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bridgestone down, subject to a bid for its building products.he mix as well, because, stucco media. leaving you with an image of president trump at a rally in dalton, georgia. ♪ in hong kong and shanghai. central policy makers may taper bond purchases of covid vaccine booster u.s. economic outlook. he told reuters he is hopeful that fed can start to recalibrate in short order. if the situation strengthens and become either fed can discuss the appropriate response. bostic is a monetary policy voter this year. in other news, a cleveland fed president is calling for a study approach to the u.s. economy with continued monetary and fiscal support. she says she expects a bleak winter before vaccine driven midyear rebound. she says policy should remain unchanged even as the economy picks up, all the way until the fed's inflation goals are met. and we will be speaking with --eveland's's the retta l00 on friday.ster in other news, julian is sound an -- julian assange has won extradition block. the judge says that assange deserves an opportunity and mexic

business community to live to fight another day and some of our largest companies like kia and bridgestone to have record success. it has never been clearer that we must honor their commitment to the job creators in the state. our commitment as held through these last 10 months. and communities rallying around local businesses overhauled to adhere to the public health guidance and keep customers say. and in the work done by leaders in both legislative chambers to make it easier to stay in business in that era of covid-19. you see, in the heat of the summer when we were facing some of our toughest days in the fight with when access to testing was crucial and the state struggled in the demand for critical he, it was georgia businesses large and small who stepped up to meet the moment. from craft breweries in albany to local masters manufacturers in rome to a plastics business that began in a small startup in a garage in newnan 13 years ago , our very own pitched in to build up the state stockpile, the need to compete with other states and ensure our healthcare euros had the resources they ne

it is in tukes acquire a roofing unit of bridgestone.ne building introduction expected to fetch more than $2.5 billion paris tag. and! morgan is seeking to establish another chinese joint venture in wealth management. that is amid-a global rush to capture a piece of the market. it is expected to grow to as much as $30 trillion in 2023. sources say j.p. morgan is in preliminary talks with it stranding on the partnership. that is your bloomberg vlasic. anna: secretary of state mike pompeo said he believes china will cliff on its phase one trade commitments. >> you have been fairly tough on china on human rights issues and other things they have been involved with with respect to hong kong and a new security law there. dow have any hope that china will ease up on its constraints on hong kong? > i am afraid it is and fail acombli. everything we have seen has indicated that hong kong is going to become nothing more than another communist run city. they committed to that for 50 years and broke the promise. this they are living under three. act

bridgestone is rising. keeping a close eye also on samsung shares.uarter coming in less than forecast. interesting that move because samsung's profit for the fourth quarter missed estimates. 9.5% trillion -- 9.5 trillion yuan. let's get some analysis from idc senior research manager, kiranjeet kaur. give us your reaction to the samsung numbers. kiranjeet: it is no surprise. , it faces competition. launched earlier in the year. q4 is not the strongest time. shery: when it comes to the semiconductor business, we saw a down cycle late last year. are we expecting a recovery anytime soon? kiranjeet: in q4, [indiscernible] coming quarters, we expect a drive-in demand. really overe peak in terms of the demand? kiranjeet: it has been ongoing. for computing devices has peaked pretty strong. demand for home devices and for entertainment devices has been strong. what about expected or potential frontloading in front of an expected shortage? kiranjeet: hopefully, we should see some of these businesses start to stockpile in q1. will drive upt the prices and that

. >> that's why bridgestone last night, they have a possible vaccine for the new transmissible and i they are like the moderna - >> before talking about all of these mutations, can we talk a little bit about cortava we talked a little bit about it offcamera. >> nominated, eight, we had corteva on, they joined us on air at the time, putting a letter out taking aim at the ceo in particular and a quick excerpt. while we enjoyed our growing personal relationship with the board members willing to engage with us, and willing to engage with us, we remain unsure as to why the board retains conviction in currents leadership, and we're t-is symptomatic of a broader status for comfort and the status quo in particular, we had significant difficulty reconciling jim collins with his track record and leadership position they're after mr. collins but a fairly extensive slate as you might imagine. and some names you may remember. james, he was at dupont. >> he was a driver. >> ceo of liondel chemical. >> and they brought him in >> he is part of that. >> and mentioned smith had joined us back in octob