But at this point it has decided to shut trading all together. That happened after it had conversations with other u. S. Stock markets and with u. S. Regulators, including the sec. And this is the first weather related shut down since hurricane fwlor i cant back in 1985. The cme group is running its urk of usual futures session from 6 00 p. M. To 9 15 a. M. Eastern. You will be able to see the stock Index Futures throughout the morning. They are under pressure right now. Cme will be shutting down trading after that time. So depending on the impact of the storm, its possible the same scenario will be repeated this morning. Three companies have canceled earnings reports. Pfizer, nrg and entergy. The government still planning to release personal income and spending data at 8 30. The question is did they decide to shut down the electronic portion because the s sec and others said we dont know whether the system unto itself will work, or they did taest it back in march. And they were undete
The most important thing is peoples safety and health and property being saved here. The former president , the unofficial secretary of explaining stuff, took to the stage in the Sunshine State solo. Republican mitt romney will Campaign Today out of the storms path in the battleground state of ohio yesterday offering these words for those in sandys way. I think that right now some people in the country are a little nervous about a storm about to hit the coast, and our thoughts and prayers are with the people that find themselves in harms way. What remains to be seen is how this october surprise will impact an election that is now just eight days away with early voting already under way. We want to get straight to the latest update, and for that nbc news meteorologist dillon drier joins me with a look. Not much has changed . Thats unfortunate. It is still a strong category 1 hurricane at this time, and even if it changes into something posttropical as it makes its way towards the new je
And ten seconds left by the way when it happened. And giants win 2924. Well, theres still eight days until the election and what has become a very close race and its taking an a back stage to the polls to the storm, rather, we will have the latest polls for you and the big question now, is romney losing momentum . Well ask andrea about that and of course, were following sandy throughout the program. Stay right there. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods first day of work. And his new boss told him twongs cook what you love, and save your money. Joe doesnt know it yet, but hell wk his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and me from the great northwest. Hell start investing early, hell find some good ople to help guide him, nd hell set money aside from his first daof work this last, which isnt rocket science. Its just common sense. Frotd ameritrade. Well, todays big storm on the east coast taking some attention away from the election and
Welcome, everybody. For the next three hours, we will be giving you nonstock special coverage on what is at stake on what is already a busy day in midtown, manhattan. It is about as windy and inhospitable as it has ever been in recent memory. Further uptown, radio city, which is getting ready for its famed Christmas Show in a little more tha weeks. Hang a left towards columbus circle, and you have an ongoing construction potential catastrophe developing. This is earlier today. Outside a building known as 157. This is one of the grandest and most expensive buildings on the planet. I say that because when it is completed by the spring, it will be the tallest residential structure on all of gods earth. Also, the priciest when all of gods earth. The penthouse of that building is 100 million. Average sales for condos in that unit, and keep in mind, it is virtually all sold out, even before it was finished. 10 million. Now, you have this crane is falling apart in the bad winds that we were p
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