This morning after the dow and the s p toastposted their best gains of the year. And carl icahn said one company has the worst Corporate Governance hes ever seen and Steve Ballmer making his first address since leaving microsoft, he did not disappoint coming to you later this hour. But first up well start with the markets, stocks coming off a record session, the s p a record high and the dow and the s p having their best day since december 18th. And adp showed the economy created fewer private sector jobs in february as the cold weather restrains hiring. You said the data has been okay. The durables and the chicago pmis have been all right. We have great data out of europe pmi. How could the economy be good and stocks be good and employment be bad . The economy is not necessarily good its delivering but with the employment weaker and the macromanufacturing come out and continue to amaze and the Mortgage Application number this morning that is strong. If you get russia off the business
The British Government says a shipment of 84 tonnes of personal protective equipment, which should already have arrived from turkey, had been delayed till on monday. More than 16,000 people have now died in the uk from coronavirus related conditions. More protests have been held in several cities across the us, calling for state governors to ease the economic restrictions, which were put in place to stop the spread of covid 19. President trump has signalled his support for the demonstrations. In other news police in canada say a man has shot dead at least 13 10 people in a Rural Community in nova scotia. Reports say one Police Officer was killed and that the 51 year old suspect is also dead after going on the run for hours. The Prime Minister has paid tribute to the response to the attack. Now on bbc news,
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