From the secretive court that oversees intelligence gathering Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. This hour a whistleblower complaint against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I m David Greene and I m now well King a former investment manager says the church misuse $100000000000.00 that was meant for charity. Also the shutdown of the Boeing 737 Max jet could slow overall economic growth and research shows a racial divide in the opportunity gap will go to Albany New York where kids with the best chances live in a few select neighborhoods It s Wednesday December 18th singer Billy Eilish is 18 today. And the news is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington on core of the Coleman today lawmakers in the House of Representatives will take up the impeachment case against President Donald Trump N.P.R. s Brian Naylor reports the lawmakers will debate 2 articles of impeachment the articles charged President Trump with abusing the power of his office and obstructing Congress each wa
I mispronounce a 33 Medical Center and the 2nd officer was shot Mr Holder and he should recover and then 2 other officers are receiving medical treatment due to a lot of shrapnel schools nearby were in lockdown after police officers swarmed the streets to the shootings parents have been standing in the rain on the sidewalk waiting anxiously for their children to come home until long n.p.r. News Jersey City us workers are a bit less productive during the summer that s based on the latest figures from the Labor Department which So worker productivity during July through September quarter falling by 2 tenths of a percent and productivity loss companies to pay workers more while keeping prices for the goods they produce relatively stable on Wall Street today the Dow was down 27 points the Nasdaq fell 5 points this is n.p.r. Police in New Zealand now say a 6 person has died in Auckland Hospital after authorities there say a volcano erupted on White Island dozens more remain hospitalized 8
Girl dollar times 7 and the British have a dollar 20 dollar 21 that s a Bloomberg Business flash we continue with Bloomberg Markets Lisa and Paul thank you so much a great tear and it s time to take a look at small and mid-cap shares stable some liberal Senator turning us here in our Interactive Brokers studio is looking at a bit of a softer tone today yeah you could say that I mean smaller companies down more than larger ones the Russell 2000 index lower by 6 tenths of a percent the s. And p. $500.00 only lower by a quarter of a percent Whether us the steepest drops once a cubic whose ticker is c.-u. Be the defense and mass transit company has fallen about 90 and a half percent gauge of fiscal 4th quarter earnings trailed analysts average Essman Bloomberg survey quite Goldman Maddux ticker g l y c has slipped 17 and a half percent the drug developer said now expects final stage study results for Leukaemia treatment in 2021 rather than the end of 2020 as previously scheduled and Lazy-
$500.00 by 6 tenths of a percent China is only about a group holding a slip 1.2 percent in u.s. Trading the online retailer raised a leavened $1000000000.00 in its 1st Hong Kong share sale people with knowledge of the matter said more stock was sold to individual investors because of strong demand now another online seller in China penned wild well has dropped 22 percent the loss would be the company s biggest since going public in the u.s. Last year. Posted a wider 3rd quarter Wasson analysts expected in a Bloomberg survey as sales missed projections and the U.K. s Micro Focus International has risen 3.8 percent the software maker said expects to report earnings and revenue for the fiscal year ended in October that are in line with analysts estimates and the Argentine unit of Spanish bank bt v.a. Has climbed 14 percent h.s.b.c. Raised its rating on bunco b.b. V.a. Argentina to buy from hold and says sell for the 12 month price for the a.d.r. As of $6.00 and that target Charlie is 83
pulling back West Texas Intermediate down 1.8 percent 5667 a barrel recapping u.s. Equities higher now a little change that s the key takeaway here s. And p. Off a point of 3121 on Charlie public and that s because of Bloomberg Business watch Charlie thanks a lot you re listening to Bloomberg Business Week we should note that Michael Mackenzie having that conversation the same day care all that Jay Powell was hanging out at the White House probably not by his choice may not be made up of the best just director there but we ll see if that comes up in the conversation like I m a key has at the bottom of the hour also some other conversations happening in Saudi Arabia and only in Saudi Arabia apparently about the. I.p.o. Going local So it s not going to be out there in the London Stock Exchange is a very local and I kind of described it as coming up short again well and also sort of a forced involvement it feels like for a lot of those ultra. Rich Saudis who 18 months or so ago found th