Victory in the. Last stronghold in the north but its now back under iraqi control which means in the fight against the Islamic State of iraq and the levant its not just one area in iraq remaining in the hands of the armed groups also in the great moscow welcomes a sound the monarch for the first time. Has begun his official visit to russia but why now specially when the two countries are on opposite sides of so many of the worlds geopolitical back and in the unlikely location of malaysia syria has drawn with australia in their world cup qualifying match not the result that he wanted but it does mean serious ones improbable path to russia twenty eighteen. Now why men in india are placing selfies of themselves. But you can also tweet me. With the new spirit live on air and streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and the red dot com and you know at first glance it looks like another small piece of the puzzle in iraq but cumulatively its now means iraq is close to ridding itself of
Great to have you here. Stocks steady right now, as you see behind me as melissa said, the nasdaq, though, hitting another record intraday high. Its been a good april. With less than two days of trading left in the month, the average is holding on to solid gains for the month. Its one of the stocks of the day, shares of retailer floor and decor, i think its in my future somehow. I dont know. But i think it is. Soaring on its ipo debut up more than 40 . You take that any day. Here is what else is happening this hour, House Speaker paul ryan says no final decision has been made on when to vote on a plan to overhaul obamacare. Recode reports apple is in talks to launch its own Money Transfer service similar to vennmo. United Airlines Announced that ten major changes will take place following that disturbing incident of a passenger being removed forcibly from one of its aircraft. One of the changes pass skbrers may get up to 10,000 for getting bumped involuntarily. Melissa, sign me up. Tyl
Net income as the recovery in the crude price helps oil major boost profits ahead of expectations, while refining margins improve. The u. S. And brazil give ab inbev a headache as earnings slip the brewers two largest markets, despite the tieup with sabmiller progressing well. Front France Equities hitting a high as emanuel macron tears into Marine Le Pen plans before the final election calling her plans nonsensical. To make this happen, we have to leave a system that coproduced you. You are living thanks to it. You are its parasite. Good morning. Glad youre with us once again. Straight to breaking news in the form of central bank decision, this time from oslo. As expected, norways bank leaving the key rate unchanged. The key policy rate will most likely remain at 0. 5 in the period ahead. There is no statement coming along with that decision today. No rate path forecast. It says the 12month rise in the cpi rate was approximately as expe expected. So no major surprised from the norges
Central bank caucus trade. Selling continues in 10year german bunds. 3 isg dollar, cable up now on track for the seven day winning streak. Of by over 100 basis points. The one thats not participating in the central bank trade you have dollar higher, yen lower. Because kuroda is not on board. Anna have we made too much of what carney had to say . Time for your morning brief. Some u. S. Ego up data including the third reading of First Quarter gdp and weekly initial jobless claims. Fed president James Spurlock speaks in london. We will rate his disapproval of the pace of rates currently priced in by the fed. At 6 00 President Trump will meet south koreas new president. House. At the white they will be talking trade, geopolitics. Breaking news. Have a merger. Rite aid eight and walgreens are mutually agreed to terminate that merger. Really Interesting Development for the companies. You wind up having walgreens up by over 1 in premarket. Right eight seeing a nice pop as the merger is termin
Speaking to bloomberg. Riyad turns up the heat in the gulf, adding new names to the list of terror groups. A secondquarter results show rising costs, sales improved but miss the most bullish forecasts. And of course, oil gaining for a second consecutive day. Yousef, did you see anything leading to this . Yeah, just a general sense speeding into sentiment that opec and nonopec look is the course. There were no major surprises, but they did say they will improve their way, listening to the market, what metrics they are looking at. Youre going to take compliance more strictly, and they are not going to take the countries who are not pulling their weight continue to do that. The other key thing is nimbleness, absolutely crucial. They will continue to have a level of agility to react to market conditions. For now, they will continue to stay on course. Got supply coming down that will help rebalance the market and ultimately feed into the broader price. The ceo says they are improving spread