Asia Pacific stocks mixed as China’s industrial profits jump; oil prices watched ahead of massive hurricane

View in Browser  |  Forward to a Friend Thu, 27 Aug 2020 MORNING SQUAWK EMEA TOP NEWS          GUEST HIGHLIGHTS DJIA 28,331.92 83.48 +0.30%  S&P 500 3,478.73 35.11 +1.02%  NASDAQ 11,665.06 198.59 +1.73%  FTSE 100 6,045.60 8.59 +0.14%  CAC 5,048.43 0.00 0.00%  DAX 13,190.15 0.00 0.00%  Quotes and charts as of Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:00 AM CEST. Top News Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:25 AM CEST TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has quit the company just months after his appointment. Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:53 PM CEST The Fed is expected to use a new pandemic-era tool to fight a long-running battle against low inflation Chairman Jerome Powell is expected to discuss how the Fed hopes to remedy the years-long dilemma of low inflation with a new pandemic-era tool. Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:45 AM CEST Hurricane Laura makes landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Texas Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwestern Louisiana as a ferocious Category 4 monster with 150 mph winds early Thursday, swamping a low-lying coast with ocean water that forecasters said could be 20 feet deep and unsurvivable. Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:23 AM CEST New Zealand's stock exchange halts trading for third day in a row New Zealand's Exchange said it experienced a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack from overseas through its network service provider on Tuesday and reportedly on Wednesday. Thu, 27 Aug 2020 04:18 AM CEST Facebook warns Apple's iOS 14 could shave more than 50% from Audience Network revenue Facebook had previously warned that iOS 14 could impact its advertising business, but the company's blog post on Wednesday outlined just how specific that impact could be. The Facebook Audience Network allows mobile software developers to provide in-app advertisements targeted to users based on Facebook's data. Guest Highlights – Today on CNBC All times given in CET. 07:00 Johannes Benigni Chairman & Founder, JBC Energy Group Impact of Hurricane Laura on oil 07:30 Jeff Henriksen Co-founder and CEO, Thorpe Abbotts Capital Jackson Hole 08:00 Sam Zief Global Head of FX Strategy, J.P. Morgan Private Bank Global markets 08:30 Bernard Spitz President of European & International Affairs, MEDEF French economy 09:30 Fabrice Pothier Chief Strategy Officer, Rasmussen Global Defense and geopolitics 10:00 George Saravelos Global Head of FX Research, Deutsche Bank Currency markets 10:30 David Miles Former member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England Jackson Hole 10:45 Andy Critchlow Head of EMEA News, S&P Global Platts Impact of Hurricane Laura on oil Terms Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Advertise with us