The decision to split the company was a right one. Well be able to maximize on the capital opportunity and in life solutions. So in a way, its a journey and this is the right time to take the decision to separate philips into two gross companies. Shares of adidas get a kick out of a report that they could be bought for 2. 2 billion. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange bringing you Business News from around the globe. And welcome to the show. It seems like a crazy week of volatility last week. One of the big factors is that weaker german data we had two weeks ago, and yet germany, the dax, ended last week in the green. Amazing. We had to take a step back with the markets in correction territory. Still down 10 from the recent highs despite the move to theup side last week. So still a lot of pain for the German Markets. Of course, and volatility across the board last week. The big question is what is going to happen in equity markets this week. Absolutely. On that note, do you think jer man
After the bell as originally expected. Andrew has more on that. Okay. Thank you, becky. Ibm sending out an advisory that plans to release the results of their Third Quarter at 7 00 a. M. Eastern time. Well have details on what the announcement could be because the wall street journal says they will play global foundings to take its money losing chip business off of its hands. So the deal of sorts where nobody is buying something from them but they are paying to get rid of it. Ibm is talking to potential buyers, but buyers is the wrong term. Neither company is reporting on this, but well hear more about that in just an hour. No one is going to pay them for it . Exactly. That is not a good way to get rid of assets, right . Usually you want them to buy it from you. But this one is pretty interesting. And mark andreesse in is stepping down from ebays board of directors. He was central to the battle with karl ikan. He says its the right time. He said andreessen made a lot of money he made a
Just now coming to light . And giants drama. 25 years to the day after an earthquake struck San Francisco during the world series. More drama. Hits one into right. The giants win. As the giants head back to the fall classic today, friday, october 17th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And the giants win, the giants win. Welcome to today on a friday morning, im matt lauer along with natalie, al, and tam ran. Savannah is on maternity lee. Exciting, now the world series is set. Kansas city royals and they havent been there since 289 years. Long time coming. It all starts tuesday in kansas city. Its going to be an exciting one. Home field advantage to the Kansas City Royals. Well have more on that later, but lets get right to the top story on a friday morning. The latest on this ebola crisis. Nina pham arrived at National Institutes of Health Facility in maryland overnight. Her infected coworker may have sho
2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. For those who had contact with first ee bela patient diagnosed in the United States, today is a big day. The 21day incubation period ended at midnight and their confinement and monitoring is over. Meanwhile the government is issuing revised guidance for Health Care Workers dealing with the disease. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. Thats right. Meanwhile federal officials here in washington are trying to ramp up their readiness for future cases including a new military Response Team and also new guidelines for Health Care Workers that involve protective suits that dont leave any of their skin exposed. The confinement is over for the fiancee of thomas eric duncan, the liberian man who was the first person diagnosed with ebola in the u. S. Louise and her family are now out from under quarantine. Duncan was staying at her apartment when he first started showinging symptoms of ebola. I
Good morning. Ebola latest in a moment, but first, we begin with a tropical paradise bracing for impact. Category 4 hurricane gonzalo is on a collision course with the island of bermuda. It has 140mileanhour winds. Half a foot of rain is expected starting tonight. Nbcs dylan dreyer is on the island now. Reporter here in bermuda, all eyes are on hurricane gonzalo. It is forecast to pass just to the west of this island as a category 3 storm. Thats the strongest storm this island has seen in more than ten years. It compares to hurricane fabian in 2003. Talking with people around here, theyre prepared, theyre boarded up, theyre stocked up, and theyre cautiously optimistic. They said that this whole island is really prepared for hurricanes. But that is not all in the pacific. Another storm has hawaiis governor declaring a state of emergency. Tropical storm ana will make landfall tonight as a hurricane. All Public Schools on the big island are closed. It is slow moving so flooding is a major