23 people were killed, most of them tourists. The government says it has arrested nine suspects. Five of the suspects were directly tied to the attackers. Four others were described as linked to those in custody. Dont expect miracles on greece in brussels. Angela merkel says not to expect any breakthrough at all. European leaders want greece to come up with a plan to reform its economy before it receives any additional emergency loans. Greek officials agreed to a framework. Key economic figures out today. The Philadelphia Fed factory index came up short. Leading Economic Indicators rose in february. The rise reflects high stock prices and an increase in building permits. The. 2 increase is well short of the average. That is a look at the top stories we are following at this hour. Janet yellen indicated yesterday that there is no rush to raise Interest Rates and the pace of tightening will be slower than previously anticipated. Cheap fixed income strategist at joins me from philadelphia
Where of the 20th entry. Senator rubio there are timeless truths. The sun still raises in the east and america is still a power. Today we face multiple challenges. It is not just a conflict with a different powerful nationstate the soviet union which we faced , at the end of the cold war. We faced traditional nations like china with its own ambitions and russia putin , wants to be the president of a great country, so he tries to achieve it militarily. But that we also face rogue nations. North koreas basically governed by a criminal syndicate. Iran, a nation governed by a radical shia cleric, and nonstate actors with increasing capacity, both isis, al qaeda, etc. The challenges the need for American Leadership is still true. The challenges are different and require a different approach. Charlie should we be the worlds policeman . Marco that is not the title i would advocate. But i do think the world these problems require a Global Response. But a Global Response requires someone to con
Does. We have a lot to talk to about. 50 brands. We have to get to the top headlines. Releases this morning, General Electric and Morgan Stanley. Scarlet fu is going to run through the numbers for us. Let us start with Morgan Stanley. Likes tumbled 70 jpmorgan, Morgan Stanley has a set aside money for litigation expenses. That worked out to 1. 2 billion. Legacyelated to the problems of Mortgage Backed securities. We dive into the numbers, half it beat analyst estimates. Revenue topped estimates and was pretty much in line with what analysts were looking for. James gorman has been deemphasizing analyst estimates. Investorse part that and james gorman are focused on with Morgan Stanley beefing up its brokerage business. 19 pretax profit margin. Another software watching is ge. Ge shares have turned lower in the premarket. This is after the earningsper share matched analyst estimates. There is a track record of matching or just eating beating. Revenues are slightly higher than analysts we
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