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Nasdaq at 5,120. S p 5002,087 and the russell down almost a full percent. But we begin now with the big deal in health insurance. It is official. An them agreeing to buy cigna for 188 per share in cash and stock. An enterprised are value of 54 billion. Straight to bertha coombs. Combined anthem and sigma would unseat United Health to become the largest u. S. Health insurer with 150 billion in annual revenues. More than 50 million members covering nearly 1 in 5 americans. Anthems ceo joseph swedi...

The s p up by 3 and nasdaq up by 15 this comes after all the markets looks looked very strong yesterday. The dow was up by 260 points s p was up by 26 it was a record close for the s p 500 and thats its first since august 7th the dow closed at a onemonth high take a look at whats been happening in europe this morning. The gains we saw yesterday as concerns about irma faded a bit and, again, some concerns about north korea not quite as potent as they had been as we headed into the weekend this mo...

Percentage point dax is slightly weaker, relatively flat as is the cac. Crude oil prices, crude Oil Yesterday was flat ended up by two cents this morning another 44 cents 55. 35 so wti above 50 a barrel. Back to the markets in a moment first the latest developments on Hurricane Maria. The hurricane making landfall on the island of dominica as a category 5 storm it is now weakened slightly within the past few hours to a category 4 thats the good news forecasters warn that maria could reach streng...

Day. Cnbc, Institutional Investor hosting the sixth annual delivering alpha conference in new york city, bringing Hedge Fund Titans and investors together, offering their views on policy, the economy, politics and investing. In just a few moments well hear from elliott managements paul singer. Thats a big one. First, bridge Water Associates making news a moment ago, talking about rates along with former secretary tim geitner. Take a listen. When jamie dimon says to raise Interest Rates you think...

Red across the board on some weak u. K. Cpi. Respectively sitting at or around new highs, the nikkei logging its best gain in two months. Apple puts ice new ipad retina on the market. And walmart steps up the competition. Another record close for the dow. The s p finishing just a fraction high of the alltime high. The nikkei closes at a high. And up say, jim, the dips are bought again and again and they are. A lot of times its just the intra day dip. Something might happen, a piece of data comes...

Bowe s boxilai. Andrew. Thank you, becky. We have a little bit of Corporate News this morning. Citigroup has suffered a significant decline in trading revenue. It threatens to decline the earnings. Theres a market wide earnings. Shares of blackberry today, the Company Warning on friday that it expects to report a huge quarterly operating loss. It plans to cut more than 1 3 of its global work force. Thats big, big news in blackberry land. Microsoft expected to announce a new surface tablet comput...