5 things you need to know this morning: December 16, 2020
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Five things you need to know
1. Tom Cruise recorded tearing into crew members for not following COVID-19 safety protocols
Tom Cruise warns Mission: Impossible crew they’re ‘f ing gone’ if they break rules on set https://t.co/S5izd7kIgu
The Sun has shared audio of Tom Cruise expressing his frustration with crew members who broke COVID-19 rules on the set of Mission: Impossible 7”. In the recording, he can be heard saying: If I see you do it again you’re f ing gone.That’s it. No apologies. Tell it to the people who are losing their f ing homes because our industry is shut down. It’s not going to put food on their table or pay for their college education. That’s what I sleep with every night – the future of this f ing industry!”
SHFE nonferrous metals closed higher across the board on Friday December 18.
SHANGHAI, Dec 18 (SMM) – SHFE nonferrous metals closed higher across the board on Friday December 18.
“The bigger picture here is that the market is getting hopeful for some resolution of Brexit and (US) fiscal stimulus talks,” said Bank of Singapore currency analyst Moh Siong Sim.
Even soft US economic data, rather than driving a safety bid for dollars, is increasing investors’ expectations for a government spending package, Sim said, which would lift consumption and risk appetite and weigh on the greenback.
Aluminium was the best performer with a rise of 1.91%. Copper advanced 1.75%, lead edged up 1.53%, tin climbed 0.17%, zinc increased 1.36% and nickel went up 1.28%.
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December 17, 2020 7:00 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
President-elect Joe Bidenâs cabinet picks are beginning to work through the confirmation process in the Republican-controlled Senate as transition officials and Democrats press to avoid delays in putting key people in place amid the pandemic.
Despite the still simmering rancor of the election and President Donald Trumpâs refusal so far to recognize the outcome, some Senate committees are moving ahead on vetting nominees, potentially leading to some being confirmed on Inauguration Day or shortly afterward.
The Senate Finance Committee sent questionnaires Tuesday to Janet Yellen, the former Federal Reserve chair whom Biden has chosen to be Treasury secretary, and Xavier Becerra, the California attorney general tapped to run the Department of Health and Human Services, said Ashley Schapitl, a spokeswoman for ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
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US congressional leaders continued working on the details of a nearly $900 billion
coronavirus relief plan in anticipation of unveiling it possibly before the weekend. Senate Majority Leader McConnell, House Speaker Pelosi, Senate Democratic leader Schumer and House Republican leader McCarthy have been directly involved in the negotiations, raising prospects for a package that can pass both the House and Senate.
UK PM Johnson and European Commission President von der Leyen are speaking at 7pm London time to review the state of the negotiations over a