Look at crude, which has been dictating terms for equities lately. Relatively unchanged on wti, about 50. 18 per barrel. For brent, 51. 88, barely higher. Rbob gas edging up a bit. Well get back to the markets in a bit. Breaking overnight, the u. S. Military launching tomahawk cruise missiles against radar sites in yemen after incidents earlier in the week where a navy ship was fired on from a rebel controlled area. Now to this mornings top story, embattled wells fargo ceo john stumpf is out retiring Effective Immediately. Tim sloan taking over the top job following the highprofile scandal involving their sales practices. News came out after the market closed yesterday. Looks to be up about 1. 5 in extended hours. Notably above 46, a level we havent seen in some time. Helping. Helping. Yeah. Wilfred frost spoke with tim sloan late yesterday and asked him if stumpfs departure was a necessary condition for the company to move on. I think johns decision to retire is one that, you know, is
So far the conservative Republican Leadership is refusing to return the favor. Barack obama makes a rare primetime speech from the oval office in the wake of the San Bernardino shooting that left 14 dead. The president says the Islamic State group will be defeated, but critics say his current strategy is not enough. Coming up, the british army takes on major flooding in the u. K. Thousands of homes and businesses battered by heavy rains and winds over the weekend. And in business, we will be looking at athens latest efforts to satisfy International Creditors as lawmakers narrowly approve a tough austerity budget. That and more on the way. First our top stories. There has been a dramatic shift in frances political landscape. The far right party one big sunday in the first round of the Regional Elections. The results came as a shock to some but they were not completely unexpected, especially as the vote was held just three weeks after the terrorist attacks in paris. Oliver farry has more
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Release says that trumps net worth is now in excess of 10 billion. Thats compared to 8. 7 billion that they had previously reported in his summary, and that was as of june 2014 so over the course of a year it sounds like his net worth probably went up by about 1 billion if im doing the math correctly. Whats 1 billion among friends . Exactly. Sarah, i want to bring you in because there was some doubt as to whether he would in fact release this form and he talks about that in his statement and the press release, you know that there were nay sayers and not only did i do this and i did it before i even could have essentially. Whats your reaction to this . Yeah. I mean there were a lot of people a lot of republicans who said once donald trump has to reveal his financials hell get out of race then. Theres nothing to worry about. Hell be out before you know it. Its clear that he does not want to play into that narrative. Like m. J. Lee said weve just got a press release and he does dolph into
When economic turmoil erupted in the United States, a pivotal question emerged: which political party would champion a recovery plan? The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stood as a beacon of hope, promising to rejuvenate the economy and lift the country. Nonetheless, this monumental law was shaped by a complex web of political alliances