Ukrainian forces. Don boss, authority, say a Psychiatric Hospital and an oil terminal where hit on point to us, supplied weapons being used by keith with wherever youre catching the program from today. Welcome to moscow into the global use round up an r t. Im going to need e countries have committed to a 15 percent reduction in gas consumption until next spring. Although the small print shows that the Energy Saving plan is voluntary and comes with a pretty sizable half of exemptions. And it comes on the heels of russian energy, john gas poms, announcement, its the further cut supplies to europe from tomorrow. Whedon state e u chief of underlying praised, the block smooth, saying that i chose the unanimity of member nations. But the fuse being questioned. I strongly welcome the endorsement by counsel of the regulation to reduce gas demand and prepare for the winter. It is a decisive step to face down the threat of a full gas disruption. Thanks to todays decision, europe is now ready to
In the meantime, four dozen people have been cleared at risk for ebola, or they will be today. They had all come in contact with Thomas Duncan, the man who died of the disease. Exposure is being blamed on current protocols. New guidelines are on the way for hospitals. Clearly, when you go into a hospital, having to intubate one of the things is going to be complete covering with no skin showing whatsoever. Thate dallas hospital treated Thomas Duncan says it followed cdc safety procedures. Shares of ibm are down more than 8 premarket. Ibm has been struggling to cope with a shift to cloud computing. The company says it will update projections in january. Earlier ibm says it would pay another companys takeover. Ibm paying global foundries 1. 5 to takeover three years the chipmaking unit. Apple paythe allows shoppers to buy products using their iphones. Apple has signed up banks and credit card issuers of such as mastercard and visa, and it will be going up against paypal. Apples reporting
It is 9 00 in washington. Many other cities. We will look at chinas banks. They have cash in on a big quarter in the third quarter. We will have the numbers plus indepth analysis on the health of that sector. Plus anyone who equates the rejection of keystone xl with some kind of body blow to the oilsands is just plain wrong. Canada remains committed to developing its natural oils fans even as the debate rages in the u. S. Over the extension of the Keystone Pipeline. In our latest special series, oilsands at a crossroads. That will be coming up in just a short bit. The top story is the u. S. Federal reserve has decided to continue pumping liquidity into Capital Markets at a tune of 285 billion dollars a month. Our correspondent here in washington is daniel wrenches and has been following the story. It wasnt big news, but there was big news out of it. It is very interesting that they decided to avoid this process they are calling tapering. At the end of this twoday meeting, they decided
Cruise ship. Following the money, some of the worlds most influential investors reveal where theyve been putting their money currently. But to russia with love, currency wars coming to moscow as g20 leaders meet there. Did liesman go . If so, its a big home coming. Squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen. Andrew ross sorkin is off today. Our guest host this morning is sir Martin Sorrell. Our top story, nightmare at sea. More than 4,000 passengers on the disabled Carnival Cruise cry oomph docked late last night. Michelle Caruso Cabrera is there on scene. Shes going to join us with more and what the means for carnival and the broader cruise industry overall. We are tracking the markets this morning. A lot of excitement fueled in large part by deal activities. In the last few days aloep, we heard Berkshire Hathway is buying heinz for 3 billion. And comcast announcing a 16. 7 deal to buy out ges remainin
That will do it for me. Ali veshi picks things up right now. Im not about to talk to you i would love to talk to you. Are you done for the day. 5 00. Have a great afternoon. Good morning. Im ali veshi. We begin with a tale of two days as the country celebrates civil rights champion Martin Luther king on this mlk day, President Trump broke with tradition and did not participate in the day of service. And the president continues to fight off claims that hes a racist after his reported shithole countries comment. Here he is last night. [ inaudible question ]. No, im not a racist. Im the least racist person you have ever interviewed. That i can tell you. Okay. But democratic senator dirk durbin is sticking by what he said and Lindsey Graham said his memory of what was said what was said has not evolved. I stick with my original interpretation. I am stunned that this is their defense. That is that is their choice. The discourse right now is pretty low. It is pretty embarrassing when you hav