Tom keene did not give you a gift . Lets get to some news. Are the top Global Stores making business around the world. Another sign the labor market is getting stronger. Your americans filed for jobless benefits than at any time in the past 14 years. A worldwide airbag recall is getting bigger. Nissan is the latest manufacturer to join in. They are recalling a quarter million airbags linked to deaths. Seven point 8 million vehicles have been recalled in the u. S. For faulty airbags in the last two years. The airbags were made by a japanese manufacturer and earlier, gm said that it had put its issues behind it. The issue being faced by the industry is something that we addressed earlier this year when we first encountered the issue, and then looked across all of our products. While it is more widespread in the industry, we believe we have the issue fundamentally under control based on the actions we took this year. Gm has recalled 30 million vehicles this year he cause of a variety of r
Among the key market drivers, we have the fed. Policymakers will gather in washington at the start of a twoday meeting. A decision on rates is expected by tomorrow afternoon, but more important than rates, we have the question of what to do about taper. Will it be cut even further . There are a number of other economic reports to watch today. At 8 30 eastern time, we get december durable goods. Theyre expected to rise by 1. 6 . At 9 00 p. M. Eastern time, we have the s p caseshiller home index. An hour later, january Consumer Confidence and the richmond fed survey. In earnings central today, the beat continues. We have dupont, pfizer and ford. Those are among the names expected to post results before the open. Dupont just crossing the wires and well have those numbers in just a moment. This afternoon, well hear from at t, yahoo and amgen. Becky, great you have to back. We have Global Market news for you, which is really what may be driving all of this. China shares eeking out gains fin
A very warm welcome to bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. My name is mike embley. An unwelcome milestone. The number of verbal coronavirus deaths officially past 1 million. Official coronavirus deaths. The World Health Organization and the us announce plans to rollout a rapid and new covid test. It could transform the Global Response to the pandemic. One, two, three, four, five. Into the test. Twist it three times. The adhesive is pulled off. And you wait 15 minutes. And that is the test. Less tha n less than 24 hour was before the first president ial debate mcdonald from dismisses accusations he has hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. And earth under threat. Sir David Attenborough describes his fears for the planet. Hello to you. Lets start with a breaking news. 1 Million Deaths from the coronavirus have been officially recorded from Johns Hopkins university. Those figures are likely to be a considerable underestimate but it isa consid