Business partners to speak of the future that they see in entertainment and education, which is front and center for mr. James. But also his future in basketball. This is a lengthy article. You will see a special tomorrow on Bloomberg Businessweek. We will have highlights for you all through the morning. Lebron james is something very different. For our International Audience, basketball is a shockingly simple game. Five players aside, there is a circle at the end 10 feet off the ground with netting, real simple, you put the ball in the basket and you go home. No one has done it like lebron james. I want to make clear, the shock of lebron james is that he is only 69. There are many other bigger, taller people in the sport, but no one has executed in the game like mr. James. He is called a power forward, and that is a big deal for a little guy at 69. Here is lebron james on his new entertainment venture, springhill. Lebron it stems from my upbringing, from akron. For us, when we talk ab
Also, the u. S. Closing off the borders be at lets take a look where the markets are. Asia, gains in the u. S. And europe, that surge overnight, the best day in six weeks, european stocks doing their best in two months, vaccine optimism boosting investor sentiment. The csi 300 is up. If you take a look at chinas oil demand, which is set to be back at precrisis levels of consumption, it is said to be fully open as factories open and drivers are back on the road. Rebounding, the benchmark opening the door for , whiches of alibaba could prove to be a boost for investors we have the kospi higher by about 2 for investors. We have the kospi higher by about 2 . And in southeast asia, we are keeping a close eye on the jakarta composite index, currently trading higher. Indonesia, the governor is expected to cut the benchmark rate by about 25 basis points. Gains pretty much across the board for singapore, as well as malaysia. Rish . Rishaad haslinda, more on donald trump here, escalating his thr
Airlines the european budget choir easyjet cutting 4500. 00 jobs as a 3rd of its workforce and its not the only carrier suffering in the coronavirus pandemic and the jury is still out on whether it really works but some south african farmers say warm would help against the spanish flu a century ago and they say you can beat the cold war on a virus today. Im gone to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world at welcome we start tonight in the u. S. Where the city of minneapolis has been shaken by a 2nd day of angry demonstrations and looting following the death of a black man in Police Custody the mayor of the city in the state of minnesota has. Asked the governor to send in the National Guard hes also called for criminal charges to be filed against the officer who was seen kneeling on George Floyds neck the u. S. Department of justice says it has launched an investigation. Minneapolis is a city on fire and outpouring of rage over the death of a black man at t
Industries association. Sen. Wicker all right, we will begin, and we appreciate people working with us on this partially remote, and partially in person hearing on a very important topic. The covid 19 pandemic has affected the normal operation of every Public Institution in our country. Including, as you can see, the legislative branch. I thank my colleagues and witnesses per for participating in todays hearing, which is the first of many covid19related oversight hearings that this committee will conduct. We will accomplish the business in accordance with the guidelines established by the rules committee, and in consultation with the office of the attending physician. And i want to thank my colleague and Ranking Member, senator cantwell, for her cooperation in this regard, and for all of our staff. The committee today convenes to discuss the state of the Aviation Industry. Witnesses, which are limited in number by the guidance we received from the senate, include nic calio, president a
Restrictions but many businesses and states are seeking additional financial assistance. 8 30 a. M. Eastern treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin will join me live on how to help recover from the pandemic. Retail continues to struggles. J. Crew to file for bankruptcy this morning. We are expecting that. Take a look at futures, indicating a decline 266 points and nasdaq lower by 73 on top of selloff on friday which led the u. S. Markets in the red for the week, take a look, mornings with maria is live right now. Tensions between the United States and china are growing. Dax index in germany down 368 points right now. Sharp decline there. Manufacturing and construction starting back up in italy today. Shops set to reopen in ten days followed by bars and restaurants in june, in italy. In asia overnight losses in hong kong and south korea. Hong kongs gdp for the First Quarter decreasing, much steeper fall than expected. Hong kong down better than 4 . Markets in china closed for holiday as well