Even more retaliation. Weve got the latest. Markets this morning pointing to rally at start of trading upbeat news on Moderna Vaccine. Dow industrials up 556 points and nasdaq up 97 and the s p up 42. New covid warning, though, for expected mothers as baby contracts the baby in the womb. Everything you need to know coming up. Big win for apple this morning, European Union court ruled in favor of the Technology Giant over multibillion dollar antitrust tax bill. The stock is up on the news, up 1 and a quarter percent. Goldman sachs among big banks reporting today along with dow component and United Health, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria and european markets like the Investor Sentiment of vaccine trials and london better consumer data. The cac quarante in paris up 63 and dax index up 122. In asia overnight, mix story, take a look, asian indices finishing like this overnight with shanghai composite down, japan was up one and two third and the others fractionally moving. Some
Lets talk some more about the chinese e commerce giant alibaba. Shares in the chinese e commerce giant alibaba have surged in its hong kong trading debut. The company, which is already traded in the us, raised at least 11. 3 billion in its secondary listing. The move is being seen as a strategic step for alibaba in case us china trade tensions continue to worsen, and american regulators decide to take aim at Chinese Listed Companies in new york. Lets get more on this story. Karishma vaswani is our Asia Business correspondent. Tell us more about todays big debut for alibaba. It has been a highly anticipated Share Offering. In fact it is now on track to be the biggest Share Offering of 2019, meaning uber beating oh 8 billion. There has been so much excitement about alibaba listing been so much excitement about aliba ba listing in been so much excitement about alibaba listing in hong kong is because as the company has consistently said it is a way in the words of the former chairman to br
And borrowing from the bank of mum and dad. Parents are now spending so much money getting their children onto the housing ladder that it could hurt their retirement. Well be discussing this with a generous mum. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Also, tens of thousands of british citizens born in the us but who left when they were children, just like our pm borisjohnson, could have their uk Bank Accounts frozen due to us tax policy. Were going to be talking to a british man who left the us when he was 15 months old. But now, over a0 years later, hes had his bank account frozen. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victoria live. If youre emailing and are happy for us to contact you and maybe want to take part in the Programme Please include your phone number in your message. If you text, youll be charged at the Standard Network rate. First, annita has the news. Jeremy corbyn will meet other Opposition Party leaders this m
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Police in brazil say the search is on for 99 inmates who escaped during a prison riot. Nine inmates are dead, 14 are injured. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. , isbloomberg technology next. Im emily chang. This is bloomberg technology. Could the Biggest Company on the planet go on a buying spree. We look at apples billions of dollars of cash on hand and possible ma and a targets here it plus, bitcoins hangover. Can the currency regain its peak . We will talk about the likely ,uzz around the the first there were about 2. 7 billion dollars of mergers last year, the lowest tally in four years. Will 2018 see a new rush of merger mania . Anotherill buy yet major brickandmortar business in 2018 on top of its recent purchase of whole foods and he says that is target. The timing on this is difficult. We think it is 2018, but seeing the combination of value is easy. This is not just a revenue grab, but a demographic grab. Om d