Weakness in asia but again it looks like germany and france are turning things around at this point. Okay. Well talk about ebola this morning. The first case of a person contracting ebola on u. S. Soil has been confirmed. A Health Care Worker treating Thomas Eric Duncan who died last week contracted the deadly disease. We are joined this morning from dallas by meg tirrell. Meg . Reporter thats right. Good morning. This Health Care Worker was taking care of Thomas Eric Duncan. On friday she started to feel ill, went to the hospital to be assessed on saturday and tested positive. Yesterday the cdc confirmed it was ebola. Now we know that as of yesterday her condition was stable. One of her contacts has been proactively placed into isolation. The cdc director tom frieden said it is unknown exactly how the Health Care Worker was exposed. We dont know what occurred in the care of the index patient, the original patient in dallas. But at some point there was a breach of protocol and that bre
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Work today after last nights win. The road map goes like this, earnings beat for citi top and bottom line. Stocks up sharply as the Bank Announces its settlement with the government, 7 billion for, quote, egregious mismanagement. Far from the only deal news, well have more on mylan, for example, in a moment. Markets in the green on this monday. Goldman raising forecast for the s p, as we gear up for that busy week of Economic Data. Apple, barclays back on board ahead of iphone launch. Sees a weaker samsung and a stronger tim cook. First up, citi group, reporting Second Quarter operating profit, 1. 24. Revenues above consensus. Citi taking the charge of 3. 8 billion in q2 in connection with the companys 7 billion settlement with the doj regarding Mortgage Securities sold ahead of the 2008 financial crisis. Trading revenue down 15. Not as bad, jim, david, as some expected. No. This was in contrast to wells fargo, expectations were so high going into the quarter, there really was a lot of