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Jobless claims, though, 4. 4 million, bringing the total to 26 million over the past five weeks. Oil bounces, and the european pmis remain historically low 16 in france no, 10 in france 16 in germany. Jim, though, your tone this morning is relatively hopeful. Look, i am a creature of who reports and what they say. And i can literally i find it hard to remember as Many Companies as saying good things, even as obviously were in nidest of a pandemic, and i dont think theyre all clockeyed optimists....

Downgrading most advanced economies. You can see right there, these numbers 3 for the world, 2. 4 for the u. S. , 1. 2 for your area, 6. 1 for china. These are all down you see there from the prior forecast and also mostly except for japan down from last year. The imf saying in its report, Downside Risks elevated. Brexit related risk to hinder confidence and growth. Theyre down on this trade issue. Very quickly, they do see something of a moderation next here in 2020 we go back up to 3. 4 it isn...

Halftime report starts now. Just because were not up or down a thousand points of the dow does not mean the markets are calm in fact, the dow has been up and down tripledigits today now right now we are holding on to the strong gains, but with three hours to go, you never know what could happen risk also coming off just a bit as stocks rise volatility gauges are falling but the vix still above 20 match. Com soaring the dating site which oend owns tinder as more people sign up chipotle down and c...

The ceo of boyd gaming will discuss where he sees growth. Today we have henry tao, steve grasso. Should we be as concerned over whats taking place in china . I dont think the u. S. Market should be concerned at all. In china only 15 of household assets are in the Chinese Market. People are not spending according to what they make in the chinese equity market. I dont think there will be any substantial impact on the u. S. Earnings at all. Do you buy that rick . Not even a little. I dont disagree ...

The company doesnt yet have any comment, hasnt been responding to calls or emails. That Third Party Website was shareholder. Com. Guys, weve been looking through the numbers. If you check things out, it was a fairley thorough release. They look at Net Interest Income of 11. 1 billion. Noninterest revenue of 13. 14 billion versus the street count numbers at 12. 80 billion. They dig down, you can go all the way through each of the segments. Net revenue was down 2 for the corporate and Investment B...

To bring in transportation. We have c 130s coming in. Authorities say that at least 2 Million People are affected in 41 provinces. We will have more from a live report from the ground. In the meantime, lets send it over to andrew. He has this mornings top stories. Good morning, becky. Thauchk. We have some corporate headlines this morning. Avardis is selling its blood testing units for 1. 75 billion. Its a very busy market for health care deals. Also shire has agreed to buy viro viropharma. The ...

0. 1 . As for the markets this morning, take a look. The dow and the s p both closed at sixweek highs yesterday. The nasdaq ended the session at a 13year high. 15,529. That was the close for the dow. If you take a look at the futures this morning, just to get a sense of this, cramer told us yesterday the market wants to get up no matter what. The futures are indicated up higher by 2. 8 for the s p. But the big question, joe, is what happens at 2 00 today. What do you think . I think theyre going...

The japanese economy posted a record current deficit for december. As for europe, heres a look at the major averages in early trading. These are green arrows with modest advances. The cac is up by 10 points and the ftse is up by 5 points. Well go to Ross Westgate in a minute in london, but for now well go to andrew with the top corporate headlines. Thank you, becky. Welcome back to you and joe from pebble beach. Heres whats going on this morning, a big battle shaping up between carl ikahn and a ...

And it is compelling. So, i also want to underscore that while investigators are gathering additional evidence on the ground, our understanding of what has already happened in syria is grounded in facts, informed by conscience and guided by common sense. Uncertainty about the possible military action against the Syrian Government is helping lift Oil Prices Near a fivemonth high. And also, some new numbers on the massive california rim wildfire that continues to burn out of control. Crews now hav...

Some tax filers due refunds are surprised when they learn the money isnt coming and instead is held to cover old IRS debts.