Stocks are rising to the high of the session, particularly the nasdaq, the leader all day long. Now up. 3. 75 . The dow positive at this stage. We have seen in general some recovery for the past two this week of declines on a major averages. Drugmakers have been part of the upswing in a major way today. In take a look at allergan, terms of the index points there contributed to the s p 500, some of the best performance. Drugis helping the industry. It should be done by the end of june. We have been drowned dragging down or holding back the s p by the most and Oil Companies because we have got falling oil prices. Berkshire hathaway reporting its earnings late friday within the details. 25 . Ng by i mentioned what is going on in commodities. Take a look at the bloomberg commodity index, down about 2 , worst performance in about three weeks time for the index on a single day. The rally has been one of the things trade data, the dollar index now and, now there is. They are being acquired he
Less than 100 miles from the syrian coast. Its december 7, what president Franklin Roosevelt called a date that would live in infamy. 74 years ago today japan attacked pearl harbor and brought the u. S. Into world war ii. Day honors those who died. Im emily chang and this is bloomberg west. President obama, Hillary Clinton and others asked Silicon Valley for help in the fight against islamic state. Been on a hiring binge in the last five years. Will be extra headcount affect the companys push for profit . And the real money behind Virtual Reality. We look at the market some say will hit 70 billion in the next two years. Urgingte house is Silicon Valley to join the fight against islamic state. In a televised address, president obama called on Tech Companies to do their part in helping prevent terrorist attacks. President obama ive ordered the departments of state to review the Visa Waiver Program under which the female terrorist in San Bernardino originally came to this country. Thats w
Want to work, if we major skills that we do. My card is filling up at d. C. This fall. We will have you back to ctu at that important subject. You have to catch tammy, buster, bob and one do not break and not been for the names of those leaders. Were up against our time here. This is the nature of the panel and ask you to think bob woodson, tammy bruce. [applause] and we will have more for the western conservative Senate Annual conference night, including their marks in South Carolina senator tim scott and the Freedom Coalition founder, ralph reid. That is at 8 00 eastern over on cspan. I was after president obama authorize the use of military action against extremist forces in iraq, u. S. Armed forces carried out several airstrikes against the militant group, isis. During a 90 minute briefing with reporters, White House Press secretary on the josh earnest discuss u. S. Military action in iraq, including this mornings airstrike in the town of your real. As we have seen the isis and mak
Will the global rally extend to the u. S. For a third day . The s p coming off its biggest 2day jump in three years. Rising 4. 5 . Futures have pared gains but still indicate stocks were up and higher. European stocks turned lower. The president of france making ranks with the eu over russia. Francois hollande suggesting that sanctions against the russians could be scaled back. He spoke at an eu summit in brussels. That the gestures restaurant is making are what we are waiting for. There is no reason to enact new sanctions. On the contrary, they will allow us to start the escalating the situation. The u. S. , u. K. , and jeremy disagree. Germany disagree. David cameron says the door is always. Open if russia changes behavior twitter has started selling advertising in russia. Twitters first advertisers in russia include the countrys wirelessender and a company. Facebook has a problem here it is not as cool as it used to be among teenagers. To 17yearolds found that fewer of them were usi
Percent. The west coast ports are due to reopen today. Part of a lengthy labor dispute between shippers and dock workers union. If theres a shut down, the National Retail federation warns the u. S. Economy could face a hit of 2 billion a day. I asked jack lew about that in our interview. President obama will meet with Angela Merkel today. Theyre expected to discuss issues like russia ukraine, international trade, and Counter Terrorism efforts. Chinas imports dropping 20 from a year earlier. The steepest decrease since may of 2009. Exports down more than 3 . In europe the story is all about greece this morning. The countrys new africanamericanPrime Minister he promised to reverse some of the reforms imposed by greece by the international lenders. Setting up another standoff with the u. N. Back at home glean prices are riseing once again. The coverage cost of a gallon of regular jumping 13 cents in the past two weeks to 2. 20 and she warns the trend likely to continue. Prices still 1. 10