pari one is commerce bank, not deutsche bank.new york times broke the story overnight which bloomberg has confirmed, there was a bit of speculation that commerz was a dry run k. at theutsche ban same time, there is no felony or no criminal discussion with commerce bank. if you look at what the provisions are for legal offers, the 1.2 the one -- in billion range. u.s. regulators shifting their attention from french banks to german banks? that means deutsche bank. will they be next? that is where we will be knocking on doors, trying to find out. interesting, hans nichols in berlin. >> the world's largest smartphone maker is forecasting a recovery for later in the year. by zeb eckert in hong kong. giant, thea tech world's biggest smartphone maker as you rightly point out. it has been a rough start to the year for samsung. that is the cause of increasing competition in china as well as from some european phone makers as well as apple. it is developing its own larger screens and should be on shelves later this year. that is the galaxy

whether it is switzerland, france, commerce bank said to be close to a deal. ctor, youn this have to have a pretty strong stomach to hold these banks and go through these headwinds. the other thing, all of the talk that u.s. regulators went after european banks, this is a u.s. bank and that is a pretty big fine. >> all right, let's see what the numbers come out with. one of the guiding issues on the whole banking story is, how much do you profit from your activities? chris, you are still with me. it is hard in terms of american banks and european banks, this regulation and finding. where do you stand on it? how do you look at the banking industries on both sides of the pond? randomeems to be quite because these things come completely out of the blue. investigations take a long time and suddenly there is a huge settlement that investors have to take account for. that is probably going to continue. banks need to think about the reserves they have against litigation. with jpmorgan, they have a huge litigation reserve. and loany, banking growth is improving in the

course we had the french bank being people power about find nearly nine billion dollars then it was commerce bank it's thought we find hundreds of millions for breaking u.s. rules now what does this mean for the u.s. could it mean they are seeing themselves from traditional partners what is the us an expert right now into a buy on all of the clock from to me this oldest investment bank loan birds of the air thank you for joining me today because some a rather glorious moscow would be ok do tell me we can have a bit of a stroll i think is the u.s. alienating itself or is it right to be enforcing such huge fines the european banks and actually all the banks in the world all.

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course we had the french bank being people care about fines nearly nine billion dollars then it was commerce bank it's thought we find hundreds of millions for breaking u.s. rules now what does this mean for the u.s. could it mean they are seeing themselves from to dish no partners what is an expert right now i'm joined by on the clock from to me this all this investment bank on both of the air thank you for joining me today nicholas some a rather glorious moscow ok do tell me we can have a bit of a stroll i think is the u.s. alienating itself is it right to be enforcing such huge fines the european banks and actually all the banks in the world. stark the u.s. dollar you know they have just no choice they have to apply it to avoid on one hand to their home rules or regulations. because the. subsidiary of. you was involved as well and on the other hand they have to avoid to respect the international order the u.s. regulations yeah although in this case you know it was something which was. unrelated so it's a very is interfering by the u.s. side because obviously it is a separate culture isn't it t

ally currently being slapped with fines by banking regulators as well german commerce bank the german bank has been accused of conducting business with an iranian state sponsored shipping firm and could be forced to cough up between six and eight hundred million dollars in order to resolve investigations into its compliance with u.s. sanctions now over the past five years over half a dozen foreign banks have settled with u.s. authorities over sanctions violations to the tune of more than twelve billion dollars again these are not u.s. banks they're foreign banks back in two thousand and twelve british lender standard chartered was accused of hiding two hundred fifty billion dollars worth of iranian transactions from regulators and ultimately forked over six hundred million to u.s. authorities now here's the question what effect will all of these sanctions ultimately that's the million dollar question or the trillion dollar question potentially monday reuters published the following on this subject which i think sums it up pretty nicely financier's may grumble that the united states is

we start with germany's e-commerce bank. iar with the matter says germany's second-biggest bank of space penalties of at least $500 million. the case was part of a crackdown handlingsuspected of funds linked to blacklisted nations that have led to a record fine of almost $9 billion against bnp paribas. the samsung says that sales will bounce back. the korean company's opera and costs fell 24% last quarter. analysts say smartphone makers feeling the heat from apple on the high-end and chinese competitors on the low end. samsung hopes to rebound in china. and general motors reportedly has another mechanical problem, but it does not want to issue another recall. gm is locking over brake failures. there are almost 1000 complaints about it and it is affecting almost 2 million older model pickup trucks and suv's. gm says it is a maintenance issue. gm has already recalled almost 26 million vehicles in the u.s. >> good morning. .t is a market that turns heads the standard & poor's 500 up 20%. did you know that? up 20% in the last 12

