Bigger. Astrazeneca approaches gilead for what would be the Largest Health care deal in history. A joint company would be worth almost . 25 trillion. Cheaters. Brents eightday streak is the longest since february as opecplus seals a deal to extend output cuts but worries persist that some nations may not to the line. Payrolls rebound. On employment in america declined. The surprise jobs bounceback does not apply to black americans. Colin powell turns against trumps threat to use troops against protesters. Lets take a look at what is going on in futures. European futures are not pointing higher right now. We get german industrial output following more than expected. 17. 9 month over month, extending a 16. 5 drop. But even before this news which is just breaking right now on the german economy, we have european futures down. Not seeing the same kind of gains that the u. S. Markets saw after those jobs numbers came out, so not catching up to the u. S. Market. That said, european stocks ha
Targets chief Financial Officer. The cfo will be joining us in a power lunch exclusive to give us his financial forecast. We begin now with the health of the American House housing market, and new numbers on home sales as we begin to gear up for that spring selling season. Fingers crossed it comes. Youve got dr horton and toll. All moving to the down side. Lets get to diana who is live in washington. Hi diana. Hi mandy. After a disappointing report on january sales of existing home sales of newly built homes out today a bit more heartening but you have to keep them in perspective. Take a look. January sales came in at an annualized rate of 4,1,000. Thats flat from december but december had seen a huge 11 monthly jump, and we didnt give any of that back. Thats good. The 30year average for new home sales is over 700,000 a were. We still have a long way to go. Sales of new homes priced under 150,000 are onethird of what they were a year ago. That is why luxury home builder Toll Brothers i