Global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. I am vonnie quinn. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets here are the top stories we are following. Covid vaccine in the ether again. Pfizer says a final analysis of the chemical trials data shows its vaccine was 95 effective. Free han the 90 previously. Michael stubblefield, ceo of of and later we will speak to the ceo of intact financial. It would be the biggest acquisition of a u. K. Listed company this year. A quick check of the markets. For the most part, not doing much. The s p 500 unchained. The 10 year yield under 88 basis points. Weakk dollar index a dollar index. We have a slightly smaller dollar. Investors keeping an eye on vaccine development. Tor provides materials for vaccine candidates. The president and ceo Michael Stubblefield joins us for more. Michael, you provide Raw Materials for most of these vaccines
The authorities in afghanistan now say that m foreigners and four Afghan Nationals were killed in an attack on an International Hotel in the capital kabul. After heavy fighting that lasted twelve hours, Afghan Special forces took control of the intercontinental hotel, killing the gunmen who stormed it yesterday evening. More than 150 people managed to escape, or were rescued. The taliban says it carried out the attack. Our correspondent Zia Shahreyar reports from kabul. The final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. Gunfire and explosions as Afghan Special forces battled to regain control of the intercontinental hotel. One soldier throws a grenade. He moves away, then the explosion. The room is soon on fire, evidence of the struggle that had taken place. The Afghan National flag waving from the roof, proof that the building has been reta ken. More than 150 people, including some foreigners, were inside yesterday evening, when gunmen burst in and opened fire. Pa rt part of the
The tennis and the rest of days sport in sportsday at 5. 30pm. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. At least 18 people have been confirmed dead in an attack by taliban militants on a luxury hotel in the afghan capital, kabul. The gunmen entered the hotel last night, opening fire before breaking into rooms and taking hostages. 160 people were rescued from the hotel by the Security Forces. Our correspondent Zia Shahreyar reports from kabul. The final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. Gunfire and explosions, as Afghan Special forces battled to regain control of the Intercontinental Hotel. One soldier throws a grenade. He moves away, then the explosion. The room is soon on fire, evidence of the struggle that had taken place. The Afghan National flag waving from the roof, proof that the building has been reta ken. More than 150 people, including some foreigners, were inside yesterday evening, when gunmen burst in and opened fire. Translation there were old people and children i
Obligations and the full faith and credit of the United States cannot be called into question. Among the catalyst, there was expectation that the fed could taper sooner than expected. Today, andre pinalto will speak at 8 45. Fed chairman ben bernanke will appear tonight at 7 00 p. M. The treasury auction of 43 billion in tenyear notes could be a key thing to watch for the markets today. If you take a look, the yield on the tenyear, 2. 76 . It has picked up steadily since fridays jobs reports. But that treasury auction is set for 1 00 p. M. Were watching oil prices and api will be releasing its latest Inventory Data this afternoon. Appeared rue, right now, over to you. Can you do that little electric dance for us . I dont know im not sure why we were playing eye its electric but you cant help but get that awful dance out of your head. Anybody that has been to a wedding in the last 15 years has seen that. Weddings, anyway, we have some Corporate News to get you caught up on this morning.
Do you think it will have an alternative to obama care . Its the absolute full conservative reform to obama care. Or then again, maybe not. Speaker boehner, your friend bill kristol said on morning joe this morning that paul ryan would unveil the house gop plan for Health Care Reform sometime in january. Is it your understanding thats going to happen, and can you give us an idea of what it might look like . Ill let you talk to paul about that. House gop leadership aides tell nbc news they were caught a little bit offguard by the remarks and are unaware of anything specific in the pipeline related to health care to be unveiled in january. Joining me today, washington but a row chief at mother jones, david corn, manager editor of thegrio. Com joy reed, and editor and publisher of the nation and contributor to the washington post, katrina. David, because your chuckles were the loudest during that oeoe open, i have to ask you, we have focused a lot and will continue to focus on the disastr