commerce bank the second largest bank in germany is also facing possible fines for allegedly sanctions put in place by washington the minimum penalty would be half a billion dollars america's dominance of global markets is underwritten by the dollar being the most traded currency but countries around the world are making steps to move away from the greenback the euro zone for example has its own powerful to the euro which is shared by more than three hundred million people last year the you signed a massive currency swap agreement with china allowing the dollar to be excluded from future deals and on monday brics countries said they would form a bank with up to one hundred billion dollars in reserves to compete with the i.m.f. robert rules chair of the bruges group think tank believes changes are afoot. there's a lot of concern about the dollar as the common sort of major global reserve currency well emerging economies are pretty much on happy with american domination of setting the price of goods such as oil in dollars relation of the common sea is of course one concern that they have

shares in commerce bank -- commerzbank lost today due to reports that authorities in the united they have begun settlement talks with the bank over its dealings with countries blacklisted by the united states. >> we stay in frankfurt for a closer look at the tuesday numbers, and the dax was well off by nearly one point 4%, finishing at 97.72 -- 9772. across the atlantic on wall street, the dow at this hour trading down not quite as much. 16,912. the euro pretty much flat against the dollar, trading at a value of $1.3611. >> weekend with some final sports news. a german sprinter has continued his winning ways in the tour de france. >> he powered of the finish line first after they finally entered french territory. norway's alexander kristoff was in second place. it is already the sprinter's third stage win this tour, but he is not leading the race. last year's winner crashed on tuesday but did manage to finish the stage with injuries to his hip and wrist. only another two and a half weeks to ride. hope he gets some new shorts. showing a little skin there. >> thanks so much for watching

ally currently being slapped with fines by banking regulators as well german commerce bank the german bank has been accused of conducting business with an iranian state sponsored shipping firm and could be forced to cough up between six and eight hundred million dollars in order to resolve investigations into its comply. once with us sanctions now over the past five years over half a dozen foreign banks have settled with u.s. authorities over sanctions violations to the tune of more than twelve billion dollars again these are not u.s. banks they're foreign banks back in two thousand and twelve british lender standard chartered was accused of hiding two hundred fifty billion dollars worth of iranian transactions from regulators and ultimately forked over.

that is according to commerce bank.t is because they have adjusted their outlook that you are seeing a strong drop on the stock. briceaders of the five s, they are showcasing a new currency reserve fund and the development bank as they meet in brazil. >> what the leaders want at this summit is a little bit more of a say in how the world is round. we normally hear about this in terms of the un security council. russia and china will say the only reason things are not worsen the world is because they are there to counter the u.s.'s view. they want more change at the world bank, the imf. the russian president gave an interview late yesterday. place wherewant a countries being punished because they do not agree with the u.s. foreign-policy can come together and push back. that is sort of what he is seeking specifically right now with his problems with ukraine. he thanked the other leaders for their support on ukraine. none of those countries voted to punish russia for annexing crimea. it is not just the imf and the world ba

punitive financial machine is germany's second largest bank commerce bank now america is accused in the institution of also violates in the sinai and now it faces a fine about least five hundred million dollars well america's retaliates remeasure is like that one for states to seek ways to break the dollar dominance but it's no easy task and so as the currencies used in some eighty five percent of the global exchange deals but some countries have already found ways to shift away from the dollar and the biggest example of that is in the eurozone and eighteen countries some of which are among the world's economic powerhouses are making transactions with each other completely avoid in the dollar and of course last year trying to sign the massive currency swap agreement with which allows the country to exclude the dollar from the equation when doing business with the block and on monday the brics countries agreed to form their own bank was a council went to the i.m.f. chair of the brig's group things signed probert olds things the u.s. often resorts to force to make others use the dollar. t

punitive financial machine is germany's second largest bank a commerce bank of america is accusing the institution of also violating the sanction regime and now it faces a fine of with these five hundred million dollars americans retaliatory measures like this for states to seek ways to break the power of the dollar dominance it's no easy task at all as the currency is used in some eighty five percent of global exchange deals but some countries are found ways to shift away from the dollar and the biggest example of that is of course the euro zone eighteen countries some of which are monk the world's economic powerhouses are making transactions with each other completely avoiding the dollar lost it china signed a massive currency swap agreement with the e.u. which allows the country to exclude the dollar from the equation when doing business with the block and on monday the brics countries have also degraded to form their bank as a counterweight to the i.m.f. share of the rouge group or think tank robert oulds of things the us often resource to force to make others use the dollar. the u

