Spite further political pushback ahead of the grilling by u. K. Lawmakers. And voting in indias mammoth fiveweek collection ends today with the first exit polls due in just a few hours. This kicks an alltime high in anticipation of those results. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hello and welcome to the first Worldwide Exchange of the week. I bet you are happy. Absolutely overjoyed. What did they do . Well done, brilliant. Its okay. I feel proud. And im glad to be back. You have been on your travels. I have. Its good to be back. Yeah. Plenty to get to on todays show. The eu ministers gathered in bus zells to assist the ongoing crisis in ukraine. The ministers will discuss the fallout from yesterdays fallout in two eastern regions. Heres the mounting of the third split in ukraine after they claimed victory on selfrule. Organizers said 90 voted in favor of a Great Authority in kiev. Nbcs Richard Engel filed this report. Reporter voters c
The same table in front of regulators. It may make it harder for the time Warner Comcast deal to go forward. It will be interesting to see if the comcast time warner deal does fall apart if the at t directv deal would go through. If theyre both announced in tandem, a lot of consolidation in that sector. The at t directv is a harder deal to go through. If you put it on the table with the comcast time warner deal, it makes the whole thing dicey for everybody, which is what i think theyre trying to do. New york state banking regulator is reportedly seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from Credit Suisse. The new York State Department of Financial Services made an opening bid of 1 billion but negotiations are expected to drive down the final penalty amount. The settlement with that agency would be in addition to the fine that Credit Suisse is discussing with the Justice Department. Of course the d. O. J. Seeking as much as 1. 6 billion from the bank. The journal calls this potentially e
Term fixes as they kick the can down the road. And thats what the mark set expecting. Further moves down the road rather than a deal. Right. You wont get the big deal. I dont think you will get that grand bargain, bob. We may get some kind of deal that avoid the worst consequence he of the sequester. I think that likely to happen. Always the eternal optimist. Ty, back to you. Sue, thank you very much. Shop until you drop. At least for the month of january. Big name retailers reporting strong january sales after offering new merchandise. This despite consumers taking a hit to take home pay to higher payroll taxes which is part of the fiscal cliff resolution. Courtney reagan here on the retail beat. Hi, courtney. Welcome back from dallas. January an interesting month. It is promotional. Make way for full price spring merchandise. But that means many goods sold are sold at rock bottom prices that replaces it. Of the 18 drugstore retailers, Thompson Reuters has a gain of 5. 8 , year over y
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