The top of joe bidens agenda. His relations with beijing may differ in tone from the president but perhaps not in substance. The best the dollar extends its decline. Over the future of the u. S. Administration. Rise inie and the kiwi early asia trading. We are seeing those commodities and currencies benefit. Asia is waking up and getting the for the first reaction to president elect joe biden. The nikkei 225 to the upside by 0. 3 . These watching some of clean energy as well as infrastructure related stocks here in australia and new zealand. Joe biden preparing to take office as the 46 president of the United States. He is moving forward as president elect launching his transition ever and preparing a plan to tackle the coronavirus however, President Trump still refusing to concede while weighing more legal challenges. Mr. Biden the people of this nation have spoken. They are delivered as a clear and convincing victory. We the people. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide
Today nbc bay area Jody Hernandez clarifies the dilemma. Its emotionally exhausting to go into work what if today is the day i get it . Thats how this 20yearold starbucks worker describes how she feels about serving guests at the drivethru window. The barista who didnt want us to use her name says most customers dont mask up. If youre close enough i can hand you something you should be wearing a mask. Reporter while starbucks has signage encouraging customers to wear a mask she says employees arent required to enforce it. This notice posted on the stores Bulletin Board says we will not enforce this requirement at the drivethru unless locally mandated. It also offered workers options what to say if a customer refuses to wear a mask inside the store including telling them they can go through the drivethru. A starbucks spokeman confirmed to nbc bay area thats indeed their policy. The last time i had verbal communication with my manager on the issue she told me no matter how hard i try sta
A 14 hour curfew to combat coronavirus. And in other news the violence in guinea as anger grows over a controversial referendum critics say the president is using to extend his term. More coronavirus cases are being reported around the world indonesia thailand both reporting new infections with thailand seeing its biggest jump yet but europe still appears to be the epicenter of the pandemic perhaps the most shocking numbers so far came in on saturday when italy reported nearly 800 deaths in one day in the past few minutes spain has just raised his death toll by and nearly 400 ok lets look at the global picture the Johns Hopkins university in the. Us tracking the number of infections deaths and recoveries from the corona virus that you can see on your screen is to just their breaking just 3073411304 extension 9 recovered 92383 roy challenge joins us live from Central London with the latest news out of europe and indeed the u. K. As well so another grim day but this time were talking pri
Damaging as the financial crashes. Italy is taking steps to contain the worst infection rate outside of china. All businesses and pharmacies are ordered to close. Shery lets get you a check of the markets in the u. S. We had the dow fall into a bear. Arket territory, falling 20 the s p 500 a hair away from the 19 lower than the previous high. We had every group on the s p 500 sinking more than 3 . The nasdaq down 4. 7 . U. S. Futures under pressure. We have seen no more details on the substantive stimulus that President Trump had promised. In the afternoon, he said at one point that the u. S. May not need the fiscal measures. That did not sit well with the markets. U. S. Futures gaining 2 10 of 1 . We will see how we do without how we do throughout the rest of the session. News and headlines dominate market sentiment. Sophie a lot of caution. A she futures pointing lower despite the global stimulus engine being revved up. In new zealand, a fiscal response is being considered. The rbnz
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