In southwestern louisiana, about 30 miles east as a cat 4 a storm surge forecasters say could be 20 feet deep. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. The rain is steadily coming down here as hurricane laura moves up the coastline or state line from lake charles up to shreveport where i am the rain is coming down steadily for the past several hours this storm has been downgraded to a category 3. Many concerns remain around heavy rain that could lead to flooding and the possibility of high winds that could impact trees and cause trees to fall and lead to downed power lines and outages much like we are seeing in the southern part of the state. Shreveport is one of the places folks were evacuated to from lake charles we are here along the riverside where folks are staying in hotels to get away from the storm but the businesses here are closed casinos here are closed. The cities in the area, the surrounding area, School Districts all closed for the day as they wait out to see what exac
Jobless claims. President trump scrapped his g. O. P convention as the coronavirus rages. Concerns that big tech is on a bubble. Welcome today break europe. The results came out a few minutes ago. 650 million. T was an estimated loss of 250. 1 million. Equinor posted an unexpected Second Quarter profit. They are on track to deliver on their plan for cutting costs of 700 million. It cease 2021 capex at 21 billion. It sees 20222023 at an average of 12 billion. A clear beat in terms of Second Quarter adjusted net and profit. Keeping the dividend and keeping the fullyear capex guidance on change and on track for cost cutting. Those are the main lines coming through. Well speak the the c. E. O. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. U. K. Time. Japan is closed. China is bearing the brunt of the losses. Red on the screen in hong kong and australia. A little bit of a weaker yuan. An increase in tensions between the u. S. And china given the news around the order of the chengdu consulate. Take a look at what
Nasdaq hits an alltime high as a combined value tops the gdp of the worlds thirdbiggest annomy, cash trade is just hour away. Here are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. Trump says tiktok must close its u. S. Operations by sold. Ber 15 unless it is he insist any sale must include a substantial payment to the u. S. Government. Global equities trade makes after a tech surge sent the nasdaq to a record. Isn amid a positive u. S. Pronounce and hinge from trump as he could face executive action on fresh virus release. Results easing continues infineon. The buyer warrants that the pandemic has stunted demand for nonessential medicines. We wait on numbers and it looks like we are getting numbers from British Petroleum right now. Annmarie, what do you see . Annmarie the dividend to the oil make it maker is cut. This is the First Time Since the bp oil spill in 2010. A historic moment in some senses for the oil giant. , 5. 25. Quarter dividend 10. 5. Second quarter came in at 6. 6 1
Start of trading but nasdaq another record high uncharted territory there. But nasdaq now at 11,046 up 95 points and dow industrials up 164 and s p up 22. This on top of the rally in tech stocks helping to push nasdaq to yet another record close. Thes dow s p 500 also finishing the green, monday. Yesterday, as you can see the nasdaq up sharply two and a half percent on the sessions. The s p 500 is now positive for the year. Unrest in america violence is surging this morning across the country. President trump is warning that he will send federal agents to more cities to bring back law and order. At 8 30 a. M. Eastern Border Control commissioner mark morgan is here with more on rising crime and role federal agents can play to bring safety and security back to American Cities. And the china keeps up on pressure keeps up on china mike pompeo meeting with Boris Johnson today trying to get the u. K. To take a firmer stance on china. Meeting coming week after london banned Huawei Technology
The 30 action this is the moment to also trade on fighting everyone we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the ground 0. And for the ok in watching this story now in for the past few months the stream is taking a look around the world looking at the Global Pandemic and the impact its having on very citizens around the world today we stop at the pacific nations and ask if their isolation is actually helping them tackle covered 19 and what issues and challenges they may well have if you are new we would love to hear from you jump into the chat and he can be part of the conversation im going to start the conversation introducing the guests and theyre going to say hello to you so ambassador it is wonderful to have you here on this train tell everybody. I am. I am a member present i did not allow an ambassador to the United Nations based out of new york. Good to have use a pia oakum to the string tell everybody hume you are. The morning good evening or an