The president fires one of his own top officials, the man in charge of Election Security out in an overnight tweet after saying november 3rd was the most secure election in u. S. History. And with the president s legal claims fizzling around the country, the Top Senate Republican vows an orderly transfer of power. All of it will happen right on time and well swear in the next administration on january 20th. Cleared for takeoff. This morning boeing 737 max set to receive the green light to fly again nearly two years after fatal crashes grounded the fleet worldwide. Straight head, the changes being made to get them back in the sky. Panic mode. Empty shelves in stores from coast to coast once again as people stock up on essential fly supplies. Buying up everything hurts everybody. Why Officials Say that the supply chain is solid. No parade . New orleans cancels its traditional mardi gras celebration, but there is a way that you can help keep the iconic party going, today, wednesday, novem
Point 46 overnight. Political posturing is taking place with taking place between london and brussels. Checking in with some of the other little asset of the other asset classes. Gold pulling back in tandem with ,. 10 lower. Tom lets get you the first word news and an update on the continued spread of covid19. Have surged past 40 million and show no signs of slowing. U. S. Infection rates rising in 48 states while europe is inosing tighter restrictions london, paris, and other cities under strict curves with ireland enacting some of the toughest restrictions yet seen. The World Health Organization says failure to control quarantine rules has led to the resurgence. I stocks hit a six month low amid fears continuing street protests will drive investors away and further hurt the weakening economy. The benchmark index closed at its lowest level since april 16 as demonstrators bow to keep up pressure for constitutional reform and curbs on the monarchy. The index has lost more than 5 of its
Demand. Ryan, it is always a pleasure to talk to you. It was long in coming. Everyone asking, what are you going to buy . Tell us how you came up with this deal. It is great to be with you again today. We have been talking about the need for consolidation in business for quite some time. We need to put a Value Proposition together that offers investors a different way to think. We have done this with a transformative acquisition with concho resources. This brings in a bunch of lowcost supply resources government 23 billion barrels into the company. It is about a super strong Balance Sheet to manage the volatility we have seen in this business. It is about how you allocate capital for value, not for growth. It is distributions we were going to give back to the shareholder. It is about having a sustainable business. The deal takes an Energy Transition that we know is coming for our planet. Alix can you give us insight into how competitive it was . If you look at the Shell Companies that
Thedual listing could be biggest share sale in history. Softbank makes headlines again. Amassedid to have 20 billion in a stock trading movement despite a skeptical response from shareholders. Lets take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. At this as we are just getting some line through when it comes to the reserve bank of australias assistant governor. They are giving a speech saying it is more complex to assess the policy stance than it has been in the past. Due to the economic and fiscal conditions at play. We will continue to monitor some of those comments and we are also looking ahead to the rba Meeting Minutes as well. We are seeing downside in the first couple of minutes or so, trading in sydney on 5. 1 and then new zealand, that market is back to modest gains as we continue to process the outcome of the victory we saw from the Prime Minister and her resounding reelection effort over the weekend. The nikkei 225 seeing upside when we get into the open of. 25 of where
Two fatal accidents. European markets are open and they have opened up in positive territory. Its been another big week of global trade tensions and brexit worries, so well talk through it all with newsnights economics editor, ben chu. Quietly, ever so effectively, microsoft is winning the corporate cloud game. But in an age where brands like apple and google dominate, we want to know do you still use microsoft at home as well as work . Get in touch with us using the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start with the only one tech giant that is valued at more than a trillion dollars. Its not amazon or apple, but microsoft. And it has just proved again why it is the worlds most valuable publicly traded company. Injust three months, this giant brought in almost 34 billion in revenue. About the same amount as the value of cypruss entire economy. And unlike a number of the tech giants, this company is actually making money. In fact, 13 billion of profits. How . Offic