Farmers in nigeria a dutch court orders the local branch of shell to pay compensation for damages caused by oil spills and more protests and scuffles in indias capital as farmers demonstrate against new government laws they say will hurt them the benefit of corporate farmers. Im gemini with the sporting event has had to pay refuses to criticize christianity when our day is top scorer it faces a Police Investigation for breaching cave it 19. 00 rules by going on a ski trip. So European Health regulators have given emergency approval for the Oxford Astra Zeneca Coronavirus Vaccine saying it can be administered to adults of all ages while the announcement comes as a drug maker and the e. U. Early disputes over supply the block was expecting at least 80000000 doses by the end of march but a week ago because said it wouldnt meet those expectations claiming manufacturing issues well despite growing criticism that vaccine rollouts all too slow regulators saying having another approved vaccine
Lebanese city of tripoli as i go by is it straight coronavirus locked down national. Claims of contaminated communities in nigeria dutch course is expected to deliver its verdict against Oil Giant Shell. God bless you all thank you. Well take a look back at the life of american hollywood legend cicely tyson. We begin with news of another covert 19 vaccine that could soon enter circulation late stage trials of the u. S. Produced novaks job so its been nearly 90 percent effective and it shown to have some effect in this against both the u. K. And to a slightly lesser extent South African variance and the head of the European Commission says drug maker astra zeneca hasnt given a plausible explanation for delaying deliveries brussels has warned it may stop any vaccines manufactured in the block from being exported they too on friday europes Medicine Agency is expected to recommend approval of the astra zeneca vaccine for emergency use but German Health officials have warned it should only
Worked so much in the first couple of quarters. We are also expecting our investment ipo tomorrow. It is a very, very busy year for us, all in all. You are looking at health care opportunities. Everybody else seems to be doing that. That is why valuations have skyrocketed. What are you finding and what are you concentrating on within that space in particular . Nisa it is interesting. Board. St across the is, is really interesting when we invested in the first company, the first Vaccine Company to list in hong kong. One of our Companies Went out in hong kong, the first device company. Venus, thepo of whole medical device sector has become hot this year. Seen 25 areas we have Companies Getting funded in china alone. I am not sure about the competition. On the discovery side there is also excitement. Because valuation has grown so much, we would still stay away from very expensive deals. Historically, we have been investing 75 at least. Systematically we have been doing the same thing as
Worn surging numbers may undermine a Global Recovery. Plus, we discussed prospects for the u. S. And the wider picture with the atlanta fed president , who joins us this hour. Haidi lets look at the sydney staggered open, the friday session muted compared to the street we have had in asian stocks, asiapacific stocks seeing 13 consecutive days of gains broken by the thursday session, the longest winning streak since 1988 coming to an end. A flat stock a flat start in sydney, kiwi stocks up, muted start in japan spite heavy inflows of foreign buying. We are seeing a further downside when it comes to trading in the futures session. Getting secretary mnuchin speaking at the moment. He is speaking in an interview with Bloomberg News, saying financial conditions are quite strong, that companies that are need grants,covid not that. We heard secretary mnuchin earlier asking the fed to return unused coronavirus money. We will get you more as we get those comments. This is coming at a time when
Upside. Looking at commodities. Crude moving to the upside. A big move to the downside with , on the vaccine and signs of Economic Growth in the u. S. Particularly helping people not to look for havens or avoid havens, get out of them. Gold down half of 1 . Bitcoin surging up again, it has above 18,500. Juliette lets get the first word news. The head of the u. S. Government Coronavirus Vaccine program says results of trials by astrazeneca show encouraging signs it may help block the most severe cases. No one given the vaccine developed severe covid, while 16 people on the placebo debt. He called the results excited. Nine, reports 70 process astrazeneca report 70 success. The centers for Disease Control a model shows weekly u. S. Cases and deaths rising every week for at least the next month. Italy is the Second European nation to report 50,000 total fatalities. The u. K. Is extending lockdown next week in favor of even tougher regional curbs. Reports from washington say the Trump Admin