That is the shoes, right . The shoe extension . Francine i dont know if you can hear it, but it is a neighbors. It wont last very long. Hammeringtle bit of there. We welcome all of you here, to the realities of the pandemic. The pandemic is front and center, but there is a lot of other news. I would note pacific rim currencies continue strong. Francine they certainly do, and there is quite a lot going on also in pound talks, so lets not forget brexit and the u. K. E. U. Relationship. Les get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika the Trump Campaign is abandoning demands that almost 700,000 is withdrawing a key part of its lawsuit against the Election Results in pennsylvania. It is abandoning demands that almost 700,000 mailin ballots be thrown out because observers were kept too far away from the count. The challenge is now against a far smaller number of ballots, almost certainly just a fraction of bidens lead in the state. Joe biden is Meeting National security experts, but his
Bloomberg surveillance. This is what the markets are looking at. The focus is firmly on the vaccine trial data out of moderna yesterday. The focus is of course on the fact that we could have a vaccine quicker than expected simply because it is the second trial data that is better than what analysts and watchers were thinking. This global stock rally powered by hopes that the vaccines will bolster Economic Growth was paused, partly because investors are weighing the spread of the virus. I think investors are also looking at valuations. And also, there is a bit of profit taking getting underway. Inla jumped more than 10 after hours trading after the announcement that it will join the s p 500 index on december 12. In other asset classes, treasuries drifting with the dollar. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres leighann gerrans. Good morning. The Trump Campaign is withdrawing a key part of its lawsuit against the Election Results in pennsylvania. It is abandoning deman
Irelands Prime Minister told bloomberg that the outline of the u. K. E. U. Trade agreement is clear on both sides, but it is not clear that Boris Johnson wants a deal. Has let is set to join the s p 500 next month as its biggest ever new member. Just one hour to go until the start of the european trading day. We have the numbers from easy just. The Lowcost Airline is he easy jet. 4. 5 . Down this is a fullyear set of numbers bearing in mind when the end of the easyjet fullyear is, in november. The revenue is attached below the estimate of 3. 08 Million Pounds. Get to something that loss, 835e, pretax million. That is one of the things we need to understand. It will not the recommending payments of a dividend. A big question for is a jet when we get to see the ceo is, is november the worst of it . Hsbc saying that november may be as bad as it gets for the european airlines. Doesnt feel that way from the aviation flight deck, for could things become more difficult as we get through the w
Participating in the trial. We want to break it down more. What do we know . What are the questions . Reporter pfizer is telling us they have a vaccine that appears to be more than 90 effective. They studied this immunization in 43,000 people, and within about a week after the second dose, they found that more than 90 of people who got the vaccine were protected against the actual coronavirus. Know that it didnt take very long. We dont know the actual numbers of how we people were infected, but if we are looking at more than a 90 effectiveness rate, which was much higher than anyone expected, we are getting suggestions that this vaccine is quickly protective for many people. We still dont have news on how long it is going to last. We dont know whether or not there will be any safety signals. After that, they might be filing for emergency use authorization. Jonathan what kind of vaccine is this alix what kind of vaccine is this . Vaccine. It is an mrna theres nothing like this that exis
Happyorning everyone, monday. Pmis are coming in. Those numbers and go straight to the market and have a look at the positive news out there and how market traders are taking this. Falling. Area a touch worse than expected. Is a touchng pmi better than expected. Interesting to see the difference between services and manufacturing. What thek at the market wants to focus on, its after that vaccine says preventing 70 of cases. Global stocks are advancing. Focusing on the encouraging news from vaccines across the world. The astrazeneca one done with oxford is not as efficacious as the other one but you have to keep it at a much higher temperature which distribution could be that much easier. Not at all discouraging. Good morning. Over in the u. S. , president elect joe biden is aideing for his longtime as secretary of state. Thats according to several bloomberg sources. Former Hillary Clinton aide Jake Sullivan is expected to be National Security advisor. Could come ast soon as tomorrow. R