We also have to tightly look at oil. Tom i have never seen an earnings season like this. You have to go back to early 2009 or 2008 for the excitement and mystery of what we are going to see. We have those layoffs, citigroup, and now jpmorgan. On a small number of people. Francine yes. We will be bringing you the very latest off the bloomberg. Lets get straight to bloombergs first world news. Nejra thanks. More turmoil for the brussels airport, only this time it is a walkout by air Traffic Controllers. The airport is already reeling from the terrorist attacks that killed 16 people. Todays labor strike is disrupting flight that the hub. It began over a dispute over the working age of Traffic Controllers to 58. Syrians are voting today in parliamentary elections. Some 3500 candidates combined for the 2500 parliamentary seats. President Bashar Alassad voted early in the elections, which are taking place in government controlled parts of the country. Now to brazil, where the Vice President
Novembers paris terror attacks. We all stand together with our allies, belgium, on this dark day. Reporter in a show of solidarity and defiance, streets of brussels are covered with messages of hope and prayers for victims, including the three americans from utah recovkov ec from injuries. President obama condemned the attack from cuba. We will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally belgium in bringing together those who are responsible to justice. Reporter police have found explosive devices and an isis flag. Outside the Stock Exchange building in brussels, people are writing messages of hope, peace, and anger. Hundreds gathered for a candle light vigil. A memorial has been set up with hundreds of flowers for the victims. The world is standing behind belgium tonight and several International Monuments are honoring them. This is the eiffel tower in paris. A large crowd turned out in rome, also lit up in the colors of the belgian flag. This is the brandon brigade in bei
For millions of children, a snow day. The European Union moving closer to imposing more sanctions on russia. And escalation infighting in ukraine. Latvias president says the eu is likely to expand the list of those facing asset freezes and visa bans. Vladimir putin says ukraine is responsible for the violence. European finance ministers willing to work with greeces new government if the new Prime Minister drops his demands for the countrys debt to be written off. Europe may extend the deadline for greece to qualify for its next aid package. Word of another government intelligence Gathering Program aimed at drivers in the u. S. The Justice Department has built a database to track vehicles in real. And intelligence Gathering Program that involves storing hundreds of records about motorists. The goal is to fight drug tracking drug trafficking. In pro football, robert kraft, new England Patriots owner, says his team may be owed an apology. He says if the nfl fines the patriots did nothing
Theyre set to earn 1. 53 a share. The numbers cover the critically important Holiday Shopping season. So well see those numbers as well. A programming note because you dont want to miss it we have an exclusive interview with walmart ceo at 11 00 eastern time this morning. Then on the economic front, employment is front and center. At 8 30 eastern time well get weekly jobless claims and later in the month we have to watch for fed numbers and other leading economic indicators. Couple after stocks to watch this morning, regenerons eye drug was the top one from rivals in diabetes related vision loss but results show that the effects are strongest in the more severely affected patients. Well talk to him at 7 30 eastern. Been a big winner over the years as we said earlier, up 3,000 over six years. And marriott also issuing guidance above current forecasts. Thats a combination of profits topic estimates but the rental Company Revenue fell short and sunedison sales failed to meet forecast. Sol
Sheriffs office utilizes to take care of that facility. So they were doing work, hit a pipe carrying natural gas. Im sure you know about the fire and explosion we had in san bruno a couple years ago. Much has been made about the pg e shutoff valve. From a firefighters perspective, pete, can you tell us, was it shut off quickly . Did it take a while . Tell us about that. The last report, it was still going to take approximately two hours for them to shut it down. Yeah, obviously we know about san bruno. Luckily for us, this was an area isolated from any homes. The fire was still going with the tractor nearby working in the area, which caught on fire as well. That fire started a grass fire. So at this point, weve surrounded the grass fire, contained it to the area that burned and now were letting the gas line burn until officials can shut down the line. Just to be clear, the gas is still flowing right now . As of last report, yes, it is still flowing, but they are working diligently to g