European close with guy johnson and alix steel. Guy stocks are down. Theres a multitude of factors behind it. We are down by 1. 1 . This whole series of single stock stories that are coming together today to produce this negative narrative we are watching in europe. Air france, down by 4. 1 . One of the reasons behind it is weve seen a series of evacuations across france and french airports. Thats adding into the gloom around what can happen on the macro story relating to the situation via israel. All of that coming together in the airline sector. Maybe the story slowed down a little bit. The Strong Demand story we been watching. Astrazeneca down at 5. 2 print 5. 27 . Maybe not quite delivering. Youve got this kind of big macro overlay thats happening with the rate story developing. Youve also got single stocks, air france, astrazeneca, the list goes on and on. A series of names that are all producing idiosyncratic single stock stories but the aggregate is altogether for real squeeze b
Treasury secretary janet yellen said the United States is monitoring potential economic effects from israelhamas war but has yet to see significant impact. She said the u. S. Is not ruling out the possibility of new sanctions for iran and hamas in light of the attacks on israel. Sec. Yellen i have seen firsthand the progress morocco is making to recover from last months earthquake. The decision to proceed in marrakech is a testament to the resilience of the moroccan people. The United States is committed to supporting the government of morocco to if yes Recovery Efforts as morocco works to provide immediate lifesaving humanitarian assistance to those in need. These are also the first annual meetings in africa in 50 years. It is fitting we are here since africa will shape the future of the Global Economy. Before highlighting the priorities for this week i want to address the horrific attack by Hamas Terrorists in gaza last saturday. The United States condemns the attack in the strongest
Melissa all right. Hank greenberg might be about to get a few helping hands. According to our own Charlie Gasparino, the former aig chief executive is in talks with major investors to fund his lawsuit against the federal government. Charlie is here now along with wall street journals Veronica Dagher and barrons jack otter. Talk about alternative invest . You could invest in lawsuits. Several major investors are investing in hanks lawsuit about the legality of the aig takeover. They are looking to recover 50 billion in damages. They said the way they did the deal basically screwed shareholders compared to the other deals. Steve cohen, ken langone, staun drunkenmiller are interested in rights, is right a security. You fund the lawsuit. Defray melissa that is quite a cast of characters piling on. This. This is good story. Melissa it is a good story. They all attend ad march 6th meeting conducted by hank and david boies, his highprofile attorney. David boies went through the case. Here is
Romney are tied among likely voters. President obama lea with juste day to go before the third and final president ial debate both sides are weighing in. We feel good about where we are, were even ahead in this battleground states, and if you look at the early voting thats going on around the country, its very robust and its ve very . Its a trend in our direction, and i have been all over the state in the last six weeks. The Enthusiasm Energy is on our side this year, i mean its not like 2008 at all. We make three times more phone calls in all of 2008 with our volunteers. 25 more door knocks all of 2008. So somethings different on the ground. Were getting our very first look inside the debate hall ahead of tomorrow nights debate. The debate takes place at Lynne University in boca raton, florida. The Editorial Board is backing the president on the basis of sound leadership. But th the nation needs to get more people back to work. New today, the white house is responding to a New York Ti
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