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Records, tax reform and that surprise special election result in alabama. Plus a little more clarity and an update on disney and fox. We are less than 24 hours from the announcement of that deal. Apples billion dollar fund finds another investment fin asar surgeries on the news as apple builds on lasers and specialized chips. The fed is expected to raise Interest Rates again today as it concludes its twoday meeting. If so, it would be the third rate hike of the year. Then this afternoon the pres...

On wall street, the dow closed at a record. Investors focus was on washington and reports that republican cd a tentative agreen a tax bill. At the Federal Reserve, policymakers felt confident enough in the economy to raise Interest Rates again and sharply lift their outlook for growth. The Dow Jones Industrial av rose 80 points to 24,585, an alltime high. It had been up triple digits for most of the day. The nasdaq gained 13 and the s p 500 lost some steam into the close, falling one point. Lets...

60 points after the dow closed at a record level yesterday. The s p closed lower yesterday all the major averages moved off the highs of the session this morning the s p is indicated up by 5 points the nasdaq up by 10. This came after the feds decision and after if looked clear that Republican Leaders reached an agreement, at least in principle, on where theyre headed with the tax bill well talk more about that green arrows across the board this morning in asia, the nikkei looked like it was dow...

This morning we will consider the nomination of the honorable jerome or j powell to be chairman of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. Governor powell, welcome and cleationings on your nomination. I see friends and family behind you and i welcome them here today as well. And public and private success tore career and Financial Services, he served as an assistance secretary and undersecretary of the treasury under president jorntle h. W. Bush and Financial Institutions and a tre...

Good morning welcome to squawk alley. I am john ford with holly evans. After a series of wild swings in the market, major indexes are higher but not across the board. Dow up 240 the next guest says the fed is partly behind the mayhem the past couple days as the president tweeted about market volatility in the old days when good news was reported, stock market would go up, today when good news is reported, stock market goes down big mistake and we have great news about the economy Tom Mcclellan j...

A decline of 10 yesterday because of disapointrtificial intelligen disappointing sales they have been changing their strategy are they on the right track if they get the inventory right . I dont know. Theyve been seeing Phenomenal Growth for the first three quarters of the year 25 for the Fourth Quarter because of televisions and electronics instead of the everyday items. It says here they had so many tvs and toys they ran out of toilet paper they had no toilet paper to sell, okay which is impor...

Surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua in london. Getting some breaking news out of the euro area. February services pmi falling to a level below what economists had forecast, 56. 7, instead of 50 7. 6. Manufacturing falling below 58. 5. Sts, at i do not think this will impact the eurodollar, 1. 2316. After the trading session that we had on yields and the huge bond auction that actually went according to plan you can see the twoyear yield over in the u. S. Practically unchanged at 2. 25 . Then we d...

Ahead of the. Connell the story has been there for years and the effect of the Federal Reserve easing money policy. You would think on the economy and the Federal Reserve is able to prop up and help our economy here over the last few years, some would argue our economy should have been strong or you wont get the argument that the stock market should have been stronger, no doubt the Federal Reserve has helped stockmarket. Submitted into evidence, the Federal Reserve Balance Sheet compared to the ...

Impacted by the hurricane as you have pipelines and refineries out of work. Its great to get a read on the state of their business right now. In particular we will be speaking to the ceo of show near , the only company that can export liquefied natural gas in the country and it is down on the u. S. Gulf coast. Is it operational . Is the buildout having any issues . What does it say for the future if you are so concentrated on the gulf coast . Look forward to that. Since you are over there, i hav...

Sending the s p 500 to its 31st closing report of the year. All three maid indexes rallied more than 6 . Why the optimism . In part because Hurricane Irma delivered a less forceful than expected hit on florida. And concerns over New York New York eased as well, at least for now. Lets got to the numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial average advanced 259 points to 22,057, biggest oneday gain in six months. The nasdaq added 72, and the s p 500 gained 26. Bob pisani has more on the rally from the floor ...