California utility pg e said to be close to finalizing terms for a 13. 5 billion dollar payout to victims of wildfires sparked by defective equipment. Youre told it would pay half in cash and the rest in stock in the reorganized company, although no final agreements have been reached. Pg e shares rallied strongly on the news but are still down more than 50 this year. The owners of the new york mets are in talks to sell up to 80 of the major league franchise. Were told a deal would be valued at 2. 6 billion and set a path for billionaire steve cohen to take complete control after five years. Hes already an investor in the mets and has a net worth of more than 9 billion. Shery markets open in tokyo and seoul at the top of the hour. Sophie stocks are set to rebound after closing at a low. U. S. Futures little changed. Checking in on the end, Holding Steady while weakening to a twoweek low yesterday, snapping a fourday advance. They opened lower but could gain a 30year option come and. Whe
Legislation, equivalent to 4 of gdp. Set to pricesis mammoth ipo at the top of the range and should raise more than 25 billion. We get you started with breaking news out of south korea. We have the current account surplus coming in at 7. 8 billion dollars. This would be the surplus widening from the previous month of september. Also the previous month was revised higher to 7. 7 billion. Andgoods trade surplus narrowing a little bit us the number coming in at 7. 8 billion, also down from the previous month of 8. 8 billion. Despite the fact we have a current account surplus widening this time around, we have not seen the south korean economy under pressure. Novemberports for both and october contracting more than 14 , but we also had imports plunging, doubledigit digit declines for imports in. He past two months haidi weve got breaking news when it comes to this part of the world as well. We were expecting announcements from the argument terms of how much the big tanks will have to hold
Drone, intentions pick up in the gulf. Kathleen we have to take a look now at how u. S. Stocks ended. Look at the numbers on the stock s p 500, a record. Hit an alltime high in april and now was at another alltime high. Close. At the it was up a full percent at the end of the day. Almost a point as well. The dow across the board looking pretty good. We can see the futures pointing a little lower. Hard to say why. A big rally started yesterday at the fed decision at the Powell Press Conference where he made it clear the fed is tilting definitely toward cutting rates, so maybe a little bit of give back while markets wait for asia to open. Lets go on to the bond market because again, a rally kicked off yesterday in the bond market. It continued around the clock. At this point, the 10year note is around 2. 02 . Got down to 1. 96 percent. Is not surprising they take a little bit of a pause to see what the future data is. A vice chair of the Federal Reserve on blue on blooper television on B
Innovation guy when she was secretary of state. Sayill see what he has to about the ongoing hack attack on sony. We both got to see the movie. Lets take a look at the top stories. Mentioned, the interview filled cinemas in a limited Christmas Day release. It was without incident. It opened on 300 locations and was made Available Online area the film had been linked to the hack attack. Live ands xbox problemson were having on Christmas Day. The videos affected games online. The same group took credit for an attack earlier this year. Estate Supreme Court judge rejected the banks action which seeks 10 billion in damages. Vladimir putin has a holiday message for the members of his government. Keep your vacation short. The country cannot afford to have workers off the job in the middle of an economic rice is it stocks are higher in the ruble is gaining strength. s a major christmas cheer for u. S. Retailers. This is the best holiday sales growth in three years according to the International
CBL Named Chief Driver - Liberia news The New Dawn Liberia, premier resource for latest news thenewdawnliberia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenewdawnliberia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.