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Market. In the we want to begin in washington, where the u. S. Passed a record 2. 2 trillion economic rescue package. The house will vote potentially on friday. Going this is kevin cirilli. Walk us through some of the highlights here. Kevin shortly before midnight, the senate, in a resounding 960 trillionsed the 2 economic stimulus bill. That puts pressure on the house of representatives to get this done quickly. Theres been some comments from farleft progressives and far right republicans that ...

A fairly strong currency move this week. Time now for global exchange. We bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. From hong kong to london, frankfurt and new york come our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. In asia, the coronavirus continues to spread, with south africa reporting a surge in was also inand that south korea. Joining us is stephen engle. Give us the latest. Stephen you have another revision out of china as they get previously u...

It is not clear when the vessel will leave. The ships crew has not turned on its satellite tracking equipment in newly two months, but there has not been any signs it has left its position off of the iranian coast. The World Antidoping Agency is giving russia three weeks to explain possible signs of tampering with data from its doping laboratory. It is an accusation which russian officials fear could lead to a ban from next ares olympics. Over the data was a key requirement for reinstatement of ...

Snapped last week. European markets, lets look at them as well and see how they are faring at this time. You can see down across the board including italy and spain, thanks and france is the worst performer at this hour crude was up a tiny bit, wti kind of a quiet story last week, 56. 76 and theres the 10year yield at 2. 38 lets get to our road map this morning on squawk on the street squt General Electric slashes the dividend by 50 . John flannery outlining his new vision and a Major Corporate ...

Here the shares are down 8 right now. Thats not even the biggest point decliner in the dow. Which goes back to how low its share prices got. Exactly. At this hour the Senate Finance committee is beginning to mark up its tax reform bill well tell you whats at stake there and what could be the most contentious issues between the house and senate. Meanwhile, amazon is reportedly considering a freemium option for prime video. Wel n will netflix make a similar move lets get to our top story today, th...

The shanghai up by half a percentage point in europe in some of the early trading right now we are seeing things a little bit mixed across the board. Ftses hanging in there up by. 10 of a percent. They are seeing pull backs by the dax down and the cac off by 1 3 of a percentage oint. Crude oil prices on a climb again last week where oil was up by just over 1. 10 this morning wti back 1 cent i take that back, its unchanged at 56. 74 lets tell you whats going on couple stories were watching this m...

Nicole thriving oil price is a big her. Or the 2. 8 yesterday. Right now down 1. 1 4417 a barrel. Lauren shares of disney getting hammered on disappointing Quarterly Sales and profits could lower espn advertising once again the culprit here. Well have the story for you. Nicole knocked at staples and office depot strap in their 6 billion deal after a federal judge raises antitrust concerns. Lauren at oklahoma under beat the San Antonio Spurs and can close out the series thursday. It will insemina...

I think that the focus of this weeks imf meetings is very important. Its how do we make sure that theres stronger growth around the world. That would actually lead to currency values changing a bit. Shares rise to the top of the ftse 100 as consumer goods giants benefits from a weaker dollar. But they blame the strong green back for lackluster results while they see sales slow due to greek demand in the u. K. Home market. Were getting some flashes coming out of the ecb. Theyre saying growth will...

Turning to political strife in the ukraine. Cyber reports driven by mobile and holiday data continues to trickle in. An upgrade in acquisition and reports in china mobile all amounting to a rise in apple shares. And shipments expected to fall by double digits this year, the most severe contraction on record. And some food for thought as news from yum brands and krispy disappoint. Comscore says shoppers have already spent about 20 billion online this year, up 3 . Ibm also saying some pretty eye p...

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