Construction, wholesaling and retailing. The latest number is 111. 2. This is higher than forecast. The market was around about 110. 5. The number is certainly improving. This after that drop that we saw back in march. 110. 7 is what we had. The pull back was related to the sanctions and also in relation to a strong number in february. Some people thought this was a natural correction that was starting to happen. Efo says theres no revision to that march number as well. This has been the reaction in euro dollar, a positive tick higher for the currency. Theres a key speech coming up later today by mario draghi which could further move the currency today. Alston shares are soaring despite the company denying reports that General Electric is seeking to acquire the firm for 13 billion. A spokes pernl says alston is, quote, not informed of any public offer for their the firm the firms sh bouygues is also up 4 . Lets go out to stephan. They are not aware of any offer, however, it doesnt say
This is station 7. You can see the ambulances lined up here. These are the folks who rush out when that 911 call comes in. In the next 30 minutes weve gotten word well be getting the Daily Briefing from new York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Well get the latest information from new york state. Meanwhile, here in the United States it was the second deadliest day of covid19 so far. So far nearly 15,000 americans have died, more than 432,000 known cases. Thats a jump of 31,000 cases since i came to you yesterday at this hour. Also, another tough day for americas workers. Another 6. 6 million americans filed jobless claims last week alone. That brings the total now since the pandemic started to 16 million in the last week, 16 Million People have filed for unemployment, just to give you some perspective, that is the population of nevada and pennsylvania combined. For everyone who is watching this morning, just a reminder, were taking all the necessary precautions. Were wearing the masks, will be w
Nvidia, which two years ago made most of its money from selling graphics cards for computer games, has now become the world’s third largest company by market value.
I try to make a case that democracy – not our wretched really existing capitalist democracy, but a radical eco-socialist democracy – is still the only hope for people and planet, first I want to interrogate Xi’s claims for his alternative, what he calls “Chinese-style modernization” and “Chinese-style civilization.”