The bloomberg. Back to school. Boris johnson appeals to parents to send children back to class even as a resurgence in the virus in europe hits hard. Saysu trade commissioner he is profoundly sorry for attending a golf dinner in the midst of the pandemic. Of as push higher on hopes thaw in u. S. China trade relations area and markets turn their attention to this weeks virtual jackson hole and the fed fighting crisis measures. Trump and powell both on thursday. More than 100,000 people protest against the fellow russian president in rainy minsk the belarusian president in rainy minsk. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe and in the u. K. Lets take a look at futures this morning. We have some decent green a percentre than half gains across the indexes. One of the reasons is optimism that the u. S. And china are going to get along a little bit better amid reports administration is telling Tech Companies they can keep working with tencent. Take
Their vaccines on humans. Trials generally consist of 3 clinical phases. Phase one is mainly focused on whether the human body can tolerate the vaccine and the reaction of the immune system phase 2 looks at how high the dosage has to be and phase 3 tests effectiveness whether the vaccine offers protection in everyday life. Normally approval takes about 8 to 10 years but now the process is supposed to go much faster here at the university of to begin hospital phase one is nearing its end. From the data so far we can see that the vaccine is well tolerated and safe and we also hope that the 1st signals of the immune defense which are becoming apparent are also positive. She opposes the ifs and another German Companies already testing its vaccine on humans beyond tech based in the german city of mines is partnering with the u. S. Pharmaceutical Company Pfizer theyre already combining phases 2. 00 and 3. 00 testing whether the vaccine actually protects against coronaviruses in everyday life
Listen on the free cspan radio app. For only the third time in u. S. History, a Major Political party is nominating a woman to be their Vice President ial candidate. The first time was in 1984, when democrats chose Geraldine Ferraro. 24 years later, republicans nominated then Alaska Governor sarah palin. Here are their speeches. When nominated, Geraldine Ferraro was representing queens, new york, for three terms as a member of the u. S. House. Earlier, as a Public School teacher, she took night classes at the university to earn a law degree and later work as an assistant district attorney. She went on to lose two primary races th was the u. S. Ambassador to the un human rights commission. Geraldine ferraro accepted the Vice President ial nomination in san francisco. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention [cheering] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention, ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is Geral
Offers a fiery review of his predecessor. Air b b filing the paperwork following a rough year for that industry intel announcing a 5 billion buy back as tech faces slumping shares it is thursday, august 20, here on cnbc. Good morning. Im dominic chu in for Brian Sullivan stock futures indicating some modest losses. The dow lower by 100 points. Thats an improvement over the last hour. S p off, the nasdaq off by about 20 points. These are losses now after chinas comments saying the country and the United States will hold trade talks in coming days after the talks fizzled. The Central Banks comments knocking the s p 500 from a new intraday high we hit the stock of the morning so far is apple, becoming the first u. S. Listed company to get a market cap of 2 trillion. Doubling valuation in just over two years. For those wondering, a 3 trillion value for apple would be at 761 per share that will happen right before the stock split. We have Geoff Cutmore in the london news room the color of t
Tweet earlier in the hour does suggest that you think these retailers are prepping us for numbers that are going to be tough to replicate. Yeah, i think that they have to, carl they all know that america was flush from the 1,200 check and they also know there is a lot of stay at home people trying to make their homes into an office and a home, and that thats largely passed now, that doesnt mean that you shouldnt buy these stocks because that money went to these essential retailers and now theyre stronger than ever, but i know that if you are if you are at walmart it does not pay to say this is going to continue same thing with home depot i say you wait, let them come down and recognize that these are just so good that you want to be in them. Particularly, say, if a lowes comes down, thats kind of attractive, they report tomorrow look, these are remarkable companies, but they are also given as remarkable companies are to humility and to a respect to the individual investor they dont wan