Bazos versus trump power lunch starts right now heres what else is happening. Southwest airlines pulling back on its service to cuba because the routes were not sustainable. Southwest will continue the service from ft. Lauderdale and tampa to havana. Phil jackson out as New York Knicks president they were 80166 in his full three seasons. And for the first time ever, samsung will build appliances right here in america. It will open a factory in South Carolina creating more than 950 jobs by 2020. Im Tyler Mathisen a rally today. Financials, industrials are leading the way at this hour one stock were watching is fedex. The stock is higher after it said there was no data breach to the tnt express unit but there could be a possible Financial Impact from a disruption in operations lets get the latest on this rock them, sock them rally in this edition of power lunch. Bob pisani is on the floor of the nyse hi, bob. Reporter there doesnt seem to be anything in the way of the market ramp. Lets l
Europe largely unchanged the 10year just below 3. 5 road map begins with the second half of the year kicking off in high gear, what to expect for the rest of 17. And north korea launches a missile with the capability of reaching alaska. This as President Trump heads to europe to meet with world leaders. What the growing geopolitical tensions may mean. Is the job of ceo not what it used to be many top executives departed in the first five months of the year than last the look at the changing face of the suite. Heading into the first full day of the trading half the dow off an intraday high, nasdaq looks to avoid a fourday losing streak, wall street awaits the release of the fed minutes at 2 00 p. M. Eastern and investors will be interested not only in comments in future rate hikes but perhaps the timing of the feds planned Balance Sheet reduction. Jim, welcome back first of all journal today suggests they may talk about some timing of Balance Sheet but might get indications of a decembe
Wait. The pressing issue today for tens of millions of americans as hurricane rv. Its not the wind that is struggling, its the rain. Over texas and louisiana dumping 20 inches or more. Serious flooding predict it. Theres one winner winner. 759 million. The Winning Ticket bought in massachusetts. If he or she takes a lumpsum payment, it will be around 450 million. Then, it will be taxed by massachusetts. The actual payout, 250 million. The feds and everybody else get the half a million. What a deal. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart i thought i recognize that. Varney company in the background. Thats pretty cool. Congress comes back in september with the scant 12 days to get a budget and a debt ceiling done. With that as the backdrop, where are we going to open this market today . S. Come on the upside. Maybe the two sides are beginning to get together. Well be up 60 points in the opening bell. Weve got a date, september 12th. Apple inching up in the head of that revelation. Senio
Overnight in asia, the nikkei was flat. The hang seng and the shanghai were slightly higher. In europe, in early trading right now, youll see there are mixed messages. For the most part the major averages are around the flat line. In italy things are down by 0. 9 . If you check out crude oil prices, right now it was up 1. 2 yesterday, giving back some of those gains this morning with wti at 54. 02. Lets get you updated on some big stories today. Earnings just out from Toll Brothers. The company earning 42 Cents Per Share in the first quarter. Revenue was better than expected. Home building deliveries about flat in dollar terms. Increased 12 in terms of units. The company says the average price of homes delivered declined due to changes in product mix. Carl icahn bought a large stake in bristolmyers squib. Its unclear how big his position is, but he sees the drugmaker as a potential takeover target. The report was released after they announced they would add three new Board Members and
In europe things are in the red. The dax and cac are down 0. 6 . The ftse off by 0. 8 . Knitly, sto ly in italy, stocks are down about a percent. Right now the dollar is up against the euro which is trading at 1. 0874. Down against the yen. And crude oil has been weakening even as the dollar had been struggling with issues. Wpi down abo wti down by 1. 43 . Have we shown the tenyear . No. I would show the tenyear. 2. 40. I will do a story in a second talking about fed speak again. Who cares about the fed anymore, theyre irrelevant, not at 2. 40. 2. 40. We were on our way again. We were on our way again theoretically to 2. 60, 2. 70, 3 . What does that say . Does that say 1 gdp number in the First Quarter stays at 1 . None of these things in the trump agenda come on time . Or big as expected . Are they delayed . Does trump care lite mean tax reform light . Or do we even get the taxes . So these ive never been in congress, i never will be. But theres a lot of kabuki dance. I understand th