Private equity on track for a record year fundraising, we got the woman in charge of Goldman Sachs clients, alison mass, her first tv interview ever. Very much looking forward to that. Lets begin with the top market story with the equities pulling back on new details about Congress Tax Reform plan. Ylan mui has the latest on what could be a delay in its implementation ylan kelly, republic b cans considering phasing in the reduction of the corporate rate according to bloomberg news. Under this plan the rate couldnt get to 20 until 2022 one word of caution here, the tax bill is still final yet. 20 corporate rate is one of president trumps red lines in this debate. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders appeared to throw cold water on the phasein idea this afternoon the president laid out his principles and doesnt include the phasing in were sit committed tothat moving forward, but, and i dont have any reasonable the reason this is even coming up is republicans have a revenue
Here the shares are down 8 right now. Thats not even the biggest point decliner in the dow. Which goes back to how low its share prices got. Exactly. At this hour the Senate Finance committee is beginning to mark up its tax reform bill well tell you whats at stake there and what could be the most contentious issues between the house and senate. Meanwhile, amazon is reportedly considering a freemium option for prime video. Wel n will netflix make a similar move lets get to our top story today, the big decline in ge shares Morgan Brennan has all the ugly details for us morgan reporter hey, bill, yeah, so ge cutting its dividend in half. Its only the third time since 1899 its cut that payout, this is the first time its done it notscenario. Thats only part of the story here big part of why these shares are falling 8 is the updated guidance new eps numbers for 2018 expected to be 1 to 1. 07 a share, reduced by half since the previous target and lower than consensus estimate 6 billion to 7 b
Also raised. Very interesting cutting edge, well talk about that. An fda panel backed an experimental Breast Cancer drug. Shares of the company soaring, it was up 50 on monday in anticipation of this. The news came out now, another 26 . Meg tirrell will have details in a little while. Puma is good jumpers, we know theyre fast and can get up a tree. The name of the km is puma biotech, not a totally nonsec ter. Treasury secretary mnuchen making comments on the debt ceiling. Reporter thats right, he was testifying before the house ways and Means Committee and called on lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling before the august recess. I urge you to raise the debt limit before you leave for the summer. It is absolutely critical that where we spent money, that we keep the credit of the United States as the most critical issue. Reporter he said that he believes congress should pass a clean bill, meaning that nothing else should be attached to it. Thats already running into resistance from conserv
Everybody, im kelly evans right here im here at the Stock Exchange weather central or something im Bill Griffith, energy still this is kind of a catchy tune, isnt it . Energy weighing on the market yet again today. Oil to a ten month low, you is that true earlier, health care has been a big winner today with a number of biotech stocks pushing that index higher. Were going to have more on whats behind the moves coming up here. Take a look at footlocker today. It could become the latest amazon victim. Nike is getting closer to selling on amazon. Another retailer should be worried with foot locker down 5 which one is it . Youve heard this story, this is unbelievable George Clooney selling his tequila business for 1 billion. Jeff cohen sitting here next to me he cant believe this. We have a special report on why tequila sales are so hot right now. Its only 700 million up front. Oh, well, okay. The 300 thatll come down the road if they sit certain targets. This reminds me, griffin was known
Hill some investors are saying its more about what she did not say than what she did. Well explain. Meantime, United Airlines is unveiling a new program to avoid upset passengers on overbooked flights. Wait until you this is actually a good idea. I love it. A great idea, and well outline it for you coming up. But we begin today with Senate Republicans unveiling a new version of the Health Care Bill, including offering plans with less coverage, the skimpy plans, quote, unquote, and keeping some of obamacares taxes. Kayla tausche has the details. Kayla . Reporter earlier today the Senate Majority leader said that the draft that came out today will be scored by the Congressional Budget Office early next week and after that point he hopes to bring it for a vote on a motion to proceed. That is where senators will say whether they think it should move forward, be amended, have changes be submitted by colleagues on both sides of the aisle and then have a vote on a final draft, but we are gett