Nationalist party joining proceedings for the first time in decades also on the program. President using pay increases his influence over his country delegates of the companys policies Congress Officially back on his vision for the future of china well look at the implications. Christiane to win although i was another trophy to his collection hes not a fifo as footballer of the year. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. Germanys newly elected parliament has convened for the First Time Since last months elections and one of the bonder stocks first tasks was to elect a new parliamentary president similar to a speaker with an overwhelming majority of that role has gone to former finance minister of all thanks the veteran member of chancellor Angela Merkels conservative party received five hundred one out of seven hundred nine votes is the countrys longest serving lawmaker in his acceptance speech was destroyed less stressed the need for parliament to lead by example and Work Together and
She won praise and criticism for exposing government corruption. Today, the European Parliament held a minute of silence to remember her life and her work. And the last russians are c zars for bid love. Forbidden love. A new film is sparking a violent reaction. Brent i am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. Germanys newly elected parliament has convened for the First Time Since last months election and it promises to be anything but business as usual with the right wing afd party now represented for the first time. One of the bundestags first tasks today was to elect a new parliamentary president. Reporter it now falls to parliaments longestserving member to keep things under control. With wolfgang elected president of the bundestag, he called for calm proceedings and to play by the rules. The way we speak to one another can set an example for discourse throughout society. We are not here to beat each other up. Reporter the new parliament has more members than ever and 40 are n
Secretary Steve Mnuchin arrives for another round of talks in italy. I understand theres an ambitious Tax Reform Program in the United States, were watching closely on what is good for the United States and what would be learned by other countries about tax reform. Donald trump calls fired fbi director james comey a grandstanding showboat as he tells nbc exclusively his rational for sacking him earlier this week. You said i accepted their recommendations. You had already made the decision. I was going to fire regardless. Good morning, everyone. Its friday. Glad youre with us once again. We have another packed show for you. Lets kick things off with our top story. Vivendi announced plans to buy a 60 stake in Advertising Group halves have ff s ha havas for 2. 4 billion euros. The step marks another milestone in vivendi chairman Vincent Bollores plans to build another media powerhouse. Shares of vivendi are up 5. 71 . Karen has been following the story all morning long. I wonder what the
Good morning. Welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im wilfred frost. Im seema mody in for sara eisen today. Is new music today. A new track from miley sirius called malibu. Amazing how shes 24 and produced so much. Wow. Look at that little nugget. Always great to have you with us, particularly on new music friday. Thank you. Getting to the market action. Futures coming off declines across the board yesterday, albeit small declines. 0. 1 or 0. 2 of declines yesterday. We are expected to open soft again today. The dow called lower by 40 points. S p by 6. Nasdaq by 14 points. Yesterday retail was the worst performer. The likes of macy underperforming. Retail etf down over 2. 5 . All in all this week, we have the nasdaq in positive territory. The s p just lower. The dow almost down by 0. 5 . But certainly not severe declines. Apple the best dow performer up 3 . Intel the worst, down 3 . Tech overall the best sector, up a percent. Materials down about 1 . The tenyear treasury note, because we sta
What will macron deliver on brexit . Really enominated derivatives from london postbrexit, but can chicago come out the winner . Interesting question, guy, one we will talk about today. I will put that to Wolfgang Schaeuble a little later this afternoon. Stocks,f, a look at futures, gains across the board after drops yesterday. Then a look at ones. Investors selling off the german debt. Only to a lowlevel. The zero. 253 is what we are looking at. At theump in the yield beginning of the session this morning, about a half hour ago. Now, that yield has come down to almost unchanged. On your screen, it is showing as unchanged because it only goes two decimal places. 0. 253 in the german bund trade right now as investors look to get more risk in their portfolios this morning. Guy matt always taking the extra step. Lets talk about the gmm and walk you around the world. Energy stocks have done well in asia overnight. You are seeing this tech story fading and little. Intow a big selloff friday