But you were talking about the dow being in positive territory for the First Time Since september 2nd. Stocks in china reopened after a week long Public Holiday they both jumped by more than 2 the shanghai composite was up by 2. 6 lets take a look at where things stand right now in europe where there is some trading taking place you can see the markets are open there and theres a bit of a mixed picture. Its actually a little bit higher ftse 100 is right around the flat line, andrew. Hey, becky. Weve got so much going on this morning. Weve got this is squawk planner, two major tech events first amazon sales day it begins after it was postponed, if you remember, back in july. Now running two days, starting at midnight tonight eastern time so watch out for that. Ive already scheduled it and then Apple Holding the big event tomorrow the launch event expected to unveil the new iphone. Everybody looking for the new 5g iphone it will include the first major exterior redesign since 2017 and we
Plea for the federal gornment to do more to control this pandemic it comes as United States reports the countrys highest singleday death toll from coronavirus good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight, im ken wayne and im pam moore more than states are now under stay at home or shelterinplace orders but. The president says a National Stay at home is unlikely. We continue to do our part to kron 4 with social dtancing here in the studio and Health Officials want us all to do the same in the last 24 hours more than 900 people in the u. S. Have died from coronavirus the death toll for americans. Is now more than 5100. And if the Coronavirus Task force projections are correct that number will multiply at least 20 fall there are more than 213,000 cases in the u. S. With more than 9800 here in california. Around the world more than 935,000 people have been infected and more than 47,000 people have died. Th is all according to Johns Hopkins universitys coronavirus tracker map the ongoing out
Nasdaq futures higher by 310 after even worse than expected jobs number led to selloff on friday. We showed you the numbers friday, dow, nasdaq and s p 500 in the red for the week. Take a look. Markets were down 2 overall on each of the major indices on the week. Oil prices this morning falling after the opec meeting which was to include russia was actually delayed. It was supposed to be a Virtual Meeting happening. It was scheduled to take place today. We are waiting on any news in terms of where the meeting stands with crude at 27. 40 a barrel. Later this Morning Energy secretary dan briet will join me and take on war between saudi arabia and russia. Uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been hospitalized due to coronavirus, we will get the latest on Prime Minister johnson coming up this morning. We are answering your financial questions this morning. Later what you need to know about your 401 k during this crisis. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria lets check Global Markets
The late 1970 s. The world was in turmoil never before had so many people taking to the streets millions of demonstrators demanded more democracy greater freedom higher wages and world peace and across the globe women were calling for equal rights. But all these hopes seem to take a back seat in a world shackled to the ongoing confrontation between the United States and the soviet union. There appeared to be little alternative to the 2 political blocs the cold war had the world firmly in its grip. On. The west was still feeling the after effects of the oil crisis of the early 1970 s. Economic growth had slowed. And unemployment was steadily rising and the postwar boom had come to an end. In britain James Callaghans labor government came under pressure from its financial obligations to the International Monetary fund but also from a seemingly endless series of strikes that have paralyzed the country. In Eastern Europe poland remained under soviet rule the polish economy was in crisis an
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