Election results. Anyone whos running for office can exhaust concerns about counting. In any court, there will be a smooth transition to a 2nd term of nutrition. Right, were ready. The world is watching. Whats taking place that were going to come all the votes. When the process is complete, will be electors selected. Theres a process, the constitution lays it out pretty clearly. The health care system, Republican Leaders do not want to take a nice trunk space, which they urgently need in georgia, where 2 republican senators face run offs in january. The republican majority in the senate is on the line. It is time past time for Republican Leaders to stand up and say, we should accept the results of this election. And i continue to work with colleagues to urge them to do so. They call me to say, you know, congratulations, please convey my well wishes to the president elect. But i cant say that publicly yet. Thats might be because despite losing trump managed to mobilize 7000000 more vote
Further. We are joined this hour by finance minister. The other big story today, lawmakers in washington take aim at the power of big tech. Saystitrust investigation they are abusing their dominant status. Australia coming online. Lets turn to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong with a checkup on markets. A two day rise, we are seeing pressure come through for the benchmark while the aussie dollar is testing that 71 popl after forming a double early this october. We are seeing action in the bond space. The front end of the aussie curb slipping with the three year yield falling as much as four basis points earlier in the session. This after australias updated debt issuance coming in less than expected. I want to highlight bhp shares. We are seeing the stock fall as much as 2. 3 this morning. Tesla bhp in focus be at flipping the board to check in on futures, s p eminis under pressure. The yen trading study but theres upward pressure on the stimulus deadlock. We are watching iphone makers aft
0. 719 andrew and we have numbers to bring you this morning from United Health group just out with its quarterly numbers. Reporting Quarterly Earnings of 3. 51 per share. It beat the consensus estimate of 3. 09 revenue also above forecasts, saying that medical care trends that had been disrupted by the pandemic are moving closer to normal you are looking at that stock up just marginally this morning and we have three more financials, bank of america this hour, Goldman Sachs in the 7 00 hour and then wells fargo in the 8 00 hour. Joe. Thankthanks, andrew. Another Clinical Trial halted over safety concerns, eli lilly late stage trial has been paused by u. S. Health regulation tors it used a Health Sample from one the first patients recovered from coronavirus ill given you more details. Because it leaves out something important. Of the trials ongoing of the antibody, they decided to add remdesivir along with the antibody and that is when they had to halt the trial for some kind of safety
The french economy. This is day to be a business on robots in berlin its great to have you with us germany has announced a new blueprint for relations with asia calling in particular diversity and its focus on the region thats being interpreted as an effort to lessen its dependence on china a move that would almost certainly have consequences for german businesses. From its messy internment of we goes engine jiang to its crackdown in hong kong and of the shop and the edge of its diplomacy in recent years china is politically a growing problem for germany. Economically china is a golden goose on average german Blue Chip Companies earn 15 percent of their revenues from china some go further china accounted for more than 40 percent of turnover for folks who are going in the 1st half of 202034 percent for b. M. W. And 22 percent for adidas. And that gives china leverage in the relationship the new guidelines from the German Foreign ministry are meant to begin correcting that imbalance one
Sound man is accused of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill a former top intelligence official and that all suit filed in the u. S. And americas powerful National Rifle Association Gun lobby group is being sued and threatened with disillusion for alleged financial mismanagement. Are new warnings that the sports news is the biggest all star to donald trump the president says he tones off what he sees social justice protest before but says he couldnt care less who hear from him. Now french president emmanuel background has called for a new political order and lebanon while announcing measures to help beirut recover from its massive port explosion has been meeting with lebanese political leaders after surveying damage from that blast on tuesday mccrone said health work as a. It meant an International Aid will all be sent to the country over the coming days now in addition to announcing a global Fund Raising Conference he also said urgent reforms and levanon on needed just. What i