It pushes the companys valuation to 10 billion. We will hear from the ceo of aurora. With dizzying market rallies, ipos, couldnt we all use some calm . Of all talk to the coceo , valuation has doubled. U. S. Stocks climbing twoway record amid stimulus discussions. Lets get to Abigail Doolittle in new york to break it all down. Walk us through the day. Abigail it turned out to be a bullish reversal at the end of the day. There were pretty steep declines for the major averages. Today, the vaccine was launched. Pfizers vaccine started distribution in the u. K. There were record highs by the afternoon, and nasdaq at another record high. Chewy. Com and gamestop. They put up a pretty strong quarter, they beat estimates. The sixth sales beat in a row. I am not sure what is weighing on them as of this moment. Active customers increased, including myself. The website allows you to order for your pets. The results certainly proved it. Gamestop put up a disappointing quarter, missing sales. The s
Big oil on trial voile dutch shell is accused of not doing enough to protect people and the planet from Climate Change. Welcome to the program, we begin with the race to roll out a Coronavirus Vaccine and the u. S. Drug from pfizer plus its german partner by your own take say that they hope their vaccine could be launched in europe this month. If it gets the sign off from regulators, theyve asked the European Unions Medicines Agency for emergency approval and the review could be completed by december 29th. That could mean at least 2 vaccines approved in europe and the United States by the end of the year. Meanwhile, the u. S. Centers for Disease Control is holding an emergency meeting to decide who will get 1st access to a vaccine. An independent Advisory Team made up of 15 medical and Public Health experts began meeting just minutes ago and is expected to vote in the coming hours. States will that have until friday to decide how much of the vaccine they need. The u. S. Government want
How much commitment is there . We have china announcing a net zero target. We have japan leading in hydro. Can asia lead the way in clean energy . Yeobee yin i am very optimistic about this because of the size of the market. I think with china, making that type of commitment, it helps for countries to make the same type of commitment. I agree with president jin. I think china can reach the goal because of the market. Aen you have the market and government that says you have to reach this, what will happen is innovation. As we innovate, the price will go down. I am very optimistic. There is one thing i think how do you open up to make it competitive to drive Competition Among prices . We are quite regulated. Can we make it more deregulated . To make this a competitive market, that is when you drive innovation. Some of the things policymakers in asia should think about, how in oururther liberalize own way to drive innovation . I am very optimistic. On this very important issue of the fin
And we begin with breaking news from the United States where a Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has died of complications from pancreatic cancer the 87 year old has been a champion of womens rights and the leader of the courts liberal wing death gives President Trump a chance to dramatically expand the courts conservative majority at a time when america is deeply divided and the president ial vote is just over 6 weeks away i did jocasta begins our coverage with a look back at Ruth Bader Ginsburgs life and legacy. Physically Ruth Bader Ginsburg was diminutive but she loomed large on the u. S. Supreme Court Ginsburg was a blunt talking liberal who often challenge her conservative colleagues on the bench warrant to jewish immigrants in Brooklyn New York in 1933 ginsburg was a brilliant student she was one of only 9 women to enroll in Harvard University law school in 1956 later transferring to Columbia University where she graduated at the top of her class but as ginsburg told one
With iran 28000000 people infected and approaching 1000000 dead the global coronavirus pandemic continues to exact a heavy toll but after the 1st appearance of code 19 could the World Health Organization and a free Morris Agency in its more than 18 the International Response a few months into the crisis a team of swiss italian filmmakers went in search of answers. We have therefore demanded the us system and the 19. 100. 1 the director general of the world top of an isolation made this announcement on march 11th 2020 it came as little surprise to anyone by then from its origins and who had china the coronavirus had been spreading internationally for at least 2 months already infecting 118000 people and a 114 countries. As we now know tens of. Leannes mo would eventually be infected and to date at least almost a 1000000 people have died as things stand the covered 1000 pandemic is far from over. Yet back in those early uncertain weeks as the world was waking to an unprecedented threat t