Claims. 1. 3 million last week, and that is the 15th weekly decline, so the downtrend continues. However, 17 million are still unemployed and still collecting benefits. Ive got two big tech stories for you. First off, the twitter hack. Fake messages appeared from big name celebrities. It was a bitcoin scam. The important point is the hackers took over the platform and could have sent out messages to disrupt the market or the election or anything. They showed they could do it and that is a huge problem. Stocks way down. Second tech problem, the top court in europe will restrict the transfer of the personal data of europeans to american companies. They are worried about our surveillance of them. This could severely disrupt big tech operations and big tech stocks are down. While stocks generally are moving lower, especially those technology issues, the dow, we are looking at a minus 180 at the opening bell, down 21 for the s p and really, the nasdaq taking it on the chin. Again, technolog
Actually, if people are lawabiding, they never think about endangering National Security, there is no cause for concern whatsoever. Is if therelegation is a National Security law in hong kong, the law should be enacted in hong kong by the Legislative Council. It should not be happening in beijing. The Hong Kong Government has been kept in the dark and the process. Again, this is wrong. Firstly, this is a national law. Of course if it is International Law it will have to be decided how to enact the law. Now, basic law states clearly that for matters of national , thise or Foreign Affairs is a matter for the cbg. No one would question that National Security is something outside the high degree of autonomy. Its a matter of sovereignty of the country. 18 after basic law, theres a process that allows National Laws to be added for implementation through hong kong through a specified procedure. The third point is the political reality. If you believe given the current political reality, given
Xis impact is not good. The ceo ofak to siemens this morning. 6 00 in london, 9 00 a. M. In dubai. Theres lots of tentacles of risk that will boil through the day. Australia, new zealand, looking at extradition, but i love the story. You have to give attribution when somebody else finds a great story. It is about goldmans. We need to prepare ourselves for the risks that come over the election. They are talking about the year 2000. I was in a different world. Worried aboutmore secondctions thana whack of the coronavirus. It is interesting. You have got jp morgan saying the s p can hit another record. He says investors are mispricing both the virus risks and the election risks. Couldgan says the impact be neutral or positive. Aboutve goldman talking volatility picking up towards the end of the year. They talk more about december rather than november but it is pertinent for us to talk about it today because we have biden laying out his plans in pennsylvania later. That will bring the elec
Chancellor unveils his 30 billion pound stimulus package. We will get reaction from the labour party, his counterpart joining us shortly. Life aliveds london, sitting in for francine in the early part of the program. The london market is the real laggard. Well. X in germany going s. A. P. s numbers certainly a big weight in the dax and a big help in those efforts. We do see a little bit of stalling in the risk on moves. We see some of the oil price moves, down by. 7 . Checking ino worth on. Angela merkel in brussels calling for a huge amount of cooperation needed to save europe from its current challenges. Lets get a first word news update. Morning. Global coronavirus cases have exceeded 12 million with the u. S. Now counting for more than a quarter of confirmed infections worldwide. California and texas are reporting a surge in cases. Says the fed president renewed threat is adding to pressure facing the economy. She says these numbers are troubling. Australia is suspending its extrad
Alright. I dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Were here today with chuck schwab, whos one of the bestknown figures in the American Business world, certainly has been so over the last several decades because of his ubiquitous face and his ads, but also because of the Great Company hes built, which is one of the leading Financial Service companies in the united states. Hes now just written a book, called invested, by Charles Schwab, and i want to talk about that and his life, which is incredible. Let me start by asking about something you made news with just recently. Your Company Announced youre not just going to do discount brokerage. Youre going to give away brokerage for free. In other words, if i want to buy some stock, i call up, i have an account,