We will see whether Hillary Clinton can close that gap or not in what now is coming up on less than two weeks. Here we are. We should say ivanka trump was here yesterday campaigning hard. Its an interesting place to be, in part because this really is all about the president ial election. This is not a down ballot state. Thats not the topic of conversation. We have a number of big guests on the show that will talk about all of this today, including the senator, senator purdue, a number of students, journalists that will join us in a bit. We wanted to get our pulse own whats going on around the country. Here we are. Georgia is a special place for me, too, as you know. The great thing about squawking the vote, i know youre going down there to get a feel for how you can help us understand more about the election, for me, when you go to ohio, my homestate or when you go to georgia, i just the education that youre getting about the heartland, i think your eyes look wide open down there. I th
The world was supposed to end and it didnt. It has been the same case with the ftse. Ftse is right at 6 yesterday and bringing it back to higher levels. I know he wanted to hear this. I wanted to tell him this. No, no. Its not about me. Never about me, but mark grant is going to come on. Thus far you have been right. Mark grant is going to come on and say its not the uk shouldnt be the ones worried, its the eu that should be worried. Sterling has gotten hit pretty hard. Jim paulson is going to come on tomorrow and say the same thing. Call it a wom went to cast right now because its a little bit too progressive. Have you heard that. I have no the. They have a show. You heard that from what, your twitter followers. Dont you see that. Well share with our twitter followers. You go wild, dont you. When the cats away, the mouse will play. Its like video New York Times not bad . No . No, no. What did holeman say last night. He wrote a big Global Warming piece. We did not talk about that. Cens
Well have rob sands join us to discuss the outlook for the beer business, in which theres a lot of news in the beer business lately. Yes, there is. Meantime, constellation may be hitting new highs, but gopro sinking to an alltime low. One bull says this makes it a cantmiss buying opportunity right now. Thats coming up. Lets get to the markets for this wednesday. Dominic choo is covering all the action. And jackie will be checking in at the nymex. Dom, another volatile day here. The dow up 170plus points in one point. A lot of the themes that have been happening. You mentioned whats happening with energy and whatnot. We were just taking a look here. Up by about 8 , 9 . You can see this after the company yesterday slashed its board from 16 members down to nine, but then increased it by two to accommodate carl icahns board nominees. Oil, gas, copper, materials, energy. That big slide taking its toll. Earlier this morning, pure storage went public. Priced at 16 a share. They raised about 4
Then at 10 00, we have new home sales and Consumer Confidence. This afternoon, treasury will she auctioning 30 billion in twoyear notes. And dont forget about the fed. A number of speakers today including philly president charles plosser, bill dudley and john williams. Well be talking more about the economy in the next few minutes with strategists. First, lets get more on corporate news. Ill tell you whats going on that Insider Trading case. Reportedly dean foods has been subpoenaed. It involves carl icahn and Phil Mickelson and las vegas trader billy walters. Looking at securities around july 2011. Which is when icahn made an offer to buy that company. As for dean foods, investors are focusing on trading related to the 2012 spinoff of its white wave food. Also, the u. S. Export import has been in the headlines in recent days. This morning, its in the news for another reason. The wall street journal reporting that ximf bank has now suspended or removed four officials as investigators l
Profits at ubs stronger than analysts have been expecting. Analysts paying attention to questions hanging over the bank. Ubs has closed u. S. Probes into its dark pool alternative trading system. The companies cfo will join us live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern time. Meantime, bp posting a big jump in its quarterly profits driven by Strong Production numbers. However, the oil giant is warning further western sanctions on russia might hurt its business there. Bp makes about a third of its crude oil output in russia. It is the single largest Foreign Investors in that country for its nearly 20 stake in state oil companies. And eu leaders are meeting to debate economic sanctions against russia. A new list of putin associations and businesses that will face tougher measures is expected tomorrow. Lets talk about a bit of other corporate news. U. S. Investors are knew suing barclays. The attorney general accused the bank of lying to customers regarding its electronic trading platform. The investor ar