Seeking 1 billion to get out of its iron ore joint venture in brazil. Betty a billion dollar headache for bhp, a 7 billion windfall for jpmorganwells fargo, that really propelled the market higher on friday. Along with that inflation data. In record territory in the u. S. , what a month it has been. Lets quickly pull up the boards to see how much we gain, the s p closing at a record, the dow adding over 200 points, the nasdaq also higher. I get the feeling a lot of this will be as the markets are so high, a lot of it will depend on the news we get this week, including earnings, the higher the markets go, the more vulnerable it might be to pullbacks. And many of us have wouldhe first of 2018, we see a pullback, it has been dead wrong so far. Saying thech, biggest on record. Find the bears are throwing in the towel. Looking to see some gains with the u. S. Markets closed for the holiday monday. This is how we are faring in new zealand, about 1 5 of 1 . 72. 47 for the qb right now. Thedol
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 9am in seoul, where, days before the start of the winter olympics, some of the athletes have been taking part in warm up matches. Not a big deal, but when its a team made up of north and south koreans, the world takes notice. A joint womens Ice Hockey Team played a friendly against sweden. Its being seen as a sign of reconciliation. Laura bicker reports from seoul. Fierce and determined, the korean players head onto the rink to prove they are notjust pawns in a political drama, or an experiment in sports diplomacy. They fight hard against high ranking sweden, willed on by a crowd eager to witness a piece of history, and waving the flag of a unified korea. Translation i was so touched. Ifeel so good because i felt the passion of the players, and it felt like we were one together. It was very meaningful to all of us, and especially for my son, it was a very meaningful event. But this teams formation has been controversial. The south korean hockey
The north is to send its highest ranking official for years to the south to the games. Here he is kim yong nam, the ceremonial head of state, will lead a 22 member delegation to the south beginning on friday. It comes as the two nations put on an unprecedented show of sporting collaboration today, fielding a joint womens ice hockey team. It played an International Friendly against sweden. The bbcs laura bicker reports. Fierce and determined, the korean players head onto the rink to prove they are notjust pawns in a Political Drama or an experiment in sports diplomacy. They fight hard against high ranking sweden. Willed on by a crowd eager to witness a piece of history and waving the flag of a unified korea. Translation i was so touched, i feel so good because i felt the passion of the players and it felt like we were one together. But this teams formation has been controversial. The south korean hockey coach has had to tell players she has worked with for years that they have lost thei
A very twisted way of looking at the world were talking about the capacity to kill millions tens of millions hundreds of millions of people and thats not strength in my opinion thats thats weakness thats based on fear and thats based on an inability to to solve problems peacefully solve problems by talking and you know i think the escalation here both the threat of escalation in terms of an actual Nuclear Exchange but also in terms of a new arms race i think these are really Dangerous Things and no one strong no one no ones going to emerge from that in a good position now rick some u. S. Senators have written an open letter to President Trump ahead of the doctrines release blaming him for undermining attempts at Nuclear Disarmament would you agree with his position. Yes im not im not one hundred percent familiar with the contents of the letter but generally yes i think that president transpositions have. Worked to undermine Nuclear Disarmament weve seen the ongoing refusal of the Unite
Like it does every day. And nothing really happened, which was strange. And then i realized oh, yeah, the reason its quiet is because donald trump is on a plane right it felt like skull island after they abducted king kong. President trump is on his way to davos, switzerland for the to s ratist. Hes there to meet with other world leaders, to give a speech and there judging the swiss miss trump plans to tell the world that america is open for business. And who better to make that declaration than a man who declared bankr according to a new poll, the majority of americans dont trust President Trump with the nuclear button. 52 of the public say theyre worried the president might launch a Nuclear Attack for no good reason. I just wonder who are the 48 not worried. I wick i could be that relaxed. I wouldnt trust donald trump with a belly button. The fact that someone is even conducting a poll asking whether or not the president shouk trusted with Nuclear Weapons is a reason to take those Nu