Lufthansa looks to take off. Efrp eu regulators approve the plan bayer stock gets a boost after the german drug giant settled hundreds of claims around the weed killer roundup ending years of disputes it was a grim day on wall street losses more than 2 suggesting we will extend these losses after america recorded nearly 35,000 new covid19 cases in one day. The highest level since the number peaked in late april. California and florida both logged a record rise in daily cases. Disney has postponed the reopening of the park in california originally scheduled for july the delay comes as disney workers in florida urged local authorities to reconsider plans to open the orlando site due to a recent spike in cases. The company welcomed visitors to hong kong. Apple has shut a number of stores in texas due to the spike in the cases now temporarily closing seven houston area locations following similar moves in arizona, florida and north and South Carolina new york, new jersey, and connecticut i
United states. Against a massive Misinformation Campaign fuelled by Chinese State backed twitter and facebook accounts. Were live in hong kong with the latest there and its a big week for retail coming up tjx, kohls, many more reporting it is tuesday august 20th and Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Welcome to the show. Futures indicating the dow will open up fractionally higher at this stage the nasdaq up by 11 points heading into this mornings trading session, the dow is now within 145 points of recooping all of its losses from that big wednesday 800 points sell off in the dow. The s p is just 3 points away. The bond market currently in focus as well. The yield of 10 year u. S. Treasuries you can about 1. 8 1. 52 just about six basis points separating those two. That 210 spread for treasuries yesterday the white house was pushing back against recession rhetoric today its numerous reports the Trump Administration is preparing options to help bolster the American Economy and help pr
Bit, there you go, we turned around, we are up about a point. Remember, please, big rally yesterday, big rally friday. The dows going to open virtually flat. It is almost completely recovered from last weeks losses. Its only tuesday. The s p will be down maybe a point. The nasdaq down maybe a point. I will call it flat at the opening bell. In politics, its all about the boycott, divest and Sanction Movement known as bds and designed to destroy israel. The visit by Rashida Tlaib and ilhan omar, both muslim women in congress, is off. The ball is now in the democrats court. Will the party try to sanction israeli diplomats in america . Or scale back the tenyear, 38 billion aid package for israel which was signed by president obama . Its a dilemma for democrats. The party now has an active antiisrael wing that is clashing with democrats who support the jewish state. Great to be back, by the way. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart again, let me show you the futures. This is how we are
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