look at commerce banks, down 5%, unicredit, all weak again, nothing specific here.w there are concerns out there, for example, commerce bank may potentially face sanctions from the u.s. government for similar things of a few weeks ago. no definite on that, but weakness in europe. dow down 88 points, only sector to the upside is utilities. back to you. >> thank you for running us through that, and rick san tell -- santelli, we have lower again. >> boom, are you afraid? did i scare you? the market is booing for a long time. people sell for most of the year of the as a matter of fact, the last several, and, no, yields have not gone up. it's not for lack of conventional wisdom, and that should tell us a lot as the market rethinks how jobs and policy and everything fits together in the economy. a two-day chart shows everything you need to know. deterioration. it failed february 1st. exactly. precisely on the tick. technicians nervous about intraday, below 267. never closed above 266 on a closing basis, and here we are again, 257, february 3rd significant technical level

. >>> germany's second lender, commerce bank. blacklisted by the united states. a deal is expected to include half a billion dollars in penalties, but would suspend criminal charges. >>> time for an "early start" on your money this morning. asian shares ended mixed. futures lower right now in the u.s. the dow still above 17,000, even if stocks pull back from record highs. more companies than ever before are abandoning the u.s. of countries with lower taxes. 47 countries relocated to take advantage of lower tax rates. in the previous two decades, 29 companies did so. they lower their tax by through merging with another country and doing more business abroad. >>> breaking overnight, a terrifying scare for 22 people on a roller coaster that jumped the tracks in california. look at this. it happened on the ninja coaster at six flags magic mountain park. the front car was partially dislodged hanging by the back wheels. riders were left hanging, some of them for three hours. four people suffered minor injuries. >>> we were riding on the jet stream when we saw the ninja

bull markets don't just end because commerce bank has to pay a fine. at least in the positive sense right now, nothing exist stenchal appears on the horizon. >> i called you goldilocks last -- >> and my entire office made fun of me about that >> i do have to add the problem with the unexpected is you can never expect it. >> you are suv a wise man. very wise words. thank you both. >>> we'll have much more on this market move, plus the rocket fire, which is a serious concern over tel aviv. scary stuff. >>> plus the sell offin momentum stocks, "street signs" is back after the break. [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ e my mom works at ge. financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise >>> investors keeping their eyes on the always tense middle east. with increasing violence in israel is growing tension around the world today. eamon javers h

. >>> and commerce bank down sharply. the german bank in settlements talks with u.s.authorities over dealings with iran and other countries blacklisted by the united states. commercial bank could end up paying at least $500 million until penalties. that's according to the "new york times." >>> when we come back, why is walmart trying to be more like amazon? the kceo of wm wvalmart u.s., breaking don the strategy. >>> the nasdaq leads the way lower, currently down some 68 points. we've not had a 2% drop on the nas since early april. dan niles breaks it down when "squawk alley" continues. but what if you could see more of what you wanted to know? with fidelity's new active trader pro investing platform, the information that's important to you is all in one place, so finding more insight is easier. it's your idea powered by active trader pro. another way fidelity gives you a more powerful investing experience. call our specialists today to get up and running. >>> welcome back to "squawk alley." let's check out the big momentum stocks. a lot of tech related, hit hard toda

the other is commerce bank. these are two banks which cannot take very big hits.esn't have a lot of capital for litigation available. those are the three to highlight. but if you look at barclays, deutsche, ubs, these are stocks where we seem pretty comfortable on the litigation front. >> i'm always worried about talking about litigation in case people fall asleep, but we are talking about transparency in the markets. they are called swap execution facilities. everyone is in danger of sleep, so this is crucial for banks and margins in particular going forward, isn't it? >> yeah. then i mentioned tinvestment banking is going from 16% to 10%. but half of that, 3%, is to what you mentioned, a thing called an execution facility to bring transparency into the over-the-counter market where you don't have a lot of information on the pricing of fixed income products. a lot of them will be on a scream. and that will reduce a spread as you bring in transparency. and that is actually a big regulatory change. it is happening now, but we will have some time to observe it and w

