Percentage point hang canning down and shanghai off by about. 9 active trading in europe now youll see red arrows across the board. Biggest decliner is the ftse 100. Look at whats been happening in the treasury the 10year is yielding is 1. 824 zben well above 1. 8 talk about pg e, saying its power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the bay area the fires began in a section of town where the utility opted to keep the lights on another round of blackouts is expected to begin today as more strong winds move on shore the u. S. Is considering extending tariffs. Skapgss on nearly 1,000 products in september, they plan to exclude American Farm goods. Bowings ceo said that their company made mistakes and got some things wrong. We own that and are fixing that. Saying boeing employees felt pressured during the certification process. That hearing begins at 10 00 a. M. Eastern well watch closely and talk to two senators who will be questioning mullenburg lets talk shares of G
The committee of the judiciary will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized declare recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on protecting america from assault weapons. I will now recognize myself with an Opening Statement. Assault weapons have been repeatedly used of weapons of deadly violence on our citizens. In the last two years, las vegas, parkland, pittsburgh, midland and odessa have seen Mass Shootings at the hands of an gunman with assault weapons. Last month we added el paso and dayton to the list of communities to experience violence. Todays hearing is about whether america will tolerate weapons of war in our streets and neighborhood. Civilian assault weapons are just semi automatic versions of military weapons. They have no purpose but to kill as many as possible as quickly as possible. By allowing killers to rapidly fire targets without stopping to reload, assault weapons are designed for bloodshed. State laws have proven too easy
It in boston businesses talked about a delay of getting product from other places than china because foreign imports could not handle the excess capacity overall the fed monitored Manufacturing Activity as slightly down. Half of the districts reported a slow down in manufacturing rather than lay off workers, companies in cleveland were opting to reduce overtime and cut shifts in st. Louis declines in production, new orders and Capacity Utilization for the First Time Since 2016. But, guys, there were still several districts such as philadelphia and minneapolis that were reporting strengthening in Manufacturing Activity so, there was still somewhat of a mixed picture across the country. Back to you. Thanks very much. Steve liesman joins us now with more on what the beige book, steve, is telling us about a possible slow down you see the continuation of the krkz we had in the last hour about the mixed message in the fed. Did a great job covering all the different, you have one place where
Why the u. S. Treasury yields may be headed all the way to zero. The Halftime Report starts right now. Welcome. Good to have you with us on this wednesday. Our Investment Committee today, joe terranova, jim leventhal, the brothers najarian and lets begin today with the tech story. Keeping our eyes on capitol hill as well where special counsel mueller is testifying. Theres a live picture of that but our big story is the tech trade. Facebook reporting in a matter of hours the very same day it agrees to a 5 billion settlement with the ftc over its privacy scandal doc, ill come to you. Facebook calls a big position there the best performing faang year to date. What now i think it goes higher, judge. Although i did see late in the session before we got to the Halftime Report, i did see a fair amount of august puts being bought for protection. At the 205 strike, and that was just within the last hour. Other than that, scott, i think as senator blumenthal said, this is just a slap on the wris
And jon fortt making his way back from out west. You know why we cued the billy joel at the top, shares of twitter had their dose of honesty. Extending their losses, revenue up 61 in the quarter. Executives voiced concerns about user growth. Here is jack dorsey the interim ceo on last nights Conference Call. Chronic initiatives we mentioned in previous earnings calls like instant timelines and log dot experiences have not yet had meaningful impact on growing our audience or participation. This sun acceptable and were not happy about it. Joining us this morning from one market in san francisco, colin sebastian. Good morning. Good morning. People are noting the clash between last nights call and the media rounds they did in the prior quarter where they were enthusiastic about the game plan and about the product. Why the uturn . On one hand twitter is, theres a tale of to sides of twitter. On one hand, adam bains team, on the revenue site of the business is performing extremely well. Twit