With the pandemic raging, see what retailers are doing to stop scenes like this, but keep the holiday deals so many people count on. Plus, a stellar gift. Looking for a present out of this world literally . How some folks got their hands on some of nasas rarest photos, including the first selfie from space. Nice. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Numbers are going up faster than expected. I think it is probably fatigue. People are just not being as cautious as we had hoped. Pfizer is the First Company to apply for emergency authorization of its covid19 vaccine. Traditionally and historically, highly efficacious and effective vaccines have crushed epidemics. This weekend is a time many of you would normally be packing for thanksgiving travel. With cases skyrocketing, many families are choosing to stay home. There are more people here than i thought. Donald trump jr. Tested positive for coronavirus. Hey, guys, don jr. Here. You may have seen it, apparen
Shanghai composite, 3 10 of an percent of the upside. Lets have a look at what is going on currency wise. This is the dollar index. Not that much changed. Bitcoin. Oves is down nearly 2 at the moment. [indiscernible] thetocurrency left to 18,000 level. Citigroup causing a stir with a 300,000 plus estimate with regards to bitcoin. U. S. Dollar index pretty much unchanged. Stasis as weoil in wait to see what is happening with some of these internal squabbles taking place with members of opec, mainly the uae. Mitchell with the first word headlines. Early south koreas trade data shows exports extending their recovery. The yearose 11 from earlier. South korea shipments received a boost from china and the u. S. Cap exports were up almost 22 . Singapore sees at the economy expanding by between four and 6 next year as it rebounds from the virus. Thirdquarter gdp shrunk by 5. 8 on the year and the estimate for contraction was revised to six to 6. 5 . The decline for the Third Quarter compared t
Thats how unconventional all these polls are right now. Were also going to follow more as the markets sort of i digesting the news we got out of the likes of alphabet, amazon and apple. By and large, the numbers were pretty solid, they just werent solid enough, and its weighing on the techheavy nasdaq as a result. Much more on that in a second. Now back to the cases at hand that are getting a lot of attention. 12 states now are reporting record oneday increases including illinois, indiana, maine, michigan, minnesota, missouri, nebraska, new mexico, North Carolina, north dakota, oklahoma, ohio, oregon. These are not just with oneday blips. These are new causes, the highest cases, the highest ever recorded since the pandemic began. Furthermore, 91,248 americans, more americans just tested positive for the virus. It is the highest of the pandemic period. Thats whats weighing more on the markets than anything else, the idea that these expanded cases and the kind that were seeing in europe
Will it be a waste of space wales keeps building offices but covert 19 is prompting a push to get more people working from home permanently. Hello china has begun military drills close to taiwan the visit off another top u. S. Official further phrase relations between the superpowers its accusing the u. S. On taiwans ruling party of colluding to stir up trouble and says the exercises are to protect what it sees as its territorial sovereignty there taking place near the Taiwan Strait that lies between china and the islands all taiwanese media are reporting that taiwanese fighter jets were scrambled multiple times on friday morning thats after chinese aircraft were set to have approached taiwans airspace and the u. S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Crocker is the most Senior State Department official to land in taiwan in decades and the 2nd visit by a u. S. Official in 2 months be chinese governments condemned the trips and says diplomatic relations between taiwan and the u. S
And trying to keep the lessons going to meet the pandemic the lengths theyre going to remote areas of indians. And foreign belgians Thomas Peters is new to the lead on day 2 at the u. S. Open hes overtaken Justin Thomas who had a course record in his helping round on their estate. So then taiwan has scrambled 18 fighter jets to track nearby Chinese Military planes in an escalation of tension over the visit of a u. S. Official china says the drills were necessary accusing the United States and taiwan of colluding to stir up trouble from abroad explains. Taiwan scrambling gets jets after 18 Chinese Military aircraft entered its Defense Identification Zone before turning back. As its done previously in the Taiwan Strait this military exercise by china was its way of showing displeasure at increased diplomatic exchanges between the u. S. And taiwan it comes as u. S. Undersecretary keith crock the most Senior State Department official in decades continues his visit to the island that follow