Rally yesterday dow futures are now down. Nasdaq futures lower by 64. Nasdaq up 190. Now this, former Vice President joe biden and the ukraine scandal back in the spotlight, an investigation Just Launched overseas after phone conversations between biden and then ukraine president are released. Meanwhile u. S. Senate taking a major senate in probe of Hunter Bidens role of Barisma Holdings and tesla tapping the brakes in battle with california, dropping the lawsuit after plant is allowed to open. Mornings with maria begins right now. And Global Markets this morning red cross the board, take a look at european indices as u. S. China tensions rise, the cac quarante is down 48 and dax index in germany lower by 174, there are sign that is the european economy is slowly coming back. The euro zone purchasing manager index coming above expectations this morning. In asia overnight, markets mostly lower. Take at the numbers in asia, worst performer half percent lower shanghai composite in china.
Shift toward ecommerce. I think for investors, for business in general thats really the question of this moment right now for those businesses that have had this shift to online and have been able to capitalize that, were going to have skzinga on later d theyve done well in engagement because of that shift, how much of that are they going to be able to retain and continue for the rest of the year how much can platforms like apples ios and app store, were getting wwdc coming up in a few weeks, what changes can they and developers make to retain more of that benefit and maybe see a continuing shift in behavior thats unclear, but a lot hangs on that, morgan. Thats so right, jon, and that shift online i think is everything and a big part of that is ecommerce its one of the reasons im keeping a close eye on the u. S. Postal service right now, which is set to report its Quarterly Earnings tomorrow. Last night the usps announcing its finally getting a new postmaster general, louis dejoy, had
Sevenpart debt offer thats getting priced today its so true, carl. I think that word stabilization is really the key to the story here its signs of stabilization versus recovery and i think thats a key distinction and one playing out right now in the market whether youre looking at the ceo commentary on Earnings Calls or interviews on this network in recent days and the fed chairs message yesterday, arguably what were seeing in jobless claims, which are still so painfully elevate right now, but seem to have potentially peaked maybe three weeks ago, that the emerging theme is really that economic recovery is going to, at least based on everything weve seen right now and what weve heard right now, is going to take longer than initially thought, but there are still some of these potential signs suggesting that the worst, i say that with caveats and uncertainty still clouding everything, that the worst is over, whether its the comments we got from facebook on that Earnings Call yesterday o
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Our headlines today the government warns ships to stay away from the persian gulf after iran seizes a british oil tanker. The foreign secretary sends a stern warning to tehran. We are absolutely clear that if this situation is not resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. Tranquility base here. The eagle has landed. Events will take place around the world today to mark the 50th anniversary of when man first set foot on the moon. The mayor of new york declares a local emergency, as two thirds of the United States prepares for a dangerous heatwave. Good morning. Our weather is set to get hotter next week. In fact, very hot for some of us, but were not there yet. Still a bit of rain to come this weekend. Ive got yourfull forecast coming up. In sport, rory mcilroy falls agonisingly short at the open as he misses the cut by one shot in front of home support at royal portrush in Northern Ireland. Its saturd
in the sport. they beat guinea 4 1 in a friendly in barcelona. one of the goals was scored by vinciusjunior, who s faced frequent racist abuse while playing for real madrid. now on bbc news, click. this week. three, two, one. cheering ..the battle is on as we go to the uk s first ever live fortnite tournament. this is a sport where every player is in their own world, their own zone. ..marc speaks to xbox s big boss about what s on the horizon in the next few months. can you give us a sign that you can hear us, please? please. ..and we re hunting ghosts with some terrifying tracking tech. in amongst edinburgh s elegant architecture stands the iconic mcewan hall. in 1897, it was gifted to the people of the city by philanthropist william mcewan and throughout its life, it s been the home of graduations, concerts and even edinburgh fringe comedy gigs. but i wonder if william mcewan ever thought that his hall would be used for this. it s been turned into a fortnite den. four, thre