Global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. I am vonnie quinn. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets here are the top stories we are following. Covid vaccine in the ether again. Pfizer says a final analysis of the chemical trials data shows its vaccine was 95 effective. Free han the 90 previously. Michael stubblefield, ceo of of and later we will speak to the ceo of intact financial. It would be the biggest acquisition of a u. K. Listed company this year. A quick check of the markets. For the most part, not doing much. The s p 500 unchained. The 10 year yield under 88 basis points. Weakk dollar index a dollar index. We have a slightly smaller dollar. Investors keeping an eye on vaccine development. Tor provides materials for vaccine candidates. The president and ceo Michael Stubblefield joins us for more. Michael, you provide Raw Materials for most of these vaccines
Lockdowns. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is dismissing the Supreme Court ruling giving okay for large religious gatherings. This escalating debate, is the media too soft on team biden. I break it down in my latest wall street journal column, notice how the fawning media behave like lapdogs when it comes to looking at the biden camp. The vast and rising power of big tech. Facing backlash from the United States to the united kingdom, from claims to anticonservative bias to anticompetitive business models. To the border and the Trump Administration making a big last push to crack down on immigration as the Incoming Biden Administration prepares to roll back many of the trump teams most highprofile policies. Im gerry baker. In for elizabeth macdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Gerry the Biden Administration announcing key administrated tiff team and janet yellen as treasury secretary, and neera tanden, from a controversial think tank, he wants her to be head of office of manageme
Been battling for every last vote with biden out in pennsylvania and trump in for jane. You know im not thinking about concession speech or acceptance speech. Hopefully will be only doing one of those 2 and you know. Winning is easy losing is never easy now for me its the. But i think we have when we see rallies the likes of which in the history of this country probably the history of the world nobodys ever seen before. Theres a tremendous love going on in this country and theres really a tremendous unity theres a tremendous unity nobodys ever seen that we take an airport and the airports not big enough to hold the crowds nobodys ever seen a thing like that and our opposition is you know we have a few people sitting in circles and thats ok thats not abnormal thats not abnormal actually i mean thats the way it is. Austrian police have arrested at least 14 people in connection with mondays shooting at the capital vienna a memorial was held for the 4 people who have died another 22 were i
A 1000000 people have been if infected in the United States in just the last 10 days, castro has more from washington d. C. Now these numbers are the highest figures. There have been yet the beginning of this pandemic, and theyre translating to see pain across the country in states like texas and el paso, there are multiple mobile morgue units parked behind hospitals in north dakota. Another hot spot that the governor there has authorized medical staff who have tested positive for cobra who are 8th symptomatic to continue working classes, the desperation for nurses and doctors to continue their work. Mass protests have been taking place across peru after martin. This car was removed as president protesters force with Police Outside congress in the capital lima. This current remains very popular despite accusations of corruption that led to his impeachment. The funeral for cheap negotiators will be held later on wednesday. He died on tuesday from cope with 19 complications. Erick has se
Beijings role that t. V. Is a pal and has more from hong kongs. Chief executive had said that she had already sought or approached beijing to make a decision on these 4. After they were disbarred from Legislative Council elections earlier this year in september those elections were postponed, but the 4 remained sitting lawmakers. And so a decision needed to be made. Whether they were allowed to sit in hong kongs Legislative Council until the next set of full actions. Now the n. P. C. A standing committee, the highest position, big making body in china, has decided that they are not allowed and told some paragons government to completely buy cat past the legal system. When it comes to this parring, lawmakers from hong kong, the military operation in northern ethiopia is threatening to spill over the countrys borders, and there are fears it could lead to a humanitarian crisis. Several 1000 people have fled the region since Prime Minister ahmed ordered the offensive last week. U. S. Presi