See in oil or gold. Maybe things arent all that bad in the underlying real economy, particularly when it comes to china. Coming up later in the hour, we l look at out the china look at the fallout of chinau. S. Tensions. Adc drama is intensifying. Avestors weighing contentious battle over the now Vacant Supreme Court seat. We want to bring in chief austin correspondent Kevin Cirilli for more. What do investors need to watch chief washington correspondent vin cirilli for more chief washington correspondent Kevin Cirilli for more. What do investors need to watch for . Kevin this is going to take up all of the oxygen in the room before the election. Things like fiscal stimulus, continuing resolutions, other potential nonpartisan issues to likely get across the finish line before the end the month, all of the focus instead is going to be on the Supreme Court battle. Judge amyont runners, coney barrett, as well as barbara le goa barbara lagoa. He says he wants to pick within the next couple
About financial repression. This has been widely predicted by a lot of people, deals have to be made. Revenue isnt there, so youve got to go out and buy it. You got to get better. Bigger. Athave not confirmed it here bloomberg, bob but that is a story tom nine tom whats john, lisa and i do is we go to bloomberg experts on this. John farrell, jonathan tice said exactly the same thing. Yeah right, but there are all sorts of reasons why that combination could be the giant bank of the continent of europe. Ritika a lot Jonathan Jonathan a lot to get through including lisa getting excited about tiktok. [laughter] we know lisa does tiktok often with the kids. Youve got a decent excuse. Lisa it is a verb. Do you tiktok or not tiktok . Politics front and center today. Including tiktok and oracle being the likely bidder. We now are talking about brexit. Boris johnson putting his controversial brexit vote to a vote. We will hear about whether or not he will get immunity if you go against the agre
Manufacturers from foreign competitors. French president emmanuel micron is calling the attack of russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny in assassination attempt. He is calling on russia to launch a transparent investigation. The comments came on a phone call with russian president Vladimir Putin as to more european laboratories found traces of a nerve agent. Navalny is in a hospital and is said to be improving. President trump started a process that could cut u. S. Drug costs. An executive order would tie prices to those paid by countries with National Health systems. Of ander falls short immediate cut the president has said would lower patients outofpocket costs. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 in new york, 6 00 in london, 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Here are the top stories on the bloomberg and are in the world we are followi
Postpandemic academy dominated by americas big tech companies. This friday morning, stocks are going up somewhere, can you believe that, we dont know how were going to close the session but the opening bell the dow will be up another triple digit, over 100 points, s p coming up a series of records of another nine this morning and the nasdaq made 39 records and moving higher again as of right now. That is the market, that is financial history, cue the fireworks, spectacular way to close out the republican convention, they lit up the sky over the white house after President Trump accepted the nomination for second term. It was a long speech, 70 minutes, the president made his pitch, vote for me and ill keep the streets safe and restore prosperity. Joe biden would ruin the country. You will hear it all, and then there is this, senator rand paul and his wife leaving the white house after the speech into an angry mob of demonstrators. That was intimidation that bordered the very close to re
Speaker pelosi says its absolutely absurdly unconstitutional. What will they do . Go to court to stop people getting the money . Right before an election . Good luck with that. The president s playing political hardball. 84 days to the election and again, the money will flow. Investors like it, by the way. Looking at the futures, the dow industrials will open this morning with a gain of about 100 points. The s ps going to be up about four. The nasdaq, up about 13 as we speak. The president s playing political hardball with china as well and beijing is responding. Jimmy li, a leader of hong kongs democracy movement, has been arrested under the new security law and china has imposed sanctions on u. S. Senators, including marco rubio and ted cruz. Now, that is escalation. Dramatic change may be coming to a mall near you. Amazons in talks with americas largest mall operator, Simon Properties simon group properties, to use some Department Stores as fulfillment centers. Amazon gets cheap spa