. >> cracking down on commerce bank. they could have violated u.s. smartphone maker misses estimates and its chinese rivals. >> good morning to all of you in europe. a very warm welcome to just waking up in the united states. i am guy johnson. >> this is the pulse live from european -- bloombergs european headquarters in london. ceo of matomythe media group. >> we see why audi and mercedes are cap and up with bmw. let's go from cars the planes. have cut air france the earnings forecast. a reporter joins us now with more. we have heard this before. now we are getting it from air france. citing trans and the middle east. a little bit different in that air france is citing asia. a lot of this is about the middle eastern carriers. aney are expanding at incredible rate. there is some pressure. some of the analysts i've spoken to are saying this is about a mainland to united states market versus the u.k. to the u.s.. withgian air came out transatlantic flights. are you going to get into this? he said not unless he can get the big planes. carriersbout the g

when commerce bank was announced a couple weeks ago, everyone turned to say this means deutsche bank might be next. fair point. thank you so much. we want to say, in europe, tensions are on the rise. we just got word that militants in the region to fighter jets in the east of the country, no immediate information on the country. news does this recent about the downing of tea does aircrafts ramp up more pressure on europe for sanctions? >> that is entirely possible if you think about it. six days, five days after a flight to ma 17 was down. the idea rebels are using antiaircraft guns, presumably not the same antiaircraft weapon. nonetheless, antiaircraft weapons that are able to down aircraft that are at significant altitude. it will be very worrying. i am sure there will be a lot of pressure on president putin. there is a big were going on here. many ofns are bombing the cities and i am sure they will try to stop that. >> what is the internal disagreement within eu nation about that? kind of, who pays. and theirsanctions respective countries, you look at those conversations yesterday

commerce bank says it is not over yet. you can see the overall trajectory on dollar sterling.for the cp i da a marcon he goes in front of the treasury select committee. another reason perhaps to argue about keeping rates where they are for a more protracted. of time. when you look at the aussie dollar, we have had the minutes from the reserve bank of australia reiterating interest rates -- it will take time to judge impact on interest rates. down in eighth at the moment on the aussie dollar. traders have pared back the best overall in the market in terms of a rate cut coming from australia. inng back to the outlier terms of a rate cut, you can see the momentum overall in the aussie dollar. it will be cpi today. back to you. bloombergo bring you headlines. israeli cabinet has accepted a cease-fire agreement. this follows weeklong fighting between israel and hamas militants. the cease-fire came into effect immediately at 9:00 a.m. local time. several rockets hit the international airport at the libyan capital leaving at least six dead and 25 people injured. rival libyan militias

empower the palestinian authority who has been a good partner with israel regarding west bank security and commercener for israel, but the reason i'm glad you are showing the videos is i want people, you know, people trying to figure out what is the right thing to do here. you know, what should america do? i'm just trying to explain to the american people and the world at large that hamas is intentionally putting its people in harm's way. they celebrate every time an israeli rocket hits civilians and israel is trying everything it can do to minimize casualties but the ultimate end game is to bring security, peace, and tranquillity to gaza. >> i'll ask you what more can the united states do or should do? should it stay out of this, should it connect more with the pals? what should it do? >> i met with a palestinian representative yesterday who likes the idea of having palestinian control over the transfer points at gaza. you can't open up the borders as long as a terrorist organization runs the other side of the border. but if you can get the palestinian authority into gaza and they behave responsib

their interpreter at that meeting was later the chairman of the central bank and minister of commerce and a presidential candidate in afghanistan and is going to be in the next cabinet so this is a historic room. it's really a pleasure to welcome dipali mukhopadhyay who i met first at isi in san diego many years ago through a mutual friend someone who used to work in the council forum relations. let me start by referring to something that was mentioned which i was on the u.n. delegation which launched the process that led to the current government of afghanistan after 9/11 and the u.s. decision to overthrow the taliban regime. one of the issues that we faced at bonn was how to cope with the fact that there were men on the ground leading armed groups such as the main figures in your book who later became governors baxam it ought to do some people called warlords. there was a question, whether they should be incorporated, whether they should be held accountable. there were issues about whether they should get amnesty for war crimes or not. i might mention one person is not here today ah

