13 points. The nikkei was down. Closed down by a half percentage point. You did see that stocks were higher in china. Hang seng up by 1. 5 then this morning in early trading in europe, take a look things are mixed stocks are slightly low ner germager lower in germany and france. Stocks in italy down by 0. 6 then you have crude oil. Crude Oil Yesterday ended up down back below 58. This morning its up, but still below 58, trading at 57. 57 to the story of the morning the closely watched senate race in alabama, Democrat Doug Jones is the apparent winner there, though republican roy moore is not conceding just yet john harwood joins us from birmingham he has that story. Good morning good morning. This was a very big victory for the Democratic Party first time they won a United States senate race in alabama in 25 years a big defeat for President Trump and his party. Look at the numbers. Twopoint lead for doug jones. Roy moore has not yet conceded he said gods in control were still waiting f
It was enshrined in law under president obama in 2015 but under the Trump Administration it looks doomed following a huge battle in the business world. Heres why. Think of your Internet Service provider as a motorway. Net neutrality means its not allowed to set up fast lanes giving faster access to some sites because they pay more. Or deliberately slowing or blocking other sites that dont us telecoms giants like comcast, verizon and at t have lobbied hard against it. They say the removal of antiquated, restrictive regulations will pave the way for Broadband Network investment, expansion and upgrades. But content firms like amazon and google say ditching the rules will give too much power to the telecoms and will make it harder for new start ups to compete. Injuly they led more than 170 organisations in slowing down their services to protest the proposed change. The debate is going on all over the world. The countries in blue already have Net Neutrality they make sure all traffic is tre
Your best, your heavenly friend through thorny ways leads to a joyful end be still, my soul, when dearest friends depart and all is darkened in the vale of tears then you shall better know his love, his heart who comes to soothe your sorrow, calm your fears ellison be still, my soul, for jesus can repay from his own fullness all he takes away when we shall be for ever with the lord be still, my soul, when dearest friends depart and all is darkened in the vale of tears then you shall better know his love, his heart who comes to soothe your sorrow, calm your fears be still, my soul, when change and tears are past all safe and blessed we shall meet at last. Now the welcome from the dean of st pauls. On behalf of this cathedral in london, welcome, each one of you, to this National Memorial service of remembrance, community and hope. Among us are survivors of the fire in Grenfell Tower exactly six months ago. Those who have lost members of their families, or their friends. Those who live or
Us with mores with stories halfway through the trading day. This uptrend is continuing. The s p 500 has little changed. We have seen some weakness in Telecom Stocks that have been holding it back, health care is also on the downside today. Limitings their gains there and in the s p. But we could see a closing record for both that and the s p. Of individual stocks we are watching, twitter is seeing an interesting spike today. Up 4. 5 . There appears to be no concrete news regarding the company, but increasing citing speculation after disneys purchase of the fox assets. Pointing toers are a tweet from yesterday from Goldman Sachs ceo lloyd blankfein. And they say i dont know jack. Some are pointing to that as some sort of deal making, maybe nothing isut confirmed there. It is all speculation. But the stock is up in todays trading. Look at those telecoms ahead of that decision on Net Neutrality. Interesting, the stocks are not necessarily trading as you might expect. In other words, if th
Sweep south over the area late friday night and Early Saturday Morning which then increases nne winds along the ridges and peaks saturday. A dry pattern may turn to a wet weather pattern next week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 darya new this morning. The Oakland Unified School district has approved 9 Million Dollar budget cuts. james this after parents and teachers voiced their anger at a Heated School Board meeting last night. Kron 4s will tran joins us live from oakland. Will. The School District says the 9Million Dollar cut is down from the the 15 Million Dollars they were originally proposing. The district says they had no choice but to make the cuts or the state would have intervened. And that could have meant School Closures. There is no word on where