The 14 ton bell in the tower of the houses of Parliament Must stop ringing to ensure the safety of workers. Minutes. Himes every 15 it has wrung out largely uninterrupted for 157 years. News 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 and. Nalyst in over 120 countries im mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. Live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, im julie hyman. Scarlet im scarlet fu. Joe im joe weisenthal. Any minutes from close of trading in the u. S. Julie shrugging off last weeks volatility. Joe the question is, whatd you miss . China hits a bit of a speed bump. Plus, Business Executives from tim cook to others react to the violence in charlottesville, virginia. Thisatest from the fallout weekend. Investors position themselves for the unthinkable. A default by the u. S. Government. President trumps unpredictability has the market preparing in case there is a debt limit impasse. Julie whatd you miss . President trump signed an executive memorandum that authorizes u. S. Trade represe
Real threat to peace. Glass container filled with thousands of weapon used by farc was removed today from a rebel camp. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos personally oversaw the closing as a left of the camp. It is the final stage of the disarmament that began in july and was overseen by the united nations. It was one of the provisions of the Peace Agreement signed with the colombian government. The richest person in the world has made his largest donation since the year 2000. Bill gates donated microsoft billion ed at 4. 6 about 5 of his fortune. No word on who received the gift. Gates has made most of the donations to the bill and Melinda Gates foundation, which he and his wife use for their philanthropic efforts. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Abigail live from World Records in york, im abigail doolittle. Scarlet im scarlet fu. Joe im joe weisenthal. Julia is off today. A
Statement he made midday today which well talk about. Meantime, how about stocks. The s p could see its third 1 gain this year just in that territory right now. Just under well tell you whats behind the move higher and see whether we can hold the gains were drifting down a little bit in the final hour here. And this should be very interesting. After the bell, james damore, the engineer fired from google because of his internal memo on diversity. Hell be talking to kelly oneonone to give his side of the story. Looking forward to that an hour from now. He hasnt been shy about it so far. Right. Let begin at the white house where President Trump is about to address chinas trade practices. Onlion javers eamon javers is standing by. Reporter should see that live on camera in a couple of moments. The president will sign a document which directs the u. S. Trade representative to determine whether or not to investigate any china laws or policies that may be unreasonable or discriminatory relate
Barrel, 47. 53 home depot is just out with Earnings Results are good 2. 25 a share see how the stock reacts 3 cents above revenue. Comparablestore sales, an important metric to watch, up 6. 3 the consensus was for under 5, 4. 9 so thats a significant outperformance home depot raised sales and Earnings Guidance for the fullyear. As you can see, its been a grade p great performer. If we went back any period, two, five, ten years. Very close today well see if it will trade at a new high its last earnings report, it jumped about 11 on the stronger than expected earnings, and has been flat after amazon and sears announced that deal to sell ken mother applian kenmore appliances on amazon. North koreas leader has delayed a decision on firing missiles towards guam. The country state media said kim jongun will wait to see what the United States does next. The leader made his first public appearance in about two weeks inspecting military assets and reviewing plans to fire missil s s near guam. B
Saturday, but today President Trump did condemn the neonazi and white supremacist groups that held a torch lit march in charlottesville over the weekend and were the flash point for a violent rally. Jana katsuyama is here to begin our coverage. President trump called for unity against hate, but some say the president as the nations leader was too slow to distance himself from supporters and hate groups. The fallout was evident today in a protest at trump tower and the resignations of three top ceos from a president ial advisory council. Reporter some 1,000 protesters lined the path to trump tower as President Trump returned to his new york home monday. Anger remains over the deadly end to a unite the right rally in virginia when one man drove a car in to the crowd. President trump pivoted from his saturday remarks, that even some in his own party said fell short. This time making a point of naming the white supremacist groups. Racism is evil. And those who cause violence in its name ar