Barbara duran from bd8 capital markets. Thank you for joining us today weve got a lot of forces at play again another kind of side waist market, but some Risk Appetite if you look at whats moving higher today i agree with that i think that the action has been very constructive. And i think whats going on is youve seen the earnings expectations come down you had just a little sample last week, but majority of Companies Beat earnings and the most important thing, i think, was jpmorgan and American Express talking about the strength of the consumer in loans and spending and thats really the underpinning to the economy. And so we also know the fed, they have a meeting coming up. Im not expecting them to cut rates, but they have made it clear they stand ready and i think that forms an underpinning for the market. And not to mention china we have a little truce there i think we were all expecting some more down babeat commentar from what weve heard so far but so far, its been okay maybe rest
Goldsmith guns for meghan, the princess of wales uncle, tells big brother housemates that Meghan Markle creates drama to rewrite history. Just have a listen when they were a threesome. So kate, william and harry, they look really comfortable together. Love. And then suddenly theres an extra dynamic that comes in, puts a stick in the spokes , and creates stick in the spokes, and creates so much drama that i dont genuinely think was there. Well, the weather here is glorious in cumbria. Im going to find out whether it matches the mood of this town on Spring Budget day. What do people here need to hear from the chancellor today . Let us know your thoughts as well. Gb views at gb news. Com is the email address as always. Lots more to come between now and midday. First though, the very latest news with sanchez. With tatiana sanchez. Beth thank you. The top stories from the gb newsroom. A £0. 02 in the pound cut to National Insurance looks set to be the focus of the governments budget. Minis
Hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us all around the world. Im max foster with our continuing coverage of israel at war. The gaza based Militant Group Hamas has released two more people it abducted, identified as israeli citizens, nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz. They were handed over at the Border Crossing into egypt. They were taken to a Medical Center in israel where they were reunited with their families. Translator we received the first abductees a few minutes ago. We were very emotional. Their medical condition is okay. They are talking. We immediately brought them to their family members. It was a very, very emotional meeting. Well let them rest with the family. After that, well conduct a comprehensive physical examination. They will stay with us tonight and tomorrow well know exactly, but right now for them and for the family members, it is a very, very emotional situation and were happy that they are here with us. Both women were among the more than 200 people
Kind of a mix. Spain and france both slightly in the red the ten year note yield holding firm around the 2. 2 or so percent. You can see at the bottom of our screen weve gotten that news. Equifaxs stock had been halted. Rick smith announcing he will retire as the companys ceo. Want to get more details on when that retirement is coming, whether its immediate or not. Of course, hes been undergrea pressure given the huge breech there for some 143 million or so potential accounts that were compromised. Some might wonder what took so long. Yes. Already two Technology Executives left the company the week before last the stock has been in pretty much free fall today its been characterized as retirements as well its a couple of weeks ago saying he certainly shoulding fir should be fired. He has been dismissed. Take a look at the press release. Im not clear as to whether effective today okay. Thank you. Mark felder, current board member mark felder is now chairman and there is an interim ceo. T
Leading the initiatives . Tell us about it. Enterprise Community Partners started the faithbased Development Initiative ten years ago, really as an effort to get new units of housing, new Affordable Homes on the market. Our approach is to work with houses of worship who own land thats undeveloped or underdeveloped who may have an interest in building housing and communityserving facilities that serve particularly low and moderateincome houses across the region. Our approach is to connect them to intellectual and Financial Capital with dollars and sense with an s. We provide a range of Technical Assistance, workshops on different aspects of the development process, connection to developers, connection to real estate lawyers, and connection to grant support that will help them do market study and feasibility analysis. So, ultimately what we want to do is help houses of worship who want to do development, make informed go or nogo decisions about development and their vision, and if they d