Albania anyone who travels by train here should have plenty of time and be ready for surprises. Only a few train still run through the country. Move they travel through stunning nature and a long lonely coast. But its unclear how much longer they will continue to run. The routes are slowly being closed down. And before long passenger trains could be a thing of the past. But for now they are still running. At 40 kilometers an hour. The last trains in albania. Its 5 in the morning and vladimir sheets he is on his way to work. The 62 year old has been going to work at the train station in do this almost every day for more than 35 years. Or lottie as everyone calls him is a train driver and a mechanic and works for albania state well wait. Every very maining passenger train in the country departs from and returns to do this. 5 times a week lottie brings passengers to the north south or east of albania. He is one of the last remaining 50 train drivers in the country. Most of the heavy Diese
We have seen strength. It has reached 690. That could mean a path to a level not seen since january. The hang seng up 1. 5 . Take a look at where we are in terms of emerging markets. They are trading higher. 1 shy of a recent losses. The kospi is up. The south korean assets will be watched today as it is expected to stoper restrictions a flareup. Gold down to 1943. Lets get to first word news with Karina Mitchell in new york. Karina President Trump is welcoming a coronavirus treatment that involves blood plasma from corrupt recovered patients, saying it will be expanded to more sufferers after the fda approved its use. This makes it easier to make it accessible. Even though its full effectiveness has not been proven. The fda has concluded the treatment is safe and works. Virushas marked a grim milestone topping 3 million infections as the outbreak accelerates. New cases rose by 59,000 sunday with 57,000 people having died in total. South korea is considering imposing tighter Health Res
Chipmakers asias chipmakers. And oracle is an talks to purchase tiktok. Reports ap group surge in iron ore. We hear from the ceo this hour. It has just gone 6 00 a. M. And london. Dsia. M. In downtown everything comes back to the price of a bond for me in the United States of america. Stimulus, prevarication what does it do to the dollar, good morning . Annmarie the dollar is in focus. Putting outole research saying the tail wind be the u. S. Election. You and i wake up so early, we got to see some of what is going on in politics. The dnc kicking off its convention. How does this impact the market . That is what we will need to discuss. Will come off the top of the s p. I have get my one favorite line of the day. My quote of the day. Bondholderso says are like boiling frogs. A small kick in rates and they jump out of the pot. Boiling frogs. What an image. There you go. Whoever put that together, high marks on our show. Annmarie we are going to go down this path. My favorite this mornin
Stayathome to save the birds of london. That is a good thing to say. It is the strangest august, and the only litmus paper youve got right now is the weaker dollar, the preponderant trend this morning. Francine yeah, weaker dollar. Im also looking at a couple things. When it looks at iron ore, it is significantly up, and we are looking at gold. First lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika Michelle Obama describes President Trump as unfit for office on the Opening Night of the democratic convention. The former first lady blasted him from his handling the pandemic. Worthen 150,000 people have died, and our more than 150,000 people have died, and our economy is in shambles because of a virus that this president downplayed for too long. Trump isbama said that clearly in over his head. President trump added a trip to iowa to his schedule today. Support has been slipping in a state that he won in nine Percentage Points in 2016. Polls sho
The bloomberg. Back to school. Boris johnson appeals to parents to send children back to class even as a resurgence in the virus in europe hits hard. Saysu trade commissioner he is profoundly sorry for attending a golf dinner in the midst of the pandemic. Of as push higher on hopes thaw in u. S. China trade relations area and markets turn their attention to this weeks virtual jackson hole and the fed fighting crisis measures. Trump and powell both on thursday. More than 100,000 people protest against the fellow russian president in rainy minsk the belarusian president in rainy minsk. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe and in the u. K. Lets take a look at futures this morning. We have some decent green a percentre than half gains across the indexes. One of the reasons is optimism that the u. S. And china are going to get along a little bit better amid reports administration is telling Tech Companies they can keep working with tencent. Take