Snapped last week. European markets, lets look at them as well and see how they are faring at this time. You can see down across the board including italy and spain, thanks and france is the worst performer at this hour crude was up a tiny bit, wti kind of a quiet story last week, 56. 76 and theres the 10year yield at 2. 38 lets get to our road map this morning on squawk on the street squt General Electric slashes the dividend by 50 . John flannery outlining his new vision and a Major Corporate revamp plus, wall street pullback, you saw stock futures pointing to a lower open investors still closely watching earnings and any progress on tax reform going on amongst our lawmakers on capitol hill. Toy takeover, shares of mattel surged on friday jim and i will get into that and into the official rejection from qualcomm of broadcoms bid, a lot to get to actually lets get to ge now. Its investor day, just getting under way started at 9 00 a. M. The dow component announces it is cutting Quarte
What it means for you and the markets. A big day for earnings. Some major movers ahead of the open will set the tone for this trading day. Well dig in on a lot of the big reports. And one name with a big earnings move is twitter. Shares up nearly 10 right now. Take a look at the eye popping numbers. First up though the president set to unveil his proposed tax law changes today. Among the highlights a cut in Corporate Taxes, a cut in the rates of foreign profits brought back to the United States. The lawmakers were briefed yesterday by treasury secretary mnuchin and director cohn. Mnuchin spoke a moment ago about Corporate Tax rates. I will confirm that the business tax is going to be 15 . That is what the president said in the campaign. He said thats critical to drive growth and, you know, what i would say people talk about pass throughs. What we think is important is small business. And we are committed that small business, owner operators, will have the benefit of the business rate.
This hour a day after digesting that tax plan. T all are up higher. In asia, a bit of a mixed picture. In europe, a look at european equities, still open in many parts of the world. A bit of a red picture. Finally a quick take on crude prices. Wti trading at 49. 19. I dont know. I did see 49. 20 or 30, i did see some stuff yesterday that if they dont if opec does not go along with the cuts, you could see it back to levels of around 40 if they dont continue with the cuts. Both of these guys getting nervous. Dont try that at home. The white house says President Trump its when johnny deposition is moving like this in alice in wonderland. Its a weird dance he does, but it means things are out of whack. As far as nafta, President Trump has agreed not to terminate the nafta agreement and will try renegotiating it. The white house said they agreed to proceed with negotiations swiftly. There had been reports earlier that the Trump Administration intended to begin the process of withdrawing fro
The committee will come to order. Good morning and thank you all for joining us. And today our committees focus on the top priority for the American People. Progrowth tax reform that will create jobs, increase paychecks and strengthen our nations economy. America now has one of the most costly unfair and uncompetitive tax systems in the world. The need for progrowth tax reform is urgent. Todays high tax rates on americas businesses drive good paying jobs overseas. Makes it more difficult for our job creators and workers to succeed here at home. Americas burdensome International Tax discourages investment in our local communities. Scores of loopholes give favored treatment to Washington Special interests while millions of hardworking americans havent seen a real pay raise in years. Heres the good news. President trump is leading the charge for bold tax reform that will unleash the growth of jobs and paychecks nationwide. And hes calling on the house anthe senate to put forward or best i
The committee will come to order. Good morning and thank you all for joining us. And today our committees focus on the top priority for the American People. Progrowth tax reform that will create jobs, increase paychecks and strengthen our nations economy. America now has one of the most costly unfair and uncompetitive tax systems in the world. The need for progrowth tax reform is urgent. Todays high tax rates on americas businesses drive good paying jobs overseas. Makes it more difficult for our job creators and workers to succeed here at home. Americas burdensome International Tax discourages investment in our local communities. Scores of loopholes give favored treatment to Washington Special interests while millions of hardworking americans havent seen a real pay raise in years. Heres the good news. President trump is leading the charge for bold tax reform that will unleash the growth of jobs and paychecks nationwide. And hes calling on the house anthe senate to put forward or best i