Overall. You can see germanys dax regaining some of the losses, france is the only major indices in the red right now. The tenyear note yield very important, one of the reasons why the financials have performed so poorly and there is that yield, down just a bit, 2. 362, although this is right around where we were yesterday. As for oil, up and up rather nicely. And the latest s p case shiller home prices report, prices up 5. 9 in january compared to a yearni year ago, faster than the 5. 6 economists had been predicting. As for the road map, ford expected to announce significant new u. S. Manufacturing investments this morning. The automaker receiving high praise from the president. Plus futures are pointing to say flat open, the dow seeking to reverse course from the longest losing streak now since 2011, six years, and yum brand ceo reid will sit down exclusively with our own sarah eisen. Nobody elses. She is a road warrior. Lets deal with the bond issue up front, about an hour ago we g
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley were going to begin tonight with a troubling story that first gained National Attention on 60 minutes, the sexual abuse of female olympic gymnasts. Today victims told congress the stories they had kept secret for years out of fear. Legislation is in the works to protect future victims. Dr. Jon lapook has been heading our investigation of the case, and he has todays capitol hill developments. I want the women who testified to know how very proud i am of you for standing up. I know how hard it is. Reporter senators called todays testimony an act of bravery. Elite gymnasts including Jessica Howard and jamie dancer described sexual abuse by Lawrence Nassar beginning when they were teens. Dancer won a bronze medal in the 2000 olympics. He abused me in my hotel room in sydney at the olympic games. I was disbelieved and even criticized by some in the Gymnastics Community for bringing this disturbing issue the life. Now i know that i am no
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Dancer won a bronze medal in the 2000 olympics. He abused me in my hotel room in sydney at the olympic games. I was disbelieved and even criticized by some in the Gymnastics Community for bringing this disturbing issue the life. Now i know that i am not alone. Reporter rhythmic gymnast Jessica Howard says she was 15 when dr. Nassar first abused her. My postgymnastics life has been fraught with issues stemming from the abuse i endured as a young teenager. Reporter the sex scandal has embroiled u. S. A. Gymnastic, the National Governing body for the sport. Last summer an investigation revealed allegations against gymnastics coaches that prompted more than 100 young women, including howard and dancer, to come forward about nassar. U. S. A. Gymnastics was a noshow at todays hearing. That angered connecticut senatorrismard blumenthal. If they really cared, they would be here. Reporter senator Dianne Feinstein is cosponsor of legislation design
The s p is higher by 1 while the dow is fractionally lower. The russell 2000 dropping 6 in a month. Take a look at u. S. Equity futures this morning. Did you check those before you came in. Nice, right . Or were you waiting to see. I didnt know what numbers were. S p 500 looks like it will be up by nine points now. If it were to open up now it would be open 23 points. Have someone that drives me in. I know all of this stuff. Foreign exchange. But it changes often times. No, no, pretty good idea. If its down 200 you know its down 2000. I knew it was probably just positive. Europe trading things like that. Nice. Just like a professional sort of. Do you know, can you do i cant. Whatever it is, i cant. You cant do the call of the consumer . Do the call of the consumer . What do you think . John, do you have any stuff like that that we can thats not bad. Anything else . Not bad. Hes fast. Hes fast. I dont know. What is the call of the consumer. Do you know . I dont know. I said it. I heard
Nasdaq up by 16. You have earnings, Economic Data and more fed speak. You have best buy, smuckers and gap all set to report erngs today. Weekly jobless claims hitting the tape at 8 30 avm eastern time and the philly fed survey and leading indicators. After yesterdays market moving fomc minutes well hear from Stanley Fisher today. Here on squawk box well hear from Loretta Mester. Shes the cleveland fed president and she will be joining us at 8 30 eastern time. The bank of Japan Holding its Monetary Policy steady. This despite data that showed the economy there slipped into recession. Also the nikkei closing at a three month high today. Square pricing its ipo at 9 a share. Its not great news because its below the range of 11 to 13 and well short of the stock in the private funding round. Giving them a market cap of about 2. 9 billion. Thats half of the private market valuation just a year ago and could have a huge impact on other private market valuations which of course public funds als