As is tradition, two tiny communities in n hampshire cast their ballots after the stroke of midnight. The results were a sweep for biden, while in millsfield, trump won 16 votes to 5 for biden. The 2020 election is taking place amid the growing coronavirus pandemic and a risingocial divide in u. S society. The response to the coronavirus and the reopening of the economy have become Major Campaign issues. Johns Hopkins University in the u. S. Says the total number of confirmed cases in the country stands at nearly 9. 3 million. The death toll has topped the world with over 230,000. Restrictions on mailin voting were eased to address concerns about spreading the virus. Millions of people opted to cast ballots early. Turnout could be the highest in a century. There are concerns as voting gets under way. Trump has insisted mailin votes are prone to fraud, and the results could be contested in court. Some reports say trump may declare victory unilaterally before all the votes are tallied. T
It was the biggest single day drop since september 3rd. The index fell more than 950 points at one point. Worries about the economy rose after the daily tally of new intexass in the u. S. Climbed over the weekend to about 83,000. The techheavy nasdaq fell at well. People in the markets said investors sold on fears that the surge in new cases would derail efforts to get the economy moving again. Investors are turning cautious as lawmakers in congress remain far from a deal on additional stimulus measures. Staying in the u. S. , the Republicancontrolled Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barretts appointment to the countrys top court. The 48yearold will bed Third Supreme Court Justice Toews chosen by President Donald Trump. She will succeed Ruth Bager Ginsburg who passed away last month. Her lifetime appointment samcems a 63 majority on the bench. Divisive issues such as abortion, gun control and health care. Trump, trailing in polls, made barretts nomination part of his pitch to voters
Bitcoin extending its bid slight, falling to around threemonth lows, below 7,000. Broadcom is higher, rising its takeover to 82 a share, but qualcomm shares falling after a Research Note says apple may drop the company in favor of intel for its next generation of iphones. Michelle will join us in a couple minutes its fast money trader guy adami, who will be with us for the entire show, but well begin, as we obvious do, where the action is, with bob pisani. Hello, tyler, quite a yoyo of a day traders are trying to figure out the bottom where to look for it in a market bottom first. Sellers are exhausteds, you want to see the selling stop and then if buyers have some kind of interest i would say right now were in an indeterminate moment. They tried to rally, but there really wasnt enough buying interest and then we drop below the low of the day, and then saw volume pickups for most of the etfs that are out there. Now i think you see a small attempt to rally, and then move back down here
Popular. That is more than that it was anticipating. That is getting close to the true price. How will shareholders react . Washington watch. Just session Jeff Sessions has suggested he may resign with a widening rift with the president. This is as James Comey Testifies in front of the senate tomorrow. Huge breakinga story, it is as if someone splashed the news with the bucket of ice water. Santander is buying popular for one euro. They will raise 7 billion euros of capital. We will continue to pay keep on top of the story. Futures are down across the board although the ftse futures are little changed. If you look at the miss price calculation by bloomberg, it is not look nearly that bad. Take a look also at the bund t rade. Investors selling off bunds, driving up the euro, the bund trade still at a very low although the yield rising still at a very low level. It will be fascinating to see how santander trades today. I am trying to figure out, get to the bottom of what is happening in
You see us increasingly building out. Host given the nature of your business, how often does federal policy play a role in Business Decisions that you make . Policy permeates a lot of things we do. It is not just it is no longer just telecom policy. Companyryone in the wake up every day and think about coliseum and think about policy . No. The cause of the scope and span of our business, there are elements of policy that touch on most everything we do. Host with the new incoming administration, what is one of the issues you will be looking at regulatory and legislative . Craig a couple of things going on. One of the top things we are. Ocused on is infrastructure when you think about the world we are in today, whether it is wireless if you go back a couple of years, a lot of big sell tires transmitting cell otwers transmitting. We are building the fiber deeper and deeper into the network so that the wireless signals are traveling a shorter distance. When we talk about our Wireless Netwo