Vetting of all of the facts. And once again expectations that verizon is final bely going to take over the british telecoms phone service. Theres a 60 billion bridge loan. Angela merkel has a debate. Welcome to you. We kick off with the eurozone. The final manufacturing. Its helping to rise in the fastest pace in over two years in august and its the First Time Since mid 2011. The Market Manufacturing purchase plaintiffs index from 50. 4 to 50. 3 in july. It signifies expansion from contraction since february 2012. Were joined for more. What was the take away from this . It was a bit of a flash. It was slightly down from the flash. Its a little bit negative. Again, we shouldnt take away from this number the fact that its a high since 2011. What weve seen the last couple of months, eurozone manufacturer expanding in both of those months. Notice the steps hopefully towards a more sustainable economy. Yes, little steps. It will take some more steps to see if its more meaningful. In the pas
Thank you for joining us on france 24. Former Prime Minister off mali Ibrahim Boubacar keita looks certain to be declared the winner. It removes the specter of a legal battle. They have until friday to officially announce the result of the runoff, a with everything indicating that Ibrahim Boubacar keita was surging ahead, Soumaila Cisse gave his concession in person. I paid him a visit because it eldersadition to see the to congratulate them and reassure them. I went with my wife and my children. He gave me a warm welcome. It was a moment of great congeniality. Moreover, i wanted to show i was republican, recognizing my defeat. I recognize my defeat and take responsibility. Right now, we need to focus on the future and i sincerely wish president Ibrahim Boubacar keita all the best. The words of Soumaila Cisse on his concession. The french president Francois Hollande has extended his congratulations to Ibrahim Boubacar keita, saying parents will always stand by malis side. Ibrahim bouba
Summer olympics . Amidanger ove overruns and doubts on all three candidates offers be it istanbul, tokyo, we will expel all doubts. First lets go to the newsroom. Hello to melissa bell. Thank you very much, indeed, francois. A look at the very latest headlines. 7 00 p. M. Here in paris. Syria has dominated and divided the g20 summit in st. Petersburg. Vladimir putin met with the american president , each maintaining their positions, divisions as great as they ever were. Barack obama trying to convince leaders, journalists and American Congress men and women of the need for action on syria. The United States has ordered all nonemergency personnel to leave beirut and turkey due to threat. Americans have been warned not to travel to lebanon or southeastern turkey. While that is where were going to start this news bulletin with another sign that the tension is growing around syria. Before we move on to what was discussed today at the g20. The United States has warned americans today to avo
We have really never known what to do with our first ladies and that is particularly true in more recent times. On the one hand they are expecting to have causes. We can imagine a first lady been without a cause. On the other hand those causes are not permitted to intrude upon lawmaking or an official capacity. So its always been a tightrope and seeing how each of these women walk that tightrope tells you would not tells you a lot not only about them but about the institution and about society. The Washington Post company agreed monday to sell its flagship newspaper to amazon. Com founder and chief executive jeffrey these those. Ownership of the paper after four generations. Next week at back at former Washington Post owner the late Katharine Graham discussing her biography, personal history. Cspan author personal history did your children learn anything from this book about you . Guest thats a hard question. Im sure they probably did but i couldnt tell you exact a wife. Cspan all of t
Building, which offset negative news from bank of america and citigroup. Gold and oil also gained groud following the attack in algeria at a natural gas plant. Intel took a revenue hit as earnings topped estimates. And today is the deadline to file caims under the National Mortgage settlement. The number to call and the email address are on your screen. Lets get a peek at the friday trade with john brady of rjobrien. Good morning, and the s p 500 above a fiveyear high, john. Can this last . What could hold it back . I think it is going to continue to last, and the reason is that the asset markets are moving in such a way where investors i think are just at the beginning part of selling bond funds and selling bonds to buy riskier assets in s ps and s p futures. So, for example, consider this at 182 yield on the 10year note, investors are paying about 54 times the coupon they will receive over the next 10 years, where if they go and buy the s p 500, they are paying about 14 times future