You must be 68 because im 66 thats tom cruise talking ive been told we have to interrupt this briefly to get to walmart numbers which have just crossed. Walmart is out with Fourth Quarter and full year earnings 1. 38 adjusted versus estimate of 1. 43 141. 67 billion. Analysts expecting 142. 488 billion. The majority of stores in chile have been disrupted and some totally destroyed. Theyll be holding an investor day discussing this more in depth. Shares are down 2 in early going. In u. S. Comparable growth streak does continue 1. 9 also below analyst expectation of 2. 3 for the quarter. U. S. E commerce net sales grew 35 . Coming year expectations to grow at least 30 speaking with the cfo, quote, the quarter started off and ended strong despite softness in some categories like media and gaming on the coronavirus, they are monstering the situation and focused on the safety and wellbeing of customers and associates he says sales are still okay the fear is mixed towards food walmart is not
Super bowl for the 1st time since 1970 s. The 49 ers after the play that nobody wanted me to San Francisco its the biggest day in american sport. Hello we begin this news hour in iraq thats where there are reports that protesters have been killed in the capital baghdad after police tried to break down barricades on the outskirts of the city dozens are said to be injured in the latest round of mass demonstrations rallies are also broken out in a number of cities in the south of the country including measure. Protesters have cut off the south of the country by blockading major roads lets bring in imran khan whos joining us from baghdad and as were reporting clashes have been taking place throughout the morning in iran and the numbers seem to be getting larger. Right where we are right now ill just get that out the way to give you a closer look is about how off comments are way from where the clash is all taking place in effect a front line between the protesters on the police now you can
I know. Alltime highs we have like, what, 39 trading days to go is that it . It is a tight time frame here the interesting thing around the market is it has shrugged off concern. One of the reason the market has gone higher is because of really light positioning. That mentality hasnt changed. That has fuelled the rally in the market you see the dow in the green but just barely. Nasdaq futures down by a point again, we are sitting at new highs after the gains we added on yesterday you look at the treasury market yielding 1. 85 xerox looking at buying hp. The company has an informal funding commitment xerox has a Market Company a third of hp. Both of these companies former technology stall waters. Xerox has had a couple of falls. Do people steel xerox things it is like faxing. Hp has tried to keep up it is like help me im drowning. Hp shares are up. Xerox somehow is the acquiring company. And there would be a premium to hps market cap. I just get depressed reading this xerox already scra
Voters had voted out so the question then looms for likud as to whether it is going to stick behind netanyahu its representatives came in here saying that that the refusal of blue and white to sit down with Benjamin Netanyahu and try to work out some kind of power sharing deal some kind of National Unity government was that the major problem and that it could not be a Serious Party of government if it did not do that i asked the head of the blue and white delegation michel on the former army chief of israel do you definitively rule out ruling in or sitting in a government with Benjamin Netanyahu he did not answer that question. And that very closely i believe were also expecting a statement from the joint list today that is the palestinian israeli parties hey what is their priorities likely to be in this process. Well yes theyre due to be here in the next few minutes for their meeting is the 3rd Largest Party with president rivlin and weve just had a tweet in the last few minutes from
Attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has pledged to fund a new high speed rail route between leeds and manchester. Borisjohnson says it will turbo charge the economy. It is thought the new route is part of the governments wider investment commitment to the north of england set to cost around £39 billion. But labour have cast doubt on the plan, saying mrjohnson failed to deliver on infrastructure when he was mayor of london. Tom barton reports. In manchester, theyre expanding the tram network, spending millions on improving public transport. But the new Prime Minister says he wants to go further, promising to build a fast railway line between this city and leeds, 35 miles away. I want to be the Prime Minister who does with Northern Powerhouse rail what we did for crossrail in london, and today, im going to deliver on my commitment to that vision with a pledge to fund the leeds to manchester route. But while local leaders have welcomed that p