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search business. and prudential prepares to deliver first-half earnings in about 15 minutes. profits are expected to surge by 10%, but investors eye the challenges ahead. welcome to the show. let s get straight to european markets, which were indeed quite strong yesterday. a slew of earnings and oil prices recovering by a couple of percent allowed equity markets to perform relatively well, better in europe than in the u.s., but positive across the board. now, today we are down 0.6% for the broader stoxx 600 as you can see, a correction from yesterday s positivity and more of a continuation of how august as a whole has kicked off. ftse 100 down 0.6%, germany and france down a little bit more than that. athens is in positive territory and seema will tell you why. absolutely. let s take a look at that top story. greece and its international creditors have agreed to a deal on bailout terms following long negotiations. finance ministry sources telling cnbc that a numbe ....
we are seeing a little bit of risk removal. this is what we are seeing in european stocks. they are joining the rebound as we see tensions surrounding the north korean country and peninsula easing. the yen dropping, gold dropping. gainingor haven assets a touch. let s get to the bloomberg first word news. here s nejra cehic. nejra: north korea s leader says the testfiring of a missile over japan yesterday was a meaningful prelude to containing guam. kim jong-un added that he will continue to watch the response of the u.s. rex tillerson has agreed with his japanese and south korean counterparts that the test was an escalation of provocation while the un security council has condemned the launch. president trump has praised the emergency response to tropical storm harvey as he and the first lady visited texas. at least 15 people have died in the wake of harvey while thousands more have been displaced from their homes. early estimates put the economic losses at $100 billio ....
good morning. the u.s. senate armed services committee meets this morning to receive testimony on u.s. strategy in afghanistan and south asia. we welcome secretary mattis and chairman dunford back to the committee. we thank you both for your many years of distinguished service and leadership of our men and women in uniform. 16 years ago this week u.s. and coalition forces began combat operations in afghanistan to eliminate the al qaeda terrorists who attacked our nation and removed the taliban regime that gave them sanctuary. very few, few would have predicted that 16 years later we would still be fighting what has become america s longest war. to date, we have achieved our mission to prevent afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terrorists to attack america or our allies and partners. but that success has come at a tremendous price, more than 2,000 americans have given their lives in this war and over 20,000 have been wounded. i repeat, over 20,000 have been wou ....
with senator bloomenthal saying that senator misrepresented neil gorsuch. his comments were misripped, you should misrepresented, you should into senator blumenthal about his vietnam record, which did not exist, he misrepresented that just like he mess represented judge gorsuch. lou: what was gorsuch thinking, he insulted the very man who nominated him to the high court. we take up that. also newly sworn in attorney general, jeff sessions vowing to support president trump in all respects and his policies. we need a lawful system of immigration that one that serves the interest of the people of the united states, that is not wrong, that is not immoral, that is not indecent. lou: restoring order to this country is a tall order for the trump administration. wall street today hitting record highs, after the president said he will make a major tax cut announcement over the next few weeks. we ll be announcing something, i would say over the next 2 or three weeks that ....
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