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Italy at a record low. We will be going to italy in the next little bit to talk to maria tadeo about those talks. The lira down 6 10 of 1 . 8 10 of 1 germany lower. On a flurry of geopolitical headlines, we are joined by tom globalndstrat advisors head of research. Anything in the last couple of weeks to do with the fed, to do with earnings, that has changed your outlook fundamentally on yearend s p 500 . Tom i think theres been a lot of stresses to our base case. Our base case is assuming there...

Confidence votes. Dorian has weakened, making it a category two hurricane. That is still Strong Enough to cause damage along the coast of the carolinas where the storm is not close enough for Hurricane Force winds to hit land. Forecasters say dorians center is 50 miles south southeast of charleston, south carolina. In the bahamas, one estimate says damages from dorian made total 7 billion. At least 20 people were killed there. Pope francis is in mozambique, where he praised the country for its c...

The day. This is sort of translating over into the equity markets as well. The risk off tone continues after a 3 selloff yesterday. We got some of that tension in the last two hours or so, with china saying we violated the agreement given the 10 tariffs. They are vowing to retaliate. We have a read now on the u. S. Consumer. Walmart earnings are coming out. Let me jump over to that. The risk off sentiment continues. David earningspershare was a beat, 1. 27. Their target comps beat estimates, sam...

In the wake of several Mass Shootings, he says the senate will look at expanded the ground checks. Red on the table, socalled flag loss to keep guns away from dangerous people. Mcconnell has a post most gun laws in the past. A Political Drama is playing out in italy. His deputy is trying to bring down the countries populist coalition and force snap elections. Salvini wants lawmakers to vote out the government as soon as next week. He says he and his party are tired of infighting with their coali...

Chinas talking tough about trade and sounding as though compromise is possible. Beijing warned it plans to retaliate for new u. S. Tariffs scheduled to take effect next month. China called the tariffs a violation of the accords reached by President Trump and president xi jinping. The Chinese Government said the leaders have kept Communications Going and hope there can be resolution based on equality and mutual respect. Six european nations are hoping to take the 147 migrants stranded on a spanis...

She tied a mark with her sixth u. S. National championship, while becoming the first woman to perform an amazing move. Yep, that tripledouble right there. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 12th. Good monday morning. So glad to be back with you after a couple of days off. A good way to start the week. Did you miss me . He said, did i miss him . I talked to him every day, i saw him when i was in miami. Did i miss you . No, i saw you. So . Tell the people. I miss sharing this...

The market moving news from around the world. Joining us on the phone from hong kong is karen lee, from london, emma chandra, and here in new york is michael mckee. First we want to kick it off and hong kong come over the chief executive carrie lam spoke at a briefing following 12 straight weekends of protests in the city. Lam the government is confident we can handle a months long disturbance. I think it is a common goal and hong kong to handle this by ourselves. Alix bloombergs karen lee has t...

Appetite. Alix as you were pointing out, youre not going to see a lot of Movement Ahead of what is going to have any jackson hole. S p futures down by about two tents of 1 . You have utilities making a record high yesterday, so a little bit of risk on the side. You do have dollar u. N. An with its biggest drop yesterday. Time now for global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from around the world. Joining us from london is bloombergs emma chandra. From wyoming, Michael Mckee....

Kevin from bloombergs in downtown washington, d. C. , in Kevin Cirilli. And i am terry i am shery ahn. We start today with jackson hole. The economic symposium will be one of the most closely watched in years. Already Kansas City Fed president Esther George tells bloomberg now was not the time for more rate cuts. As i look at where the economy is, it is not time. I am not ready to provide more accommodation to the economy without seeing an outlook that suggests the economy is getting weaker. She...

Customers will be enticed to upgrade. , ourng into palantir exclusive conversation with alex why protesters wont stop them from doing business with the Trump Administration. Hp, the ceokeup at resigning, leaving the company to attend to a Family Health matter. By the be replaced current head of the printing unit of hp. Inhas been instrumental improving cost structure and organization, helping profitability. To discuss coming in king has been covering discussed, ian king and dan morgan. Dan, you ...