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Economic outlook grow. The two biggest drivers, strength in germany and france. Things are up slightly this morning in european trading. But there has been some interesting calls on this. And well talk more about what jim cramer had to say about europe a little bit later in the show too. An update from our colleagues in london in a few minutes. Jimmy saying europe is back. And thats a big story for u. S. Stocks. Corporate news, the former jpmorgan trader known as the london whale and regulators ...

Says the u. S. Could have less than 50 billion on hand. The u. S. Has been bumping up against the 16. 7 trillion Borrowing Limit since may, but has employed emergency measures to avoid on default. President obama has said he will not negotiate with congress over raising the debt ceiling. Meanwhile, on todays show, 29 billion tech giant is being made. Well discuss the supplied purchases electron in half an hours time. And can frances 2014 budget bring in jobs while cutting to deficit . Well previ...

European finance minister are close to a deal that would allow them to wind down failing banks, pave the way for the creation of an eu Banking Union. Praising greek reforms as the finance minister tells cnbc the country will regain Market Access as early as next year. As we often perform the target for this year, the same will happen next year. I think now we have proven our goal. And the era of on government motors draws to a close. The u. S. Government sells its remaining stake in gm four year...

Interest rates unchanged at its final policy meeting of the year. Last month, though, policymakers surprised the markets with a cut in the Interest Rate to a record low of 0. 25 . Well check in with Ross Westgate in just a few minutes. The dow and the s p are now on a fourday losing streak. This morning, futures are around the flat line. Down by about 2. 5 points for the dow, down by 0. 5 for the s p and the nasdaq is up by 4 points. November samestore sales will be coming in throughout the morn...

The dax in germany up by 1 is. 5 and the if it cac in london up. 7 . Right now, stocks are up about 6 in moscow. Yesterday, the stocks in moscow were down close to 11 . Joe, right now, over to you. That 60 billion number is familiar. Its more than the olympics, right . Yeah. This must have gotten vladimirs attention, yeah. Lets check some of the other markets this morning. Oil and a lot of the commodities were up yesterday. Theyre easing a little bit today, as you can see. That will bring some r...

On the downside, dsm, the dutch Chemicals Group misses full year targets. The ceo sounding cautious on emerging markets. Europe is more or less flat. United states has some modest growth. And emerging economy growth is slowing down somewhat. So lets be realistic. The picture even worst for alston. The power giant cut its target on weak utilities demand. Plus, the pboc dumped billions of dollars worth of cash into the Financial System bringing down money market rates and easing money market fears...

This is todays a worldwide exchange. Im ross westgate. Here are your headlines from around the world. Chinese exports blow past expectations in december. Raising expectations for next weeks Fourth Quarter gdp. Investors are still cautious ahead of the Interest Rates issues in europe. Three issues, the new 2015 included a clause to make restructuring easier in the event of default. All right. Welcome to the program. If youve been watching in europe or asia, you might have seen squawk box in europ...

Strong sales in china host a better than expected pretax profit. Shares up more than 5 in early trade. And just a week ago, it was unthinkable. But the sailing team backed by Larry Ellison overcomes the most probable odds to claim victory as winning the americas cup. Well talk about the americas cup a little bit later. 81 down and they win 98. 54 is where we stand on the down jones stoxx 600. We had losses for the u. S. Markets down, s p down for five straight days. Fairly flat on the if it is f...

Month of may in seven years. What does that say about the state of americas of discovery . It may not be as clear cut as it may seem. Stay tuned to a special report behind those numbers. Love that story. Another botch by bank of america. This time sending the wrong data to regulators making its private stock Trading Platform look larger than it actually is. This error coming a month after making a mistake in its stress test numbers that. Resulted in the banks suspending a planned dividend hike. ...

Markets overnight. Were off the low, down 56 points. Were following General Motors. Take a look at the stock. Its lower as a recall controversy grows. New reports that the government ignored warnings as early as 2007 about a potentially fatal problem with ignition switches. Shares down almost 2 . We will be speaking with the parents of the young woman killed in 2010, and they want answers from the government, bill, and from the company. Absolutely. And the mystery of that missing malaysian airli...