Starting in italy which is holding a general election this sunday investors will keep a close eye on the outcome at the moment the Italian Economy is strengthening albeit less than its european neighbors unemployment has fallen slightly to ten point eight percent and the percentage of nonperforming loans is also down but twelve point two percent is still some three hundred billion euros a huge burden for italys banks and that reflects on italys business scene where its hard to raise capital still some startup pioneer is a managing to prosper like two entrepreneurs we met in milan. So now im entering the store you espouse it all developes b. To be Virtual Reality Simulation Software for retailers such as Companies Based in milan in italy a country he says is not up to speed in all respects you know immediately when youre talking about food. And design ok when youre talking about technology. It is different i suppose it also says the internet is too slow and the red tape too cumbersome a
Fbn am starts right now. Cheryl and it is 5 01 a. M. In new york. Monday, august 7th. Good morning cheryl casone. Lauren good morning. Thanks for joining us that lauren simonetti. Cheryl markets are looking good. Lauren a wrecker closes in a row. President trump in the south korean president with the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of hitting the United States. This is what lauren did yesterday. Just completed call with president minna south korea. Happy and impressed with 16 to no United Nations vote on north korea sanctions. Sanctions approved by the u. N. Security council over the make and include a ban on exports over 1 billion. Train to Nikki Haley Kelly Maria Bartiromo on sunday morning futures that north korea has the opportunity to do the right thing. The United States will respond based on north koreas actions. We hope they dont do anything further in they stop the reckless activity. We hope we dont have to do anything. All options have been on the table and continu
All three major averages down with the nasdaq leading, now down by mother 1 . It all has to do with concern over global growth. And to rotation of the fed minutes. The upside is that maybe with dovish representation of the fed minutes. The averages are now may be giving up their gains or getting closer to it. The yen has really been the big market story of the day. It continues to push higher to its level since october 2014 versus the u. S. Dollar. 1. 0 108. We have to look at options trading on the end. We have the highest level of in optionsf volume that we have seen since february. This is something that definitely has picked up. We have also seen a lot of folks who has been saying that the yen rally will not last. They have been giving up on that view as they have been forced into it. Alix this is the third day the s p has swung 1 . Weve havent we havent seen that since february. And gold is a beneficiary of that. Julie indeed. We have seen gold do well with once again. In terms of
Never again. Temperatures in the 40s, 50s, bus stop buddy he is laughing at me, and weve got his flyers cap on. Dont have to worry about wind until later on, warm breezes today ahead of the front will bring us some rain later on. So yes, sunshine around, and temperatures zooming into the mid 70s, even as it becomes cloudy later on in the day. That was good one. Good morning, everybody, 7 01, this thursday morning. Skyfox over the scene of this nasty one vehicle accident in bryn mawr, that has briner avenue closed this morning, just a block away from ben franklin march hospital. Happened an hour ago, right at the entrance to the radwin apartment complex with one screen, looks like it took out the concrete wall, flipped up and over the hedges and landed on the opposite side here. Now, police and firefighters have bryn mawr avenue blocked as they continue the investigation. Radwin apartment complex, right up the street from couple of elementary schools, you have the country sacred heart d
Its been a few days now since the snow ended so if you havent shoveled or moved your car off the street since then, listen up. You may be in trouble soon storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo with more details. Jerry the sun thats been out these past couple of days has been out melting a lot of the snow. But there still is a lot of snow and ice on the ground. Starting today at eight this morning. There are some cities in eastern iowa that will give you a ticket if you have not cleared your sidewalk. Or if you have not moved your car in the past 48 hours. Now this is not true with all cities. Heres a break down cedar falls will ticket those who have not cleared their sidewalks starting at 8 today. In the cities of cedar rapids and waterloo. They require people to shovel their sidewalks within 48 hours. But will not ticket you right away. Theyll give you a warning. Iowa city is a little different. Youre actually required to clear your sidewalk 24 hours after a onein