Charge a Police Officer in the killing of an unarmed teenager. We will be live on the ground in ferguson. Welcome to countdown. It is 6 00 here in london on this Tuesday Morning. Not going to rush. That is the message from one of the key figures as the European Central bank speaking exclusively to bloomberg. He says the ecb will look at all the options to try to stimulate europes economies by buying new assets. He told Francine Lacqua that asset purchases would be up for discussion at the banks december meeting. We are ready to do more if needed. We will be watching the situation extremely carefully. We have been discussing it and there is unanimous agreement in the council that there will be situations where we would have to do more. The market interpretation is now you feel more comfortable doing more than you did weeks ago. Is that fair . I think we do remain dependent on the data. We have to watch the economy wey carefully and understand are not going to rush to a new decision with
There was enough in these numbers to suggest that this might be sustained through then. The economy is not going at a speed consistent with zero rates. Chinese shares declined well markets were little changed ahead of the christmas holiday. Former president george bush has been hospitalized at a hes in at a houston hospital after shortness of breath. He was admitted as a precaution after being taken by and feelings. He is the oldest living president. A Police Officer shot and killed an unarmed black man in berkeley, right next to ferguson, the epicenter of the protests this summer. The man was shot after pointing at handgun at an officer at a gas station. Sony pictures will release the interview in about 300 theaters tomorrow. So far, none of the major theater chains have agreed to show the film after threats of violence could we will have more on this story in just a few minutes. It is down to the last minute and holiday packages. Everything went well after missing deadlines last year
Growth in g. D. P. For the u. S. In more than a decade, since 2003. Will that spill over to the rest of the Global Economy . Next year, dow jones, hitting 18,000 points. A record high. Stocks have been rallying since the middle of last week, since the Federal Reserve said dont worry about it. Well keep Interest Rates near zero for at least the first quarter. All of this good news could get tongues wagging in terms of Interest Rates will come down. Coming off that high dollar index. It has been a phenomenal performance that we have seen in the dollar index. Check that out. More than 12 . Clearly that is pretty Phenomenal Growth that we have seen in the dollar index. The best in a decade as well. If youre looking at the euro, clearly they have been seeing the flip side of that. The euro down 11 against the dollar year to date. Today a little bit of a pickup, about. 10 . They are heading for six month s of losses. Speculation the e. C. B. Might start to unveil quantitative easing. Keep in
Welcome to countdown. London on thisin wednesday morning. Also coming up today, cell phones made from diamonds are closer than you think. We meet the company developing it. Ity entertainment announced will release its new film the interview tomorrow in a number of theaters across america. Sony entertainment chief executive said we are excited our movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day. We are continuing our efforts to secure more platforms and more movie reachesis the largest possible audience. The two best friends stared each other in the eye. They knew this might be the end of the long row. Smaller chains are willing to screen the film, despite threats of filings from cyberattacks. The show very much goes on. 300, we understand, will be airing it as of Christmas Day. Whenhad to diverge course these threats of attacks started to leak out by the cyber bigckers and suddenly the four pulled out. We understand that a coalition of independent theaters signed a petition and
Of theaters across america. Sony entertainments ceo michael ouron said, we are excited movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day. Efforts toinuing our secure more platforms and more theaters. So what happened . What changed sonys view on this situation . Smaller cinemas apparently. Caroline hyde is here with more. Ask coalition of independent ,inemas signed a position expressed their interest, got in touch. Sony thought, how can we get this film out . 300 the others will be showing this film on december 25. These films have been ready and waiting to go. Alamo, they are based in austin, texas. Also, plaza in atlanta. Atlanta police say they are aware and they are going to be monitoring the situation. The whole reason the interview was pulled because of Cyber Threats that maybe you would be in danger if you were viewing this particular film. Many started to feel that we have backed down to terrorists, so suddenly weve got to change. Hundreds more cinemas might be lined up fo