Ridehailing company grab is among the companies reconsidering partnerships. And it is rent day for britains commercial tenants, but how many businesses will pay up . Theu. K. Plans this as u. K. Plants substantial easing of lockdown measures. We will get analysis. Lets have a look at where we are on the futures picture for equity markets. This is the picture for european futures. Stoxx 50 futures and ftse futures both down around. 06 0. 6 . It looks like we will have a bit of a move to the downside at the start of trade. U. S. Futures are fairly flat this hour. Futures on the s p entirely flat, on the dow entirely flat, the nasdaq or positive, up 0. 2 . Yesterday we saw concerns around the second wave of the virus or the third wave, perhaps, in the u. S. , the south and southwest of the United States, taking the edge off gains in the s p, but the nasdaq is powering through to new record highs. Lets show you whats been going on through the asian session. Things looking pretty mixed. Som
Better than it was a month ago. Tom it is all the news that is out there right now. You see a little bit of a lift in the markets. We will get to the data check, but what is extraordinary right now is this historic moment for hong kong. And lord patton with us in 30 minutes, which is a great honor. Now lets get straight to bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika as you were mentioning, lawmakers in china have defied a threat by President Trump, approving a proposal for sweeping National Security legislation aimed at hong kong. The micros the advocates say the measures will curb freedom in the city, and this came a day lead this could President Trump into imposing sanctions on china. Been more than 100,000 deaths in the u. S. From coronavirus. That is three months since the first death announced on february 29 in the United States. According to the institute of Directors Think tank. Wagestly paving 80 of for jobs. The government wants to change it so that co
Woman who took it upon herself to fill the gap of much needed medical here in new york. There have been more evacuations this morning of russian mercenaries from the front lines of the battlefield in the libyan capital tripoli thats according to the u. N. Banks government the russians have been fighting on behalf of warlords for me for half the games forces who backed the government with support from turkey after has been trying to capture the capital for 13 months the mayor of delhi will lead confirm the russians flew the 1st group out from an air base in the town on sunday 7 military planes center 3 of them. Have reports from the libyan capital. These are the pictures of libyan media show russian medicine a reason leaving Police Frontline they were meant to shift the balance of power on the battlefield in favor of the libyan warlord holy for have. But a series of defeats has left a half that are struggling to fulfill his ambition to take the capital from libyas internationally recogn
Action, a really important interview coming up. Seth carpenter will join jon ferro and me on Bloomberg Radio on the negative Interest Rates in the u. S. It is about this pandemic. What do you see in london . What is new with Prime Minister johnson and how he treats this viral crisis . Francine first of all, it is friday. A lot of people will be happy it is friday. Focus on the markets and the numbers and try not to be overtaken. Two fed president s coming onto bloomberg tv later with Michael Mckee, and also Catherine Mccain Catherine Mann. London is similar to new york. I was taken aback by the jobless claims yesterday. That number may have been much bigger. You are looking at negative Interest Rates, but if you look at the human tragedy unfolding in italy, they talk about a humanitarian crisis. In london and new york, the numbers keep going up. We will see what impact this has. Tom across bloomberg, a great focus on the louisiana. Ofwill bring you mr. Bostic atlanta and mr. Kaplan of
We start in the us where General Motors has launched a legal onslaught against rival car giant Fiat Chrysler. Gm is suing fiat for racketeering, alleging it bribed officials at the United Auto Workers union for years and seeking substantial damages fiat says its astonished at the lawsuit which comes as it tries to seal a merger with frances peugeot group. From new york Samira Hussain has more. General motors says Fiat Chrysler spent millions bribing during the years of 2011 and 2015. Gm asserts the union made concessions to Fiat Chrysler that were not afforded to General Motors. Such as hiring entry level workers than gm was allowed to. The claims being made are tied to an ongoing federal corruption investigation that has led to 13 criminal charges investigation that has led to 13 criminal charges and 11 guilty pleas among former executives and union leaders. Fiat chrysler has responded by saying it is astonished by the lawsuit and it believes that this is just a way for gm hamper ongo