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They call the process excruciating. Good morning, everyone. Happy friday. We have made it to friday. It has been quite a week. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. The markets are focused on brexit, oil because of opec, and focus on u. S. Stimulus in the u. S. Stocks are holding gains, key data of course out of the u. S. , it is the u. S. Labor market. It is going to give us an indication of whether the economy needs support or not, and Oil Extending Gains after ninemonth high after this opecplus deal. I am looking at the dollar, treasuries pretty much nudgin...

At the same time, we generated more capital through earnings. Thats why are ratio is 12. 5 . Talk to me about the merging of the two units. What is the reasoning behind that . The Investment Bank merger is something weve been discussing for months. Even my predecessor, it was already a topic. 2015, clearlyn the two had to be separated. We had to restructure the trading business. Are at a stage or we can put them back together again. Most of our competitors have it anyway. This is not a cost exercise. There will be some cost benefits. Its really about having one overriding business to have one ...

The cash trade is an hour away. Lets get your top headlines for you off of the bloomberg terminal. Operation work speed. President is organizing a Manhattan Project file effort to fasttrack a coronavirus machine. Big pharma will work with washington and the military to develop it by years end. Lasting damage. Jerome powell voices concerns about the longterm fallout from the outbreak. Attention turns today to Christine Lagarde as economists expect the eurozone economy to pump the most since the Second World War. Grenada cuts. Norway joins opec in slashing oil output. We will see shortly what th...

protesters in israel prepare for another day of mass demonstrations against proposed reforms to the judicial system. the uk's eurovision hopes lie with 25—year—old mae muller. she'll perform her track i wrote a song at the contest in liverpool. and we'll be looking at a new viral and unhygienic prank known as sushi terror. police injapan have arrested three of the perpertrators. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says russia has fired at least 80 missiles at targets across the country as part of an overnight bombardment — the most significant wave of attacks since the anniv...

with a third missing more than a month of teaching, according to a new report. housing charity shelter blamed what it described as "total inaction" from the government for the numbers of young people in "traumatic" living arrangements. the government says it increased local housing allowance significantly during the pandemic, and is delivering more affordable homes. here's our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. it's barely 6:30am, and isaiah is heading to his childminder... ..while his brother coby begins the journey to school. single mum lily is heading to work as a nur...