Chairman. Lets get you started with a quick check of how markets are trading. U. S. Futures continuing to add to gains after u. S. Stocks rallied in the regular session. Vaped tech shares leading the gains. Alphabet optimism about the experiment of drug coming from Gilead Sciences. U. S. Futures gaining ground at the moment. This after the s p 500 rose in the regular session. We have some negative data when it comes to u. S. Fourthquarter gdp seeing the biggest fall since 2008. We did get the fed decision. We have policymakers holding rates steady. Wti also continued to add to gains after we rose in the regular session, rebounding from almost 30 of declines in the last two sessions. Haidi of course one of the big headlines, the Trump Administration putting together this Manhattan Project style effort to drastically cut the time it takes to develop a coronavirus vaccine. Operation work speed hopes to have enough warp speed hopes to have enough doses available by the end of the year as g
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Oil saying washington tramples on basic norms, and from mining to the oceans. In a billionaire tells us his waste andt plastic see the future. And the Global Semiconductor market is not in the clear yet. How global trade tensions are impacting microns future, but first, lets get you started with a quick check of how markets close on this thursday session. We had stocks down, treasuries advancing. We started lower in the session, given that whistleblower complaint at the center of the impeachment drama in washington was released and that was not helped by the fact that we heard from a u. S. Official that potentially the u. S. Could not be extending that temporary wally suppliers to two huawei. The dow lost about two points. The nasdaq also down. 6 . The Energy Sector was also the biggest loser, despite the fact that throughout the session, we did see crude gain back some of those earlier losses after we heard that the u. S. Could be military equipment to saudi arabia. U. S. Futures at t
World tour have agreed to a shock merger with the saudi backed liv golf. This comes despite the pending litigation between pga and liv. That will now be halted as they move forward as part of the same enterprise. Over the past year liv golf caused huge disruption in the mens game, with top players such as rory mcllroy and tiger woods boldly criticising it. But other players such as Brooks Koepka joined liv golf for large sums with the backing of the Saudi Arabia Public Investment fund. The bbc s golf correspondent iain carter believes it is the big investment being offered that has made this deal possible. Players can get along fine when they are playing for the biggest prizes. Money is the massive driver here, the likes of rory mcilroy and the establishment from the live setup, they used to be west friends. Michael roy was a groomsmen at garcias wedding. They now do not speak. But that sort of thing will be shoved to one side. What we wait to see is what shape mens golf take Going For
ireland, heavy showers here, longer spells of rain, more sunshine for england and wales, where it is not so windy. there will be showers around, but not quite as many during the day on sunday. temperatures are only getting up to 21 or 22 degrees at best. what about next week? some changes, not as windy for a start, a bit more sunshine and probably fewer showers, but it is not going to be hard to are not going to get the heat that is affecting southern parts of europe, so 22 23 at best, very different in southern parts of europe, where temperatures will be reaching a0 degrees or more across inland areas once again. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. after the energy shock, is britain getting even more dependen