Key. Trade tensions, not healthy matters. President trump opening a new front slapping dozens of new terrifs on goods coming out of the European Union and more road blocks for tesla a Record Number of deliveries was not enough to satisfied share holders. Worldwide exchange begins right now. Good morning and welcome. Shares of tesla setting up for a rough morning despite posting a Record Number. Tesla shares off by about 5 the stock has been struggling this year dpoun nearly 30 first, an october gut check for stocks, the dow plunging more than 400 points on the second day of trading in the Fourth Quarter. Over the past two days, the dow has she had 3. 1 the s p down 3 to start the month as well. This is the first time in its history, in its history the s p kicked off the Fourth Quarter with backtoback drops of a percent or more a piece. This morning, stock futures pointing to what could be a modest recovery at this stage. You see hear the dow especiallyiopening by just seven points. The
A warm welcome to the program you are watching countdown. Im anna edwards. We are waiting for several earnings this morning from the Mining Sector, and earnings from merck, the german drugmaker the oldest of europes drug companies. We will be speaking with the merck cfo later. We will talk about how they are rebalancing the business, trying to make up for the fact that their multiple sclerosis drug is increasingly under pressure. You will talk about m a in the pharmacy sector, and the value they can derive from their partnerships. They are trying to revive fortunes using partnerships such as though with pfizer. We will talk to him about that. The share prices are doing too badly. A couple big interviews we need to tell you about this morning we will get a gauge of the Mining Sector and commodities from a couple business chiefs. I will be speaking to mark bristow in his first interview of the morning at 7 00 london time, and jon ferro will be speaking to in his first interview of the mo
Francine welcome to the pulse or call the pulse. Super thursday has been dubbed the thursday of the year. The bank of england is said to publish a slew of data. The boe decision minute of it meeting are being released at lunchtime as the governor mark carney works to improve transparency. In this torrent of data, how many members are we expecting to call for an Interest Rate hike . That is the big question. The majority of economists do expect a split in the vote. There are nine members. 19 of the 20 economists surveyed by bloomberg expect if it expect a split. More than half expect to members to vote for decision. We have seen some vote for tighter policy, they dropped that in january when they all inflation fall. They will be closely watching to see of any others vote. Francine the strength of the currency is also compensating things for the governor. Absolutely. This is a tight rope he will have to walk as he delivers his press conference. The pound in the past month has been streng
Going for gold yet again. And good morning, america. All kinds of excitement for Michael Phelps. How about that, the first u. S. Male swimmer to make it into not one, two, three, four, but five olympics. He could be adding to his already 18 olympic gold medal count. And dont forget missy franklin. After a tough start, she sealed her place on the olympic swimming team. Boy, remember her in 2012 . Well much more on that on your big board. First, that breaking news about isis. Officials report the massive officials report the massive u. S. Air strikes targeting the terror group in iraq killed more than 250 isis fighters. Martha raddatz has the latest from washington. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. That is a striking number. If that 250 figure holds, this would be one of the largest, deadliest hits on isis fighters in recent memory. We were in that area just over a month ago. This is a group thats normally scattered throughout Population Centers in iraq, does not trav
Going for gold yet again. And good morning, america. All kinds of excitement for Michael Phelps. What about that, the first u. S. Male swimmer to make it into not one, two, three, four, but five olympics. Could be adding to his already 18 olympic gold medal count. Dont forget, missy franklin, after a tough start, she sealed her place on the olympic team. Boy, remember her in 2012 . Well much more on that on your big board. First that breaking news about isis. Officials report the massive u. S. Air strikes targeting terrorist groups in iraq killed more than 250 isis fighters. Martha raddatz has the latest from washington. Reporter that is a striking number. If that 250 figure holds, this would be one of the largest, deadliest hits on isis fighters in recent memory. We were in that area just over a month ago. This is a group thats normally scattered throughout Population Centers in iraq, does not travel in large formations, but the pictures out of iraq overnight and this morning, graphic