Erence in seoul. He struck a different tone from previous fiery rhetoric on north korea. Andring in Kevin Cirilli bloombergs chief content officer. Marty, when we say he struck a different tone, he wants north korea back on the negotiating table, but declined to comment on whether he wants direct talks with kim jongun. What is President Trump want . Marty it changes hourly. He famously tweeted about rex negotiationsirect with north korea being a waste of time. He is suggesting maybe it is not. Koreau. S. Ace north negotiation would be a change in policy. Many people including the chinese impressions think russians think that is the answer. David is there any realistic prospect of talks anytime soon . Marty no indication. Donald trump shows up in china tomorrow. There are no Public Events on the schedule. Those talks are critical if he wants to make progress on north korea. Shery the carrot has been bageled for decades regarding Foreign Policy dangled for decades regarding Foreign Polic
High but today we are down. That has been the pattern over the past months. Every time, it has fallen. The other tally we have been keeping, it is now 26 straight sessions that the s p has not had a move of at least 1 . Tightened, soages that seems to be the case today. Once again, weve got significant movement. Weve got some deals today and potential deals. Share, a 90 premium to jim case close yesterday. You may be wearing their products, they make uniforms workplace uniforms and linda combine to to form the Worlds Largest supplier of industrial gas. Those stocks are rising, linda not rising. We continue to watch Retail Stocks on those companies earnings. Weve got fixed Sporting Goods and home depot is unchanged. Secondquarter profit of 9. 3 . Earnings were in line with that. That seems to be preventing the stock from doing better. s is raising its annual forecast. Matt breaking news on epa rules. A hot commodity lately since carl icahns letter was made published by bloomberg news. T
We are just getting some breaking news from president obama. He is giving a News Conference in manila right now. Lets listen in. He is talking about sanctions in russia. Relief operations, i will give you a perfect example. Sprey aircraft, a significant upgrade in capabilities in caves in terms of reaching out to remote areas. About thealking missing malaysia and aircraft, the president listening to what is being said in manila. He has been talking about the situation visavis russia. Pfizer has confirmed a possible offer for astrazeneca. With more on that story, manus cranny and sam from bloomberg industries. Lets start with you, sam. What do we know at this point and what dont we know . We know that pfizer made an approach in january. On the 16th of april, they came back again. As you and i were talking last week after the Novartis Glaxosmithkline deal, that might have tweaked their interest again. There are many other regions where pfizer would be interested in an astrazeneca. That i