unveils the conservative party election platform this morning. should businesses be perturbed by some of her policies? this is bloomberg surveillance . i m mark barton in london. check out what is happening to equities. yesterday we saw the biggest drop on the stoxx 600 since september. today the decline continues. biggest two-day drop since november. we are down of further 0.5%. index is rising today. the first day of gains and seven after falling to a november low yesterday. the u.s. 10-year yield unchanged at 2.2%, dropping 10 basis points on wednesday to 2.3%, the lowest since april 19. ing. is fall there is less of a flight to safety haven assets today. its biggest gain yesterday since june 24. let s get to first word news. starting with the u.k., prime minister theresa may s conservatives are expected to unveil their party manifesto today ahead of the u.k. s general election which takes place in three weeks. may will tell wealthier, elderly voters they will have to pa
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