Crimea has held a referendum on the session, overwhelming majority in favor of joining russia. Washington says the vote is illegal and has threatened sanctions. Vote, 95. 5 of the ballots are counted. This is quite controversial because it does violate International Law and the ukrainian constitution. , 220 thousandpact Russian Troops on the border. The eu and the u. S. Are threatening sanctions on russia. Crimeas leader will look like today to join russia. Hat may lead to a boycott the wall street journal russia is pulling u. S. Treasury bills out of the u. S. Because of concerns about the sanctions. Three times the record before. This crimea vote, hugely controversial. What is the reaction from the west . Obama telling Vladimir Putin he will never accept this crimean vote, ever. Merkel has been quite vocal about this. Listencain speaking to what he has to say. Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. Nation that is really only dependent upon oil and gas for their economy. E
Commanding officers of the two sides briefly met. It is unclear why they met and what was resolved, but clearly, anything like this can turn dangerous, there can be gunfire very quickly, and things can obviously get out of control in a hurry. Power lunch has all access today to two major companies. The ceo of john deere is with us. His company has significant business dealings in russia. And bhp billitons ceo is also here. Biggest Mining Company around. First to sue at the nyse. You really set the table for me. The s p hitting a new alltime high today. Right now, we have a gain on the s p, considerable gain on the day. Bob pisani is here to talk about that. First, we go uptown because the nasdaq, the biggest percentage mover today and the biggest percentage winner. Sheila dharmarajan is going ladies first, right . Sheila, you go first. The nasdaq is taking home the crown today, hitting a fresh 14year high. Also, the nasdaq composite up more than 1. 5 . We have been talking a lot about
Can the troubled neighborhood Electronics Retailer reverse the trend in this ultracompetitive environment . All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, march 4th. Good evening, everyone. Russia retreats and wall street gets a massive relief rally. Investors bought up stocks after russian president putin pulled troops back from the border of ukraine, allaying worries about an imminent military showdown. The major averages surged 1. 5 or more, posting their biggest gains so far this year. Even setting a new record close for the s p 500. Now those skyhigh gains wiped out all of yesterdays losses and even russias stock market which lost 12 on monday rose more than 6 today. Heres a look at the closing numbers. 9 dow soared 227 points, the nasdaq ended at a fresh 14year high adding almost 75 points and the s p jumped 28 points to 1873. Thats a record high. Over the commodities markets, what was up yesterday was down today. Oil prices fell 1. 59 a barrel to 103. And gold
A sharp slide in sales. Can the troubled neighborhood Electronics Retailer reverse the trend in this ultracompetitive environment . All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, march 4th. Good evening, everyone. Russia retreats and wall street gets a massive relief rally. Investors bought up stocks after russian president putin pulled troops back from the border of ukraine, allaying worries about an imminent military showdown. The major averages surged 1. 5 or more, posting their biggest gains so far this year. Even setting a new record close for the s p 500. Now those skyhigh gains wiped out all of yesterdays losses and even russias stock market which lost 12 on monday rose more than 6 today. Heres a look at the closing numbers. 9 dow soared 227 points, the nasdaq ended at a fresh 14year high adding almost 75 points and the s p jumped 28 points to 1873. Thats a record high. Over the commodities markets, what was up yesterday was down today. Oil prices fell 1. 59 a
A sharp slide in sales. Can the troubled neighborhood Electronics Retailer reverse the trend in this ultracompetitive environment . All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, march 4th. Good evening, everyone. Russia retreats and wall street gets a massive relief rally. Investors bought up stocks after russian president putin pulled troops back from the border of ukraine, allaying worries about an imminent military showdown. The major averages surged 1. 5 or more, posting their biggest gains so far this year. Even setting a new record close for the s p 500. Now those skyhigh gains wiped out all of yesterdays losses and even russias stock market which lost 12 on monday rose more than 6 today. Heres a look at the closing numbers. 9 dow soared 227 points, the nasdaq ended at a fresh 14year high adding almost 75 points and the s p jumped 28 points to 1873. Thats a record high. Over the commodities markets, what was up yesterday was down today. Oil prices fell 1. 59 a