We are live from bloombergs European Headquarters in london. I am guy johnson. Francine lacqua is off today, back tomorrow. Within the last hour, we have learned that the ukraines Prime Minister has resigned. He is stepping down to help ring protests the street that have paralyzed the country. Lets get the latest from Ryan Chilcote. Emergencyainian session began just a let just a little less than an hour ago. We got this surprise offer of resignation from the prime , who says he wants to try to encourage some kind of peace and reconciliation in ukraine. Immediately after we got that announcement, the broadcast signal for the Ukrainian Parliament was cut. Many questions remain. For example, will he remain in the job as the acting Prime Minister . If his resignation request is not excepted. What if no one takes the job or agrees to fill in for him . Over the weekend, we heard the ukrainian president , that is who many of the protesters would like to see resigned, say that he is prepared
Program perhaps as start, quickly. We didnt get into that specific detail in this meeting. I think that will clearly come up in the ensuing discussions over the next few weeks. I think from a timing standpoint this is an issue that a lot of people can get around and i think its possible to have this type of comprehensive legislation literally over the next few months. David greg brown. Great to see you. Thanks for coming in. Liz motorola solutions. We love that perspective. Money with Melissa Francis is up next. David well see you tomorrow. Im Melissa Francis and heres whats money tonight. Reducing the deficit through Immigration Reform. How did it work . President obama held meetings today with top ceos and labor leaders. We have all the latest details. Plus the Justice Department body slammed Standard Poors alleging it defrauded investors over Mortgage Securities rating. Is s p cooked . John eagan, ceo of eagan jones Rating Company joins us exclusively to react. The entire electronic
Overlooked they should have another look. But now with the cause. Final word mercedes. If the employer makes use signed the petition they are skirting the law and violating the law it is problematic. Liz am sorry for if i was a little tricky at the end. Tomorrow we hae Ronald Reagan and formerncncncis is up next. David well see you tomorrow. Im Melissa Francis and heres whats money tonight. Reducing the deficit through Immigration Reform. How did it work . President obama held meetings today with top ceos and labor leaders. We have all the latest details. Plus the Justice Department body slammed Standard Poors alleging it defrauded investors over Mortgage Securities rating. Is s p cooked . John eagan, ceo of eagan jones Rating Company joins us exclusively to react. The entire electronic industry could be turned upside down. Foxconn workers in china will get the first free union vote. These guys produced 40 of the worlds electronics. Will this push up the price of your smartphone . You
Welcome back to squawk. We have odd breaking news this morning. We reported earlier today that home depot and excuse me, office max and office depot were merging. Theyve taken that press release back. Apparently the negotiations are still ongoing. This according to dealbook. Well find out more throughout the day. Thats where things stand as we speak. Robert wolf has been our guest host. Thank you for being here. Its been a lot of fun today. Well see all of you tomorrow. Join us tomorrow. Squawk on the street begins right now. Good wednesday morning. Welcome to squawk on the street. Im melissa lee, with carl quintanilla, jim cramer and david faber at post 9 here at the New York Stock Exchange. The day after we broke a lot of records for the u. S. Markets, were looking at an update for the dow. The s p looking to give back just a little bit, along with the nasdaq. As for the picture over in europe, some comments from germans chancellor Angela Merkel about the euro saying between 130 and
Million jobs. The Unemployment Rate is at a 16year low and Consumer Confidence is at a 16year high, all while the dow jones continues to break records. President trump has clearly steered the economy back in the right direction. On wednesday, the president introduced the r. A. I. S. E. Act. For decades a steady rise in immigration has depressed the wages of American Workers. The r. A. I. S. E. Act will increase wages, decrease poverty and save the taxpayers billions. Americans deserve a raise and President Trump is finally putting the American Worker first. Thank you for joining us everybody. Im kayly mceneney and that is the real news. Boom i like that music. I think we should have that music for three hours in the background. Its pretty, kind of keeps you driving, like when im playing risk, theyve got that music pushing all the time. That was the news of the week as posted on the president s own facebook page. Former ambassador to russia micah mcfaul wow, feels like so many state own