Undoing of progress towards a u. S. China trade deal beijing has responded furiously to a u. S. Vote calling for democracy in hong kong. Government said it would do whatever was needed to safeguard its rule over the territory this after the senate in washington unanimously passed legislation aimed at protecting human rights in hong kong and threatening to revoke the territories special trade privileges with the United States in the event of noncompliance on kong shares ended wednesday morning in the red. 7 tenths of a percent. Well. Hang in taipei so the turmoil in hong kong has already tipped did interest session are there any estimates to what a protracted unrest is likely to do to hong kongs economy. Well just as you mentioned the u. S. Senate just passed the legislation to protect human rights in Hong Kong Well if the bill is finally passed then it would lead to Hong Kong Special through state has been revoked in which case u. S. Would start of you hong kong more in line with Mainl
This is bulls bears, thank you for joining us, joining me on the panel, john layfield, robert wolf, carol and zachary. And we have lou dobbs coming up. 2020 hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders raging war on bloombergs wealth as both candidates accused the 2020 newcomer of trying to buy his way into the white house. Michael bloomberg is running for president on a bet that that people dont matter, only bags of money matter. I dont believe mr. Bloomberg will succeed. I think at the end of the day people from this country do not want to see a billionaire bite an election. David are voters convinced a successful wealthy american should not run for office . I think that the wealth tax, although i disagree with it, i think seven out of ten people are supportive of that idea, number two, i understand what bernie and elizabeth are saying because if Michael Bloomberg is going to run, why not into the first four primaries, why not have grassroots. David he does not need the money. Im tal
Good wednesday morning welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla along with Morgan Brennan here at the New York Stock Exchange. One more day of jon fortts time out west, this time in san diego at qualcomm headquarters 58 points only for the dow but well begin with uber and the expiration of that post ipo lockup period meaning that an estimated 90 of shares are now available to trade at a new record low in the stock today. It was off the lows but down another buck and change means its hanging on to 26. 78. Foundation partner paul holland is with us along with mike isaac of the new york times, author of super pumped, the battle for uber. Good morning, guys, good to see you both. Good morning. Hey, hey. Mike, because were all trying to gauge the interest in owners alleviating themselves of shares in this expiration, do you get the sense that they want to sell or are shares so underwater that theyre going to hang on . Yeah, you know, its been kind of mixed. Theres a lot of employees ive
Last post plays when you go home, say, for your tomorrow we gave our today. Nimrod plays the familiar sound of nimrod at the National Memorial arboretum and around the country, two minutes silence was observed at 11 oclock to mark Armistice Day. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, to remember the deaths of fallen servicemen and women in the two world wars and in conflicts since. The duke of kent is attending that service at the National Memorial arboretum in staffordshire. The silence is marked every year to mark the day in 1918 when the fighting in world war i was stopped. The allies and germany signing an armistice in and germany signing an armistice in a Railway Carriage in france at 5am on the 11th of november 1918. Six hours later, at 11 oclock, the conflict ceased. The first armistice silence was observed in 1919 and has continued every year since then. Nimrod plays youre watching bbc newsroom live and these are the main stories this morning. The country has just fal
The cannabis based medicines to help children like indy rose are approved for use by the nhs in england. Australian Authorities Say the threat from bushfires is catastrophic. A state of emergency is declared in queensland and New South Wales. And britain falls silent to mark Armistice Day and remember the fallen. Last post plays. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news. Can anyone stop liverpool . They are now eight points clear at the top of the premier league, after beating Manchester City 3 1. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Nigel farage has said his brexit party wont now contest conservative held seats in next months elections. In what is being seen as a boost for borisjohnson, mr farage said he doesnt want anti brexit parties to win the election. Hes standing down candidates in more than 300 consitutences in more than 300 consituencies where the tories won at the last election. Instead, the brexit party say theyll concentrate all their efforts on la