It is the insurers and medical providers doing so well today. Unitedhealth group up 8. 6 . Medical loss provision was not as bad as anticipated. It was actually better than forecast, and that has all of those insurers higher. Johnson johnson saying it is not setting aside money for those court cases it is going to fight, and will win thousands of them, according to johnson johnson. The 10 year yield moved quite a bit in the session, back after a holiday yesterday, 1. 75 on the 10 year. Guy letsguy take a look at where we are in europe, dominated by the brexit news over the last few minutes. The pound spiking up on the cable rate against the u. S. Dollar towards 1. 28. The ftse 250, the more to mystically focused market, also spiking. When it comes the more domestically focused market, also spiking. When it comes to the ftse 100, some names spiking sharply. As you can see, a strong response to the headlines being reported out of brussels. Apparently, eu negotiators and breasted negotiat
Since worst month 20112012 for that group on the top. At the aussie and kiwi dollars and the kiwi took out its 2016 low and we are now for the lowest level since september 2015. Youve see ny onshore, got this chart. We have the worst month in seven years of e. M. Fx. We also have traders with the onshore yuan weaker than the official reference. David the two Exchange Rates and the fix. We will you show you the chart later on but backward looking. It sets us up in april various situation precarious situation into september. Yvonne we are still dealing with the headline risk. President trump saying the u. S. And china will renew trade calls, although he offered no details or timeline on what happens next. He spoke after beijing indicated it mauled immediately retaliate against additional increases and wants to prevent further escalation. The u. S. Is said to slap extra tariffs on 110 billion worth of imports on sunday. China vowed to strike back with levies of 75 billion of goods but sai
be more of these. david: the who said yesterday it was a chinese health crisis, not a global health crisis. drew: all of the infection so far seem to be happening in china. that means it is a regional case. you do not see people in the u.s. affecting other folks in the u.s.. you have a reservoir of disease and its own self-perpetuating thing. that is the difference between this being a china issue and a truly global outbreak. what is the treatment? drew: the symptoms resemble a flu or a cold. it is being described as pneumonia like. right now there is not a vaccine or a medicine approved to attack the specifically, so most of the care is likely to be supportive in nature. armstrong, always great to hear from you. now we go to kevin cirilli. the third day from the democrats. they want to get these witnesses called. do they have a chance? kevin: i am going to be candid. areblican strategist who working on the impeachment issue and working with mitch mcconnell have all independe
The backing was unanimous. This is one of those occasions where we can and we have united. And, lord mayor, our party will also be supporting this motion tonight. The entire number of members here voted for the motion, and so the motion is carried. Thank you. Thank you very much. The hopes of the workers now rest in the hands of politicians. Its over to the government now to act. Economist Richard Ramsey believes the huge size of bombardier in Northern Ireland means that if it sank it could bring so much down with it that everyone would feel its effects. Its one of our top exporters, top r d spenders, Top Employers and you take bombardier out of the equation and that would blow a hole in our overall performance. Ultimately youre then going to see less money going through the Northern Ireland economy. This small economy is suddenly caught in a dispute involving one the Biggest Companies in the world, boeing, and one of the Biggest Forces in global politics. We want products made by our
Also, hong kongers fight back against main land china. But can they win this battle against the beijing behemoth . Well talk to one of the key leaders of the protests. And the man, the myth, the enigma. Just who is kim jongun . Who is this brutal dictator that donald trump says writes him beautiful letters . Anna fifield has written the definitive biography. But first, heres my take. This week, we watched an unusual spectacle. The foreign minister of germany, one of the United States closest allies went to tehran and announced that a European Payment System designed as an alternative to the dollar would soon be ready. The dollars dominance in Global Transactions which is a huge benefit for america and americans will be hard to displace. But this is a warning sign, the canary in the coal mine. Americas closest allies are working hard to find ways to undermine a crucial underpinning of American Global power. Why . Its simple. The Trump Administrations abuse of this power. The United Stat