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More work from home. It is thursday, may 7. You are watching Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Welcome. Im Brian Sullivan thank you for joining us on this 75th anniversary of ve day 1945, world war ii and europe ended. Looking at the market and your money. Setting up their thursday morning. We are seeing futures with potentially a rebound in gain. Getting to more on that in one second this would also regain like we said what we lost yesterday. Up nearly 3 this week alone weekly jobless claims are out. They are expected to show another 3 million americans have filed for unemployment. We are nearing 30 Million People out of work. Markets wont move on that it is widely expected. Obviously a difficult number to hear we have breaking news on United Health the health insurancer announcing it will provide 1. 5 billion premium rebates. Joining many Auto Insurance Companies Offering rebounds as people are simply not consuming their products right now we
As the stock plummets 11 and is now at just 10. 35, american is also offering voluntary buyouts to employees. That leads to this question. Are we looking at a Global Travel depression . The ceos of hilton, United Airlines and Royal Caribbean cruise lines all sit on the board of one Organization Called the world travel and Tourism Council. The ceo of that council is live in a fox business exclusive from london, where the famed tube, londons underground subway, is now closing down stations. Will london lock down and what does the future hold for travel . Despite americas troubles, the markets are bouncing back from yesterdays selloff. Weve got another volatile session. At one point, down 721 points at the low, the dow has now swung more than 1200 points, currently we see gains of 237 points. The s p climbing higher by 30. The nasdaq is up 254. Plus we are going to speak to the nations largest Medical Transport company about how it is preparing to move coronavirus patients from one place
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