Features in the europe in europe and the u. S. Keep rising as the European Commission presents its Recovery Plan today. Jamie dimon places himself among the optimists who see a quick economic bounceback. Plus, stock deluge. More than 4 billion worth of equity offerings were announced just here in europe yesterday within 30 minutes of the closing bell. 2. 8llion dollars billion offering and is eager is the largest sofar this year. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe and in the u. K. Lets take a look now at futures. We are seeing once again green arrows after the big rallies that we saw the last couple of days. It looks like the risk on mood is set to continue. Dax futures up 0. 4 . The dax index here in frankfurt closed up yesterday more than 100 points. It closed up on monday more than 300 points, bringing it to over 11,500. Take a look at u. S. Futures as well. We are also looking at gains in u. S. Futures right now after the u. S. Equity ind
We have strong figures out of the u. K. Is deceptive to say that it is a sleepy august day, it is not. What i would suggest is that the various shops are staking out their autumn calls. There calls into 2017. Francine i think you are right. A lot of people are on holiday, but august is not sleepy. I agree 100 , we are never on holiday. Taylor japans exports have not fallen this much since 2009. 14 from july from a year ago. One reason is slowing Global Demand and the stronger japanese yen, its gained 20 making japanese products more expensive. Turkey has revealed how broad the crackdown was after last months attempted coup. The Prime Minister says 40,000 people were detained and 5000 are in custody. 80,000 turkish Government Employees were removed from duty. Germany says that the u. K. s future relationship with the European Union requires a custommade solution. Deputy foreign minister says that they will not be able to cherry pick the economic advantages. What is clear is the u. K. Ca
Warnings on class syllabi. Professors who offered content who may trigger on set of symptoms of post Traumatic Stress disorder would be required not only to provide advanced alerts but also permit students to skip class. If you dont like what someone says you can avoid the subject rather than facing it. In this world, sensitivity and civility are deemed equal to or in fact superior to Academic Freedom. A point recently made by the chancellor of uc berkeley to allow disapproval. But in the words of scholar steve woodward, if we make the fostering of friendship, solidarity, harmony, civility or mutual respect, primary and dominant value, then we risk sacrificing the universitys central purpose, teaching and scholarship. Central purpose. When i was first approached to give this talk, we explored a number of titles, including Political Correctness and its impact on american competitiveness. In an important way, i think this title understands that what happens on College Campuses does not s
Looking good. Northbound today. The numbers around the bay area its 40 degrees chilly out there 48 in San Francisco. 44 for san jose. 41 in santa rosa. Heres what were expecting today. It will be nice for Christmas Day. Clear and chilly to start out with, a sunny cool afternoon. A little dry weather ahead with no rain in sight in the near future anyway. And temperatures highs today will be 59 degrees in santa rosa. Santa wrapped up his journey delivering gifts. Cbs news Tara Mergener has more on christmas celebrations around the world. [ church bells ] reporter catholics around the world are celebrating the birth of jesus christ today. In bethlehem, thousands attended Midnight Mass inside the church of the nativity where jesus christ was born. At the vatican, pope francis celebrated with a traditional mass at st. Peters basilica where the crowd spills into the square. [ nonenglish language ] reporter he said, gods message of peace is stronger than darkness and corruption. That is the m
For renewed faith in a city shaken by protests and the recent killing of two Police Officers. Tara mergener for cbs news, washington. And the pope just wrapped up his traditional world view speech at st. Peters square. The u. S. Postal service is closed for todays christmas holiday. For the most part, some postal workers will be on the job though today to deliver priority mail. Regular Postal Service is set to resume tomorrow. Hard to believe at this late hour but some people still havent finished their Christmas Shopping this morning. And you still have a shot at it. According to kpix 5s Christian Hartnett, he is on powell street in San Francisco where walgreens is open for business this morning. Reporter yeah. And if you can believe it a lot of people are coming in right now. I mean, open on christmas, yeah. There are still people who need to get their gifts and if you can believe it about 5 or 6 registers here all of them are staffed around midnight. A line of 30 people at one point