Authorities have opened a judicial probe in a tainted baby milk scandal that caused a recall of several million products over fears of potential salmonella contamination. Health authorities have said 31 contractedoss france salmonella in recent months after consuming baby milk. None died, though 16 were hospitalized. The recalls affected 30 countries. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am the bill ackman. The i am nabila ahmed. This is bloomberg. Scarlet live from bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, i am scarlet fu. Joe i am joe weisenthal. Julia chatterley is off today. Scarlet we are 30 and its away from the close of trading in the u. S. And stocks are modestly lower. Oil surging to its highest in a yearandahalf. Joe the question is what did you miss . Scarlet bitcoin rallies past 15,000 as traders of the Digital Currency look to draw a line under the recent slump. Apple having a not so merry christmas, w
Venezuela going crypto, raising 750 million in preorder for its oil dodge crypto currency. How it helps petro can stop its economic sales. From jeers to cheers as lindsay bond slams the haters after she fails to win the gold in south korea. An American Band sees a surge in popularity thanks to russia. A big night at the olympics last night. This wednesday morning. Dagen mcdowell, rose coceo managing partner mike murphy and benchmark managing partner kevin kelly. Weve got an actionpacked week with the Federal Reserve note. We would get a read through or not. We have seen yields are blowing out. The twoyear treasury is at its highest point since the lehman crash it to point to 6 . These are the minutes from the january meeting. Yields on the twoyear been as high as theyve been since 2008. That was an option yesterday. About a quarter of a trillion dollars in treasury being auctioned this week. Again, is the demand there for the subs supply. The demand is always there. Its just what you o
Going to the movies. New rules in place. North America President out after less than a year. Coming after an internal investigation of inappropriate behavior. Twitter taking up conservatives. The Company Facing backlash this morning after his most recent purge of automated accounts we told you that yesterday. The stories coming up this thursday morning. Fox business albert Dagen Mcdowell. Former republican president ial candidate steve forbes is here and Fox Business Networks Connell Mcshane. Hey, good morning, maria. True do how are you, thanks for joining us. Whats going on this morning . The whole thing about the stock market. One is will the fed try to hurt this economy thinking its getting overheated air bubble happen to the dollar. Where did it go for now in trade, are we going to blow up nafta . I dont think we will, but that weighs on the market, too. Maria that is our top story because futures pointed to a lower opening fund release of the latest Federal Reserve meeting minute
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For them. But that is an a direct attack. Host bill in lynchburg, virginia. Caller to me, people claim that the Second Amendment is the most important thing. The right to vote is the most important thing right that we have, and republicans are doing everything they can, all over the country, to try to make it harder and harder for people to vote. We have holidays for everything, but the day that we elect the president or a congressman or something, many people cannot get there to vote and they are trying to make it even harder. To me that is the most important thing that we have in our constitution, is that right to vote. They do so much. Bill, what do you think about early voting, as well as a day off . Voting, they have tried to present that in some states they are working some have early voting. They make it difficult to get absentee ballots, you have to give some special cases are outright lie to get one. Now in virginia where they are oath,g about the loyalty i have another commen