From microsoft and walmart. This is under an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. If we could have our seats to begin the last session today. I think this is a very impressive gathering as we have our last session and the reflection on the quality of our speakers. And the importance of this topic. I am chair of the ngas Economic Development and commerce committee. Delighted to be joined by Governor John Hickenlooper and the panelists today that we will be introduced shortly. As we begin, the topic is state economies and the future of work. As i look around, everybodys economy is booming. In arkansas, last year we reached the lowest Unemployment Rate in the history of the state. Whenever you reach that low Unemployment Rate, as is in many of our states, you look at how we can expand our working population, it increased the training, particularly those who may have been difficult to find a job, dont have the level of training needed. That is the challenge we all face. In arkansas, we have don
Day. Yield unchanged. We are at 2. 79 . Are we hitting the moment we start to breach the pain into the equity market . Crude down 1 10 of 1 . David time for the morning brief. Exxon releases its earnings report. At 8 30, the jobs report will be released. At 10 00, we will see u. S. Durable goods numbers for january and that takes us to our first take. First, disappointing Deutsche Bank earnings. Second, the tech earnings after the bell yesterday and amazon killing it. At 8 30, it is all about jobs and wages. Alix you are talking like me. Lets kick it off with Deutsche Bank because at one point it was falling the most in germany in about six months. Riccadonnais carl and Synovus Trust companys dan morgan. If you look at trading revenue, down 27 , it is not a Deutsche Bank issue but it looks ugly. Carl we have seen that across the Banking Sector among the Major Trading floors. Q4 was a quiet quarter for the markets, and now as we transition into the new year, we have yields on the move i
Carlis homecoming. Well check with him ahead at 5 30. New information in the bill cosby scandal. A public official tells us he believes cosby could Face Criminal Charges based on the comedians testimony and a Sexual Assault lawsuit ten years ago. Vai sikahema is live for us in our Digital Operations Center now. Vai, what charges could cosby possibly face . Well chris, let me sum it up in one word perjury. Were hearing that from the former prosecutor who tried to file charges against the comedian years ago. Monday night we brought you cosbys admission that he got quaaludes, a sedative with the intention of using them for young women with whom he wanted to have sex. The admission came from a deposition cosby gave ten years ago in 05. A Temple University employee accused him of drugging and sexually asauling her at his home. Conte commissioner and former d. A. Bruce caster who is running for his old job says cosby may have lied under oath. It is as good as what wed get in a Sexual Assault
He becomes the first englishman to take 500 test wickets, in the deciding match against the west indies. And louise has the weather. Good morning. It is an autumnal start to the weekend. A day of sunny spells and scattered showers. But some of the showers will be heavy, with some hail and thunder, and rather breezy out to the west. More details coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Millions of people have been warned to evacuate from florida as Hurricane Irma approaches the United States. The huge storm, which has left a path of destruction across the caribbean, made its way along the coast of cuba last night. Its expected to reach florida tomorrow. It is the first time a category five hurricane has slashed the country in decades and is expected to reach florida tomorrow. Some of the worst affected caribbean islands are now bracing themselves for the arrival of a second hurricane jose is reported to have strengthened with winds of up to iso miles per hour. Our north america c
Doubled the debt in the obama years. And the New York Times calls it a comic tax cut and give away to the wealthy, perhaps those rich democrats will give back their tax cuts. Im waiting. All of that is politics. Lets get to your money. Google, microsoft, amazon, three of the fabulous five. They will announce their Financial Results today, very important stuff. How they do will make a big difference to your 401 k , which is already doing very well indeed. Overall, the dow starts out this morning, just 140 points from its alltime high. It will go up just a little bit more at the opening bell today. Were very glad youre watching and listening on satellite radio, this is going to be fun. Varney company is about to begin. Well take a look at what theyre proposing, but i can tell you this, if the president s plan is to give a massive tax break to the very wealthy in this country, a plan that will benefit people and businesses like President Trump, that wont pass muster with we democrats. Stu