A packed crowd took in the latest Iphone Launch at Apple Headquarters in a helicopter california. They were all here to see this. Ceo Tim Cook says the Iphone 16 is the first to be built from the ground up for artificial intelligence. The software is integrated into host of applications across the iphone. Take this Photo Editor allowing you to remove people from the background and this tool which helps rewrite your E Mails. There is an upgrade to The Voice assistant, which can now take written commands and is said to work better with natural spoken language. For now Apple Intelligence features will not be available in the eu as executives find themselves in the middle of a dustup with regulators over the digital markets act. The features will, however, be available in the uk. That is when they are released. The Test Version will start with the roll out in the us next month with more coming of the year. When it becomes available analysts say they are keen to use ai available analysts sa
Stepping down after arguments over strategy, the bank prepares its search for his successor. Morning, under one hour until the start of cash equity trading. Equity markets under pressure. The futures picture shows relief. Ftse futures up 0. 4 . U. S. Futures point to the upside, up 0. 8 . Global stocks up 12 in november, the biggest monthly gain on record. Lets not forget that will me think about the losses yesterday and the rally he will maybe see today. Greens what we see now, a picture and it comes to the asian stock markets. Data from to take asia whether chinese or korean on the factory side. Be taking aems to turn for the better. In china a decade high for chinese manufacturing. Up on thed enthusiasm, and commodities in focus. Oil prices moving to the downside for a third day. No deal yet on opec and opecplus, and their plans for january. That will be a focus on thursday. Lets get a first word news of eight. Laura president elect joe biden has chosen janet yellen as his treasury
Away. Knife edge. Brexit talks near a compromise on fishing, leaving the level Playing Field the biggest obstacle. Can the side to get a deal through today . Sanctions hit sentiment. Stocks and futures flip as the u. S. Is said to add more chinese officials to a blacklist and the rollout begins. Coronavirus vaccines start in the u. K. Tomorrow. The u. S. May follow suit by the end of the week if the fda gives emergency and approval emergency approval. I have been away for six weeks on paternity leave. It has been fantastic. Not much seems to have changed in terms of markets. We are still in crunch time. We are still looking at covid infections rising to alltime highs. We are still looking at u. S. Stocks rising as well. I guess the vaccines is the hopeful sign. Maybe this week, the good change we have all been waiting for in 2020. On return, everything has changed and yet nothing has changed. Certainly new information. That has been a real game changer. But we are still as you say at c
Vaccines. Virus deaths hit a record in the u. S. And in italy. And finding a compromise, opec agrees to slowly add more oil year after days of tense talks. Saudi arabias Energy Minister called the process of excruciating. Welcome to the program, everybody. Welcome to the European Market open. It has just gone 7 00 here in london. German factory orders rising 2. 9 month on month. The estimate was for an increase of 1. 5 . That was better than anticipated. Factory orders arising year on year, 1. 8 . The estimate was 0. 2. We have seen a continuation of growth coming through. We will see what momentum is like in the further winter months. Another story out of germany, potentially more interesting, perhaps. Germany has agreed to extend a to preventr bankruptcies as the economy is hit by the second wave of the pandemic. Germany is extending its 37 billiondollar backstop for Credit Insurance by another six months in the month of june. The industry will surrender 60 of remittance to the gover
France threatens to get out of the rescue plan altogether. 11,000 jobs slashed, the german giant fights for survival. Welcome to the program. Looking at the futures, reflecting the way the european and u. S. Equity markets closed yesterday. Futures down in europe, mixed in the u. S. , reflecting what we saw yesterday were the u. S. Wobbled into the close at the end of the session. New york schools closing seems to be the factor. Breaking news, some commentary from astrazeneca in connection phasehase two, not the three news we have been waiting for. That is expected to come within weeks. This is more detail on the phase two data. They are confirming the vaccines immune response in older adults, that is crucial considering who is most vulnerable to the virus. The lancet is publishing the findings. A lot of stuff we have heard already from phase three trials more advanced than this from other drug companies. It has not been peerreviewed or in journals. We are getting the phase two study,