A book. Or movie all over. It is that if theres. Something to. China theres a trade pact with the u. S. And continues its massive Infrastructure Project to ease access to Global Markets will have a closer look at the new silk road and talk to our correspondent about chinas ambitions. Also on the show christmas means well big business for many well take a look at how retailers did this Holiday Season. This is your Business Report im Stephen Beers in berlin thanks for joining us u. S. And china have signaled that theyre ready to submit their phase one trade deal beijing said wednesday its preparing for a signing ceremony that follows earlier statements by u. S. President donald trump and his trade negotiator robert light hisor who said the ceremony will take place in the 1st week of january the mere announcement of the deal has already encouraged markets which have rallied in recent weeks but uncertainty remains china has yet to confirm some details in the agreement. Ever more on this im
Biotech getting a bounce in the back of biogen two names you need to watch in the space. Halftime report starts right now. Welcome. Good to have you with us our Investment Committee today, joe, stephanie, josh, brynn is back lets begin with this big day for earnings stefrl dow stocks are moving this hour. Lets talk about some of those right there. Stephanie link, you go first mcdonalds is a drag comps below. They had the first eps miss in two years. Oh, my goodness, your sale completely out of this Company Earlier or later last week, whenever it was, looks good today. I actually thought it was going to be worse than what they put up today a 5. 9 global comp is impressive but the problem is they have to investment invest substantially to keep up with the competition. While i liked the story a while ago because of the Digital Initiatives and the ceo and all the things he has been doing they have to spend you dont get the operating leverage positively i was looking for. I got lucky, but i
Saying he would say long. Were bedding on a stronger economy mere. Okay . Thats the bet. Were betting on strength one way or another here the strength around the world. The day you had the three houses won, that was the day that was not going to be another regulation. People say people are holding back because of uncertainty. Thats bull i havent been negative about the stock markets. I was a bit nervous about potential earlier this year about trade friction with china, but i think they have gone past that in this administration. So tepper says market isnt cheap. You get the french elections out of the way and other stuff. Not in the way until the market stars focusing, hes like wake me up when the tenyear hits 4 . Then you have eye sawn, who says a little cautious. Whos right . Why dont we split the difference and say its a good idea to be somewhat cautious, but to respect trend. Were in a secular bull market that started in the spring of 2013 when we took out the double top from 07 an
Parks service. Were here to talk about the service at its history and also learn more about the special house and people who lived here and how its being preserved by the National Parks service. Were joined by robert stanton. Biez, the former site manager here at arlington house. Obviously a park service employee. Hes also oversees a year long renovation of the estate. Let me start with the story of how the National Park service began. As the National Park service was authorized by an act of congress, signed into law by president woodrow wilson, august 25, 1916. There we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park service today. And that legislation came about through the stellar efforts of many conservationists and civil leaders throughout the country. Was it at all controversial at the time it was signed into law . It was in the sense there was sort of a misunderstanding in terms of some of the constraints that may be imposed by having one federal agency to ad minister our N
And president elect donald trum is meeting with mitt romney for a second time. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Oh, my gosh. This is not good. Go, go, go. I cant see. Raging wildfires tear through tennessee. The fires continue to be unpredictable. The National Guard has been deployed to the area. Tourists near mountain towns evacuate. Im thankful. A chartered plane carrying 81 people including a professional Brazilian Soccer Team has crashed in colombia. Donald trump will announce his choice for health and Human Services secretary. The president elect is holding a second meeting with mitt romney. Forces appear on the brink of fled the area. A car and knife attack at Ohio State University is being seen as a possible act of terrorism. People were crying. Tens of thousands of cubans continue to the pay their respects to fidel castro during this nineday period of national mourning. A passenger taken into custody after jumping outside of