Million. America saw 60,000 cases in a day for the first time. Hong kong and tokyo also reporting record tallies. Singapore heads to the polls for an election overshadowed by the pandemic. Disposable wear gloves and observe distancing roles at the ballot box. Lets get to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong for the latest. Sophie after u. S. Stocks closed in the red, we are setting up for a lackluster start to this friday morning. Futures are mixed. Kiwi stocks added. 4 so far this morning. S p eminis nudging slightly higher with rising virus infections in focus in the u. S. As well as in asia and on the ecoagenda today, we are watching out for japanese pbi ending acree output and the philippine trade plus chinese credit growth data for june could be released from today. Singapore offline for the elections to be held. Asian stocks could pare the weekly advance but still set for the best five day stretch given the chinese stock rally we saw this week. Flipping the board, china futures have se
Aggressively moved to contain the outbreak. We are fighting to support and to save our Small Businesses in San Francisco, and im so grateful that we at least can do this and there is definitely more that i want to do. Reporter the mayor ordered garlic noodles with shrimp. The outdoor tables must be six feet apart. Customers are given plastic utensils and offering Hand Sanitizer will be a part of daily practice. Despite todays encouraging news, breed could not ignore the fact that covid cases have been inching up in San Francisco and other bay area counties. Weve still got to be careful. Well be living with covid for a while but we cant continue to allow our county to be closed. Reporter restaurant were supposed to open for Outdoor Dining on monday but breed surprised everyone by moving the date up. It was a scramble. There have been a couple of sleepless nights. Your brain is running around all over the place trying to get ready. Reporter this customer was ready to order takeout from s
Instagram. Shares of facebook plunging on friday. The stocks opening up dismally today but then leveling out and ended the day up 2 . Discuss, earlyto facebook investor and elevation orders cofounder, and also the. Thor of the book, zucked this seems different. I dont recall any time that so many major brands all at once joined a boycott against facebook on the grounds of civil rights. Would you say this is different as well . Definitely. Is part andthis parcel. Think about how different the world is today from three months ago. First, the pandemic, then the economic decline that went with it, then since the murder of george floyd, we have an awakening on issues of racism and civil rights that i believe have affected every part of the American Economy and our society. Emily so, why now . Abigail again, roger again, i think if you think about this from the perspective of an investor or advertiser, facebook gave the ability for the advertiser to reach audiences with a level of precision
Watch live wednesday at 2 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3, online at cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Next, a hearing on the federal governments role in protecting workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Good morning. The subcommittee on work force protections will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I note that our quorum is present. I note for the subcommittee mr. Courtney of connecticut, mr. Levine of michigan, mr. Castro of texas, dr. Roe of tennessee, mr. Guthrie of kentucky, mr. Smucker of pennsylvania, mr. Banks of indiana, mr. Watkins of kansas, mr. Mercer of pennsylvania, mr. Johnson of south dakota, mr. Cellar of pennsylvania are all permitted to participate in todays hearing with the understanding that their questions will come only after all members of the subcommittee on work force protections on both sides of the aisle who are present either in person or via remote participation pursuant to House Resolution 965 and the accompanying regulations thereto hav
Continent, really. Only the u. K. Was closed for their bank holiday. We had a massive rally yesterday, so the dax was up 300 17 points yesterday, up another 143 points today. Stocks overr german the past couple of trading sessions. The cable rate also shooting higher. Pounddollar right now at 1. 2358. Even with those gains in the currency, i will just tell you you still see the ftse up more than 1 . Typically they move in different directions. That shows you the power of this rally. Finally, a stock trading in shares. Tui they have one issue trading in frankfurt and another in london. A big tour guide and airline operator. They had been absolutely crushed in the pandemic, but over the last couple of days, a massive rally. Today they are up 56 as germany says it is going to reopen International Travel and prepare for something of a vacation season. Over 1 billion in market cap in this one trading session. Vonnie really pretty phenomenal. Lets bring in our next guest. Frances president E