Rising for a fourth day, highest level since 2015. The upswings we are seeing, the synchronous upswing is continuing in global equities. German Investor Confidence today setting optimistic tone for europes biggest economy. To 20. 4. G germanys economy enjoying a strong run supported by domestic spending and solid global trading. The strongest expansion since 2011. That is the data highlighting germany today. Look at the difference between spain and germany going back to 2008, the financial crisis. Points, the lowest in eight years. It has narrowed for 13 of the last 14 days to 79 basis points. On friday, we had the big news from fitch, citing strong relatively broadbased economic recovery in spain. A great piece yesterday saying spain trading at a small premium to germany, reflecting prospects for strong growth and core status within the euro area. Those times are returning. Lets compare sterling to rbs. Currency traders might want to Pay Attention to the health of the u. K. Banking in
The wee hours of the morning. Its here by day break. Brief mix in the Lehigh Valley in the poconos. Rain for the rest of us, drying out early in the afternoon. Were looking at generally about. 25 inch of rain, the northwest suburbs about half inch of rain. Ill talk more specifically about the timing when it moves out and whats behind the system coming up in a full accuweather forecast. Lets switch live to jeff chirico at the king of prussia mall. Whats the situation there tonight . Reporter hey, jim. The mall just closed a couple of minutes ago. You may see some shoppers leaving the mall with their lastminute gifts. Now there were plenty of sales and lots of holiday spirit here at the mall but shoppers seem to tell us that they saw something that was missing, and thats the crowds. Are you going to be able to wrap it up tovent . Absolutely yes tonight and tomorrow. A couple of drinks along the way. Reporter at king of prussia mapping out strategies to beat the clock. Scouring stores for
The wee hours of the morning. Its here by day break. Brief mix in the Lehigh Valley in the poconos. Rain for the rest of us, drying out early in the afternoon. Were looking at generally about. 25 inch of rain, the northwest suburbs about half inch of rain. Ill talk more specifically about the timing when it moves out and whats behind the system coming up in a full accuweather forecast. Lets switch live to jeff chirico at the king of prussia mall. Whats the situation there tonight . Reporter hey, jim. The mall just closed a couple of minutes ago. You may see some shoppers leaving the mall with their lastminute gifts. Now there were plenty of sales and lots of holiday spirit here at the mall but shoppers seem to tell us that they saw something that was missing, and thats the crowds. Are you going to be able to wrap it up tovent . Absolutely yes tonight and tomorrow. A couple of drinks along the way. Reporter at king of prussia mapping out strategies to beat the clock. Scouring stores for
South central pennsylvania. I have always been interested in the local history and particularly with the involvement of slavery in this area of pennsylvania. We often think of slavery as a southern institution. In my research i found this area of pennsylvania i called southcentral pennsylvania which is cumberland, franklin, york and adams counties was the slaveholding capital of pennsylvania from the 1770s on until almost the 1820s and 1830s and even though slavery was abolished in a gradual abolition act by the state in 1780, it still lingered in this local area which was very close to maryland, closer to southern markets and more southern ties and it made this area very distinct from the rest of the state what we tend to think of is east of here in the philadelphia area. I thought that was interesting and as time went on this area transition from a slaveholding capital to one of the greatest and most frequent places on the underground railroad because of the geography and the people
Dylan for his contributions to song writing. Welcome to closing bell. Im kelly evans. Im bill griffith. Put a smile on your face, the dow rallying off of 184 point deficit earlier today. Stocks originally under pressure over concerns about weak export data from china. We will have more on what is behind the comeback. How does it feel . To be on your own . Im like are we actually singing . I got you. I think. New ceo of wells fargo. Chief operating officer tim sloane getting elevated to the top spot. Do critics want to see more changes. We have the president and ceo of the independent Community Bankers of america joining us throughout the hour. The power of amazon, go pro shares getting hit on news that the action camera maker is having issues regarding pricing practices. A battle between donald trump and the New York Times. The paper says it wont retract the article citing groping allegations against trump. He says the claims arent true. Lets start with the sell off or what use today b