It is hip to be square used to be at least. Lets check out u. S. Equity futures. Things are relatively flat and that isa good thing. A bit of a difference after the big swings weve seen. Right now dow futures up about 3, s p 500 up about 2, nasdaq up by 13. Of course this is after a done day for the m down day for the markets yesterday. Treasury yields are something to start paying attention to because we did see a pickup in treasury yields to the highest levels weve seen since june the ten year is yielding 0. 813 . And i know it doesnt seem like a lot, but it is the highest level weve seen in a while and there is so much that rides on that including mortgage pricing which has been a key part of what has been happening in the housing sector, a strong point in the economy so far. Lets get over to washington. Well talk about id call it a soap opera, but really it is a reality show and means a lot to so many millions before nancy pelosi says she is now optimistic that democrats may be abl
Now the ceo of juul is out and tobacco giants Philip Morris and altria call off their merger talks. The Political Risk for stocks, futures pointing to a muted open House Democrats move on impeachment and what the turmoil will mean for ongoing u. S. china trade talks. New products driving sales and double digit growth in china. Big news regarding Philip Morris international and altria. The two companies deciding to end merger talks juul is announcing that kevin berns is stepping down as ceo. It will suspend all broadcast, print and Digital Advertising in the United States as regulators have launched this crackdown on vaping products. Meantime, altria tightens their guidance for the year. Reaffirms domestic cigarette volume down 5 to 6 but it does seem like juul is entering a new chapter here as they try to get fda approval. I think if the fda cares about where was gottlieb on this cnbc contributor why didnt he shut this thing down we cant get cannabis passed in this country we let juul
the met has apologised to carrick s victims after it emerged he was allowed to stay in the police force despite allegations about him over many years. also this lunchtime. the drive by shooting in london that left six people injured a 22 year old man is arrested. investigators in nepal find the black box flight recorders of the plane that crashed yesterday killing at least 68 people. counting the cost of christmas. fears that some people got into so much debt over the festive period that it will take them years to pay the money back. and emma raducanu puts aside her injury worries and makes it through to the second round of the australian open. and coming up in sport on bbc news, on the day that the new england head coach steve borthwick announces his first six nations squad the former england boss eddiiejones becomes australia s new head coach. good afternoon. a serving metropolitan police officer has admitted he s a serial rapist who carried out sex attacks over almost tw
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