Ahead. Im jack otter. We begin what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. Big tech acquisitions under scrutiny by the ftc about what it could mean for investors. Mortgage originations are the highest level since 2005 as housing finally back on track . And trouble at bed bath and beyond and under armour shows the turnarounds are hard to pull off. What to expect for other struggling retailers for on the barrons roundtable my colleagues al roots, carlton english, and jack howe. This story was a little underreported and i dont think anyone knows quite what to make of it federal trade commission made a pretty stunning demand to Tech Companies saying we want data going back ten years on all the purchases and acquisitions we did not look into. Thats nearly 500 deals for microsoft google and several others. And when is the right time for investors to panic because weve been talking for a long time about these guys having too much power there
But before the impeachment announcement the jury judiciary to apartment the one of russian collusion with Trump Campaign youll remember in 2016. One of directly finding bias, Michael Horwitz conclusion was a really damning combination of the tactic used by Law Enforcement agents to start and continue digging for information on district mr. Trump and his team. While just a few hours after the democrats went to the podium to make therefore historic announcement. I had the opportunity to speak at length with attorney general william bar with about a speech meant and reports. We began with impeachment. While the attorney general was now willing to discuss it any length cam he did weigh in on one of the chargers to. I dont believe its the case that we, somebody including a branch of government, is asserting a legal privilege that they have under the law that that constitutes obstruction. Gerry the second article said president tromp had the categorical defiance of pinots and given the const
There. Chinese vice premier liu spoke with u. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer and treasury secretary steve mnuchin. The Ministry Says they discussed issues related to a phase one deal and agreed to maintain communication on the remaining issues in the phase one talks. So, we are still very much in phase one talks. Bumping up against that december 15th deadline, though. Right. When you are expected to see new tariffs go in. Right. Thats been the big question do they do it its obvious they dont want the tariffs put in will enough progress be made at that point to say, okay, we wont so you think maybe not a deal by december 15th, but maybe enough of a deal to be able to i dont know. China trade wars are so 2019. Pushing into i just think you need to just, when we talk about beyond and impossible meat, i think you need to look into the future a little bit i just think you need to anticipate, not react. I just think it helps. What do you think happens before december 15th do you t
today have said that they are done. they ve been looking into this since january. and so we have the figures for the final count. after a bit of back and forth, it s a bit confusing. where they confuse fines and people. but we now know that they issued 126 fines to 83 people. so most of those fined got one fine. and we know that the prime minister was one of those, as was the chancellor and the prime minister s wife. we know that 28 people got between two and five, so at least one person got five! yeah. so who is the party animal? i ve no idea. but, yeah, at least one person getting five. and, yeah, when you speak to ministers, you can hear the relief in their voice because there was a lot of talk, wasn t there, at westminster about does the prime minister get more than one? does he wallpaper an entire wall with them by the end of it? and what does that mean, after that boiling anger from conservative mps for a couple of months ago? that anger has long since dissipated. i don
reported across 11 countries. there will be a full roundup of the day s news at ten o clock. first, it s newscast. welcome to the newscast studio this week. and we re going to bejoined by all sorts of interesting people who will be popping in and out throughout this episode. but first, chris, you ve had a busy old day covering what you could describe as maybe the beginning of the end of the downing street party story. yeah. so the metropolitan police today have said that they are done. they ve been looking into this since january. and so we have the figures for the final count. after a bit of back and forth, it s a bit confusing. where they confuse fines and people. but we now know that they issued 126 fines to 83 people. so most of those fined got one fine. and we know that the prime minister was one of those, as was the chancellor and the prime minister s wife. we know that 28 people got between two and five, so at least one person got five! so who is the party animal? i ve