bank. >>> i know the chambers of commerce under the injures decisions -- jurisdictions would love to bottle this forecast. it's not always like this in july, if you're visiting. this is gorgeous. >> i'm just thinking of those folks who might take the day off and run. take another day off. you want to get out and enjoy this. take a day off. it's fantastic. a spectacular morning. it's going to be a beautiful day. look at our sunrise this morning. we're just enjoying the beautiful skies. that's reagan national's runway. they have a plane taking off there this morning. there we go. just a beautiful, beautiful looking sky with the sun out. that's going to be the case most of the day. lots of sunshine, low humidity. doesn't get much better than this in july. 79 by noon with a high of about 84. that's d.c. some of you are going to stay again in the low 80s with 77 by 8:00 p.m. a beautiful evening under way as well. this morning it's actually chilly in a few spots. down to 54 in westminster. in the 40s in the mountains of west virginia. oakland also 54 with a few 50s out toward luray, down toward h

bank. he's in alliance with the chamber of commerce and the national association for manufacturers. an 90 days authorization for the bank is going to expire. how far is the tea party willing to go to get its way on this one? what i i like to turn to ezra klein for us and editor in chief from fox.com is standing by in washington to talk me through it hopefully in simple words. >> i'm not an vanelay, but for people like me, tell us how we feel it in our lives? why is it important to the world we live in? >> it's not that important to be perfectly honest. it's a important political fight over not that important a policy issue. what it does is basically gives loans or guarantees loan to foreign companies in order for them to buy american good. what the export-import bank will do is take an indian airline and give them money to buy boeing jets. that's not a random example. part of the reason we're having a discussion over it is delta hates the export-import bank because it's subsidizing delta's foreign competitors in order to sell boeing jets. their lobbyists are going full force at it. w

bank. two enclaves that israel claimed in the 1967 war. squeezing gaza commerce the unemployment rate for the palestinians in gaza stands at over 40%. unemployment for the 2.8 million palestinians living in the west bank stands at 18.2%, half of gaza's because more aid and private investment gets through israeli restrictions into the west bank than into gaza. but the west bank's agriculture and manufacturering are still hampered by a series of israeli military roads and settlements that restrict the movement of palestinian goods. the income per capita was $2,810. israel by comparison is an economic powerhouse. it is considered an high income economy and by 2013 the gross national? was $34,120. 12 times the palestinian figure. unemployment stands at 5.9%. it has a to flourishing tech sector that rivals silicon valley. and despite the fighting israel's economy is expected to grow. >>> for the latest we turn to al jazeera's nick schifrin. even in normal situations it's difficult for goods and services and to get through the gaza west bank. what has happened in the l

chamber of commerce, bring up the export-import bank re-authorization for a vote and let's get this economy growing again. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to recognize mr. michael t. mcculloch, a social studies teach for the winston-salem north carolina. every year a teacher from north carolina's fifth district spends a week accompanying me as i go about my legislative duties. the teach for the congress program includes attending committee hearings and floor debates as well as researching at the library of congress and learning how this institution works. mr. mcculloch has taught for 19 years and hopes to use thecks appearance to learn about the inner workings about the legislative branch and how our country's governmental structure

bank. . the national united states chamber of commerce came together in agreement in supporting their togetherness in addressing re-authorizing the exim bank. you have an organization here that has supported $37 billion of sales through the last year that sustained 200,000-plus jobs with over 3,400 companies. the important thing to note here their track record is stellar. they have been performing without assistance from taxpayer dollars. default rate is 2%. who could argue with that success story. as we develop this made in america agenda, we need the effortsest of the exim bank so we can go forward with every tool in the kit for our american manufacturers, and our businesses and industry to be able to allow them the engine that heightens their opportunity. and that's the way the work should be done, not denied here, not not making a political football and going forward and showing enthusiastic support on history, performance and success. let's do our exim bank re-authorization. this majority in the house of representatives ought not hold back that progress. it is a support network that is essent

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financial institutions especially regular old fashioned commercial banks do have an important role to play in our economy they facilitate commerce they help everyday people save and use their money through things like savings and checking accounts in our economy banks are supposed to provide that function facilitate business there's even a place for wall street america when regulated and controlled investment banking can provide opportunities for asset investment growth that wouldn't otherwise exist but there's a huge difference between finance being just one part of our multifaceted economy and making it the dominant sector in our economy as it is today there's also a difference between allowing wall street to play a small role in the banking industry and letting it control the industry as congress and president bill clinton allowed to happen by deregulating the big banks in ninety nine in two thousand we now live in a financial lies country and every part of our economy whether it's the real estate market the commodities market or the manufacturing industries and the wall to the big banks and the hedge hedge funds on wall stre

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