Plenty of things to be thinking about. The election dominating the narrative. Alix polls are just opening in alaska. In the lower 48 states, voters have been filing into bowling into Bowling Centers across the United States. Joining us into pulling Centers Across the United States. Joining usis bloombergs nick wadhams joining us is bloombergs nick wadhams. We saw a record early turnout of about 100 million voters, i reflation that a lot of democrats in particular were worried about the coronavirus and possible exposure, and want to get their votes in early. Republicans tend in this election to vote much more on election day. The big number we are looking at is 9 00 p. M. That is when we expect to know what is happening in florida. Once we know florida, people have a very good sense of what this race is going to look like. If joe biden wins florida, President Trump has very few paths to get to the white house. If it is a nailbiter, that could give us a sense of the shape of things to co
Rp much flat are the much flat. S p futures reporting today. Credit suisses thirdquarter results bringing relief to the banks reputation that was dented by a spying scandal. Bloombergs Francine Lacqua spoke to the ceo. Negative Interest Rates are not helpful to the banking sector. Everyone can see that. It will have to change at some point. Alix joining us from zurich is Francine Lacqua. Walk us through some of the highlights of the interview. Francine first of all, the numbers topline werent bad at all, but if you double down and look at the detail, some investors were maybe a little disappointed on the margin when it comes to wealth. The Global Markets did extremely well. This was a problem for Credit Suisse in the past. Youre seeing a bit of a muted reaction. Share price was down 2. 5 a short while ago because they are focusing on betterthanexpected results in some divisions, but the guidance disappointed. The other big question i tried to press on was the spying scandal. A couple o
To clear the streets, this time outside a police station. The parents of the british teenager nora quoirin, whose body was found in dense jungle in malaysia, await the results of a postmortem examination. And the teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for a conference in america, avoiding she says, a polluting air flight. Its five oclock, good afternoon, our top story is that borisjohnson has hit back at mps, who want to block a no deal brexit, accusing them of engaging in a terrible collaboration with the eu. The Prime Minister says the more eu leaders believed parliament could stop britain leaving without an agreement, the less likely they were to compromise. But the former chancellor, Philip Hammond, has accused the Prime Minister of trying to wreck any chance of a new brexit deal, by making demands brussels could never accept, and he warned that leaving without a deal would be a betrayal of the 2016 referendum result. Our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. B
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In a defiling that it now owns 7. 5 of the food giant which makes oreos, ritz crackers and wellknown brands. Whats unclear is what the investor wants to do with the company. Ackman wanted the snack maker to grow revenue or cut costs or sell itself. Mondelez, for its part says they will welcome them as investors in the company. Ackman joins nelson peltz. His firm holds a 3 stake in mondelez. Well show you whats going on now in the premarket trading as a result of this and you wouldnt be surprised to see that they are sharply higher. What does he want to do with the company . He wants the stock to go up so he can sell the stock for more than he paid for. We were having a conversation off camera. Okay. Maybe he sees something thats not being optimized at mondelez the way that management is running things but what he really knows is i have enough money, 5 billion. I can make a splash and in all likelihood the stock will start going up just on that and then you agitate, you mess around, you