Lasting change and benefits for minorities in this country and to try to close inequality gaps in the boardroom and in peoples paychecks. Discuss some concrete steps that this audience that is with us, the tens of thousands who are with us, and corporate america, what we can take to create some lasting change and benefit for minorities in this country and close the inequality gap in the boardroom and in peoples paychecks. Ursula burns is here. I should tell you she was the first and only female ceo of a fortune a black female ceo of a fortune 500 company when she ran xerox. Board,she is on ubers and ive had the honor and pleasure to have known her for quite some time. Weve had some very important discussions. Also with us, robert smith, founder and chairman of vista equity partners. He is the wealthiest black american in the country, and i should tell you you have him and theched student debt crisis at morehouse. He has the 2 solution, and we are going to discuss that. Render, hee mich
Important conversation to be had this afternoon, and i am thrilled to have the privilege to spend some time with our following guests. I want to be very clear, my goal was to discuss some concrete steps that this audience that is with us, the tens of thousands who are with us, and corporate america, what we can take to create some lasting change and benefit for minorities in this country and close the inequality gap in the boardroom and in peoples paychecks. Ursula burns is here. I should tell you she was the first and only female ceo of a fortune a black female ceo of a fortune 500 company when she ran xerox. Board,she is on ubers and ive had the honor and pleasure to have known her for quite some time. Weve had some very important discussions. Also with us, robert smith, founder and chairman of vista equity partners. He is the wealthiest black american in the country, and i should tell you you have him and theched student debt crisis at morehouse. He has the 2 solution, and we are go
Really interesting flow out of the United Kingdom. Weve got a very nice lift to the market. I dont want to oversell it, but in the last 20 minutes or so, a lift to the market. I see sterling coming in and even the yield space with a little bit lower yield. Certainly not the risk of agony we saw yesterday. Jonathan sterling lower. Down about 0. 2 on cable. Reuters reporting that the Prime Minister is about to say get ready for an australia style brexit deal. When i say australia, think something closer to no deal. When i say canada, think something closer to a freetrade agreement. If the Prime Minister frustrated with the eu . October 15 was meant to be a deadline. Mr. Prime minister trying to ramp things up to get concessions from the other side, something he has failed to do in the last month. Tom and there is the norway deal. An australian deal is a much more distant deal, a much more traditional agreement. The love and affection of a canada deal where you respect the agricultural pr
Well in many states. Businesses are holding back from spending amid the pandemic and stimulus talks appear to be at a standstill once again with leaders from both sides accusing one another of moving the goal posts in the negotiations. Unlikely we will get a stimulus before the election. 59 minutes to go, dow down 2. 2 . Lets get to the stories we are watching right now as stocks fall sharply mike santoli is tracking the market selloff for us. Which parts he is watching in particular meg tirrell digging into the latest covid numbers mike, whats the broader take on what is happening today average bit of a rethink on a mull pent fronts the idea that covid might cause more business disruption last week the s p 500 was skirting this boundary between this sort of breakout level we had and around 3,400 we are actually below that right now. Did a little bit of damage s p and the nasdaq fell below the 50day average the s. A. P. Warning probably evented the nasdaq from doing a better job of sup
Basement which i would have done anyway, and which i did. I have to tell you, i feel fantastic. I really feel good. Maria we will get into all of that coming up. First, the stage is set this week for judge Amy Coney Barretts hearing on capitol hill. Shell read her opening remarks later today. Senator Lindsey Graham telling me, laying it all out on the schedule and when he thinks shell become a Supreme Court justice. I believe she will be confirmed no later than tuesday, a week before the election. Thats my hope. Maria markets are fractionally lower this morning, its a mixed story. As you see, the dow industrials down 21, the nasdaq is up 111 and the s p higher by 8 andahalf. Investors preparing for a major week of earnings along with more talks on stimulus. Markets posted a gain of more than 3 last week. Take a look, we are lac lookingt momentum in stocks on the heels of a week that sent the nasdaq up 4 andahalf percent and s p 500 up almost 4 . Peter navarro here this morning, live at