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,
29yearolds say they will definitely vote this year. 47 said the same in 2016. The polls show young voters will likely back joe biden over to 25ent trump, 63 percent. It is becoming a familiar story for louisiana. Much of the state is under a hurricane warning. Zeta is heading toward the uf goals u. S. Gold coast. Gulf coast. If it makes landfall in louisiana, it would be the fifth named storm this year. Bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 5 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 we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. William spriggs, the aflcio chief economist on how the groups 12. 5 million members are coping in the absence of more fiscal stimulus. Big news in the semiconductor business. Competitor for 35 billion in an all stock deal. With theive interview
Forward today. I think lisa is going to talk about it. The last moment i saw as we wait for washington to awake this morning with the president nudging away from the republican reticence more towards the place of Speaker Pelosi. I have no idea what that means. After what we went through yesterday, we are littered literally we are literally monitoring when does the president wake up and advance his campaign through any actions throughout the day. Jonathan we understand there will be an interview at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on fox news. 1 3negotiations for me, the of the negotiations that really matters and has hardly moved, Senate Republicans and leader mcconnell. Where are they in this . Weve heard from mnuchin, from the president , from Speaker Pelosi. Mcconnell is on the sidelines. Hes the guy that finalizes that deal. Tom this is really important, and it goes to what axios said about the republicans really fighting for their lives, having to do with attorney general barr and all of that.
Discussion this evening. Francine we are not brexit free, i have just been sparing you. We have actually been increasing the numbers of icu beds because people need them more. And brexit negotiations are ongoing. There is still the selfimposed deadline of october 15. ,om and i want to make clear the case dynamics in europe are extraordinary for the slopes of those curves are distressing. Its been an extraordinary thursday. Thank you to our team for an incredible news flow. It seems like we are doing the same thing today, we are waiting for washington to wake up and drive forward. Heres riddick group to with the first word news. With first word news. The Global Food Program was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. They especially operate in conflict zones. To 100 millionse people in 88 countries last year. The white house is shifting its position in stimulus package, again. Steven mnuchin and told nancy pelosi that they want to in agreement on a largescale relief bill. Earlier this week
Back to an eight day holiday. They are putting much playing catchup. We have gains across the board. Shanghai is up 1. 6. These services pmi rising for a fifth month. The you on getting 6. 73 versus the dollar. This was stronger than expected. This is a weak dollar story. Some yen strength there. The bank of canada governors has negative Interest Rates remain an option. Courts seems like a lot of the action is in the shanghai markets here today given that robust reopening after the eight day holiday. We will speak exclusively to the Everest Medicine ceo. This is 27 right now in its debut in hong kong. The Trump Administration signaling that the administration is again leaning toward a largescale stimulus bill. That comes after nancy pelosi pushed back on the idea of peace for a. She is excepting refusing to accept help for airline without wider bill agreed. We want to help the airline workers. There is legislation that we had ed the cares act that we hope we could continue for the next