For greater trade links and investment. The imf has increased its growth predictions for this year and next to 3. 9 . It says that reflects growing momentum and President Trumps recent us tax reforms. The imf says the good news has been well spread out with 120 countries, representing 75 of the world economy, seeing stronger growth in 2017. Business leaders have noticed it too. 57 of the worlds leading chief executives believe growth will improve over the next year according to a survey by the consultants pwc. And thats been reflected on stock markets around the world, which have repeatedly set record highs since last years davos gathering. Lets get more on this story from sally, whos in place in davos. Thanks a lot, samantha. We have plenty of snow here, thats for sure, it is still falling, the forecast is it may stop today, i imagine the organisers are hoping it will because its been quite a Logistical Mission to try to clear the literal metres of snow piling up all over this resort.
Landing at 50. 79. Visa reporting a better than expected increase in earnings. Higher payments and the acquisition of visa europe helping results. Trading was choppy after the bell. Visas full year Growth Outlook was light of estimates. Stock lower by a quarter of a percent. Twitter planning job cuts that could be announced this week. The social network could terminate about 300 people. Thats the same percentage it cut last year when cofounder jack dorsey took over as choef. The news comes amidquestions about whats next for twitter. Bill miller was on Halftime Report yesterday. What twitters needs is an activist. I think an activist could make a difference there with respect to being on the board. That kind of thing. You have done a lot in your career. Maybe its time for that. No, not me. Twitter announcing it will change the release time of results to before the market opens on thursday. Originally it was scheduled to report after the bell on thursday. It wants to avoid conflicting wi
Paranoid. That whole stance toward the community that cops are in a war zone and we are the enemy is what were what everyone is trying to combat right now. Reporter we caught up with the attorney, susan wiggens, who joined us from oregon using facetime. Using dialogue without having attended the classes. Reporter she says the criticisms are out of context and that the classes cover a wide range of topics, not just use of force. But caliber has received threats. As of right now the class is not canceled. But it is about, um, safety of everyone. Were not going to they are not going to conduct a class thats going to put the lives of officers at risk. Theyre not succumbing to the pressure. Some add slow can succumbing to the pressure of some advocacy group. Reporter they have received threats of violence and so the status of this class is now in limbo. If they decide to change the venue and bring it to san jose, sheriff smith recommends deputies do not take the class. Live in san jose, kie
Was. Brian certainly wisconsins defense will be night and day from this defense. Obviously, you will look at the numbers. Michigan came in and wanted to run the football with John Harbaugh and they ended up with 327 yards on the ground. Its not going to be as easy next week. Theyre going to put the game in Wilton Speights hands and make him beat them. It will be a challenge. Dave and november get tough for the wolverines, who look every bit the part of a top five team today. Big ten opener and this is a team that is ready to make a run. They got lots and lots of talent. But their quarterback has continued to get better and better. Brian we have seen it year in and year out. The teams after the the end are the ones that get better every week. They dont plateau and the Michigan Team from the hawaii game to ucf, and the cu game, they were better today than the last few weeks. Dave jim harbaugh and company, a lot to be proud of today. He found barkley for a hand shake before heading to the
Hey, i dont think we can complain. Lets talk about 69 degrees, weve dropped about 10 degrees over the last hour, hour and a half or so, it feels really nice outside. Humidity is up 36 , a little elevated. Wins out of the southwest, 5 Miles Per Hour picking up throughout the day. Lets talk about most accurate forecast. 60s and 70s right now. Mid afternoon in the mid80s. Warmer than yesterday. And we could see those winds pick up and partly cloudy conditions by this evening ahead of a storm system that is going to try to bring some rain. I will time it out for you and let you know when we take a look at the seven day forecast. Happening right now investigators on the scene of an attempted carjacking assault. Mary ellen resendez is joining us live in tempe, i know you spoke with officers sox what did they tell you what happen reporter well, what they said this was an attempted carjacking off price road. It started off with dps investigation, the suspect jumped the wall and into tempe. You