From the forums managing director. In the spanish town was a byword for the beach holidays but now benetton sandy shore life isnt. There some reports in berlin welcome to the program this week the goliaths of wall street have met that david the game stop shares frenzy has seen a surge of stock purchases by small investors lead to losses in the billions for hedge fund pros but now go on the online forums where this rebellion was coordinated after brokerage apps blocked any more trades. Theyre placing their bets a group of small time speculators not professional traders have been coordinating the purchase of game stop stocks in online forums even though the retailer is virtually broke this has been causing share prices to skyrocket at the peak of the frenzy the stock had risen 2500 percent from its price at the start of the year well it played out that those who are pushing the share Prices Higher are on the winning side but those hedge funds that are short the stock. Believe that the pr
Budget copper mise. This is going budget compromise. Eu budget compromise. That is going to be one of the stories we are focusing on next week. Brexit talks are a difficult place, according to one u. K. Official. We will watch carefully that story over the weekend. We will see what happens monday morning. Aroundare higher, up by 0. 4 . The payrolls seem to have provided a reason to believe that stimulus is coming. It is interesting to see what is happening there. Bonds on the other side of the atlantic to where i am now, we are up to yield highs, march highs. An aggressive move we are seeing stateside. The pound is 1. 3475. Brent crude catching a bid, just sub 50. 49. 08 is where we sit now. Alix lets get to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. We learned yesterday pfizer scaledback vaccine targets for 2020 because they ran into difficulties getting all the materials it needs. They say they have fixed that problem now. Joining us now is sam fazeli, Bloomberg Intelligence senior phar
Two economic policymakers appeared to clash over whether to preserve emergency lending programs designed to shore up the economy. Global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im karina mitchell. This is bloomberg. Is 1 00 p. M. In new york. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following. , u. S. Joblessly claims increasing for a second week last week. Incomes downed 0. 7 . The data open to interpretation. We will ask Julia Coronado what she thinks. The economic numbers may not be welcome news to retailers as they enter the important Holiday Shopping season. Later, we speak to mark cohen. And a soccer top of mind with baritone,g of diego we will talk to the ceo of fubotv, which has been booming subscriber growth. Lets take a check of the markets. Lowvolume today, the last session before markets are closed tomorrow and a shortened session friday. The s p 500 improving a l
Arizona for biden. Dow is up 191. Were going to start with disney though and a surge for shares this morning following the strong earnings last night and that enormous pop for disney plus subs. Julia boorstin is going to break that down for us hey, julia carl, disney plus accrued 73 Million Subscribers. The companys 120 million paid Digital Subscribers are a bright spot the company says suspension of the next semiannual dividend is in part to priority the direct to consumer initiatives. Its very clear what the new content has subscribers. I think youll see continued increase in investment and then that will fuel some of the growth that christine will talk about at the Investor Conference that we expect on december 10th. The company says theyre reassured by booking trends that cruise ship bookings for next year are very strong pushing to open disneys closed california parks, he called californias restrictions arbitrary. Were very encouraged by the prospect of a potential vaccine. Were e
Administration. President trump still refusing to concede but suffering more devastating defeats in court over the weekend, admonished by a judge he appointed, and the lifelong republican who ran Election Security for his administration now calling his claims of a rigged election farcical. Also, president elect biden suffering a fracture in his foot. How it happened. Major storm on the move. The big travel alert as millions head home after thanksgiving. Plus, the tornado threat from North Carolina to new jersey. Ginger is tracking the latest, and where you might see snow soon. Hanging on. A missing boater finally found clinging to life. The latest on the amazing rescue this morning. Fiery escape. The formula one driver walking away from this explosive crash. Slamming into a metal barrier. His car splitting in two. What he says saved his life. And game over . The socalled grinch bots stealing christmas, buying up some of the hottest items of the year and selling them at nearly double th