Beijings economy. He says the world has entered a transformation period but warns against the closed domestic cycle. Watching wall street, Goldman Sachs, bank of america and wells fargo report later today. This after j. P. Morgan and city shares fall despite surprising to the upside. Very warm welcome to our viewers just waking up. Manus is off this week. A much do holiday and very welldeserved. The pandemic really was maines front and center. We have the latest projections from the imf, warnings from the u. K. Scientific advisor. The netherlands entering a partial lockdown. The pause from eli lilly and Johnson Johnson on their latest medical trials serve as a stark reminder that the pandemic is a perennial Market Driver even amongst the uncertainty of brexit, the tugofwar over u. S. Stimulus, and the noise surrounding the u. S. President ial election which today is now 20 days away. Against that backdrop, the markets this morning a little softer in asia. Xi jinping speaking in shenzhe
Bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua in london. A lot a focus is on the bank results yesterday. Many more banks reporting today with Technology Stocks and apple news. We expect a lot of earnings, and pound weakening, something to keep an eye on. Stocks,ook at european travel shares declining on concern of more lockdowns, but financial shares are climbing. Theyd are today, our active etf, new surveys say active equity funds underperformed in the first half of the year. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Good morning. Here in the u. K. , Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing growing pressure to order a National Circuit breaker lockdown. The Opposition Labour Party is calling for increased nationwide restrictions for up to three weeks, after documents revealed the scientific advisors called for that action three weeks ago. The sprint to find a medical breakthrough to contain coronavirus stumbled this week. Eli lilly is the latest company to pause a trial as a safet
Not good enough, eu leaders are set to say no breakthrough in brexit talks. Boris johnsons thursday deadline for walking away approaches. Bank earnings turned sour, jp morgan and citigroup slide despite posting betterthanexpected trading revenues. Bank of america and Goldman Sachs are among firms reporting today. Clinical complications, eli lilly becomes the latest company to pause its covid19 drug trial. We will bring you our interview with rival Johnson Johnson. One hour until the start of cash equity trading across europe. Thats look at what is going on in terms of futures. We are seeing gains and European Equity Index Futures even after live trade. An you can see ftse futures up 0. 3 , and euro stocks and dax futures little changed. In terms of u. S. Futures, you can see on s p and Dow Jones Futures slight gains, a little more on s p. Nasdaq futures up 0. 3 . Anna, you have earnings out. Anna lets get the closing details, the business talking about the year but remaining cautious o
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returns to capitol hill thismorning to face another round of questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary committee. Yesterday barrett testified for nearly 12 hours at her confirmation hearing with some exchanges turning heated. Laura podesta is in washington. So laura, what can we expect for today . Reporter good morning, annemarie. We can expect a slightly shorter day for judge Amy Coney Barrett after yesterdays marathon question and answer session. For one, senator also get 20 minutes as opposed to yesterdays 30 to inquire how she would rule on key issues. Like previous Supreme Court nominees, Amy Coney Barrett tried to avoid taking a stance on key issues during her confirmation hearing. Its not something really thats appropriate for me to comment on. Ive never expressed a view on it. I cant answer questions like that. Reporter what answers she did give on obamacare. Im not here on
Ceo of Electronic Arts, Andrew Wilson as we talk to him about the world of gaming and a lot more john, retrospective of apples event. Were bringing the east and west coast together. Apple unveiling its longawaited 5g iphone 12, but we have been questioning whether the 5g networks, especially here in the u. S. , are ready to drive demand. Josh covers apple for us i didnt see tim cook hedge at all in his 5g pitch yesterday. He was full steam ahead. Thats right, john. Not one bit. Experts are right, they have questioned whether 5g is really ready, but tim cook doubling down on that bet with his new iphone 12. The generation of technology that provides a step change in what we can do with our iphones, the next generation is here. Today is the beginning of a new era for iphone 5g promises faster everything, from movies to games, to all kinds of downloads, and that sounds exciting, but its still just a promise of what could be the reality right now is that 5g coverage here in the u. S. Is st