Morning. And ready for takeoff . Were asking you, loyal viewer, if the time is right to get back in the air it is thursday, october 15th, and this is worldwide exchangeexchange exchangexchange good morning, good afternoon or good evening, everybody and welcome from wherever in the world that you may be watching im Brian Sullivan it could be a rough day for the markets. Dow off nearly 300 now, lack of stimulus from d. C. And concern about new lockdowns in europe will probably get most of the headlines, but weve nine th known that for a while and this could also be hitting sentiment right now. The Financial Times reporting that france and netherlands seem to be on board with a possible plan to go after big u. S. Tech companies, a leaked paper suggesting that an effort to break up some of the big names is, quote, on the table. Look at those losses in europe, apple down 3 , facebook off 2 and amazon down 2. 5 and here the dow shedding another 160 plus points and on track to snap a two week
Senate committee on finance, subcommittee on International Trade customs and Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strange, with an empty room, except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless, to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices, a foreign governments especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one, because its growing effect on business in the United States. Is as well as culture. Last fall for example, the National Basketball association has its Market Access locked in china. Because an individual american citizen, using a media platform not even allowed in china, expressed a political opinion. Now the topic has become much more important, the lack of timely Accurate Information about the spread of covid19, due to chinese censorship has contri
Hes down right unamerican. And the politics behind a Coronavirus Vaccine. We may have a vaccine bef where it stands as it enters the home stretch. Unprecedented pledge. This morning nine of the worlds top drug makers joining forces vowing to deliver that vaccine only when its safe. So when will that be and who will get it first . The ceo of pfizer joins us live for an exclusive interview. Oneonone. Michael cohen, President Trumps former lawyer, speaking first to nbc news as his bombshell book about the president is released. The actions that i was performing for my boss were morally wrong. What hes saying this morning about the president s behavior behind closed doors. Those stories plus 15 million putt. And dti a dominating performance. Today, tuesday, september 8th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. So happy to be back after the long Holi
Board, again, trying to challenge the tesla hold on the market. Wm has a factory in shanghai. Lets check the markets. Risk off on the u. S. , falling 2 on wall street on the back of concerns about u. S. Jobless claims. The virus, above 4 million cases now in the United States. And as we said, concern that the economy in the u. S. Is in trouble. Screen, read on the broadly across the msci asiapacific, down. 6 . On the mainland would just talked about the proposed ipo by wm motors, small caps setting off more than 2 as we get for the end of the week. Ong kong looking attractive to investors, it seems, down. 2 percent, up despite concerns highlighted earlier. Weakened byyuan. 1 , currently around seven in terms of the offshore yuan. The aussie dollar and the japanese yen, looking at that as well, the 10year basis point, 58 for the 10 year as a result of the risk off we had at the end of the day on wall street. Chinese, 2. 91. Gold at 1. 46 in terms of the goldsilver index, and philadelphi
Youre watching Worldwide Exchange on cnbc top of the morning to you in for Brian Sullivan today kicking off this monday morning with stock futures indicating declines. The nasdaq up about 48 points as you can see but the nasdaq composite overall over the last two days has seen some of that positivity posting a 1. 5 gain with the help of blowout quarterly numbers from amazon. Com, facebook as well the latter coming off of a gain of 10 peculiar on friday for the best one day performance since march 13th of 2020 you can see apple shares over the last couple of days in the green. The major averages coming off their fourth straight months of gains. The s p 500 seeing its best july since 2010. You can see here 20 gains for the dow industrials. 26 gains for the s p and the nasdaq up 40 just over that span alone now in yields they continue to hover near historic lows ticking slightly higher to 54 basis points or. 54 ten year note yields around 11 basis points and the 30 yearlong bond on that t