Main stronghold for more than two years. Iraqi and Kurdish Forces say the militants are withdrawing from some areas while others are striking back with suicide bombings. The president of iraqs kurdish region said the operation marks a turning point in the fight against terrorism. He said the Iraqi Government and iraqi Kurdish Forces have taken back about 200 square kilometers of farmland and villages. But pentagon spokesperson peter cook was cautiously optimistic. We are in the first day of what we assume will be a Difficult Campaign that could take some time. He also said it remained to be seen whether Islamic State members would stand and fight, but hes confident in the capabilities of the iraqis. Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will arrive in beijing tuesday for a fourday trip to china. Its his first visit to the country since taking office in june. He is expected to meet separately with the president and the premier. The visit comes after an arbitration tribunal in the hague r
Main stronghold for more than two years. Iraqi and Kurdish Forces say the militants are withdrawing from some areas while others are striking back with suicide bombings. The president of iraqs kurdish region said the operation marks a turning point in the fight against terrorism. He said the Iraqi Government and iraqi Kurdish Forces have taken back about 200 square kilometers of farmland and villages. But pentagon spokesperson peter cook was cautiously optimistic. We are in the first day of what we assume will be a Difficult Campaign that could take some time. He also said it remained to be seen whether Islamic State members would stand and fight, but hes confident in the capabilities of the iraqis. Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will arrive in beijing tuesday for a fourday trip to china. Its his first visit to the country since taking office in june. He is expected to meet separately with the president and the premier. The visit comes after an arbitration tribunal in the hague r
172 and the nasdaq down. 4 , 20 points, trading pretty narrow at the end of august. Vonnie taking a look at the bloomberg, the top markets and the movers we will see in europe , of about. 5 to 1 . U. S. Here in uws in the there will not be that Much Movement although we are seeing consolidation and moves higher at the u. S. Dollar index. When it comes to sovereign bonds, there is not too much going on. Oing nowhere fast financials saying early this morning in terms of commodities, you see the index down almost 1 including gold and crude oil moving down intensely today. Ago, apple a few moments on pace for its worst day and four weeks. The longest streak in nearly cointreau months. There was a bit for hershey that fell apart. Aboutseeing it now up 3. 7 , hershey down at 10. 9 . Vonnie trading about 11 higher , 80 right now. David mark crumpton. Just thinking about the apple story we were following. The white house same the Obama Administration is concerned take thetax tears will brunt o
Being apple. Down three quarters of 1 . Not as big, 14 billion dollar company, will enter into a merger of equals. By the samewn amount that potash is up. Joe the Government Bond markets quiet. Virtually nothing going on. Shortterm rates down. Longterm rates up. , thats some steepening why the financials rally. Some action in the fx markets. A fifth dayng for of against the yen, the longest winning streak since march. This is on speculation we will get a rate hike from the fed this year. I am also keeping an eye on the brazilian currency, the bestperforming against the dollar this year. Lower,y, a little areulation that banks seeking to weaken it be for the Central Banks determine a key rate in settling contracts. The optimism about a new government pulling the country out of a recession as the impeachment trial heads to the final stages. Joe on the commodities front, lets look at an intraday chart of oil. A got slammed early this morning, anxieties about whether we will see supply bui
Civil war as opposing sides blame each other for the impasse. And early signs of spring. Well show you cherry trees south of tokyo in bloom earlier than usual. As the days count down to north koreas planned launch of what it calls a satellite carrying rocket, experts are pointing to more signs of preparations. They say new satellite images and a state media report indicate the country is getting ready. The photos titled countdown to launch on were released on a Johns Hopkins university website. The researchers say the photos were taken monday. They say nine vehicles are now visible where there was only one last week. They say that level of activity is similar to that seen before a launch in 2012. Another sign comes from north koreas state newspaper. It has reported the countrys leader attended the first meeting ever between the ruling parties central and military committees. It took place on tuesday, the same day the north announced its rocket intentions. Analysts suspect that kim jung