A draw dropping jaw dropping sale at christies. A 500 euros after peace by Leonardo Da Vinci 550 years old masterpiece by Leonardo Da Vinci sells. Can a painting really be worth half 1 million . Brent we are watching the clock tonight in germany. A decisive political moment could be at hand. The Political Parties involved in talks to form a new Coalition Government have just a few hours before a crucial deadline. A deadline who iron out their differences and going to government together. Failure could mean new elections. Chancellor Angela Merkel is confident a new deal can be done in what is called the Jamaica Coalition. The political partys colors match those of the jamaican flag. But she admits, there are some serious differences. Correspondent four weeks of negotiations passing the chances for a socalled Jamaica Coalition hover at today is te to put ourselves in the soe shoes of the other side and ask what is important to them. I believe we can achieve that and if we do we can achie
A grand coalition and the second is question is whether you have already been in contact with the chancellor. Regarding the same question yes regarding the first question we believe that in your view of our Current Situation also in subject of the election result of the twenty fourth of the temple which you should remember on twenty fourth of september the party is. Still forming the acting government namely the union and the s. P. D. Who were the grand coalition these two parties have lost fourteen percent how clear are can a rejection of such a grand coalition the. Parties. Want to form a government as a you for parties. Until a couple of days ago declared this prospective government as a history project of progress and. Is now ended. They havent used the mandate that they. Have given and therefore the mandate has to be returned to the voters again. Mr schultz. You repeated and reconfirmed your rejection of a grand coalition i mean where are heading towards fresh elections arent we n
Have led to his death and what were now learning about the friend he was with just before he disappeared. And that abc news exclusive, Tonya Harding oneonone, now hitting the ice with our amy robach nearly 25 years after that incredible triple axel and that incident with nancy kerrigan. What shes dreaming of doing next on skates revealed first on gma. Good morning, america. And good morning, america. What a horrifying situation in california this morning. Lets look at those pictures right now. You see the devastation right there. It is so widespread and the death toll is growing. Unfortunately that is true, george and more than a dozen people are missing. Search and rescue teams and family members are still out there looking for their loved ones. 400 homes have been damaged or destroyed and many of those homes Still Standing wont have water for months. Our Senior National correspondent matt gutman is there again in montecito for us with the latest. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, goo
Surveillance. Lets check in on your markets. You can see the stoxx 600 pretty much flat. They are down a touch, but pretty much unchanged. We did see a nice rally that started in the u. S. Filtering through to asia. Oil advancing. Havea reminder, we may little trading volumes because it is president s day in the u. S. And Chinese Markets are closed after the new year. Coming up, we speak to the former italian Prime Minister. That is coming up next. Then we talked to Credit Suisse. We talk sustainable investing. Later on, we talk bonds, the selloff, and what is next in the markets with andrea silverman. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra u. K. Prime minister theresa may and her ministers gather on thursday. May seeks to unite the factions in the cabinet. It is becoming clearer that the u. K. Wants to stay close to the union in some areas while breaking free in others. Employment numbers are scheduled for monday. Imports exports and both registered strong gains in january.
At the same time, debt to income at record highs, largely on account of runaway property markets, how much households are leveraged. Will bekeeps up, there a problem when it comes to consumption and retail sales. For those reasons, the rba is expected to sit on its hands. Options at the moment, just wait and see future data. The composite index coming in way better than anticipated. Reflecting what happens to the manufacturing data in official and nonofficial iep. Looking forward to trade numbers out of china, and fx reserves. Its about the yen, gold, and markets generally. What we see with north korean tensions, what do we have . Last time we checked, gold was maintaining gains. Investors assessed these risks. We have havens picking up on momentum. Gold up about 2 10 of a percent, per ounce level. The dollar yen trading at 109. 54. The yen gaining ground. That is putting pressure on stocks in tokyo, leading the drop in asia along with shares you look at the hang seng. Trim somewhat, b