From theto the concern economic hit caused by the pandemic. We have job losses here with a more modest hit in this part of the world. Else is going on out there and quickly looking at the dollar index is. We do have the dollar steady at the moment. We had the surge in the dollar seeing a little bit of a spike taking place. Being seen as a haven currency. The yen, 104. 49. New york crude, what we have here is a plunge taking place overnight. Nearly 5 . They recovered a little bit from that. 8 10 of 1 . 67 a barrel for wti. Gold the steady, but not really acting as a safe haven. We have breaking news, the dow jones reporting that it may close to buying nc, according to people and what would be the second Big Semiconductor tie up this week as the industry rapidly consolidates this deal. It could be worth 10 billion. Thats according to the dow jones. Dow jones reporting marvell could be close to buying inphi later this week. Lets get our first word headlines. Not european leaders are impos
As American Leadership is crucial in bringing the world out of the shadow of covid19. In advocating for American Values, defending human rights, transparency, and Economic Freedom and seeking to ensure a more secure, stable, and prosperous world, where democracy and freedoms are able to flourish, we are all working towards that end. With that in mind, i wish to again thank our nominees for appearing and your willingness to continuing our nation. Today, this committee will consider the nominations of six individuals to represent the United States of america. The nominees before us are mr. William, doug douglas, to serve as the u. S. Ambassador to the commonwealth of the bahamas. Higgins to be the u. S. To the republic of burgundy. Ms. Jean maloney to be the ambassador of the kingdom of s bikini. Mr. Michael mccarthy to serve as the u. S. Ambassador to the republic of liberia. Singh toable monisha be u. S. Representative to the organization for Economic Cooperation and development with t
Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the president s pick for several ambassadorial positions including james story to be u. S. Ambassador to venezuela, and William Douglas to be the u. S. Ambassador to the bahamas. Want to thank each of our nominees today for their willingness to serve in these important roles and to my colleagues on this committee for joining this hearing. One of this committees most important tasks i have discovered is to review and evaluate the president s nominee to serve in critical posts around the globe, like those you aim to serve. These nominees serve as the most window into america and to our universal values. ,he willingness of talented qualified individuals to serve has never been more valuable than it is today. As American Leadership is crucial in bringing the world out of the shadow of covid19. In advocating for American Values, defending human rights, transparency, and Economic Freedom and seeking to ensure a more secure, stable, and prosperous world,
Also, the u. S. Closing off the borders be at lets take a look where the markets are. Asia, gains in the u. S. And europe, that surge overnight, the best day in six weeks, european stocks doing their best in two months, vaccine optimism boosting investor sentiment. The csi 300 is up. If you take a look at chinas oil demand, which is set to be back at precrisis levels of consumption, it is said to be fully open as factories open and drivers are back on the road. Rebounding, the benchmark opening the door for , whiches of alibaba could prove to be a boost for investors we have the kospi higher by about 2 for investors. We have the kospi higher by about 2 . And in southeast asia, we are keeping a close eye on the jakarta composite index, currently trading higher. Indonesia, the governor is expected to cut the benchmark rate by about 25 basis points. Gains pretty much across the board for singapore, as well as malaysia. Rish . Rishaad haslinda, more on donald trump here, escalating his thr
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