Amazon partners with an old text stalwart. That is blackberry. How they plan to revolutionize tech. Those stories in a moment. The u. S. Stocks posting another record high amid news of new stimulus talks. They are progressing with a plan to pass by the weekend. Abigail doolittle has more on that. Also, i know you have been following the latest Earnings Results out of snowflake. Shares down after hours a bit. This is a big test for them after their blockbuster debut. Abigail it is. Lots of big movers relative to earnings after hours come snowflake being one of them. With snowflake, what you are referencing is that huge ipo, biggest ipo of the year back in september. This is their First Quarter as a publicly traded company, so they are finding out what it is about to these shares are absolutely plunging in the after hours, down 19 . This is an Application Software company, up just 37 year to date. They have struggled a little bit, and in this quarter they posted a wider loss than expecte
Plus, big tex pharma. Tech pharma. Amazon launches a digital pharmacy that includes discounts and deliveries for prime members. It promises to upend the pharmacy business as we know it and may spell trouble for thousands of small pharmacies across the country. And, just what are your children watching . A new study finds if it is childrens content on youtube, it is probably littered with ads depicting violence and providing no Educational Value whatsoever. We will have all the details. First, u. S. Stocks pulled back from record highs today as u. S. Investors turn to the surge in new cases of covid19 and lockdown measures. Pharmacy stocks took a beating after amazon announced it is getting into the pharma business. Our Abigail Doolittle has more from new york. Markets generally ended the day down, but it was a big up day for amazon. How much influence did that have . Abigail lots of great headlines that you were mentioning. It was a fairly quiet day. It started risk off and ended mildl
We are watching the hang seng index. Australias market is only higher by 0. 3 . But we had this news that china will allow australias cargo to come ashore. Lets have a look at stocks. Clearing exchanges in focus. The u. S. Approved legislation that could lead to chinese firms getting kicked off american exchanges. Also getting a call from sidney. Tak is down 1. 4 . ,his big surging iron or holding at a record. In recent weeks, weve seen pickup of state owned enterprise default in china that have jolted the credit markets and rattled investors. One company in the spotlight is ever grand, which has accumulated the biggest debt in global real estate. We are joined by Stephen Engle in hong kong. In ournt to bring distinguished guest, the ceo and cofounder of sc lowy in hong kong. A bank and manager that specializes in distressed and highyield debt. Good to see you. You spoke to bloomberg about a month ago and you did talk about ever grand. We know that they have taken steps to increase or
1 10 of 1 . Minor gains for the australian and china markets for the shanghai composite. Situation with regards to the equity markets, what about some of the other Asset Classes and play . We can have a look at those. Take a look at the oil prices, retreating at the moment. You need currently, what, 41 essentially for a barrel of wti, 41. 09, moving to the downside. Stockpile to the upside. Gold not much of a haven, dollar index moving to the upside, the dollaryen currently stronger. It has been moving quite rapidly to the upside. . 11 currently for one greenback. The sec is pushing ahead with a plan that could see chinese come these kicked off of u. S. Exchanges. The intent to cap crackdown on companies that dont comply with rules that require an audit. That could hurt big names like alibaba and baidu. Tom, it looks like the sec is in a hurry. What is it proposing . Tom absolutely. The since we are getting as they are stepping up their preparations for this new Legal Framework that ag
The last 24 hours. Tom what is interesting is the microanalysis of france or germany. Interesting conclusions. Heres what matters. Hospitalization capacity and the number of deaths is front and center for the pros. Jonathan and for market participants, desensitized by the numbers, conditions by the experience of earlier in spring. Markets that if that markets go up, and if they policymakers step in. Tom it is real simple here. Yes, all of that is true, but. Lso noted, a society adapting stimulus may be, the adoption of a set of vaccines, but also corporations adjusting to try to better 2021. Jonathan lets hope we get some better economic data. 8 30 eastern, jobless claims just around the corner. We got from 3m this morning. They are going to cut 3 of their staff, 2900 jobs. This comes amid the concern, how much can we see these terrible pandemic numbers without longerterm impact on that future outlook in 2021 . At 8 00 a. M. , we are getting the rest of the opec meeting on out cuts on