Amazon billion offer to goes from rivals to partners as jeff bezos is willing to take a 40 stake in his indian retail revolution. At thelets take a look set up for the session of trading in asia. We saw that resumption of the loss in the u. S. How are we setting up in this part of the world . Sophie a pickup in volatility once again. In asia, futures are mixed, but we are seeing s p eminis. Chicago adding. 3 . The yen is stuck in the range with brexit risk also a consideration. We are watching tiktok reaction to trumps extension of that tiktok watching reaction to trumps extension of that tiktok sale. Jupiter Asset Management is cutting its exposure to debt of Chinese State linked borrowers so that is something to consider as well. Ahead of the u. S. Election, you are seeing one vol bets can yuan vol bets. Keeping an eye on korean bonds with potentially 6. 3 billion of supply coming through. The government may submit its proposal to parliament this friday. The global rush of Corporate
Nation. Just coming in, images of the sunset you and i observed last night. Imagineom, you cannot the change across this america. Forget about economics, finance, and investment. It looks like man delorean out there, lisa. Lisa really depressing to watch that orange sky over in the west and seeing the smoke come toward us. It is a political smoke, as well. Everything becomes that much more political in this year of 2020 as we head toward november. Tom jon, you nailed it on the United Kingdom earlier in the fictitious nature of our Unemployment Rate and the fed meeting tomorrow. I am going to summarize the backdrop, double digit unemployment. Jonathan unemployment and the u. K. Just north of 4 officially. It Means Nothing to anybody me living in the u. K. Right now. There is a Furlough Program tying a lot of people to the government, and that expires at the end of next month. A huge conversation on whether it. Xtend if it does not get extended, unemployment will go much higher very quic
You can track the temperature in direct. Its a good old boy trade. Yoeiborhood on our excessive heat warning in the pink color. Near the bay and the coast website. Click on microclimate weather they had found images like kkk, youre in the orange. And enter the city and zip code. And thats where the heat advisory. Thats going to mean for the bay and the coast, 70s and 80s. Nbcbayarea. Com. Switching gears to the hang men. Coronavirus. Another grim day in the bay areas fight against it. Gabriel who is also a pastor near the bay, 85 to 98 and for we told you about the record the inland valleys, 100 to 110. Number of covid19 deaths. Said someone drew as far as and new numbers out from yesterday and it surpassed that record. Lets show it to you right here. Disappeared. It made me feel like trash. It shows the number of daily im not there to defend my have tomorrow morning plenty of upper covid deaths. On wednesday, it was 30. At that point it was a big 60s. By 1 30, upper 90s and low 100s.
The concern about the stronger currency, not to worry just yet. We saw that euro jump. Ist weakness on brexit sparking a rebound in the dollar. Your offshore renminbi, we are set to break six weeks of gains. 683 right now. That is below 40 right now. We have copper also and gold on the back foot. Oil prices on track for the biggest twoweek drop since what we saw back in april. Lets get to the first word news, we have Karina Mitchell. Senate democrats have shut down a relief plan proposed by republicans. They failed to get the 60 votes they needed. Estimatedican plan is at anywhere between 500 and 700 billion dollars. The democrats are proposing to. 2 trillion. 2. 2 trillion. Boris johnsons government refused to scrap plans to reignite the divorce accord. The eu is threatening legal action if the u. K. Does not drop the legislation within three weeks. Thes president has painted an optimistic picture. Economic data suggests a strong rebound. They kept policy on hold for Economic Contract
Citigroup names james frazer Ceo Jane Fraser ceo, making her the first woman to run a wall street bank. Good morning. A massive milestone on wall street. The first female to run a major wall street bank. Is this a High Water Mark . It is a crack in the glass ceiling. We have a lot to cover this morning. Covid cases are kicking up, brexit drama, and, of course, no stimulus bill yet. Nasdaq yesterday closing down 2 , a crack in the tech rebound. Futures are up. 01 this morning. Here are your stoxx 50 futures in europe, showing a slower start. Down nearly 0. 3 . In the eurodollar, 1. 18. What lagarde said about the euro, not too worried, she seemed. Joining us now is janet mui, investment director at Brewin Dolphin. Good morning to you. I want to start with what is going on with the tech rebound we are seeing. I was looking at the bullinger, and you can see the nasdaq unable to get rid of that breakout of the midrange. Is this a signal of more erosion or will stocks start to trade sideway