cheryl: a beautiful shot of america and new york city. good morning, everybody. welcome to fbn: a.m.. i m cheryl casone. lauren: good morning. welcome. i m lauren simonetti. cheryl: let s take a look at how your money is moving this thursday. we re waiting for earnings this morning from southwest airlines, american, jetblue and several other major companies, of course the wake o of the 737 max crisis the big story for the airlines. lauren: let s take a look at the close in asia, sharp losses for the major indices there, if are looking at the chinese market which was down almost 3% today. investors worrying about the impact of the coronavirus on the economy overall, ahead of the lunar new year. the week-long celebration kicks off tomorrow. cheryl: in europe, no fears about a trade war between the u.s. and europe, the cac and dax in the red. lauren: let s begin on capitol hill where adam schiff kicked off president trump s impeachment trial with a nearly three hour openin
growth sparks a rush to havens. oil at its lowest level on of weak demand singapore says the world must together to defeat the virus. we hear from the world economic davos n several markets offline for holidays.new year australia, though, opening for trade. what are you seeing? well, shery, we are seeing down side. the asx200 is set to he wanted points, andve 7,000 it s headed for a second weekly gain. s&p minis are just slightly igher early in the asia session, and the kiwi dollar topping 66 after jumping on that beat from new zealand with fourth quarter cpi coming in at 1.9% on a yearly basis, yen just holding steady after touching a two-week high against the greenback, which is bond yields ever lower with caution abounding over that viral outbreak. we saw chinese stocks on thursday ahead of that lunar new year holiday, and with that let s get a quick look at the that are closed along this morning. heidi? hong kong with a pretty truncated session this asia friday. jessi
instruments out with earnings. looks like a beach on the bottom line. shares rising in post-market trading, extending record highs. first, united nations experts are calling for an investigation into allegations that the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, was involved in the hacking up the cell phone of jeff bezos. officials say information suggests bezos s phone was hacked following a whatsapp exchange with the crown prince. saudi arabia s finance minister spoke with bloomberg on the sidelines of the world economic forum in davos. i think the embassy assessments last night saying this is absurd. they called for an investigation so they will know what happened. taylor: a report by u.n. experts says the alleged attack may have been an effort to influence or even silence the reporting of the washington post, which bezos owns. to discuss, we are joined by elizo. what are some political ramifications you see from this? speaking to sources today, i have been hearing this
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