A lots of grants this week so lets take a quick look at whats coming up. See how with a little ingenuity you can make a Wildlife Sanctuary an even more Peaceful Place build a truly low impact home using materials and use organic waste to grade something useful and the last thing. A 1st report comes from right here in south africa few natural phenomenon are spectacular as the sight of an enormous flock of birds gathering to breed sadly Climate Change and other factors have had a devastating effect on many breeding areas in recent years but lucky for us that a dedicated conservationist who refused to sit back and watch as entire generations of birds are lost for ever. Come 1st in south africa january 2019 a devastating scene drought and a lack of water supply by the local municipality had left the dam dry. Hundreds of newly hatched cheeks were dying parents abandoned them due to lack of food and water. The site outside of kimberley is crucial for this species comfort is one of only 6 bre
Weight loss drug trial and we look at one business segment critical to growing the economy but unaffordable for many child care the ceo of Bright Horizons joins us with the stock up more than 45 so far this year first, though, lets talk about the market dom chu has the numbers. Down and in the red if you look at the picture overall, were hovering towards the lower end of the trading range. The dow is down about 290 points or three quarters of 1 to the downside the s p 500, the broader measure of the market, up 4479, down 39 points, or about nearly 1 , as well you can see there just for context, its been a down day overall. At the highs, we were still down 20 points and down 54 at the lows ill call your attention to just one number, were not really there yet. But watch 4421 some traders are talking about that as a target that they are watching right now, the 50day moving average for the s p 500 we havent been towards these levels since going back to the memorial day holiday, around that
Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell met with lawmakers today after senator collins late yesterday said that she could not support the Graham Cassidy bill. The decision not to take the measure to the floor this week was because the votes simply were not there. Now senator mcconnell says the Republican Party is moving on. Where we go from here is tax reform. Senator corker and senator toomey have reached an agreement on the parameters of the budget resolution. The Budget Committee will be marking up next week. And we plan to move forward on our next priority, which is reforming the american tax code in a significant way for the first time in 30 years. After that vote was scrapped, shares of the Health Insurance stocks rose. And hospital operators also gained on the day. Nikes shares were also on the move. The Worlds Largest sportswear brand reported a nearly 24 drop if quarterly profit after heavy discounting. But that was above forecasts. Revenue came in in line with estimates. Still, inves
Will propel the coiled spring of the u. S. Economy lets give you a snapshot of this group, which represents about 14,000 u. S. Manufacturers to show you why they are so optimistic first, they are mostly small businesses, who will get passed at the pass through rate their employees are compensated higher than the average u. S. Worker, but they pay nearly 20,000 per employee in order to comply with federal regulations. That is why the president s speech, according to Senior Administration officials, will talk first about deregulation, the various ways that he has and continues to plan to cut red tape for businesses. Then he will discuss lower rates as a springboard for manufacturing and for the u. S. Economy. And also this theme of onshoring, the incentives that they believe the plan provides to bring capital back from overseas to the u. S. By incentives such as repatriation treatment and also more favorable treatment of capital investment, which is so crucial to this group that invests
State. He was at united arab emirates, where he spoke to troops. He says the u. S. Has carried out 1800 airstrikes against Islamic State since october. Angela merkel says she hoping for talks to be cut,. Angela merkel and other european leaders are holding an emergency summit in brussels today. They want turkey to do more to stop migrants. Nancy reagan is being remembered as the first lady who nurtured the political career of her husband, Ronald Reagan. She died yesterday. The couple met when they were both actors. Illegalaigned against drug use and became a advocate of stem cell research. She died at 94. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world, i am caroline hyde. Matt i quickly want to touch on iron ore. I am looking at the generic contract here, but there are a number of different contracts you could follow. Here we see a 17. 3 jump. There are others where you can chart a 21. 5 jump. Iron ore is all of a sudden rising by