East and africa were disappointed. U. S. Saw the kleins of 4 u. S. Saw declines of 4 asia, middle east and africa saw declines of 4. 4 this read is not something investors would like to hear. If you look at the share price it is down by 1. 8 . Betty and it might go lower given these numbers. U. S. Sales down 4 . Incredible. Scarlet mcdonalds japans february same store sales fell 29 . A sense of the challenges mcdonalds faces. Mcdonalds had some issues in japan, particularly they could not sell french fries because of the port strike on the west coast. That gives you a sense of the difficulties in the asiapacific region. Betty and the difficulties for Steve Easterbrook as he takes the helm. Thank you, scarlet. Lets look at top stories. Europes central bank taking the first steps towards boosting price growth in the region. The ecb buying german and italian bonds. Those insecurities and french notes are being bought. A part of quantitative easing. Officials saying the new greek plan to a
Morning. Its heading east. The pilots will take turns flying day and night. If goes as plan the trip will end in mid june. Four u. S. Stops are planned. Here are the big stories today. Apple holding a major press event in san francisco. The Company Expected to offer details on the watch including a high end model that some say could cost as much as 10,000. Well talk more about apple and the entry into the dow in a few moments. A new survey finding the fed to raise rates in the second half of the year. 57 of those polled by the National Association of business economists say uncertainty over the Central Banks plan is no longer slowing the economic recovery. And in europe, its official. The ecb has begun the 66 million a month Bond Buying Program. Scotland Goldman Sachs argues that oil prices will reverse the recent gapes with wti. Likely dropping all the way down 240 a barrel in the near term. The main reason . Global crude inventories are beginning to increase again. We did see that st
They cant help it. I mean thankfully nobody was seriously hurt as far as we know. We got to go with the flow you know . At least 40 people were injured in that crash today. Were told that no one had any life threatening injuries. Thats the latest from here at union station. Back to you in the studio. Thanks, diane. We have this just in from Fairfax County just days after a judges ruling the county is unsealing some documents in its case against Jesse Matthew jr. , the man who is facing rape and attempted murder charges there and kidnapping and murder charges in charlottesville in the death of Hannah Graham. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg live outside of the Fairfax County courthouse with what those documents contain. Jeff . Leon these documents that were filed were unsealed late this afternoon and give us better idea of rulings and arguments made in this case up to this point as well as the evidence against Jesse Matthew in this case as he was awaiting trial here in Fairf
Moment of impact. You can see the blue tarp on the tractor and the trailer sitting on the tracks when this passenger train comes plowing into it. Whoever taking the cell phone video reacting to it. Amtrak says there were 212 passengers on board and eight crew members so 220 people total. We now know at this time that 55 people were transported to area hospitals with injuries. Meanwhile passengers who were okay are wie loaded i dont ton buses that were waiting for them and moved away from the scene. Now, were told the trailer was oversized and was carrying a large electrical unit. It was also apparently trying to make a turn over the tracks when it apparently got stuck. Were also hearing that the truck was being escorted and accompanied by Highway Patrol vehicles because of its size but its not clear whether police notified amtrak that the truck was actually stuck at that time. Now, as i mentioned, the train was due to stop in philadelphia this evening. If you are looking for informatio
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