Moving news from all around the world from frankfurt, to london, taiwan, our bloomberg two iowa, our bloomberg voices are on the ground. Commodities leading the charge for the quarter. Here for more is bloombergs sonali basak. Income net interest coming in above analyst expectations is a great thing for bank of america because it shows the bank is doing what a bank should do. That is loan growing, deposits growing. Investment banking mergers and acquisition fell short than expectations, but we are seeing that across the board. We want to see confidence among corporate clients now that we know consumers are holding steady. Alix what were some of the worries through the quarter . Sonali the expenses were up, but bank of america was a costcutting story. Something we are hearing from all of the banks is the propensity to keep investing because the cycle is getting competitive at this moment. Alix thank you very much. Now i want to go to the latest on trade. President trump is ready to sign
Less bigger than we saw yesterday or even earlier today. Stocks down off the highs of the session, still hanging onto gains of. 4 across the board. If you look at the s p 500 across the day, you will see that fate that has happened as we headed into the afternoon. Weve been watching the vix which earlier today touched its low for the year and then had come back. Still down about 2 on the day. It bounce back from that low of the year. Even though there is not much volatility now, weve seen a lot of buying of hedges that volatility is going to return and because they are cheap and they want that insurance. David what parts of the market are the biggest drags right now . Are down. 25 es as we see rates rebounds today. We are seeing health care higher, but just barely. Energy is still higher, but has given up a lot of the earlier gains. Tech and financials are doing the best in the s p 500. At what hasa look happened to oil over the course of the session, that has been this is the price of
Joining us from around the world, welcome. We have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines today. 20 yeardetails of a dispute over cotton. Michael mckee looks at why oil prices have plunged and why it matters to you. We begin with peter cook and questions over the first documented case of ebola in the u. S. Peter, good afternoon. Good afternoon. We have learned more about the patient at the center of this case in texas, dallas, texas, and whether members of the community may have been exposed to the virus. The patient himself is in condition atstable Texas Health Presbyterian hospital. They are treating him in an isolation ward at that hospital. He showed up there on the 28th. Separately we have learned from texas officials and local Health Officials five children may have been exposed to the ebola virus by being in his presence over the weekend. Peoplee five of 12 to 18 who may have been exposed to the patient at the time he started to show symptoms. Those children ar
Partner in a new startup. All the and more over the next hour, but lets start where the day is just beginning. Tens of thousands of people filled the highways in and around hong kong. Protesters calling for free elections and the resignation of the regions chief executive. Lets find out the latest. I know you cover the region extensively. It is already morning there. It is already morning here. Everyone is having to work. I will remind viewers that it is exactly about 5 00 a. M. In the morning, and many of those protesters were there all night, protesting in various districts to the east of where bloombergs asia headquarters is located. Which is in the central part of hong kong. These are places like the admiralty. This is the Biggest Police crackdown since hong kong was returned to chinas rule some 17 years ago. They are calling for the resignation of the chief executive. Think of him like the governor of the city. These protesters tend to be young, they are college students, and they
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