White house in the east room. With 400 of his closest friends. Thanks to mary a parker. Emily wilkins is covering the biden campaign. Emily the Vice President began his day in delaware. He visited the grave of his son beau biden. He said his sons passing was part of the reason he decided to launch this third for president. He visited scranton pennsylvania and is now just leaving philadelphia. We are expecting him on the stage in wilmington, delaware. We do not know whether we will be able to have a president ial announcement at that point, but we are expecting joe biden to address the nation. David Emily Wilkins will be with us throughout the evening as well as she covers the Vice President s campaign. The markets have been watching the election closely. We turned to Abigail Doolittle for what they are telling us today. What are they saying. Abigail we have investors interested in stocks. A very big rally on our hands. The s p 500 up 2 , its best day since june. Investors wanting in. I
The opioid epidemic. The Justice Department announced the settlement today. Purdue has proposed a separate 10 billion settlement to resolve state and local claims. Onbal news, 24 hours a day, air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton, this is bloomberg. Vonnie welcome to bloomberg markets. Exclusive interview with former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, his thoughts on the state of the was economy and the stimulus logjam. Markets are now lower and bouncing around on speculation whether lawmakers will finalize a stimulus deal. After thea announces bell today, all but guarantee to report a fifth consecutive profit. Markets,heck of the the major indices are down at this point, about a quarter of a percentage point of peace and they had been higher earlier. The dollar index is partially to blame at 92. 5 so lots of weakness for the dollar index partially thanks to sterling. Brexit trade talks are on
But those hopes may be shortlived. Democrats proposed a new plan but republicans worn a wide gap remains. Mitch mcconnell says the plan contains poison pills. And australias plan to have women hold at least 40 of leadership roles in asx 200 companies. Aberdeen has already signed up. Shery heres a look at how markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures coming online, down. 2 . This, after u. S. Stocks ended the session higher wednesday. Also the last trading day of the quarter for u. S. Stocks. Haidi mentioned talks and hopes for a stimulus package in the u. S. The house has delayed the vote on that bill, trying to get more time to reach an agreement with the white house and treasury secretary. The s p 500s on nine sectors out of 11 higher. Health care and financials led the gains. Showingitive ecodata, u. S. Companies added more than 700,000 jobs in september. The dollar weakness, a third consecutive session of losses. Not to mention before the quarter, just posted its biggest qua
Plan, but Republican Leaders warned the gap remains wide. Mitch mcconnell says the plan contains poison pills. Bloomberg economics cuts its growth forecast for japan, saying the recovery is weaker than expected. This hour brings a survey showing what business thinks. We are getting breaking news crossing the bloomberg. President trump has moved to sign an order which would expand u. S. Mining, citing a threat from china. President trump has moved to expand rare earth mining in particular according to an official. We know china has in recent years have a huge presence when it comes to rare earth mining, which is used from everything from cars to mobile phones. Officials say President Trump has moved to expand rare earth mining for the u. S. There is a political element where union votes will be key going into the election. We will get you more details as they get to us. Lets take a look at the thursday session with sophie kamaruddin. Miers we are watching across the region following tho
Senior economic adviser to hsbc, will be joining us for the latest on what is happening with the vaccine from his perspective and also the employment story. But the biggest story is around the vaccine. That is where we should really start. Alix so lets do that, lets get the latest. The news overnight, russian president Vladimir Putin saying his country has registered a vaccine that will enable broad use of the shot while phase three continues. Phase three trials will start tomorrow. , joining us now is Kirill Dmitriev Russian Direct Investment Fund ceo. Great to talk to you. This will help the Risk Appetite in the market. You havent started phase three trials. Can you give me some perspective on how many people have been vaccinated with this . Kirill the first two cases were 200 people. The vaccine platform has been tried for the last six years. From akes it different mini approaches used by other players, because it has been approved in russia six years ago. Vaccine and ebola have bee