I see low clouds and i know i see fog this morning. The low clouds spilling over to the hayward side. Can really see it from the san broon know mountains. Its about 1,000 feet down to ground level where youve got to low clouds. 50s and 60s right now. All day sea breeze helping to drop our temperatures inland out of the 90s, mid to upper 80s. In the 60s in San Francisco. The fire lines this morning, still seeing temperatures in the 70s. Warm and dry above 2,000 feet. Highs today running cooler than yesterday. The trend will certainly continue as we head into the weekend. Higher humidity levels, cooling temperatures we hope will help firefighting efforts around the loma fire. We hope the cooler weather does held in the fight to contain the flames still spreading in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The loma fire stands at more than 2200 acres this morning. This morning, takes bob redell is live near the front lines once again. Bob, still a lot of homes we understand in the fires path. Reporter u
Subdued and Legal Expenses are likely to weigh. And spending cuts will be broad and permanent. The Italian Foreign minister tells World Leaders and policymaker as they gather in washington for the Imf World Bank meeting. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Very good warm welcome to you on the last Worldwide Exchange of the week. We kick off with the latest from the iea, the International Energy agency and their monthly report for march. Crude prices were rangebound in march with supply outages in the middle east, north africa and Russia Ukraine tensions. The forecast of Global Demand growth to be trim to 1. 3 Million Barrels a day. Global supplies to 1. 2 Million Barrels a day. March led by steeply lower opec output. Crude supplies plum emed to 29. 62 Million Barrels a day. Those are the highlights. As expected, oecd oil stocks after depleting at an alarming rate in 2013 have shifted gears. Lets get reaction to that. Joining us is Neil A
After chinese regulators give the firm the goahead to close its deal with microsoft. It now has all the relevant approvals. Youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Welcome again to worldwide exchange. Now russia is calling on kiev authorities to put an immediate halt to military preparations in the southeast of ukraine. Saying the troop buildup could lead to an outbreak of civil war. The Russian Foreign Ministry Statement follows an announcement by ukraines interior minister that antiterrorist operations are now under way in the eastern city of kharkiv. Under a bit of pressure today as well. Meanwhile, u. S. Secretary of state john kerry will meet with top diplomats from russia, the ukraine and the e. U. Over a new push to calm tensions in the eastern region. Now, Vice President at Intelligence Joins me. With me is also another guest. Good morning to both. Are we looking at a crimea take two situation here . Well, some of the evens that we s
The First Quarter. Profits down at yahoo but the numbers beat the street thanks to a great performance by alibaba. And russia warns ukraine it stands on the brink of civil war after kiev launches military operations to try to win background from the separatists. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hello and a warm welcome to todays edition of Worldwide Exchange. There is a huge amount to get through in todays show, an awful lot to talk about. Coming up, could the mobile phone as you know it soon be ancient history . Googles planning a modular smartphone that consumers can customize with various hardware features. Well take a look at that. Bank of america set to report numbers from the bell today. Find out why this is a top stock pick. And a fatal ferry industry. Well be in seoul later in the show. First, asian stocks are up. First quarter gdp came in at 7 another 4 , thats down 7. 7 from last quarter of last year. Lets get a breakdown of
And cointreau sinks to the bottom. Put a stop to the market rally state side. Google and ibm disappoint with earnings after the bell. Future equities lower following three days of gains. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hello and a warm welcome to todays edition of Worldwide Exchange. The final one before the easter break. You can see here, stocks higher on the Dow Jones Stock 600, round about 64 advancers outpace decliners. Lets tell you what is coming up on the program. Well look forward to the easter weekend. Well crack the mystery of one easter egg worth more than 30 million. No yolk. Make sure you stay tuned for that. And weibo, well ask why investors are shying away. Today also is a special day, our 25th birthday here at cnbc. We take you back to april 1989 throughout todays show. 25 years, folks, of the good stuff. So here we are, stocks fixer despite that futures were suggesting we might open down in the states. This morning,