i'm joumanna bercetche along with julianna tatelbaum with the headlines.ump to the stock of the top 100 after a deal and months of public wrangling >>> the ftse accelerates losses despite reopening across england in the latest phase of the road map out of lockdown. >>> and the bavarian premier announces the run for chancellor with party leaders set to decide on the preferred candidate later today. >> the expectation to come to a shared solution sooner rather than later regarding the question of the candidacy. both are feasible and willing. >>> jerome powell says the economy is at an inflection point and the dow and s&p retreat ahead of the start of the earnings season. >>> good morning welcome to "street signs." lots to get through on monday morning. i want to start with big corporate news from france shares in suez are rallying after they reached a merger with veolia it will bring an end to the legal proceedings with the companies pulling months of negotiations the groups plan to agree on the deal by may 14th you see a nice bounce in suez. up 6.7%. that h

i'm julianna tatelbaum these are the headlines. airbus posts a big jump in first quarter operating profit, but warns the crisis isn't over. >>> oil major shell hikes dividend for the second time in six months as earnings soar in the frs qirst quarter >>> epprices are back before pre-pandemic prices. >>> and sales of 5g and network sk equipment increase as nokia is on on the move. >>> and president biden looks to the first 100 days as he addresses the first joint session of congress. >> in the first 100 days, i can report to the nation, america is on the move again. >>> welcome to "street signs." we have a busy earnings day. airbus has warned that quote the crisis is not yet over for the industry amid the pandemic reporting a 2% dip in first quarter revenues shares are moving up this morning to the tune of 2%. charlotte has been looking at these numbers. >> reporter: that is right that's what the big expectation is for airbus. revenue was flat compared to the first quarter with the cash flow number it had positive comments there ove

julianna tatelbaum is on the streets with the tatelbaum index with the mood and feel of being able to out to a small shop once again. julianna >> reporter: brian, it is not just small shops today is a major milestone in the emergence of the third lockdown starting today, for the first time since december, pubs and restaurants will offer outdoor dining and non-essential retail is able to reopen. for the last three and a half months, the only places we were allowed to go were pharmacies and supermarkets that changes today we still have a lot of restrictions in place with crowd control. we have a to continue wearing masks indoors in the shops and maintaining social distancing. also starting today, we are able to take domestic holidays and stay in self catering an accommodation. international travel is forbidden. the earliest that can happen is mid-may. covid case numbers have come down significantly in the united kingdom. on saturday, reporting 2,500 new covid cases. that is down to about 1/6 of the january peak more than half of all uk adults have now been given one dose of the vaccine.

i'm joumanna bercetche along with julianna tatelbaum.hese are your headlines a mixed session in asia as india battles for another record spike in covid cases and hospitals threatening to be overwhelmed. >>> germany imposes fresh vihigh restrictions and italy has a lockdown >>> shares of philips sink despite the profits in the second quarter as the ceo tells cnbc he is unsure what the second half of the year will bring. >> we are looking ahead at a strong second quarter, but the second half year, comparison is more difficult versus last yea all in all, low single digit growth is still a significant step up. >>> and history is made as chloe zow wins best director and "nomadland" wins best picture and best actress for frances mcdormand. >>> we will kick things off with the data that has come out for the month of april let's bring the main headlines to you the business climate index in april has come in at 96.81 versus the expectation of 97.8 disappointment with the business climate index. as for the current conditions index, it is 94.1 in a

i'm julianna tatelbaum along with joumanna bercetche. these are your headlines china and the u.s. cooperate on climate change after meetings in shanghai we'll speak with the aiib president about the forum in just a moment. >>> and shares dip in early trade as the lender's ceo steps down amid the allegations of money laundering. >>> germany's green party announces a candidate amid the autumn election. >>> and juventas shares climb as they join 11 of the other biggest clubs. announcing plans for a european super league >>> good morning happy monday we have a busy show to get through today. we're just going to start off with the developments overnight between the u.s. and china the two countries have set aside some of the differences and pledged to tackle a climate cries crisis the two countries issued a statement. chinese president jiping is rumored to talk about more on the climate plan and the president of aiib is joining us down the line pleasure to have you on the show today. clearly one of the big themes of the forum is talk of climate change and there has been progress on that

we have julianna tatelbaum with more on the story. ood morning in terms of the latest, australian government said it now recommends that all those people under the age of 50 should seek the pfizer jab instead of the astrazeneca shot. this comes after a number of decisions from health authorities around europe and into the uk after european and uk w uk health regulators came out to talk about it. in terms of what this means for australia, it puts more pressure on them to use the pfizer vaccine. as a result, australia has upped its order doubling the number of doses to 40 million. the additional doses are not scheduled until later this year. it means a delay to the rollout. separately on astrazeneca, we also heard from the french health regulator this morning. one of the big questions for all these countries adjusting guidance, what happens to the people who have been given one jab of astrazeneca and not the second the french regulator came out to say recommendation if you are under the age of 55 and received the astrazeneca for the firs

brian. >> julianna tatelbaum, thank you you very much. a bit behind the united states. the slow pace of the vaccine rollout there. julianna, thank you. >>> back state side. let's get a check on your friday money on the final trading day of april, by the way futures are lower to end the week overall another up week for stocks most stocks are higher heading into today's session on the month. it is also a big week for earnings a busy week thankfully almost behind us. we're just over halfway through the earnings season, if you will we're seeing, get this, the strongest average earnings per share growth since 2010. up 45% the biggest eps surprise factor ever going back to 1994. the highest amount of eps ever at 87% earnings up 45%. beating by 24% on average. greatest number of eps beats at 87% ever this could be the greatest quarter for the economy and consumer of all-time >>> also a big week for oil. how about this every single oil or gas stock in america is higher this week. every single one over 100 names average gain of 8% for the big major

from london, julianna tatelbaum, there's a major shop right in the heart of london that's reopening todayeporter: that's right, i'm standing in front of cabin garden, one of the more popular destinations in central london i'm here to mark an occasion today marks a milestone in the reopening. we have emerged from the third national lockdown and today pubs and restaurants can begin outdoor service for the sit since december and nonessential retail can reopen we're looking forward to hairdressers, beauty salons, libraries, zoos, all reopening since december it's not all back to normal, we take domestic holidays with no international travel the earliest that may resume is mid-may. but today, a very big step forward, in terms of getting back to normal here in england and all of that, of course, comes because case numbers have dropped significantly. we are down to about a sixth of where we were in the january peak, this, of course, comes as vaccinations have been rolling out full steam ahead now more than half of the uk adults have at least one vaccine. we're moving forward here in england and