Cases i see rising and you spikes and waves that occurred in places that had suppressed the virus for many months the in direct impact of the pandemic is wreaking havoc on societies and economies vixens thefts and tend to be more than life savers the out economy savers and society savers there is no choice between saving peoples lives and saving jobs protecting people from the vitals is the best way to keep schools open and business is running and amid this latest wave some european nations are looking good imposing new restrictions to slow the infection rate so with this in mind lets take another look at the trends and spread of the virus globally with r t correspondent side savages where are we monday so brand the number of people diagnosed with covert 1000 is growing every single day across much of the world so globally were almost at 45000000. 00 current firm cases while death stand at 1160000. 00 and growing now the us has. More chases and depth than any other country and right no
Lets dive right in. And we lead the program with one of the biggest tech stories of the year and it appears to be playing out minute by minute microsoft confirmed monday that it is in talks to buy tick tock from Chinese Parent Company bite day its now this of course after u. S. President donald trump announced a plan to ban the app in the United States President Trump spoke about the controversial situation monday afternoon. And im sure it can be controlled for security reasons but in china too big too. Invasive and it can be and heres the deal i dont mind if theres microsoft or somebody else a big company the Security Company very very American Company by i set a date of around september 15th at which point its going to be out of business in the United States but if somebody whether its microsoft or somebody else buys it that will be interesting i did say that if you buy it. Whatever the price is that goes to whoever owns it because i guess its china essentially but more than anything
Apple has now claimed the title of the worlds most valuable publicly traded company will break down what lies in store for the tech giant impact show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program with one of the biggest tech stories of the year and it appears to be playing out minute by minute microsoft confirmed monday that it is in talks to buy tick tock from Chinese Parent Company bite day its now this of course after u. S. President donald trump announced a plan to ban the app in the United States President Trump spoke about the controversial situation monday afternoon. And then. He cant be controlled for security reasons but in china too big too. Invasive can be and heres the deal i dont mind if theres microsoft or somebody else a big company the Security Company very very American Company by i set a date of around september 15th at which point. Its going to be out of business in the United States but if somebody whether its microsoft or somebody else buys it that will be i
Concerning Economic Data out of europe the eurozone economy contracted by 3. 8 percent for the 1st quarter of 2020 this marks the biggest drop in g. D. P. For the 19 countries block since 1905 according to the European Statistics Office euro stat the e. U. Economy had expanded by point one percent in the 4th quarter of 2019 and of course contraction is expected as the crow virus pandemic continues to wreak economic havoc but it should be noted that lock downs in the e. U. Did not actually start until early march so you still have 2 months before those lockdowns took place weighing heavily on the economy now looking at some of the largest economies in the bloc france the g. D. P. Felt by 5. 8 percent over the quarter as did spains economy declined by 5. 2 percent now german officials had also announced this week that they expect their g. D. P. To decline by 6. 3 percent for the year overall meanwhile the European Central by. Announced thursday it would keep Interest Rates where they are
In the block frances g. D. P. Fell by 5. 8 percent over the quarter as did spains economy declined by 5. 2 percent now german officials had also announced this week that they expect their g. D. P. To decline by 6. 3 percent for the year overall meanwhile the European Central bank announced thursday it would keep Interest Rates where they are at 0 but added they will continue stimulus measures until the economy stabilizes. And here in the United States new filings for unemployment reached 3400000 for the week ending the 24th of april now this brings the total number of claims over the last 6. 1000000 despite the dismal Economic Data an incredible number of unemployed americans markets are on pace for the best month and decades today of course excluded so lets get some expert analysis on the situation with tobin smith c. E. O. Of transforming research and boom bust cohost christi i thank you both for joining us today now christy weekly weekly jobless numbers are in now as i just mentione