Little point in continuing to talk. Global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im karina mitchell. This is bloomberg. Rishaad carrie lam with a lengthy policy address on wednesday. She laid out her vision for greater integration with the mainland. Benefiting from its proximity to the mainland and longstanding support, hong kongs Economic Development will be given new impetus. The key is to somehow open up the border with china, because we are part of china, and the homecoming hong kong economy was not just set for domestic consumption. It was really set for 1. 4 billion people across the border. In any case, most of the key Investment Decisions will be driven by how china is operating and the Big Companies in hong kong are all chinese oriented. So i dont really think a policy address will be of that much difference to investors as it might be elsewhere. Stephen engle has been covering
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ts is bbc world news america. Acalirnia clamps doin. The governor orders bars and restaurants are close as Coronavirus Infection surge, and in florida, new cases continue to ske. Reopened in englan but there is no touchingaces allowed. D the u. S. Staartment takes aim at beijings ambitions in the south chinaioea as te between the two powers rise. Plus,hecaling 78 peaks in t Lakes District. How he used lockdown to set a new daily record. Laura f all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome n to wors america. In a sign of how the u. S. Is struggling to contain t coronavirus outbreak, californias governor is ordering restaurants to close in movieheaters. D shutting bars this comes as florida is seeing a Record Number of new infections. The virus is spreading across america with more than 3.
More protection, the ecb tweaks policy. The economy ravaged by the coronavirus. Ftse futures point lower, and much of europe is closed but we will see trading in london. Apital is coming apollo aims to raise 20 billion and several new funds for opportunities in distress and private debt, this after boeing sold 25 billion worth of bonds in the largest offering of the year. Just under one hour away from trading in the equity markets that are open. London notably, and the ftse futures are down this morning. We also see s p futures, dow futures, and nasdaq teachers down. Nasdaq futures down. We know the u. S. Markets will be open as well today. Typically a european holiday. The u. S. Has detonated a different has designated a a different day for that purpose. The notable figure, the first one i see in the First Quarter, 802 Million Pounds versus 86 Million Pounds in the previous year. This is a number we are looking out for a lot of banks during this crisis. Newsrms of other notable from r
Joining us tonight in our 3 International Im Daniel Hawkins wherever you are welcome to the program. A World Oil Stocks are taking a major hit following the failure of crude producing countries to agree to Production Cuts as the month for oil falls amid fears about the coronavirus saudi arabia says it will increase output after a dispute with russia with more heres arties. Quite a somber atmosphere here on wall street they are already calling it black monday we saw a 15 minute free is on futures trading when the stock market opened big dramatic plunge on the stock market the biggest drop weve seen since the 2008 financial crisis and on top of all of that weve got an Oil Price Drop 30 percent decline in the price of oil a plunge in the price of oil the biggest drop weve ever seen in oil cents in 1901 and at this point it being traced back essential each of the negotiations with opec saudi arabia has come forward and called for a decrease in Oil Production due to limited demand around th
And i welcome to r. T. International life from moscow hawkins were you to begin from tonights welcome to the program. A World Oil Stocks are taking a major hit following the failure of crude producing countries to agree to production cuts as the model for oil falls amid fears about the krona virus saudi arabia says it will increase output after a dispute with russia with more heres a little. Quite a somber atmosphere here on wall street they are already calling it black monday we saw a 15 minute free on futures trading when the stock market opened big dramatic plunge on the stock market the biggest drop weve seen since the 2008 financial crisis and on top of all of that weve got an Oil Price Drop 30 percent decline in the price of oil a plunge in the price of oil the biggest drop weve ever seen in oil cents in 1901 and at this point it being traced back essentially to the negotiations with opec saudi arabia has come forward and called for a decrease in Oil Production due to limited dem