharma deal. Teva opted to buy mylan but right now it is just an offer. To propose accommodation of cash and stock valued at 40 billion. A 23 increase to mylans close last week. Mylan took the unusual step of publicly rejecting teva before it made an offer. It recently made an unsolicited 29 billion bid for parago. People familiar with the matter of greece say the ecb may reduce the amount that could be borrowed for collateral. This is happening while europe waits to see greece will agree to a new package of Economic Reforms in return for more bill money. In an interview with bloomberg one says no one is optimistic about greece right now. We have to be totally realistic. It all depends on the maturing of the position of the greek government understanding that in any case if it w
Barriers surrounding storage tanks. And workers discovered spills in at least 12 locations. The rains eased. Then the water stopped flowing over the barriers. But workers are looking into the possibility that it may have leaked through ditches and into the ocean. The barriers are 30 centimeters high, but rain a few days ago had pushed water levels in some areas above 20 centimeters. And workers can only pump out a few centimeters per day. They checked the water for radioactivity to ensure it met safety standards. Then they released some of it into the compound. They went through the same process last wednesday after a typhoon brought heavy rains. Japanese government offic l officials have been helping their local counterparts prepare for the event of another nuclear accident. Theyre trying to ensure the safety of people who would be central to such plants. They say bus drivers who would drive residents to safety should not be exposed to more radiation than the general public. Governmen