Sector as well. Shares in sky moving ahead amid reports vivendi is eyeing a take over. The nikkei hits a 15 year high as the bank of japan maun tans maintains its massive spending program. Greek Prime Minister set to meet Vladimir Putin one week before athens is key to make a payment to the imf. Lets get straight to our top story this morning. Shares in bg group are soaring after the company agreed to a 47 billion pound takeover bid by shell. The merger is one of the biggest in a decade and comes amid the tumbling price of oil. Earlier our colleagues on squawk box europe spoke to the ceo of shell and asked him what prompted the deal. We have been looking at bg for a few years to be perfectly honest. Its a company we admire for the strength of its portfolio in integrated gas and these are the areas where we are strong at shell as well. It makes a lot of sense to put the two companies together and really accelerate dramatically the financial Growth Strategy of shell and at the same time
Streets. Tony one week into the governments shutdown. Three of the nations middle easmostpowerful american are taa lot. But still there is no deal in sight to end the Government Shutdown. We are joined from washington. Mike what is the big take away for you from the president s News Conference . We are still at a stand still. That is the basic point we are in week two of the shou shutdowd now heading nine days into the zebilitydebt ceiling and the fie ever default of the u. S. Government. The president taking to the Briefing Room and getting extensive coverage, he alberta sayinsaying hewill not negotiat. If the government is going to be reopened and the debt ceiling is going to be raised they want significant concessions. Chief among them to delay or fund the Affordable Care act something near and dear to the president called obamacare. Here is a little of what he had to say. The only thing that our democracy cant afford, that says unless i get my way and evenly my way anonly myway, i
At 29. 64. A two yearearlier in the the. We will bring charlie down here a little later. Charlie moved around the holidays blurting out things about Morgan Stanley. He will bullard out more. He has fought on morgan and goldman which he articulated a couple the isabella of the New York Times and every other Business Network. He is helping investors lose you mix and really. Traders make people money every the. The cme group and the dax with Nicole Petallides at stock exchange. We have a big the protect gains, the nasdaq looking extraordinarily healthy. Lets talk about amazon. Very nice. Nicole you will do a lot done that and that is exciting. How about amazon, the nasdaq sitting at a 13 year high. Amazon hit a new high of 3. 31, year to date over 31 . Why did jump today of 19 . A recent part, the ubs analyst, eric shared and raised his ratings on the company to buy from neutral. Why he did this is expectations for Revenue Growth beyond. And underappreciated. And 3852305. Absolutely. So e
Right now at 4 00, breaking news, the white house extends the Health Care Enrollment deadline. Cracker barrel reverses their view on duck dynasty products. Lawsuits on target for not protecting debit and credit card information. News 4 at 4 00 starts now. Good afternoon, im pat lawson muse. Im jim handly. The rain is tapering off, but the mercury is on the move down. Thats right. Get ready, cold is about to make a comeback. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is on it. How low are we talking, chuck . I think some areas could be below the freezing mark tomorrow morning. With all the rain we have had, there could be patchiness of ice tomorrow morning. Use caution. For now, we are dealing with rain drops across the area. Storm team 4 radar zoomed in on the immediate metro area. Rain drops on the capital beltway. More rain across parts of Southern Maryland. By and large, the good news is the drying trend to the north and west. Its on the way in. Its going to be riding an increasingly gus
Interview with the ceo of nike. With the kick it off top global stories we are following. The cost of living barely rose in the u. S. Last month. The Consumer Price index increased just 0. 10 in september. Energy prices fell and will probably drop more this month. Cross your fingers the average cost of a gallon of gas is the lowest it has been in three years, 3. 09. Consumer prices were up just 1. 7 over the last 12 months. Shares of yahoo are trading higher. The internet portal posted third beat Quarter Sales that estimates. Marissa mayer use the opportunity to defend her turnaround strategy and she says yahoo will keep making acquisitions. Strategye a clear m a and we will continue to seek opportunities and be smart about it. Morrison meyer might have been taking a shot at star board who wants yahoo to split up. Hisloeb has a new target in sights. Stakeoint has boosted its in the company and wants amgen to break up. Amgen said it appreciates the perspective of all shareholders. Dan l