Its up about 0. 3 today the dow as we said up over 1 at session highs. The sara crazy to see the s p 500 just wiping out all the pandemic losses the todays show, clorox is a standout winner. Up more than 50 so far this year people stock up on cleaning supplies but can the company keep up with the huge demand for wipes and disinfectants . Were going to talk to the ceo plus, well talk renovations, Small Businesses and more with the ceo of Angie Home Services of that company reporting earnings after the bell. Along with iac, tilray and many more names lets focus in on the big stories that were watching in this final hour of trade mike santoli tracking todays market action. We have the latest on the increasingly complicated stimulus discussion in washington and kate rogers has the details on a scandal involving former mcdonalds ceo steve east easterbrook. Mike, start us off with the Broader Market and the gap were seeing. This is a good illustration of how a broadening out of the market be
Balance sheet Balance Sheets is what they should talk about and thats where we can be clear because taxation is the dumb one of trying to get the will back from the from the wealthy. I guess its become a great tradition just before new years eve to talk to someone who is in charge of where the russian economy is go and were here in the Russian Ministry of Economic Development once again the Christmas Trees right here to talk with minister but he might have been good morning at any rate to do that one more time lets begin with the news from the last few days and focus on the nord stream 2 pipeline project in the baltic sea for muds the message from russian officials has been that pretty much nothing can stop a project that is almost all but complete many experts were saying that these sanctions are only aimed at the domestic audience its just a trick before the elections to show that pressure is being put on russia but now the measures are in place and russia finds itself in a position
In europe that can become in some way mediators or those who can send a message across the atlantic for them to a lot of messages were already sent by the way or european friends of the United States in the recent months so there is nothing to it so once again it is december 29th being and economic punishment against russia is back in the headlines so this time around what is the biggest threat for the russian economy is it once again sanctions or uncertainty or volatility in the commodity market what can you say well of course there is a number of negative trends that are coming from the Global Economy would change impacting russian economy as ive said through this year is the weakest here in terms of economy girls in store and that is of course impacting the peace of god also for our exports in real terms in the in the terms of those who are being hit by the lower Commodity Prices some on the different come what is starting from oil metals call and so on so force of course this impac
A commission was friends who were discussing was brutally murdered the amused when the me and france and friends of friends. And he was telling me he was telling this publicly that these type of action from the United States. And acceptable so maybe that we should talk more about that story which is you know supporting the overall Global Situation and you know will that be global that was this here we can see in store 9 and this is one of the reasons one of the key deals behind that is that you know you know little actions which are hitting the global trade. And in this particular case are you saying that russia does have lets put it this way friends in europe that can become in some way mediators or those who can send a message across the atlantic for them to a lot of measures were already by the way or european friends of the United States in the recent months so there is nothing to it so once again it is december 29th being and economic punishment against russia is back in the headl
A project that is almost all but complete many experts were saying that these sanctions are only aimed at the domestic audience its just a trick before the elections to show that pressure is being put on russia but now the measures are in place and russia finds itself in a position a very tricky one that technically it doesnt have the capabilities to finish the pipeline project so what does that say about how much moscow is able to come up with a plan b. Plan c. Etc well there was there was already extensive comments there that coming from president bush who missed of course a mutual friend in jail and what i would like to attract your attention to is the problem of the. Sanctions coming from the United States and its you know it big program for the water as a whole its being named as a problem not only from own slaves but the review from the review and say it just recently for example we cant go into commission was from those who were discussing was the limit of the amused when the me