watch your story take heart sure it's gone in for margaret stock. this is g.w. news live from berlin sudan's new interim leader says the country will have a civilian government to address the nation saying a government will be in place within two years he also lifted a nighttime curfew which many pro-democracy demonstrators had already defied and they claimed another victory as the country's city security chief stepped down hours after the country's new military leader also quit. also coming up in afghanistan the taliban announces what it calls a spring offensive and mere hours later launched an attack in kunduz from the north jeopardizing already shaky peace talks. thanks for joining us the new head of sudan's military council says a civilian government will be formed after talks with the opposition in his first televised address earlier today the tenet general abdel fatah bore hama said the transition period would last for a maximum of two years the leader also said he was canceling a curfew ordered by his predecessor demonstrators have been keeping up the pre

margaret. the food. putting it on the new york stock exchange social scrapbooking company pinterest has the picture perfect a view on the stock market but it warns that it may never make money. off on the shelf outfitted with smartphones and good pay for china's social media savvy caution if those are. redesigning the industry. and collecting contractors that is destined for the dinner plate and for use in medicine one appetit. welcome to d.w. business i'm joined in berlin thanks for joining us the company about describes itself as a platform for inspiration had its first trading day on the new york stock exchange pinterest thought stocks surged more than thirty percent in its debut its valuation has been put at twelve point seven billion dollars the digital pinboard site dedicated to sharing pictures of food fashion and travel claims of more than two hundred fifty million monthly users it's the second biggest u.s. i.p.o. this year after a ride to hailing out lift went public last month like a few of its unicorn peers however it is unclear when or if pinterest will ever become profitable. yan's court to fo

stock up 1%. barclays also reporting a beat however, the bank warned it could be forced to bring down its annual cost outlook if tough margaret conditions persist. barclay's conference call getting underway right now bringing any big headlines as they cross that stock down just under 2%. >> we have a slew of exclusive interviews you do not want to miss, including their chairman and ceo brian roberts. southwest airlines ceo gary kelly talking about the 737 max problems one of the hottest stocks out there, chipol. their ceo broirn nichol also joining us, and all before 10:00 a.m. eastern time. slack taking a big step towards going public itself. leslie picker has more on the details. good morning >> good morning, brian according to the "wall street journal" slack is targeting tomorrow tomorrow is friday all that sort of thing now, what's interesting with slack compared to some of the other unicorns that we've been seeing going public is that slack is not actually doing a traditional underwrun deal they're not doing an initial public offering. they're doing a direct listing that means that -- >> who else -- spotify >> yes s-name

stock, one analyst says is about to soar. the halftime report with scott wapner begins right now. >> welcome good to have you with us joe terranov ajim 11thal margaret reed is back with us. vice president with the union bank, the private bank let's begin with the markets investors bracing for the busiest week of earnings season. a week that could determine whether stocks take that next leg up or stall out. all right, joe i'm going to read this list. intel. some of the names. intel starbucks, chipotle, 3m, u.p.s., at&t, boeing, kat, facebook, amazon, microsoft, twitter. take your pick this is the week if you were worried about earnings coming in, this is going to be the tell right? >> what i like about the way the week sets up is that you are going to get your strength at the back half of the week. i like that. i like amazon on thursday. amazon can clean up any mess from caterpillar or boeing on wednesday. so the formation of earnings is a positive one i said last week, this is the week this is the real important week in terms of understanding if we're going to accelerate above those highs, and it seems as though it's been predetermined that's alread

margaret have a great day. stuart, take away. >> morning. another day and another rally for the market. what a year. what a presidency. donald j trump won the election and the value of all stocks have gone up by $9.4 trillion. look at this. already at record highs for the s&p and nasdaq close to a record for the dow going up a little bit on the dow, little bit on the nasdaq when the opening bell rings this wednesday morning but this latest run-up that has been strong has been fired by profits that are coming in strong. boeing reported this morning it is up as we speak - 1.3% and even though profits and sales were not that strong it is up nonetheless. second stock down the list, att. they lost 544,000 directv customers and the stock is down 3.4%. caterpillar made a lot of money, $2.94 for a profit per share outstanding and the stock is the dow stock and it is down. look at that and you're looking at points taken off the dow industrials by caterpillar now look at microsoft and facebook. these are the giants who report at 4:00 o'clock this afternoon and that may be two of the most important earnings reports of them all in their stock prices pointed towards a blowout profit this a

margaret have a great day. stuart, take away. >> morning. another day and another rally for the market. what a year. what a presidency. donald j trump won the election and the value of all stocks on the nasdaq when the opening bell rings this wednesday morning but this latest run-up that has been strong has been fired by profits that are coming in strong. boeing reported this morning it is up as we speak -