Saying china is the greatest threat to democracy worldwide. The u. S. The bloomberg u. S. Dollar index. Crude getting a lift after an opec agreement that came through. Theyre going to be keeping curbs in place in terms of production but we could see on a month by month basis some of those curbs being removed. Agrees to ease cuts more gradually. Gold about 1 10 of 1 lower. Bitcoin using some of its sheen and declinings extensive 1 . With all that in mind, lets find out what is happening in new york. Karina we start with the news on pfizer. It slumped on reported may ship only half of the vaccines it planned to this year. Issues supply chain will cut it to 50 million. Anthony found she is taking the u. K. For rushing to clear the pfizer vaccine. Moderna claims it shows what it claims is durability. Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is calling for a smaller more focused stimulus package for the u. S. Economy as democrats scale back demands to find a route forward. The base
Expressed interest and are considering participating and then we certainly have, you know, many managers who are engaging with Portfolio Companies around climate risk but perhaps not formally through that initiative. Okay. And then my other concern is, we talked about diversity and i like what youve done in terms of the work around that. Do we use that same [indiscernible] in terms of rps and other things, do we really apply the sfers criteria for the type of diversity were looking for across the board, including [indiscernible] and other sectors . I cant fully comment on that. I guess what i can say is, you know, there is proposition 209 in place in california i know. Thats why i i know. Up to a vote, thats in november. But we do not i want to make clear that we do not ask about diversity characteristics when we send out an rfp or enter a new relationship or a new contract with an external party. Were wanting to be not running afoul of distortion . The board is engaging, we do request
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Biden. Last ditch support efforts for both candidates moving at breakneck speeds. And digital gold. Cryptocurrency on demand with rising prices for bitcoin. You can crypto a lot of things, but dont call it currency yet. Rising aftertocks resuscitated hopes for a spending package. The nasdaq had a modest game game. Abigail doolittle is in new york. Abigail another choppy day. We have not had one day this week when we have not had stocks up and down throughout the day. There has not been when they were that has been the case. We have seen a lot of intraday whipsaw. Investors are pretty nervous. Some uncertainty. The s p 500 is up after spending most of the day down. Up about 0. 3 . Two down Sectors Energy and tech. Not surprisingly, tech being weighed on by intel. The stock one of the only indexes on the date of fall. Day to fall. Data center sales missing down 10 year over year. The guidance tepid as well. At the end of the day, it was a choppy week. Investors dealing with lots of uncer
Those arrive in london today, and the pound appears to gain after jumping to a sixweek high. This is surveillance. Eldinusef gamal in dubai. Toew fiscal stimulus impact mitigate the impact of the coronavirus. Reflecting that degree of caution, a little bit lower at the moment for the s p 500. At the same time, european stocks are falling for a fourth straight day. What is happening in the states is the bund rally is likely to pick up momentum again as the focus shifts away from global input to some of the deteriorating domestic fundamentals. Think along the lines of the german confidence data we got, the yields near the sevenmonth lows we had. Benefiting from the larger dollar risk aversion. It is very much strengthening over the past month, and at the goldt, the philadelphia and silver index up about 1. 4 . Lets check in on the first word headlines for you and toss it out to leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, yousef. Growing signs an agreement is insight. Negotiati