ukraine and an all out effort to avoid a rail strike here in the united states. well, the clock is ticking for negotiators to avoid the potentially crippling rail strike here in the united states. talks led by labor secretary marty walsh have been going on throughout the early morning hours. one official tells cnn don t expect a resolution any time soon. a strike could put a serious dent in a u.s. economy already struggling to recover threatening deliveries of amtrak is warning of cancellations and more to come. more from pete muntean. reporter: it is the latest effort to put the breaks on a rail worker strike that could bring a major blow to the economy. bosses met with the labor secretary in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal by midnight thursday. that s when 60,000 workers could walk off the job in solidarity with train engineers fighting for sick time. a strike will mean freight rail, which makes up 40% of all freight in the u.s., will grind to a halt impacting eve
Today we want to know when does tech get too intrusive . Send it to us using this hashtag. Welcome to the programme. Another day, another world leader arriving to meet President Trump at the white house today its the turn of canadas Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau. He differs in opinion from his host on a variety of issues so just how important is canadas relationship with the United States . Heir countries share one of the biggest Trading Relationships in the world. In 2015, some 662. 7bn worth of goods and services flowed across the almost 9,000km border. But that works in the United States favour at the moment to the tune of 12. 1bn because whilst canada sells more goods to the us than the other way round, america more than makes up for it when it comes to the services sector. The value of the relationship has seen massive growth since 1994 when the North America Free Trade Agreement signed by president clinton came into force. But during his campaign mr tump said nafta was the worst t
LONDON, Jan 13 UK’s FTSE 100 climbed to an over four-year high today led by a surprise growth in the domestic economy in November and a boost to risk appetite from a slowdown.
and without any signs of progress, u.s. futures markets have been in and out of positive territory all morning. you can see there all in positive territory for now. the dow futures up about 1/4 of a percent. trading is mixed in the asia pacific region as you can see and trading has been underway for a little over an hour now in europe with the ftse up .64 there. silence and solemn stream of mourners continue to file past the coffin of queen elizabeth here in london. her majesty is lying in state at westminster hall and her coffin will remain there until her state funeral on monday.
. europe s financial markets hope to recover from a drastic slide at the start of the new year. trading is just getting underway this hour. let s check out the early numbers. london s ftse up .39% and paris the cac is down ever so slightly. in frankfurt the dax is up .33%. in zurich smi is down .20%. chinese stocks rebounded friday although the results in the asia pacific region are mixed. tokyo s nikkei finished slightly lower. trading has ended in hong kong where the hang seng ended, where are we, up, .59%. the shanghai composite closed .29%. asx 200 finished lower. we have a team of correspondents