Citigroup names james frazer Ceo Jane Fraser ceo, making her the first woman to run a wall street bank. Good morning. A massive milestone on wall street. The first female to run a major wall street bank. Is this a High Water Mark . It is a crack in the glass ceiling. We have a lot to cover this morning. Covid cases are kicking up, brexit drama, and, of course, no stimulus bill yet. Nasdaq yesterday closing down 2 , a crack in the tech rebound. Futures are up. 01 this morning. Here are your stoxx 50 futures in europe, showing a slower start. Down nearly 0. 3 . In the eurodollar, 1. 18. What lagarde said about the euro, not too worried, she seemed. Joining us now is janet mui, investment director at Brewin Dolphin. Good morning to you. I want to start with what is going on with the tech rebound we are seeing. I was looking at the bullinger, and you can see the nasdaq unable to get rid of that breakout of the midrange. Is this a signal of more erosion or will stocks start to trade sideway
Hello and welcome. President Alexander Lukashenko of belarus is defiant despite another weekend of huge demonstrations against his disputed re election, which protesters say he rigged two weeks ago. They are demanding that he stand down. From the capital minsk, our correspondent Steve Rosenberg sent this report. A warning it contains images you may find distressing. They poured onto the streets. Long live belarus, they cried. A sea of protesters flooding the centre of minsk. Resign, they shouted. A message for this man, alexander lu kashenko. For 26 years, hes been the president , but look how the people have turned against him. On independence square, they accused him of stealing the election and of violence against the people of belarus. Our aim is to show the government that we are not their slaves. We are here to show that we never elected him and that we want the change. That we want the new country with a new president. In belarus, people are making their voices heard like never
To the country will be tariff free. Trade talks between the eu and uk resume next week despite the bitter rift over the government plan to change the brexit Withdrawal Agreement. A group of mps asked the chancellor to consider a targeted extension to the further scheme to avoid mass unemployment. And microsoft said that it has thwarted Cyber Attacks from russia, china and iran, targeting the us election. Good morning. People in wales must wear face masks in shops and other indoor public spaces from monday, the first minister has announced. Mark drakeford said the change came as 20 people in every 100,000 in wales now had coronavirus. Wales will also follow england and scotland and ban indoor gatherings of more than six people from monday. The new rules mean that only up to six people, aged 11 plus, will be able to meet indoors in wales. Groups of up to 30 will still be allowed to meet outside, unlike other parts of the uk. And face masks will now be mandatory in shops and in other publ
To catch up fast. After losing to Victoria Azarenka. Hello and welcome. Hello. We start on wall street, where any relief for investors is it negotiation has proven to be short lived. Or provocation . Technology shares have the british governments resumed their downward slide after staging something refusal to budge over plans of a recovery on wednesday for a law which can override from this weeks steep losses. Key elements of the brexit divorce deal has created the likes of apple, amazon a fury within the eu, and microsoft leading us indices sharply lower and also an ultimatum and adding to concerns if the bill isnt withdrawn, that the 5 month stock market trade talks may collapse. That blunt warning came rally could finally be over. After emergency talks between the two sides on thursday in london. Heres our political the dow ended down more than 400 points editor laura kuenssberg. 405 points there, almost 1. 5 and the tech dominated nasdaq lost around 2 . After months of comings and