probably not today ahead of another call between commission president ursula and british prime minister boris johnson. u.k. banks and home builders suffered the brunt of the selling as the ftse 100 outperforms the spot 600 and the pound stays under pressure well, a very good morning and welcome to street signs, everybody. our top story of the day, no surprise, brexit as talks enter the 11th hour . and we have plenty of coverage this morning we re going to get into all the detail, all the latest in just a moment but i want to kickoff by showing you the market reaction because it s been pretty interesting the moves we ve seen so far. starting with sterling, which is trading up 1.5% versus the dollar, so currently around the 1.3240 level this as volatility in sterling has reached an eight-month high. so a substantial sell off in the currency this morning on the back of this weekend s developments as we head into the final talks. the ftse, meanwhile, the main benchmark in th
how should drug companies handle the coronavirus pandemic pharmaceutical firms rushing to find a vaccine could potentially make billions of dollars. what was be done to ensure they don t put profit before saving lives this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i m maryanne demasi scientists around the world on our racing to find a vaccine and a cure for the coronavirus governments are pledging millions of dollars of taxpayers money for research in both public and private funds the global vaccine market is estimated to be worth nearly $60000000000.00 annually pharmaceutical companies have been criticized in the past for being too slow in combating diseases like saws and it botha and charging high prices for new drug treatments the president of the european commission hopes of vaccine will be available vote later this year. in addition we are accelerating research yesterday i spoke to the managers of an innovative european research company they work on a promising
is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line. how should drug companies handle the coronavirus pandemic pharmaceutical firms rushing to find a vaccine could potentially make billions of dollars. what was be done to ensure they don t put profit before saving lives this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i m maryanne demasi scientists around the world on our racing to find a vaccine and a cure for the corona virus governments are pledging millions of dollars of taxpayers money for research in both public and private funds the global vaccine market is estimated to be worth nearly $60000000000.00 annually pharmaceutical companies have been criticized in the past for being too slow in combating diseases like saws and it botha and charging high prices for a new drug treatments the president of the european commission hopes of vaccine will be available vote later this year. in addition we are accelerating research yesterday i spoke to the ma
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a nation ravaged by violence and famine the u.s. secretary of defense says yemen s warring parties have agreed to peace talks they re due to take place next month in sweden. also the board of miss on fire is its chairman carl is gone that s after his shock arrest earlier this week over allegations of financial misconduct what s next for the japanese carmaker and its alliance with france those who know. and an important anniversary for lovers of pop music everywhere. see you on a red. sack lead fifty years ago today the beatles released their white album some call it the best album ever will find out how the fab four went about making it. blasts say in the chess world the world championship is going down to the wire defending champion magnus carlsen face. sing a tough test against challenger fabiano caruana. your. heart thanks so much for your company everyone while we start with the u.k. that country s prime minister to resign may has been facing heavy opposition in parliamen