And europes weak again, dax down for a fourth consecutive day and empire, our first december number comes in soft, raising eyebrows, a fivemonth low. Movement on tax plans, were awaiting this morning to see the combined conference bill and Details Behind which cuts and deductions survived. Plus the latest on disney and fox, including the bid the murdochs said no to. A busy morning f stocks on track to erase thursdays losses. Yesterdays worries about a setback were sparked by senator rubio saying hes a no vote unless the Child Tax Credit is expanded they are trying to find ways to pay for maybe that additional deductions, its going to cost 200 billion, perhaps they let some individual breaks expire here early well see. Its very interesting that the market went down and dow went down 70 points on worries about rubio, maybe Something Else or other senators now there really is great uncertainty and the market is going back up. The uncertainty right now is higher than it was when the market
There are investigations going on all over the country. You cant have unregulated gambling without running into problems. Bogdanich how much do you estimate you lost . Between 60,000 and 65,000. Narrator tonight on frontline, the Fantasy Sports gamble. Bogdanich so you dont view what you do here as gambling. No. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide, at fordfoundation. Org. The
There are investigations going on all over the country. You cant have unregulated gambling without running into problems. Bogdanich how much do you estimate you lost . Between 60,000 and 65,000. Narrator tonight on frontline, the Fantasy Sports gamble. Bogdanich so you dont view what you do here as gambling. No. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide, at fordfoundation. Org. The
Its up another half a percent. Well get disneys earnings after the bell today. Apple is thought of as sort of the lead dog. Its the Largest Company out there. I think disney is the company to watch these days. What a performance it has turned in. Meanwhile, aetna out with earnings this morning. Its getting a big boost from medicare and medicaid these days. We have a first on cnbc interview with ceo mark bert bertolini. Breathtaking consolidation in that industry. Really looking forward to that. Also rock star and actor Rick Springfield is joining us at the New York Stock Exchange. Well talk about his latest film with meryl streep and what he thinks about taylor swifts harsh words for spotify. Ring springfield has sold 25 million albums in his career. Thats a lot of potatoes. Im sure he has some comments about streaming these days and whether or not that is a way for a musician to want to get paid whether the compensation is enough. Taylor swift says its not. As soon as you said he had
It has got for Sports Companies later this hour. Have a look at where european equities are trading right now. We are under 30 minutes away from the end of the wednesday session. Stocks are rising for a consecutive fifth day, the best run since september 12, the highest run for the stoxx 600 since july 19. All of these currencies falling against the dollar, bond yields gaining. Some Corporate News to tell you h utility fortum could turn into europes biggest acquisition. For a deal were e. On the offer of 22 euros per share of all unit per investors. Niper is thebuy upi biggest plan since germany split their utilities in 2016. Shares are down one half of 1 . A tough month for precious metals. Buying as little as. 71 ounce of gold on tuesday. That is the least going back to 1987. Taking a hit for diesel cars is compounding the impact for the diverting and diverting some investors from metals. That is the focus of that chart. More thanrst time in a year, local currency and egyptian bonds