News cribber john solomon are here, joining me in the you 8 0. Earnings season rolling of on. Big banks on deck this morning. All the numbers as soon as they hit the tape and impact on markets. Broader markets pointing to a gain at the start of trading, dow industrials up 84, nasdaq up 28, the s p 500 up 10 o 10 poin. Yesterday stocks were sluggish over weak Quarterly Earnings and halted covid19 vaccine trials. At the end of the day, the s p 500 was lower by 22. Shiny now apple, the Technology Giant unveiling four new iphone 12s ss for your convenience. Coping tips from outer space, astronauts have isolation advice for the weary public and its making a buzz this morning. Mornings with maria is live right now. European markets in the green, take a look. The fq100 up 14, the cac is up 1 andahalf and the dax index higher by 15, fractional moves this morning in europe but to the upside. A mixed story overnight in asia, as chinese president xi jinping is calling for young People Living in h
The Leadership Group right now so joe terranova, i go to you on that note, the melt up in tech seems to be picking up we asked the question whether the growth tech stocks wrestled the market back from value and then thats where the money is going to be made Going Forward clearly the mega cap growth names have wrestled the market back theres an added dimension to it, scott, being popularized in a lot of Research Notes im reading. Pippa stevens of cnbc has a great report element of esg investing and something i didnt think about in prior weeks but if you take all the esg funds, the largest esg etf, its popularized by all the names that youre talking about. The apples, the amazons, the microsofts, so theres an added element to these hyper growth names that are not just about the quality and the cash Balance Sheets and the very visible return to Earnings Growth but an importance as it relates to social and governance and youre seeing a significant amount of fund flows into esg and thats ev
Undergoing repairs. There are 623 crew members on board, but no passengers. Health officials tested the crew after one of them tested positive on monday. The o Officials Say nonone of t3 people infected are known to be in serious condition. They also say theyre working with the Central Government to disinfect the vessel. Now, april is the start of the new Academic Year here in japan, and some Elementary Schools in the central part of the country resumed classes earlier this month, but they closed last week after four children and a teacher in one class were found to be infected. Tokyo tops the list of prefectures in the number infections with over 3,400 after 132 new cases were reported. The total number of confirmed cases in japan now exceeds 11,800, more than 700 cases have alalso beenn linked to the diam princess cruise ship, which is quarantined near tokyo in february. A total of 307 people have died in japan, including 13 from the diamond princess. A japanese medical expert says t
European stocks are down a little bit, a lot of focuses on trade. A lot of focus on what happens next. We heard from donald trump saying hes not ready to roll back tariffs, some and we heard from his advisors last week. The focus is on alibaba as a litmus test of the strength of the chinese economy for a single day and the numbers are staggering. China approving new loans coming it 661 billion yuan. Pound at 1. 2805. We will be speaking to u. K. Chancellor, that interview was later today. Lets getntime straight to bloomberg first word news here in london. Spain has left more ungovernable than ever. Their leader now has fewer lawmakers than before, he now faces torturous negotiations to form a government. Australia is bracing for another week of devastating bushfires, flames in the eastern seaboard and even areas of great sydney are facing catastrophic threat. More people have died and than 150 homes destroyed as fires rip through areas hit by a two year drought. Chinas consumer inflati
Solicitor during the george h. W. Bush administration. He was asked about safety, the minimum wage and protections for lgbtq workers among other topics. Good morning. Good morning. Should. Good morning. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia. The Senate Committee on Health Education and pensions will please come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia to serve as United States secretary of of labor. Let me say before i begin my Opening Statement that we welcome secretary chao, secretary, good to see you, and we welcome mr. Scalias family. Well give him a chance to introduce all of them a little later. There are so many of them i will the scalias are especially productive family, apparently, so it wont come any of your allotted time for your statement, and i would say to the family members that the confirmation hearings are a not necessarily a family exercise. I was before this committee myself more