Billion in the biggest ipo ever. Opec cuts a deal to cut output target. Were live in vienna. China handling request for tariff waivers on soy purchases. Safety first. Uber reports more than 3000 Sexual Assault claims globally last year. The chief legal officer called it a reflection of society. Matt, good morning. Matt im looking at the u. S. 10 year yield, among other things, hovering around 1. 8 . And hell see this flatline for a while today. A lot of times, traders will turn off their algorithms, their Computer Trading programs, right around the jobs announcement and try to get a human advantage for the few moments its possible in these markets. Movehen this number will if we get a shocking jobs number one way or the other. Were looking for 183,000, but the whisper number is only 140,000, so at least bloomberg clients who participate are looking for a lower number. Take a look at the features this morning, what weve got in terms of european futures, as well as u. S. Futures. We do s
Lets talk some more about the chinese e commerce giant alibaba. Shares in the chinese e commerce giant alibaba have surged in its hong kong trading debut. The company, which is already traded in the us, raised at least 11. 3 billion in its secondary listing. The move is being seen as a strategic step for alibaba in case us china trade tensions continue to worsen, and american regulators decide to take aim at Chinese Listed Companies in new york. Lets get more on this story. Karishma vaswani is our Asia Business correspondent. Tell us more about todays big debut for alibaba. It has been a highly anticipated Share Offering. In fact it is now on track to be the biggest Share Offering of 2019, meaning uber beating oh 8 billion. There has been so much excitement about alibaba listing been so much excitement about aliba ba listing in been so much excitement about alibaba listing in hong kong is because as the company has consistently said it is a way in the words of the former chairman to br
See whether tariffs will be impose or not, the focus is on jobs. At 63. 30. E well have a roundup of opec and saudi aramco and the pound. We are six days away, the u. K. Election is holding at the moment. Today, have an important Leaders Debate. Coming up a little later, dont miss our interview with the u. S. National economic director at 2 30 p. M. U. K. To. Time. First, look at straight to first word news. Lets get straight to first word news. President donald trump might be impeached before christmas, but theres no chance youll be convicted in the senate. Nancy pelosi says the house will draft articles of impeachment against the president for abusing his office High Pressure ukraine. Donald trump remains defiant. North korea may be preparing to conduct engine tests. Base kim jongun sexy dismantled as a concession to President Trump. Says he dismantled as a concession to President Trump. Political uncertainty is quote playing havoc with the uks labor market. This is according to a su
Security forces stopped an angry crowd from marching towards a u. N. Base in the east of the democratic republic of congo they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in that city at least 2 people have been killed demonstrators have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers there for more than a week now saying theyre failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups that speak to their as producer. Who is in beni for as he is on the line understand that there was a press or a press conference with the Congolese Army a short while ago tell us about what they have been saying. Yes. 4 folks. Who are trying to justify their actual no doubt need to be. Good most. People probably the group that did not commission which group but he said he would be more tough because. A he said. You know what it is not to get him in. The forces even to please. The people trying to. Unify to do the. Talking about. Good again. Whats going on to put this situation is
Southeast region with a total of bilateral trade of over 58000000. 00 in goods and just over 56000000. 00 worth of trade in services and the agreement includes sections on Renewable Energy investments ecommerce and even intellectual property theft president of the European Commission John Carr Juncker said this is the European Unions 1st bilateral trade agreement with a South East Asian country a Building Block towards a closer relationship between europe and one of the most dynamic regions in the world while European Commissioner for trade cecilia on strong said our trade agreement with singapore provides further evidence of our commitment to fair and rules based trade the agreement will benefit workers farmers and companies of all sizes both here and in singapore. The European Unions competition commissioner margaret best juror wants to take a deeper look at apple pay use top regulator previously had sent out a questionnaire to merchants asking if they had been told to use apple pay.