[roll call] clerk we have a quorum. Madam president , i want to make a couple of announcements. First, i want to let everybody know that closed session will not be heard today. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendation issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and that Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted on teleconference, this meeting is being televised on sfgovtv. Please note that there is a delay between live and what is being viewed on sfgtv. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item, dial 14156550001, meeting i. D. 1467101398, pound, pound. To raise your hand to speak, press star, three. Please limit your Public Comment to the item that is under consideration. Im going to ask the commission and staff to mute their microphones if they have not already done so. Madam president , your first order of business is to approve the minutes of the meeting of october 27, 2020. Commissioners, do i have any questions or discussion
Into new orleans, killing two people. It also left 2 million homes and businesses in the dark. Experts say damage could total as much as 5 billion. Wto members are confronting the reality that the future of the genevabased institution is now in the hands of the american electorate. The Trump Administration has decided to block nigerias former finance minister as the next wto would record general. The u. S. Is backing the south korean trade general despite overwhelming support from other countries for the other candidate. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. It is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 5 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im taylor riggs. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. The u. S. Economy recovered much of its normas ground it lost in the spring,
Onnce places restrictions more cities. Pedro sanchez calling an extraordinary meeting. House signals it is open to a comprehensive plan shifting its stance as a result. Pushed higher. Gorman goes hunting. Morgan stanley steals a 7 billion deal for the purchase of eaton vance. From our interview with the ceo itself. Himself. Lets look at what futures are doing. Green arrows. See, they are incredibly slight. Not even 0. 1 . The percent missed price indicating a higher open then futures are showing you right now. U. S. Futurest the after stimulus talk. It will more directly affect the u. S. Economy. Nasdaq, dow jones and futures up 0. 4. Breaking news coming through. Lets get to that. First on the macro front. The u. K. Economy, clocking in some growth figures looking to be much worse than the market anticipated. The u. K. Economy grew at 2. 1 in the month of august. The estimate was 4. 6 . We were expecting that rate of growth compared to previous months to come down. A bounce in june, t
Focus in china, the unraveling of the chinese stock rally. Seems like things have stabilized after we saw one of the worst selloffs since the gdp eight out of china. You see china targeting large caps, small caps and the latest is kwai chow moutai. Yesterday, climbing back with the stock. Record after we saw a spike in virus cases yesterday. Watching other things with indonesia markets opening up, focusing more on the Bank Indonesia rate cut, cutting rates for the second time as growth sputters, the stocks are up. 4 area strength in the rupiah. Up. 4 . Strength in the rupiah. Nifty, futures pointing to a positive open. Yvonne the Trump Administrationyvonne is turning on some of americas Biggest Companies saying they are pawns of china. Attorney general bill barr says disney, apple and others are working at the expense of u. S. And western democratic values. He said disney and apple have been manipulated by the communist party interchanging strategy to make money. The coronavirus contin
Bullishness as manifested by a huge part of the market, i call it the 11 11. 5 trillion portiono the market, which is related to the cramer covid index you cant get enough of these stocks these are the companies that do best when you stay at home whether it with General Mills, a surprise preannouncement that was extraordinary yesterday or a lot of the apple number bumps today. Even just out of the woodwork abbvie put on the recommended list why . Now you can stay at home and go get your botox there is just absolutely a level of bullishness about this stay at home, work at home market then theres the rest of the market, which is just awful. And astonishing. Well get to calhouns comments on the today show in a moment i know you have logitech on tonight. Sales up 13. Theres a lot of web cams, mice, and keyboards that are being bought right now if you want logitech. Its so interesting because soi. They have a particular mouse that is almost as good as a wired mouse. People want that becaus