Ahead of ourselves but it is gratifying to see the momentum barclays sets aside 3. 7 million shares. Sending shares lower in london telling us this banks Capital Position is strong we remain very capitalized and liquid we sustained profitability in the face of this pandemic. That allowed us to help customers around the world santander sees red amid a slew of write downs. Investors find the diamond in the rough at kering sales fall less than expected, dropping almost 44 . The French Luxury Group says there will not be a second half bounce back. As you heard there in the headlines, we heard from a number of Companies Across different sectors putting it all together markets trading higher up 0. 2 . We are building on yesterdays gains the main benchmark breaking a twoday losing day for the european markets and also on wall street. The Federal Reserve, the conclusion for the meeting as well as keeping an eye on washington where big tech will be coming under scrutiny a lot for lawmakers to d
A lot of the folks just focus on earnings and what we heard overnight out of the u. S. A lot of banking as well. Later on we will speak to the astrazeneca chief executive asking about vaccines or medicine that will work in treating covid19. If you look at the markets and the pressure we see on the dollar, probably one of the biggest stories out there. 0. 2 ,an stocks gaining eurodollar 1. 08. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. Italy, the with nation seeing its delivering an out of cycle downgrade, one level above junk. The timing of the move may catch some investors off guard. It wasnt scheduled for review until july the 10th. But the outlook made fears of a future cut to noninvestment grade. Over the u. K. , Boris Johnsons top aide crest scientists for a lockdown. He swayed the discussion towards faster action. Number 10 denied the political advisor influence the committee of experts saying its appropriate for aides to sit in on the meeting and ask qu
Westminster. Brexit, a pretty historic and tumultuous couple of hours we are expecting. The meantime, lets check on your markets. We are seeing market volatility, pound dropping lower today. Lets get the board up for you, pound at 1. 1981. There is a lot of debate in the newsroom over whether that has to do with Dollar Strength or markets realizing an early election could mean an alliance among the ones who wanted a hardline brexit and increasing the chance of a no deal, but we are seeing a tilt to the market overall, a little risk off mood. You can see a little higher than usual at 10 higher and gold at 1530. Coming up, we speak to sir Howard Davies, a chairman of rbs as the prospect of an election surges. We will talk about what that means for the banks. Dont miss that interview 11 00 a. M. London time. Lets get to the first word news with Sebastian Salek. U. S. Areand the struggling to agree on a schedule for the next round of talks after watching a rejection of allaying tariffs. A
Videos online . Has it stopped working . We install, open, watch russian channels, all tv series, movies and cartoons, Educational Programs and documentaries. We look, look in the application or on website. In ukraine, every day there is a new problem. Headache with mobilization adds another syndrome that accompanies the development of a serious illness. Ukraine is sorely lacking in military equipment, even despite renewed western supplies. What are the consequences of this significant deficit . Lets try to figure it out. Ukraine is mobilizing tens of thousands of new troops, an observer writes about this. Forbes david ax, specializing in ukraine. He notes the new brigades are infantry, when the armed forces of ukraine definitely needs mechanized divisions. The 156th, 157th, 158th and 159th infantry brigades are not motorized rifle brigades, meaning they do not have the tracked Armored Vehicles that mechanized troops use to go into battle. The shortage of heavy vehicles in ukraine is s
25 dragging the rest of the building sector higher. Standard charter trades higher in hong kong after pretax profit jumps 17 5 beating forecasts. Sky shares rallied to a 17year high on news that comcast entered the bidding battle the u. S. Cable giant unveiled a 22 billion pound offer this morning representing a 16 premium to the dealready on the table from 21st century fox. Because both companies create and distribute content, it is said the combined group would be stronger than if 21st century fox takes full ownership of sky. However he says he is willing to coown the company as long as he has a 51 stake. Lots of ins and out. Steve, what can you tell us . A lot of analysts have been looking at this one for a large amount of 2017 comcast is the owner of this company, as you said we want to keep reminding people of that. They need to diversify away there are great pressures on the cable industry neil campo saying the revenue and annuity stream could be of primary appeal to Brian Robert