Lets look at what else you talked about, retail. It is black friday. The Holiday Shopping season for 2017 is officially off. Reports are suggesting it is very strong. Macys, kohls, gap seeing gains for all retailers. Reports relative to yesterday, strong as of 5 00 p. M. Yesterday. Spending on a yearoveryear basis of 17 . 1. 52 billionght, has been spent ahead of black friday even starting. A very solid start for the Holiday Shopping season. Some are saying the best in three years. Now taking into the weekly moves, lets look at a chart in the bloomberg. 5917. Are we are looking at the weekly moves to the major averages, and an orange the russell 2000. We had a long stretch of weekly gains for the dow and the s p 500, eight in a row. Russell 2000, smallcap index and awards have been down a little bit. Thinly actually have the major averages down on a weekly basis for two weeks in a row. The dow and s p 500, the first time that happened since august. We have a tech heavy nasdaq up. Highe
Weeks after pregnancy rather than 24. Governor wolf you see there, who is prochoice, called it too restrictive and cruel because there arent any exemptions for rape and incest. Supporters say new medical advances mean fetuses are viable at an even earlier stage and must be protected. So, val, was this legislative effort and given the fact that they dont really seem to have any push to override wolfs veto when it comes in, is this legislative effort more symbolic than anything else . I think its a chance to put the governor on the record as to whether you know, right now in the united states, were just one of seven countries around the world that allows abortions after 20 weeks, and conservatives in the house felt strongly that we need to put Governor Wolf on the record on this. Keep in mind this is only gonna outlaw about 400 abortions a very small portion of abortions. And as medical science has progressed, we see that viability has been moved to about 20 weeks. We want to join about
Authorities have opened a judicial probe in a tainted baby milk scandal that caused a recall of several million products over fears of potential salmonella contamination. Health authorities have said 31 contractedoss france salmonella in recent months after consuming baby milk. None died, though 16 were hospitalized. The recalls affected 30 countries. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am the bill ackman. The i am nabila ahmed. This is bloomberg. Scarlet live from bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, i am scarlet fu. Joe i am joe weisenthal. Julia chatterley is off today. Scarlet we are 30 and its away from the close of trading in the u. S. And stocks are modestly lower. Oil surging to its highest in a yearandahalf. Joe the question is what did you miss . Scarlet bitcoin rallies past 15,000 as traders of the Digital Currency look to draw a line under the recent slump. Apple having a not so merry christmas, w
Responding to the speech and the president s critics in just a moment. Plus Hurricane Maria now a monster storm, barrels up on an already battered caribbean. Puerto rico declaring a state of emergency. It may get a cat 5 hit. Governor warning her impact will devastate most of the island. He will join us live. And Senate Republicans said to be making progress on a new bill to repeal and replace obamacare, but will they get the votes this time . They have less than two weeks to figure it all out. A live update from capitol hill. Melissa all right, six in a row. The dows record streak continues. Nicole petallides watching the action on the floor of the new york stock exchange, and stocks going nowhere but up despite the president s strong words against north korea, huh, nicole . Reporter absolutely right, melissa. Tough talk from our president at the United Nations, and stock market continues tos upside. Record not only for the Dow Jones Industrial average but also for the s p 500 and the
Opinion, the nfl has lost credibility. Game operations, all players must be on the sideline for the own. Stand at attention, face the flak. They have failed to enforce that rule and we now have the case pa tv ratings for sunday nights game the lowest since 2006. But get this. Pregame show ratings are up here the president explained it this way this morning. Breeding for nfl football or way down except before the game starts with people tuning in to see whether a country will be disrespect it. This is the oxygen out of the real issues that affect your money. For example, for example, in 90 minutes President Trump meets at the white house and its crunch time on tax reform. After the meeting, Committee Members may take statements that could move the market. Example two, obama is all but dead. Senator collins became the third novella. That means we are stuck with a failing system. Example three, puerto rico, no power, no water, no school, very little food, thousands stranded because the ai