Effect on january the 11th, just days before trump a shuttle to step down. And some republican politicians are breaking away from trump over his refusal to concede and allow a transfer of power. Several republican senators urged trying to give president elect joe biden access to crucial intelligence briefings, and the fisher house more from washington d. C. , or the certainly a number of republican senators who say that the transition should start in the very least. Joe biden should start getting the daily intelligence briefing. Thats important and see if that hasnt happened by friday, then they will step in because theyre worried about a gap. Theyre worried that america could be exposed at any point. Of course, the advantage joe biden has, is that hes been in the white house before. Hes almost of and ready for day one. More than 90 people, including a 6 month old baby have died off libyas coast in the past 2 days and attempted boat crossings to europe. A search operation is also under
Quite a lot going on in the markets. Quite a lot going on in the u. S. President ial race, certainly in u. S. Politics with President Trump tweeting i think 25 times yesterday, not mentioning his wife or a lot of the white house staffers that have been infected with covid19 and saying that we should not be worried about it. Certainly, it will play out in the election. European stocks are struggling a bit for direction following yesterdays broad market advance. We are looking at dollar per much study. Other Asset Classes really little movement. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres leighann gerrans. The coronavirus can spread through the air to people who are more than six feet away from an infectious person. That is the latest guidance from the cdc. The agency says this message of transmission is uncommon method of transmission is uncommon and happens in places with poor ventilation. It raises new challenges for reopening businesses and schools. Coronavirus is sprea
Is a boom bust the one business show you cant afford to mess up their montecito going to washington coming up the u. S. Is expanding thanks to ramp up the pressure against the north thing to pipeline between germany and russia we have an expert panel standing by on the b. O. J. Is filing suit against internet giant google will discuss other nonsense to be the 1st of many antitrust lawsuit to break up the Worlds Largest tech company we have a lot to get through so lets get started. The north stream to saga continues as the United States is stepping up its efforts to block the north stream to pipeline which would provide natural gas from russia to germany u. S. Secretary of state my pump aoe says the u. S. Is creating a coalition of nations to help prevent the pipeline from being completed the pipeline is supposed to provide a major cost benefit to the german and. Market with natural gas being delivered directly without any intermediaries the u. S. Backed by poland baltic nations and ukr
Disclosed his firm, what that thens for the stock, and a rough week for banks. Reports of suspicious transactions and backlash against wells fargo ceo, but there could be some positive factors ahead. My colleagues, ben levisohn, carlton english. Ben, im going to start with you. Weve been chatting this week about the market, and you kept on saying stocks are behaving in a weird way. Whats so unusual in. The week started pretty badly, fears about covid resurgence in europe that really knocked the market down. It built with the questions about economic stimulus and the likelihood that we wont get any, fears about the economy, about the election. And the market kept dropping, and it really looked like good news wasnt going to matter much. Nikes earnings were great, it didnt help the overall market. Darden, which owns the olive garden, it reinstated its dividend, this is a restaurant stock. But, again, that didnt have any big effect on the market. And even when california announced that it
Disclosed his firm, what that thens for the stock, and a rough week for banks. Reports of suspicious transactions and backlash against wells fargo ceo, but there could be some positive factors ahead. My colleagues, ben levisohn, carlton english. Ben, im going to start with you. Weve been chatting this week about the market, and you kept on saying stocks are behaving in a weird way. Whats so unusual in. The week started pretty badly, fears about covid resurgence in europe that really knocked the market down. It built with the questions about economic stimulus and the likelihood that we wont get any, fears about the economy, about the election. And the market kept dropping, and it really looked like good news wasnt going to matter much. Nikes earnings were great, it didnt help the overall market. Darden, which owns the olive garden, it reinstated its dividend, this is a restaurant stock. But, again, that didnt have any big effect on the market. And even when california announced that it