 In WPR business news now, stocks have opened higher in Europe after most markets in Asia were down in the night. The Nikkei closing at another record. Pastors are waiting more comments from the Fed chief Jerome Powell to Congress and also looking ahead to earnings report. Nikkei up was 0.6 in the night. Wall Street's futures are a little changed. Oil prices are down. WPR's extensive business coverage continues now as we head off to the ABC Radio News Business Desk in New York and correspondent Chuck Sievertson.