Into the terrorist attacks. This is bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua in london. It seems pretty clear that there seems to be a risk off mood. The haven assets are getting quite a big bid. I want to start with the pound, but it is more of a dollar story with equities retreating in general and investors turning cautious following the sevenweek search, with oil fluctuating. On the oil story, we will talk about the saudi story. 2. 16. 0 year yields, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Reporter we start in australia, where Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a hostagetaking in melbourne that left a gunman and one other dead and three Police Officers injured. 29yearoldt the after he fired a police with a shotgun. He had taken a woman hostage that he had arranged to meet from an Escort Agency and is believed to have killed the building receptionist. The white house has insisted that President Trump is not picking a fight with the london mayor. He criticize
Good afternoon, my name is Stephen Rodriguez and im a fellow at new American International Security Program and today im joined by scott hartley, author of the new book the fuzzy and the techie, and its interesting when scott and i have known each other a little while now and when he first approached me about this, i immediately thought of my freshman year in college and deciding on what i should major in and i love history and i love Political Science but i quickly thought you know, i want to be sure i get a job that doesnt involve academia or writing papers no one cares read about so i decided to meet the professional world halfway and major in business. But when i read this book and i talked to scott about it, it made sense because my career like many of yours as well can make a difference and inturn , i realized that now what i didnt know then is that in many ways the more liberal arts or even business has massive applicability to the technology world, even to innovation in general
Trumps updated policy which limits entry for six muslim majority countries is incompatible for regulations for tournament hosts. The last time the u. S. Hosted was 1994. Scotland may hold a second referendum on whether to stay part of the u. K. Late next year. The foreign minister tells the bbc she must there must be more clarity about britains exit from the European Union. Scotland voted to stay in the eu. It is said independence is inevitable unless the u. K. Softens its rights it stands. Brexit stance. A tax agency says the number of victims plunged last year by 48 . The irs says it has stopped nearly one million fraudulent tax refunds from being issued last year, totaling more than 6 billion. Identity theft exploded from 2010 to 2012, and peaked at the irs in 2014. Day,l news 24 hours a powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Scarlet im scarlet fu. Joe we are 30 minutes from the close of trading in the u. S. Scarlet stocks a
Adjustment taxes. Really tricky. The im sure all intricacies will be up for debate today. Who are you going to be speaking to . David the ceo of General Motors. I will get a chance to sit down with her oneonone right after she meets with President Trump later today. Alix i will be speaking with Richard Lefrak. He is cochair of President Trumps Infrastructure Council. t miss the in review interview coming up later. Utures up modestly 105 days without a 1 down move on the s p. The longest streak since 1995. It is a weakerd dollar story. Sessionhighs of the after the Weekly Earnings drop in the u. K. Fiveyear down by two basis points. The fix slightly lower vix slightly lower. Thats a look at your current board trade. The global head of ethics strategy. Heres what he said. The fed is a pussycat that would like to change its spots into Something Like a leopard. Spots it changes its joining us now is george osullivan. D jim that is basically alluding to can they get hawkish height hikes on
T is e. C. B. Day. Well talk about the e. C. B. s options for tapering and then in just over an hour we will speak to pimcos andrew. This is a picture for the markets. Overall there has been a little bit of movement on the back of the debates. Mr. Trump, donald trump refusing to say he will accept the Election Results if he loses. Dollar advancing again. It all has to do with the e. C. B. You can see the stocks in europe pretty much subdued then i want to show you the mexican peso. This is important because it is a proxy for the chance that donald trump will win and you can see mexican peso down 0. 4 after strengthening a touch. The currency has risen more than 4 this month. There is a growing likelihood that trump will lose the coming elections. This is the trump effect. Were not only seeing those on pesos but also on the Australian Dollar bets. His is the mexican peso in white anything below the line means more short and above means more long positions. Lets get straight to bloomberg