Japan. By the time we come in tomorrow, we will have to centralbanks. We are going to celebrate with a double dose of centralbankitis. Francine lets get to first word news. Vonnie a big night for donald trump and Hillary Clinton, both scored dominating wins in the northeast and president ial primaries. Ve states,all fi pennsylvania, connecticut, maryland, delaware and rhode island. He widened his lead over ted cruz and john kasich. Trump calls himself the presumptive nominee and took aim at the Democratic Front runner. Mr. Trump i think the only card she has is a womans card and she has got nothing else going. Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, i do not think she would get 5 of the vote. The only thing she has got going is the womens card and the beautiful thing is women do not like her. And look how well i did with women tonight. Clinton returned fire after winning four of the five states. Mrs. Clinton mr. Trump accused me of playing the women card. If fighting for Womens Health
Welcome. You are watching the polls live from Bloomberg European Head Quarters in london. I am guy johnson. We have a great lineup and we will be speaking exclusively to the finance minister. And the outlook and personalities behind the parties for the most famous spin doctor tony blair, a former campaign manager. The head of hsbc will be questioned over the tax evasion scandal. The lastminute decision by the treasury select came off of the emergence that he had held a Swiss Bank Account by a panamanian company. That starts at 2 15 london time and they will answer questions about tax avoidance and if the institution is too big to manage. Lets go to anna edwards on what we can expect from the treasury committee. Have we mentioned it is an Election Year . The most senior bankers are going in front of the u. K. Treasury select committee and politicians get a chance to grill the executives about what the bank was doing and how they change things since then. The bank says they are sorry for
Early as today. Made of steel. They jump to the top despite a warning that profits will be lower in 2015. It falls to the bottom of the market as strike actions weigh on earnings. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange. Bringing you Business News from around the globe. We had italian data which is at 0 and nearly number decline of minus. 4 . We have the euro at 1. 1427. It did rise earlier in trade. We had earlier data elsewhere. We had a meager. 1 growth in the Fourth Quarter but strong domestic demand in germany. Saw it beat expectations of. 7 . A particularly strong read given it has been under pressure. We get the First Reading from greece and the euro zone as a whole. Lets get immediate action. The italian number weve had in the last minute. Christian and mark are with us. Good morning to you. Ill start with you on this data. We got at a point in the euro zone for markets where good news is, indeed good news for what investors are expecting given that quantitative easing has already be
Employer in the country is making a big investment in its employees. Walmart hikes to 9 above the federal minimum wage. The Worlds Largest retailer has been under pressure from organized labor group demanding higher pay and better benefits. Reported earnings today. They topped expectations but it did cut Sales Outlook citing the stronger dollar. Investors pushed shares of walmart lower likely worried about the bottom line of worker pay initiative. It was the worst performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial average today. Courtney reagan now with more on walmart and what was behind the companys big decision. Reporter the countrys largest private employer will spend a billion dollars to increase wages for half a million of its 1. 3 million workers. Improve its scheduling and offer new Training Programs for career advancement. Currently, only 6,000 walmart workers make federal minimum wage but starting in april, wages for walmarts u. S. Employees will be at least 9 and then at least 10
Employer in the country is making a big investment in its employees. Walmart hikes to 9 above the federal minimum wage. The Worlds Largest retailer has been under pressure from organized labor group demanding higher pay and better benefits. Reported earnings today. They topped expectations but it did cut Sales Outlook citing the stronger dollar. Investors pushed shares of walmart lower likely worried about the bottom line of worker pay initiative. It was the worst performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial average today. Courtney reagan now with more on walmart and what was behind the companys big decision. Reporter the countrys largest private employer will spend a billion dollars to increase wages for half a million of its 1. 3 million workers. Improve its scheduling and offer new Training Programs for career advancement. Currently, only 6,000 walmart workers make federal minimum wage but starting in april, wages for walmarts u. S. Employees will be at least 9 and then at least 10