A little flatness for the kospi. A mixed start to the trading day. Most markets are shocked because of the Christmas Day and boxing becausedays are shut of the Christmas Day and boxing day holidays. The chinese economy shows no signs of faltering after three months of 6. 7 growth. Private Service Companies reported their momentum was the best since august, 2014. Bloomberg intelligence says the expansion picked up to about 7 last month. Toshiba may take a loss on its business in the u. S. , but there are conflicting estimates of how much. This coming after the acquisition of a Power Services business by westinghouse last year. There is a dispute over the units values. The nikkei puts the expected loss at around 850 million. Nha expects that to be 4. 2 million. Sony music has apologized to Britney Spears after its twitter account was hacked and falsely reported the popstars death. It comes to have years after a major cyber attack rippled the companys film division. Sony says the issue ha
Of course, it was his first meeting with a foreign leader and following a News Conference where it appeared that she put words in his mouth about nato, and he didnt disagree. We also have trump working the phones. In a surprise revelation, he and mexicos president chew the fat over the land lines for a full hour. Russias president Vladimir Putin gets on the horn with him tomorrow. Do these three priorities mexico, russia and the u. K. , put euro land out in a bit of a chill or the cold . European Union Ambassador to the United States david o sullan in a fox business exclusive is here. Were going to ask is ask him about that. And Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters gives us the threat analysis on the most important phone call mr. Trump has to make in his presidency. On wall street in this final hour, were going to see if markets lock in gains for this historic week. While down 15 on the dow, what else do you see . Holding above 20,000. Energy and earnings are keeping the bears and the bulls
The bank did not give any and says theion but rt bank is reviewing the decision. The kremlin stated that moscow would respond in a practical manner. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Scarlet we are 30 minutes away from the close of trading in the u. S. Live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, and scarlet fu. Julie im matt miller. Matt i am matt miller. Scarlet a rally in energy companies. Joe but the question is, what you miss . Scarlet investors are driving into passive products. We were here on this topic. And it is a showdown in sin city. President ial nominees donald trump and Hillary Clinton faceoff for the third and final debate in las vegas. We will take you down with a preview. And one of clintons biggest supporters, billionaire a little steve case, joins us live from aol founder steve case, joins us from the vanity fair summit. We will ask about Lessons Learned from t
If youre coming in through the emoriville stretch here, 17 minutes across the bay bridge once you make it through the maze. A closer look at the north bay is coming up at 6 09. Thank you. The whole team is getting you ready for the rain coming in. Amy hollyfield is in the north bay tracking the wet roads. Amy, what are you seeing . Reporter hi, natasha. Were talking to people as they brace for the rain. They are preparing for it mentally and just fundamentally grabbing the rain gear, doing what they need to do to any plants or pets, like succulents. One woman told me shes bringing those inside. Just mentally preparing for whats to come. We need it but its kind of miserable. It changes the day a little bit but its good. Yeah, we need it. Just drive slower. Thats the main thing. People drive kind of stupid in the rain. But you just go with it. Reporter were getting a nice break in the action right now. So your commute could be pretty smooth if you can jet off right now. We will keep you
The mexican president wants to legalize gay marriage. Today he signed initiatives to amend the constitution and the federal civil code. Gay marriage is already legal in some parts of mexico. Bernie sanders looks to continue his winning streak in todays kentucky and oregon primaries. Kentucky is considered the bigger prize. Front runner Hillary Clinton has a significant delegate lead. Donald trump and londons first muslim mayor have taken verbal shots at each other. But he extended an olive branch. He invited donald trump to london to meet his family and the british public. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by her 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. Im mark crumpton. Next is bloomberg west. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomberg west. Coming up, mr. Cook comes to mumbai. Ceos is on the apple itinerary for the very first time. Will britain stay or will it go . Sidesoft ticks picks in the great brexit debate. Company chairman John Thompson joins us to ex