Standing there grounds. Will go on without tromp. He has accused megyn kelly of bias. Donald trump leads with 34 . No other republican candidate after rubio and cruiser in the double digits. Only a few members of a group remain inside a refuge. Day,ars ago on this tragedy struck when the challenger exploded. Will hold memorials today at the johnson state center in houston and at Arlington National cemetery. Matt a slew of earnings out now. Ford, the earnings just crossed. . 58. They were looking for . 51. Also beat. If you40 mill strip out some of the other businesses, they beat on revenue and eps. We have the conference call, looking for detail on the outlook. Says earnings will be the same or higher in 2016 then they were in 2015. We want to see more about cost on the conference call. Im going to speak to bob on bloomberg television. Has come out with earnings. In the both. The interesting thing about alibaba, they had users by making purchases in the quarter. The fundamental strengt
It seems it is always angst fighting the central bank. Tom we will bring everybody up to date on the shock and all of that negative Interest Rate call by the bank of japan, but you are right, it pulls right on to china and you see it within the market activity. Francine lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Vonnie after months of campaigning, the first votes are cast today and the race for the white house. A weekend poll shows donald trump with a fivepoint lead over ted cruz among republican voters. They question whether Trump Supporters will actually show up tonight. Hillary clinton has a slight lead over Bernie Sanders. Sanders is coding counting on young voters. Civil war in syria began in geneva today. This after eight triple bombing killed 45 people. Supporters of Bashar Alassad have threatened to boycott the talks. In northeastern nigeria, at least 86 people were killed by boko her wrong. They targeted a camp for displaced persons. Boko haram has killed thousands of
Chinese factory activity fell to the lowest level in three years. That reinforced concerns that china pot slow down is getting worst during is getting worse. Futures in new york have fallen as much as 4 today. They had risen 27 in the three days through yesterday. To build obama wants new coast guard icebreaker that could operate yearround in the polar region. The president will pose that today in alaska, part of a threeday trip. Focusday mr. Obamas was on climate change. He says it will define the century more than any other challenge. President obama human activity is disrupting the climate. Climate is that changing faster than our efforts to a dress it. Vonnie temperatures in alaska have risen twice as fast as global averages. Apple tv may be going hollywood. Bloomberg news is reporting entertainment executives holding talks about exclusive shows for apple tv. Appled allow apple is planning a live tv service. In tennis, Serena Williams first round match of the u. S. Open was little
Economic output for the euro area have become more balanced on account of the recent Monetary Policy decisions, but Falling Oil Prices, and the lower Euro Exchange rate. Emily draghi push back at the idea that the program could be cut short at the inflation returns to target earlier than expected. Bank of americas firstquarter results beat estimates. Profits rose to 3. 4 billion and revenue was down 5 . Noninterest expenses dropped 29 in the quarter, but some analysts were expecting to be cuts deeper cuts after litigation over bad mortgages wind down. The sec is concerning to ease limits of Foreign Ownership of american broadcasters. Just last month, republican commissioner Michael Orielly says the fcc is to permit Foreign Ownership above the current 25 cap. The Foreign Ownership issue has had an impact on streaming Companies Like pandora, which has been unable to buy a Radio Station in south dakota because they cannot prove the nationality of its shareholders. Nokia is buying alcatel.
The president s invitation to march on the capitol, a band of Trump Supporters began a riot in washington dc. It was a desperate and rather forlorn attempt to reverse the result of the november election but images flashed across the world of americans attacking their own Democratic Institutions and five people were killed. Stephanie baker how did you feel watching those images and are we past the worst now with just days untiljoe biden takes control . Obviously, i was embarrassed, sad and outraged. But in many ways i wasnt surprised. This is the logical conclusion of the trump presidency. He has been lying and undermining democratic constitutions. I think it will go down as one of the Biggest National security failures after 9 11 and perhaps even worse in many respects. There was a digital trail of evidence pointing that this would happen. There will be some kind of 9 11 kind of commission to investigate what went wrong, what exactly happened, what was trumps roll exactly, in preventin