That runs the debate said the event would be virtual. Mr. Biden says he would take questions directly from voters on october 15 and is asking the Debate Commission to move the debate to october 22. The president says a virtual faceoff is not what debating is about. Mr. Biden says the president is trying to evade accountability and does not want to face questions about his failures on covid and the economy. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 in new york 6 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 , a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories from around the world we are following. The move toward a steady business. Morgan stanley announcing that it will by money manager eaton vance. We will talk to mike mayo about the acquisition and what is ahead for big Bank Earnings. President trump says he w
Ready to go. The Halftime Report starts right now. Welcome, good to have you with us this committee joe terranova, stephanie link, jim lebenthal, jon najarian, also on set mike wellson, Morgan Stanleys chief u. S. Equity strategist stocks are getting a lift with some big dow beats today, makes for an interesting setup with the fed just a week away steph, ill give you the first crack today. I was going to come in and say earnings have been kind of lumpy, and then you get guidance raises today, whirlpool, coke, lockheed, pretty good. I dont think lumpy, i think really good. Choppy . I think pretty good, especially if you go underneath the surface, especially today, to your point, not only is it better organic growth out of kimberlyclark, out of coke, organic. These are great, top line numbers. But also what ive been impressed with, margins. Margins are expanding. Take a look at Stanley Black decker today they have some challenges for sure, but they beat margins in every single segment yo
Only the second, since the end of the fiveweek shutdown brought on by the debt crisis. Bank shares were pushed to the downward trading limit yesterday of 30 . One analyst said the bailout will not work if greek banks do not bounce back. The greek Banking System is key to getting them back. They have to recapitalize the major banks quickly and they have major problems with their nonperforming. Once you get the greek banks of an lending, there is no hope for the plan to succeed. Erik in the bleak financial picture, the Central Bank Says almost 1. 3 billion has flowed academic countries bank since reopened two weeks ago. Scheier is making an offer in hopes of creating a Biotech Company focused on rare diseases. The price of the about the billion dollars and scheier says that represents premium of 36 and values the target company at more than 45 a share. No deal on the horizon right now and shire it spun off from baxter and they are not talking about the proposal. John cleary is in singapo
Standards need to be tighter. Scott and innovative since threats dont always come in person or in the mail. Sometimes they fly in like in january. Today on the hill testimony about the dangers of drones and difficulty in preventing a true attack. You can of course insert in the battery compartment some explosives and many can carry a couple of pounds easily. If your intention is to cause panic, drop a smoke bomb. Scott press secretary josh earnest confirmed today that the letter possibly containing cyanide was captured at an offsite facility. Never arrived at the white house. He said the entire matter including who may be responsible still very much under investigation. Live on capitol hill tonight, scott thuman, abc 7 news. Leon thank you, scott. New at 6 00 tonight, abc 7 news has learned the intelligence worker who crashed that drone on to the white house lawn will not be facing criminal charges. The man who works for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency says that he lost con
The document was found in march of last year. Months before their trial in richmond. Now, according to the affidavit, Maureen Mcdonnell wanted to testify in defense of Bob Mcdonnell by giving multiple examples of how she concealed information from him regarding her activities with Johnny Williams and star scientific. She would have testified that she never told her husband about how much williams paid for during that now infamous shopping trip to new york city in 2011. That she did not tell her husband about a 50,000 loan from williams until after she spent the money and she did not tell him about buying tens of thousands of dollars in stock in star scientific. On that rolex watch given to the former governor, theres this. Mrs. Mcdonnell told mr. Mcdonnell that the watch was a gift from santa. She did not want him to know it was bought by Johnny Williams. She would testify that mr. Williams filled a void that she was filling in her life and he gave her both gifts and attention. Now, th