Those blasts sent massive fire balls into the nights sky. The initial blast erupted at a warehouse for Hazardous Materials and triggered other explosions at nearby businesses. Those explosions could be felt miles away. The cause at this point not immediately clear. Lets take a look at some live pictures this morning from tianjin china. You can still see the smoke cloud billowing. We heard from hyundai. Well take more of a look at whats happening with china in a bit. About 4,000 imported vehicles were destroyed by that blast. Heres the big stories today, China Central bank holding a News Conference in beijing overnight arguing theres no basis for continued currency depreciation. Earlier in the day they set the rate below yesterdays close. Well have a live report in a moment. Athens wants to see a vote before a euro zone identifinanc meeting tomorrow. It argued it lacked clarity on the direction of policies. Here in the u. S. A busy day on the data front. We get jobless claims, july reta
Welcome to Market Makers. I seem to have misplaced Stephanie Ruhle. Im terrified all by myself. Im going to kick it off with the top business stories of the morning. Sears is getting smaller and so are its losses. The retailer cut its losses by more than half in the fourth quarter. It has now lost money 11 quarters in a row. Eddie lampert has been shrinking the store base and separating units to generate cash. They want to form a Real Estate Investment trust to leaseback the stores. Firsttime jobless claims rose by the most in more than a year last week. It was well above the estimate. Inflation at the consumer level took a dive last month. Prices fell zero point 7 , probably due to Falling Energy prices. The cpi actually rose. The fcc is headed toward a landmark vote on regulating the internet. Regulators expect to adopt rules on Net Neutrality that would bar broadband providers from charging websites to deliver content more quickly. Large mobile phone carriers say the regulations wou