We have somebody here who can give us icnsight into all of tha dow futures look to be down 35 points part of what happened in the market was because of tenyear yields topping 2. 96 right now the tenyear is at 2. 926 the 2year at 2. 2 26 . In asia, the nikkei off by 1 . Shanghai is up about 2 . In europe, the early trading there, the stock markets there are mostly in the red. Dax is off by 0. 8 ftse is down by almost 1 . Barclays shares are up sharply despite the uk Bank Reporting a big drop in 2017 profits. Barclays says it lost 2 2. 7 billion once again why would that happen . Yep. They its accounting for the u. S. Tax overhaul. But also a weaker dollar there were some bright spots Barclays Says its pretax profits rose 10 customer deposits were up and its doubling its didividend. Jeff staley says he is optimistic about the future. There are a number of tailwinds. During the next year and half we will be retiring a lot of debt Interest Rates are in a much better position than they were
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls after saying its facing severe financial challenges. The move by Northamptonshire County Council means a ban on all new spending apart from whats used to protect Vulnerable People. The councils conservative leader, heather smith, says the move is a result of rising demand for services and cuts in government funding. Our Political Correspondent matt cole reports. Like so many others across britain, people in northamptonshire have watched their council manage multi Million Pound budget cuts since 2010, and now theyve run out of cash, meaning a host of services from subsidised buses to libraries are threatened. Ill be absolutely devastated if it closes. Weve been here forjust over a year and i was delighted that this is kind of ten minutes down the road from us. We just feel, i suppose, let down, and why wasnt anything in place to prevent this situation happening
Lets quickly check on your did. We see somey where distortions are some of the key data points we need to watch out for. Risk assets seems to be taking a breather amid the further signs that chinas economy is cooling. Base metals seem to be dragging down a lot of the mining stocks. Bp and the stoxx 600 basic resources down 1. 3 . Major currencies drifting before the Rate Decision. The inflation data which is why want to show you the pound 1. 32106. And eurodollar. We will talk plenty more currencies throughout the hour, the lets get to first word news. North korea has been to use a Nuclear Weapon against japan. Agency quotednews that japans archipelago should be sunken into the sea. The japanese said that the threat was an abominable provocation. , some has blood chinese backed investors from buying a semi conductor. The fourth time in a quarter of a century that the u. S. President has stopped a foreign takeover of a firm. China says it is concerned by the move and that the u. S. Shou
Latest jane reporter guys, were starting to learn more about the Gunman Police believe he was a lone wolf who had no connection to any terror groups, but nbc news is reporting that stephen paddocks father was once on the fbis most wanted list in the late 60s. A serial bank robber once diagnosed as a psychopath and while paddock was born in l. A. , his father was first arrested here in las vegas. He had nicknames like big daddy and chrome dome. Does that have anything to do with what happened with his son here last night as paddock opened fire from a 32rd Floor Hotel Room onto a concert across the street mowing down dozens of people as you said, more than 500 people ended up needing medical care heres audio of what it sounded like on the First Responder alert system [ gunfire what is it . I dont know. Reporter hear the Police Radio Audio later. The First Responder system telling everyone that there was a mass shooting going on hours later this part of las vegas boulevard is still not op
The chairs authorized to declare recess at anytime. The core attribute of sovereignty is maintaining control over national boundaries. Yet, for years weve witnessed the failure of the u. S. Government to secure southern border. This failure has allowed millions of foreign nationals to enter the United States illegally and has brought huge amounts of illicit narcotics to be smuggled into the country. Theyve had significant consequences for taxpayers, victims of Violent Crime and for the rule of law. It is time to secure the border. A central issue of the presidency 2006 campaign was the promise to build an impenetrable tall southern border wall. They are taking steps to fulfill that and a subcommittee has closely monitored this process. They have issued a executive order to take appropriate steps to build the wall. March 17 they should to request for issues for prototype design for the requirements set forth in the executive order. Dhs is expected to use this prototype to inform actual