Plan. We see russia as a large, promising market. We wont change our mind. Theres more to be done in this market. And more warning signs out of china, investment, retail and factory data all disappointing in april with data hitting multiyear lows. Youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. And a warm welcome to tuesdays edition of worldwide exchange. Plenty to come through on the show today. Are you looking forward to it . Happy tuesday. Happy tuesday, everyone. Well get opecs latest report. Retail sales coming out of the u. S. As well. But before all of that we continue to look at m a on the astrazeneca pfizer story. Pfizer making its last push reiterating to uk jobs and r d if the proposed deal goes ahead. The ceos of pfizer and astrazeneca are due to appear before uk lawmakers in london very shortly. The unions make their way starting in 30 minutes time. Then pfizer ceo ian reed is in an an hour after astrazenecas ceo will appear. Katherine
The s p added 6 points. Gold lost 5 moving back below 13hundred dollars an ounce and oil gained 29 cents. In earnings after hours, the Container Store missed, while herbalife came in better than expected. Another drop in debt. The u. S. Treasury expects to pay off 78 billion of debt in the third quarter, thats almost double to the earlier projection of 40 billion. And, reuters reports allergan is targeting Biotech Company shire in a potential takeover attempt. Trader todd horwitz of average joe options. Com joins us to prepare the way for this trading day. Good morning to you. Good morning angie. We have the fed ahead this week. What are you anticipating . Any change in rates . Any change in policy . I dont think there will be much change at all. I think that theyll continue the course knowing that they will backstop the market at any chance they can. As we saw the action on monday, we saw the market way down and i think that somebody probably got a whiff that the fed would do somethin
Previously could have done. The news comes as more parts of england are to expected be moved into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, tier 4. Eu leaders sign the post brexit trade deal agreed with britain on the eve of its departure from the eu single market, it will now be flown to london. Here, the Prime Minister is due to start a debate in the house of commons shortly as he asks mps to back the brexit trade deal in a vote this afternoon well have special coverage. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. In a landmark moment in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the uk medicines regulator has approved the Coronavirus Vaccine developed by astrazeneca and scientists at oxford university. The approval means it is both safe and effective, and is expected to begin being adminstered in the new year. Its the second vaccine to be approved in the uk, after pfizer biontechs was given the green light earlier this month. Its also been announced that the Immunisation Campaign wi
Could prompt the biggest changes to jury trials since world war ii. British airways says it cannot say for certain whether its operations at Gatwick Airport, which are currently suspended due to the pandemic, will reopen. A 72 year old man, who set off injanuary on a bid to become the oldest person to row across the atlantic, has finally made it to antigua but hes come back to a very different world. And an raf fly past for captain tom moores 100th birthday. A special thank you for raising £30 million for the nhs. Im absolutely delighted with all the people like you who have come to wish me a many. Happy birthday. It really is absolutely awesome, the amount of people who have been so kind. The Prime Minister has chaired his first session of cabinet since returning to work, as the government considers how its lockdown measures might be relaxed. A spokesman for number 10 said the meeting included an update from the chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser on the countrys progr
Will take to avoid the second peak borisjohnson was warning about. Also tonight. British airways bosses say they could abandon the airlines gatwick operation because of the Coronavirus Crisis 1,000 pilots could lose theirjobs. So, the government admits it may not meet its testing target but is it how many you test, or who you test, that matters . And heres what happens when you get the testing strategy right south korea didnt have a countrywide lockdown. He saw them fly in anger, today captain tom saw them fly in celebration 100 years old today. And coming up on bbc news. The inaugural season of the hundred has been postponed for a year by the england and Wales Cricket board because of the Coronavirus Crisis. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Boris johnson says the country is past the peak of the coronavirus outbreak. Taking the podium at the Daily Briefing for the First Time Since he became ill, the Prime Minister said he would have a comprehensive plan on how to ease t