A meeting between president obama and raul castro. The president is expected to urge castro to seize the opportunity to improve u. S. Cuba relations by expanding human rights and Economic Opportunities. For the second time since friday, north korea has conducted Ballistic Missile tests in the sea of japan. Officials say kim jonguns regime launched five short range missiles today. Earlier this month, the United Nations Security Council enacted sanctions to punish korea for another Missile Launch as well as a nuclear test. The German Government says it took in 2 million refugees last year. A 49 increase compared to 2014. Of those 2 million, 860,000 have moved to other countries. Angela merkel has resisted measures to control migration such as putting a constraint on the number of refugees. ,lobal news, 24 hours a day powered by 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. Im pimm fox. Matt thank you very much. Good morning. Take a look at markets in europe. The dax ha
Watching over in france, it is just past 7 00 there. Lets get there now, what were hearing from airbus this morning. The airplane maker telling us that First Quarter earnings is coming in at 501 million euros. That is nicely ahead of the estimate of 473 million euros. And they confirmed that the 2016 target, saying theyre going to focus on the program to ramp up, and the transition to some of oaircraft. They see deliveries, cash, earnings loaded to the yearend. And theyre also giving us guidance around cash flows, 2016 is stable. The statement about the neo is interesting, a lot of the focus on the work they are putting into raise production rates of the single engine of the narrow body, and the neo begins production. That is a real focus. Units on the backlog. A nice problem to have. But they did have unit issues, delays in delivery. The company said it was teething problems. More of what that means in terms of delivery, cash and earnings loaded to the yearend. That is what airbus is
About will he talk about risking more concerns about the eurozone you recovery. Everyone will be watching this trade. Lets look at how the equity markets are performing at the opening. Down 3 10 of a percent. The dax is down 3 10 othe pack. It is looking like a weaker trade at the open. This is during a time of good news equals bad news for the market. Back to you. Jonathan thank you very much. 1. 62 with aup to spread getting tighter. As 100 basis points. The tightest since april. Keep an i on the market ahead of the ecb meeting. Investors await guidance on if raiseen the ecb will guidance. Then, the roche ceo. And then daimler speeds ahead. For the ecb. Most of the governing council have said it is too early to decide whether to expand their 1. 1 trillion buying program. Alessandra, great to have you with us this morning. The question is, what should we expect from today from the president , if anything at all . Expect somecan action. Closely atlooking how inflation is doing. They wi
Going higher. These are widely held stocks that if you dont own directly you like we do in your 401 k or mutualfund or pension. Somewhere in your portfolio, big bold machines like boeing, walmart, johnson and johnson, mcdonalds. And down the road you see decent gains of up to 2 . We have big mergers and acquisitions. Is it news . Could there be a new marriage in the works . Time warner cable getting a boost following a report that Charter Communications is kicking up a sweet proposal but theres also theequestion of comcast jumping in. Nicole a multi player deal. Lets see what is going on. Time warner cable moving to highs today. Time warner cable shares have been jumping as the wall street journal reported late thursday yesterday it that Charter Communications was prayer preparing to make a bid, and theres another story brewing, time warner has reached out to comcast and that is to try to head off of it, from Charter Communications. Keep an eye on all three. Theres Turner Communication
Hundreds of students and teachers have been subject to massive dna tests following rape of a teenage girl. You have to learn. I buy a dictionary every year, because every year they have new words. And we meet the 100yearold crossword puzzle maker. Welcome to the program. Ukraines acting president says he would welcome u. N. Peace keepers in the east where armed prattists have seized government blfts. Horlivka. In the east. 100 men took part in the assault which like many takeovers in the east was streamed online. The military would be coming in to stop the arrest. No sign of any government operation and state buildings continue to fall. A few blocks away horlivkas city council was also taken over. Prorussian groups, across the east are now being told to raise the flag of the republic of donetske as opposed to the russian flag. Now working at how to take control of a the wider city, around the region. Crowds outside cheer the media around telling journalists to spread their demands. Thi