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
French Economic Data. Francine if you look at the numbers, tom, it really missed estimates. It was interesting yesterday when Angela Merkel met with emmanuel macron, that they seemed to have a united front and said that they would do whatever they can to keep the economy open. It doesnt mean that they will not put in more measures, but if you look at the numbers of infected rising in germany and france, it is a lot of a problem with these leaders. Will they go back to a lockdown . They seem to suggest with more targeted measures, they do not want to go back to a lockdown, and it was interesting, they especially talked about borders, that if they can they do not want to close borders. Tom may be the border between florida and new york would be one of the selected borders of debate. On friday, an extraordinary friday. The first word news in new york city, here is ritika gupta. Ritika joe biden slams President Trump as a National Embarrassment and vowed to end what he calls the darkness.
To sell the biggest composer. I cant even begin to imagine a world class one Player Center willers on a musical journey of discovery. 2 with the hope that mr september 16th. In the midst of a con demi queen my twit knows the worlds biggest i. P. O. Shares in chinese ecommerce giant alibaba jumped to a new record this morning a day after the groups financial on filed for a joint listing in shanghai and hong kong. Coming up new laws aimed at improving the lives of europes Truck Drivers could backfire we tell you why. Hello and welcome to do business i want to get Johnson Beilin good to have you with us and. Were starting with what could be the worlds biggest i. P. O. This year and to group has filed for a jewel listing in shanghai and hong kong and group of course is the Financial Technology arm of chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group back in 28 years it was valued at 150000000000. 00 in a private fundraising round making it the most valuable unicorn in the world but now its aiming for
And individual names getting lower. That keeps it pretty much unchanged year to date we have a massive show coming up discuss the latest stimulus negotiations th thats any minute now its the key question for the markets today. And then as the heat gets turned up on big tech, well talk to the always candid ceo about the precious ceos facing testimony tomorrow and the stay at home trend a huge swell of tech earnings coming to day and later this week. Lets start with the broader markets. Mike, over to you. Thank you we have markets on pause for the most part today. Bond market is qui wet yields at the lows stock market, too, is hugging this very familiar area, basically flat on the day. That is an area of attraction. Well see fit lasts for now. It is the defensive factors. The ones that benefit from low yields that are up today, real estate, staples and utilities. Take a look though at a couple of indicators as we wait for the fed decision tomorrow. Whats going on and how quiet the bond m
Street side so news the poster dry up many people are clearly staying at home and minimizing quote hello how is the situation in nigeria for you and of course the neighboring countries. Hi sandra and hive us a big hello for me in Lagos Nigeria indeed the pandemic is far from over here have to unfortunately say but because people are staying at home the use of cashless Digital Payment systems has risen by almost 15 percent in the last few months i have a feeling that a lot of things are going to change in africa as a result of coverage 19 but here are the who africa we will continue to focus on the important green themes coming up this week. The environment needs volunteers to help more than ever nowadays to kenyans doing what they can to assist. With meat and on the usual environmental activists from senegal and we will introduce you to was pushy up until in ethiopia that had been hunted almost the extinction. Hes a famous on the streets of the senegalese capital the car for his outlan