Investors concerned about rising Coronavirus Infections and what that means for the recovery. Global deaths are approaching one million with record cases in france and the u. K. The Trump Administration given an ultimatum over tiktok to delay a ban or respond in court. Ban isnt trumps due to take effect on sunday. ,aidi it was a meandering confused session in the u. S. Investors seemed to be trying to work out where the lead was. Investors weighing the scanned prospects of another stimulus package against a resurgence, the second wave we are seeing across europe and the u. K. Modest gains but the s p has wiped out all of its gains for 2020. Futures trading up by. 3 at this point. When it comes to the asian trading day ahead, the nikkei 225 regaining a little bit of positivity. Modest gains of. 1 , trading in the futures session in chicago. In sydney, we are watching as to whether this surge we have seen in growth shares will continue. The msci australia index jumping to a record high c
Their caregivers. And that has brought us right to the front lines of the covid pandemic because many of those with alzheimers and dementia happen to be at highest risk for covid19. To early thisk year as the pandemic was becoming known and the first cases in the u. S. Being identified in february. How did your organization brace for what was to come . Were watchings we the news about covid19 and thinking and thinking in very operational terms. Fly in ofvery large people from around the country to washington, d. C. That was supposed to take place in march. We were looking at whether it was responsible for us as an wasnization to figure out it responsible to ask people to come into washington for this event. In hindsight of course its a clear decision. At the time the first cases we identified in the united states, we were talking to Public Health authorities and other sources. Apparent thatame was not a good idea. The first fatalities were in Washington State in longterm care community
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] flex we go live now to the me Minnesota State capitol, st. Paul. Internationally, a society that does not put equity and inclusion at the center of it is certainly going to eventually come to the places we are at. Inflection,ment of a real change, a moment where the folks out there demanding this are not going to take a commission or a report. They are going to want fundamental change. That is one of the exciting things in the middle of all of this. You can feel a sense of optimism coming back. I want to say to you will hear from the updates, i dont want to paint the picture that its over but i do want to paint a picture that we as minnesotans have regrounded ourselves and it looks to me that there is a clear delineation between the ands are rightfully pained angered wanting to see change and e
This is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week predatory lender. China loans more money to the world than the richest 32 nations what does the world china and what does beijing get when you dont. Was this man really responsible for a one trillion dollar loss on wall street or was. Taking on big investors. And the story of the world over Migrant Workers stranded in thailand without jobs and no money for rent or food. The worlds 20 largest economies agreed to give 76. 00 of the poorest a Debt Repayment holiday but china has yet to publicly offer any support at a time many nations need the extra financial headroom to tackle the coronavirus pandemic beijing has been rapidly rolling out its belt and road initiatives to build infrastructure and increase its influence in mostly developing nations. Has come a huge cost for many of the 138 nations that have signed up to the program you may remember sri lanka couldnt keep up with payments
On many different fronts. National guard, state patrol, police department, sheriffs departments, as well as those who are out there making sure we maintained utilities and Everything Else. Also speaking of, watching yesterday, the whole nature of why we do these things is to allow for that peaceful expression. We saw large peaceful protests focusing on the systemic changes that get to the heart of why we are in this situation. And when i say we, minneapolis, st. Paul, the state of minnesota, nationally and as we have seen over the last 24 hours, internationally. A society that does not put equity and inclusion at the center of it is certainly going to eventually come to the places where we are at. This is a moment of inflection, it is a moment of real change, it is a moment that those folks who are out there demanding this are not going to take a commission or a report. They are going to want fundamental change. And that is what i think thats one of the exciting things in the midst of