the a package is for $94 billion. approval was expected. merkel closing party holds a majority in parliament. the head of the vote, she said it was their duty to help greece. chancellor merkel: i know many have doubts and worries about whether this ll be successful whether greece has the strength to criminally go down this road and nobody can wipe beside those worries, but i am convinced of one thing we would be grossly negligent, even irresponsible, if we did not at least try this road. erik: with the promise of help on the way greek officials say banks will reopen on monday. they have enclosed for 20 days. as if this fiscal crisis were not hard enough on the greece, a large brush fire erupted near athens and push clouds of smoke into the capital city. matt: federal authorities are not yet pinpointing a motive in the attack that killed four marines in tennessee. investigators are checking social media and questioning funds of the friends of the alleged shooter, mondelez
raises growth forecast for next year, reiterated the forecast that finances would return to 2019-2020. it is a political speech, as they always are, not purely economic it he reiterated that he will increase transport spending and housing. osborne s day today here in london. erik: there was arrested for european travel and leisure in the form of thomas cook, u.k. tour operator. what did it announce? mark: what a day it was good look at the share price move, up 10%. hopefully it will show in a second. it was the biggest performing stock in europe today. interesting comments. have been hit hard since the paris terror attacks 10 days ago. it announced a profit for the first time in 10 years and this is important. demand is holding up despite recent terror attacks. it said that the new fiscal year has got off to a good start with encouraging bookings for winter and summer. not only does it have to contend with of the paris terror attacks. you have the tunisia terror attacks. the
earnings. disney, groupon, potbelly. i have never been in one. the sandwiches are keller. killer. they are not exactly the healthiest. road trip. let s do a road trip right now. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. futures, -3. euro is weaker. to 98.43 four nymex crude. on to the next screen. the vix. the ruble i am watching carefully. 35.79. that is a weaker ruble over the next few days. let s go to the ruble a look at the putin litmus paper. here is the angst. weaker ruble. then they do better. they reverse. 80% of the better news. in other words, your dollar buys more rubles. strengthening dollar, weakening ruble. that is a big deal. of troops.g we have not been talking about it. we have been talking about the middle east. gaza, iraq. that brings us to our front page. the newspapers and the webpages. let s give you an update. a 72 hour cease-fire begins in gaza. this is the latest attempt after four weeks of fighting. israel has pulled out all of its t
bends while apple is forced to pull the latest ios update after several lost service. a warm welcome to countdown. i m anna edwards. this 6:00 in london thursday morning. the rise of islamic state dominated the agenda at the united nations meeting in new york. barack obama called for support in the fight against extremism in iraq and syria. terror.d condones this no grievance justifies these actions. there is no reasoning, no negation with this no negotiation with this brand of evil. only language is known violence.his force is one country said to join in that coalition is the united kingdom. david cameron called the general assembly and said his country will begin a new phase of involvement in iraq. in london, he will chair a cabinet meeting ahead of the parliamentary vote on taking part in airstrikes. coming up on the program, stay with countdown. we bring you interviews that you do not want to miss. be will be speaking to the google chairman eric schmidt abou
hello, and welcome to countdown. i am mark barton. and i am anna edwards. a general election in greece. the markets already seeming to have cast their vote, sending the euro to a fresh low. the euro weakens to its weakest levels since 2006 in asian trading. that follows and magazine article that says german chancellor angela merkel is willing to accept a greek exit from the eurozone. and this makes it the european central bank in favor of large-scale sovereign bond purchases. ecb president mario draghi said the risk of deflation in the eurozone could not be entirely excluded. within that statement, of course, and other events, the greek election now has less than three weeks to run, and europe is facing a turbulent start to the new year. so parties in greece are campaigning, and elliott gotkine just got back from athens, where he was covering the election and he joins us now. good morning. exaggerating the risk of an exit? good morning, and happy new year. loo