Priority. Pandemic under control is his top priority. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. A lot of the focus is on the number of infected with covid19. At bond growth, a lot going on, treasuries, for example, rising. Overheated equity markets, the deteriorating coronavirus situation in many countries. Oil demandtting its outlook, saying they will not rescue the market, and then i got a look, not very often, but coming out with figures that were not great but were better than expected, leading to burberry gaining one point half percent. 1. 5 . Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with laura wright. Hey, laura. Laura good morning, francine. The recovery is being derailed by a rise in virus cases and a. Ew lockdown president elect joe biden is naming longtime aide dr. Vinjamuri ron claim as his chief of staff. His leading role during the Health Crisis of the Obama Administration leaving the white house in the 2
To u. S. Drug companies. Reinvention as a business overhaul aimed at raising over 2 billion a year through 2022 sent shares higher. And a bitter taste as the hong kong protests hit congac sales and damage first half results. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to street signs. Happy thanksgiving for those of you who are celebrating. Were obviously not celebrating because were here in the studio bringing you the latest on the market action. To recap wall street yesterday we saw record highs for the major eking out gains despite a holiday weekend. We had u. S. Data yesterday, higher gdp numbers coming in at 2. 1 versus 4. 9 also improvement in chicago pmi. So all in all the picture was a little bit better for the data yesterday coming out of the u. S. But one of the major developments overnight was the news that President Trump has indeed signed legislation that passes into law u. S. Support for hong kong protesters that has not been well received by china. And, in fact, the tit for tat sho
This impasse out. Labour will be calling for a general election one is no deal is on the table. And ill be at westminster, bringing you all the updates from here throughout the morning. Englands fracking industry has been much slower than expected to get up and running a report says low Public Acceptance is partly to blame. Turkey and russia have agreed what they say is an Historic Deal aimed at keeping Kurdish Forces away from syrias border with turkey. A generation of young people with special Education Needs are being failed a report by mps suggests bureaucracy and a lack of funding is tearing familes apart. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Our top story this morning, 39 people have been found dead inside a lorry container in essex. They were discovered at waterglade Industrial Park in grays in the early hours of this morning. They were discovered at waterglade Industrial Park in grays in the early hours of this morning. They were discovered at waterglade Industrial Park
Major currencies this morning. Iain conn, the chief executive of centrica, which owns british gas, announces hes stepping down after a challenging period for the company. Poorer pupils trail 18 months behind the rest of the class once they take their gcses, according to new research. Coming up in sport, gareth bale pulls out of real madrids pre season trip to munich after his big money move to china was blocked by the club. Greg and amber and, as the winners of this years love island are crowned, well ask whats made the reality show such a success. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A former high courtjudge says police may have broken the law in the way they investigated claims of a paedophile ring at westminster. Carl beech was jailed for 18 years last week for perverting the course of justice after lying about his claims. Sir Richard Henriques, who carried out a review of the Scotland Yard inquiry, claims that warrants to search the homes of some of those beech had accused o
Rally and treasury yields climbed to multiyear lows as the fed chairman opens the door to a rate cut. Today we will hear from Robert Kaplan and Charles Evans. No bluff. President trump tweets but mexico tariff threat is real. The u. S. Leader walks back on terms of potential trade deals with britain. Putting on the brakes. Renault delays in takeover talks with fiat after nissan shows resistance to the deal. Lots to talk about in the markets today. Good morning. Matt a lot to talk about indeed. Check out the treasurys trade from yesterday. It was out of control. This is a threeday chart. Spot 2. 06 to after the powell comments. If the fed is going to cut rates , i want to hold on to the higheryielding bonds i am holding out. Now we are seeing holding now. Now we are seeing yields come back down this morning. Take a look at. Futures after the biggest rally in u. S. Stocks yesterday since january 4, we now see a mixed trade in european futures. As i said, a data heavy day. That could be o