Blessing on our nation and all her people. With the humility never to take for granted their selflessness in the face of givetation in danger and us grace to draw inspiration from the heroes of pearl harbor, as we face the challenges and dangers of our own time. Liberty,hearts to love and guide our bodies, minds, and souls towards the true and lasting peace that is the fruit of moral strength and righteous courage. Greater love has no one than this, the one laid down his life for his friends. Always weys, always, remember pearl harbor. When we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea. Amen. This december in braille seven marks the 75th anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor this december 7 marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. Up next on reel america, know your enemy, japan. An hourlong u. S. Army film directed by frank capra. The film portrays japan as a nation is determined to rule the world through military conquest. The production began in 1942, but
It is 8 00 a. M. Across across the emirates. I am in dubai. And i am in hong kong. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets iddle east. A lot of activity in asia. 80 of volumes moving back to the markets. What are you looking at . Yousef that may be the case in asia but in the u. S. It remains. The dow did get close to the 20,000 mark but did not cross it. I am looking at the u. S. Dollars strength going up. I can pull up the chart for you, you can pull it up on your bloomberg, as well. This is the story of the dollar index. 23 of 36 over the last trading day. If you look at a three month basis, 7. 5 in gains. 17. 70 6 that is the year of u. S. Independents, of course. How much will the u. S. Dollar have to run from here, given a lot of this is still dependent on whether or not trump will actually fulfill his pledges, in terms of fiscal policy . What you looking at, angie . Angie it is a good question and i want to follow up on it. Dive into my bloomberg right now. As we see, perhaps the markets p
This is an important issue. It is really impressive that when there is an injunction that state for 30 days it has been extended to 45 days by the judge today. It is really new territory. I think there is a lot more to come. I think we are going to appeal. We are going to appeal. The judge is extending its we can do this properly. It is a fundamental issue of whether or not intellectual property trumps public health. This discussion is not over. In my view, we believe very viabley that this is a process. We will fight it. Ceo well. Know the what are the talks like between you and them . You always have conversations with people you know. We are making sure it the doors are open. Role is one of reaching briding. Erik is the door still open . No, you see this exclusive legendship right now. I think at the moment they have to abide by their exclusives. Erik what is it that makes that company so attractive . There are two reasons why. First, we are in the rare disease area. We understand s
Reporter Chinese State television issuing a strong message to th u. S. A abo the region. The country senent out warships includuding its first Aircraft Carrier on military exercises in late december. The ships route included waters around the taiwan strait, and the disputed South China Sea. The reaction from the taiwanese . Reporter some of the drills coincided with taiwan president s tsai ingwens meeting with republican lawmakers in the United States. Tensions started to rise back in december. President elect donald trump took a phone call from prededent tsai after his election win. It was the first such phone call since 1979, the year the u. S. Switched diplomatic recognition from taiwan to china and started to follow the onechina principle. It acknowledges taiwan is part of china. An asiapacific region expert says chinas military drills show the country is concerned. Although the Aircraft Carrier cannot be used in the real operation, its a training ship. But china must set their fig
Agrees to buy a company for 5. 5 billion. Right, half an hour from the start of the trading week. No trading in the u. S. , Martin Luther king jr. Day. In japan, machinery orders better than expected, the ppi,cer price index, factory gate inflation better than predicted by economists, but still in negative terrain for december. But see how the markets are tracking. David. David thanks. We are looking at a mixed bag. Markets just opening up, taiwan, malaysia. Have a look at singapore. One of the better performers performingthe best market in asia save for the philippines. Mixed. Ight times index,verything else canceling out japan pulling things down, australia, flipped the board, some other benchmarks at the moment. Australia, that comes down to the fact you are getting a decent bid when it comes to the mining stocks, japan, strong japanese yen weighing on that index. Assets. Ook across 1. 20, roughly at those levels. Dollaryen, still close to session lows, 114. At 2. 4 yields unchanged