A major test for the countrys security who will face the people in a run for the highest office i recall as president ial candidates on aljazeera. Hello im Adrian Ferguson this is counting the cost on aljazeera a look at the world of business and economics this week carving up the riches of the mediterranean could prove to be a costly mistake as a lebanese well comes up dry and Oil Companies delay drilling could nations miss out on the oil and gas bonanza. Perus economy has tanked millions of lost their jobs as the government tries to stop the spread of the coronavirus people are desperately trying to make ends meet. At adapting to a changing economy why University Degree may no longer be the key to success for many americans. Turkey claims to have found a big store of natural gas in the black sea if it proves to be commercially viable it could be a huge relief for a nation thats dependent upon oil and gas imports but its turkeys exploration in the hotly contested east mediterranean th
Good morning, im in today for Brian Sullivan lets start off with our your money and the Global Markets are shaping up on this monday morning. The dow will be higher by around 90 or some points. Gaining some ground in the past few minutes. You can see the s p higher by 4 points and the nasdaq rarely an underperformer now you can see implied open lower by 16 points now this is coming after solid gains for the major indices last week more on that in one moment here. Turning to the bond market as well, the yield on the benchmark ten year Government Note or just around 56 basis points the two year note yield about 13 basis points and the 30 yearlong bond a hair below 1. 24 or 124 basis points taking a quick look at the price of gold as well, remember, hovering around the record highs. That key one to watch, the last trade there, gold futures up about three quarters of 1 lets go worldwide karen is in london in the newsroom what can you tell us about the trading there. Seeing those u. S. Futu
I do want to highlight a 10 year yield in the u. S. , the yield is lower by about one basis point. 60 to 70 basis points, and how much can we tolerate on higher upside when it comes to yields . The Democrat National convention will be focusing on joe bidens vision of the party. Last night focused on trumps performance in office including his handling of covid19. To everyone who supported other candidates in the primary, and to those who may have voted for donald trump in the last election, the failed federal government that watched new york get ambushed by their negligence and then watched new york suffer but all through it learned absolutely nothing. Itay, six months after began, the nation is still unprepared. Magic if we had a national strategy. So everyone has access to a safe vaccine. More than 150,000 people have died and our economy is in shambles because of a virus that this president downplayed for too long. That even before trumps negligent response to this pandemic, too many
Next, florida senator mark arri u. S. China relations and the coronavirus pandemic. This was hosted by the Hoover Institution. Good afternoon im a fellow at the hve wel conversations. The Hoover Institution one of the centers dedicated to producing pols iisaffirm economic prosperity, National Security governance. Detail a bit about our capital conversations series this is a time when hoover feels like they get to talk also some of our nations leading policymakers. Today were fortunate to have with us senator marcoo talk aboutmericas future after19. As part of a discussion will be taking audience questions from you so encourage you to submit your question at the q a button located at the bottom of your screen. Without lets get started. Senator rubio as all of you know is the trade center from florida. Number of committee assignments, committee on aging he is carly chairing the committee on intelligence as was the committee on Small Business and not of a new ship. Hes been a leading voic
Me, it was a real pandemic overlay. This is serious stuff. You can bring it right over to the urgency in washington on the stimulus, where yesterday, just as everyone pretty, there was a panic, and maybe they jumpstarted those talks. Francine yes. Just so you know, the subscription model is actually that you buy for disney , and you dont have to buy each time. We will have the experts on that. Lebanon was, already on its knees. This will just push it further into difficult territory. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. Heres ritika gupta. Ritika the pictures are incredibly intense. That explosion at a warehouse in beirut was felt miles away, and field hospitals with casualties. Reports are at least 100 were killed and some 4000 injured. Almosts government says 3000 tons of Ammonium Nitrate was stored in the building, but they are not saying whether the blast was caused by an accident or an attack. The white house and democrats are trying to strike a dea