Hour the major averages have been Holding Steady on light trading. It is a holiday shortened week the dow transport setting another record high. Oil moving big crude and brent crude. Apple shares taking a hit down more than 2 thats the biggest drag on the dow. Reports of iphone x sales are slowing. Mallinckrodt up. Intel down intel will lose the crown as the number one chip maker for the first time in 21 years to samsung. Amazon saying it had its biggest season ever. The echo dot the top selling product across the categories and many factors we begin with retail the day after christmas is one of the biggest for returns. Kate rodgers checking out all the deals in west nyack, new york reporter retailers definitely have something to cheer about. New data out from master card showing that retail sales from november 1 gs through Christmas Eve were up 5 that is the fastest pace since 2011 ecommerce grew by around 18 overall the National Retail Federation Said sales are set to be around 682 b
Moved the berlin based Aid Organization conduce treats people whove been injured or wounded in the war with socalled islamic state. They havent seen a doctor in three years imagine that and now they need some kind of medical care and it seems awful to all. Day work where others fear to tread right behind the front lines in villages that have just been liberated from i. A. S. Whited. Air bill is the capital of the autonomy region of kurdistan in Northern Iraq the local. Headquarters of carters is in the district of on kala where a rented house serves as both office and accommodation. Final preparations for a mission are underway but despise what i see and i know what can go wrong i know it can happen to the team which is one of the reasons why we have to work so closely with the military. Is the wrong expression its more like treating the violence with respect in a negative sense its immense. Divide so humans who have a. Shave bellman is responsible for the mission in iraq the former ev
Markets, the spanish market is up, as you can see. Would you sell your car to get your business off the ground . Well meet the woman who did just that to get her Childrens Book agency up and running. Imagine a workplace where no one serves in the canteen and theres no receptionist a work space firm in china is setting up offices which are totally automated. Today we want to know, do you need the human touch at work . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. We have a nice mix of both in the studio a lot of robots, sally and i are real and studio a lot of robots, sally and i are realand our studio a lot of robots, sally and i are real and our guests are too. We start in spain, where the region of catalonia is threatening to declare independence on monday, after holding its banned referendum at the weekend. Behind the push for independence is, among other things, the feeling among many catalans that the region doesnt get a fair deal, given its huge economic importance to spain. Cata
Nasdaq what is driving the bus around here going to take a closer look at top ten contributors to the dow jones average, the rally last quarter is telling us about it atvictim of, where is the fang in this darn thing but can help us understand why the market has so much staying power. Since i just mentioned f. A. N. G. , my acronym for facebook, amazon, app and google discouraging news as f. A. N. G. Out of nowhere become hostage to etfs that lump then together. Doing nothing at all any we learned that netflix is raising price of its most popular plan its one of the few services i would be willing to may more for and dont realize it amazon prime, spotify, i dont focus on i bet netflix gets no pushback but strength took up rest of f. A. N. G. No meaningful throw in other components all pulled up by netflix thats all she wrote it should be different from that but thats the world we have to accept get back to the main exercise, the ten dow stocks responsible for the recent leg of the rall
Announcements . Yes. Please make sure to sounds off cell phones and electronic devices. Any actions provided today will [inaudible] unless otherwise stated thank you please call item number one item 1 the general plan amendment implanting the citys vision zero zero policy regarding Pedestrian Safety the of the leakto present on this item. Good afternoon. Are you ready for your presentation . Yes. Great you may begin mdm. Chair good afternoon department stuck it on here today to ask for your approval to update the general ledger for the citys vision zero policy. The Planning Commission initiated the changes on july 7 and recommended approval at hearing on october 20. In cracking this legislation would be looking closely with sfmta eight members of the public with the gin zero task force Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee and all of San Francisco. Were proposing to make changes to the citys gen. Plan to reflect the vision zero. Vision zero adopted in 2014 and it its the citys policy to