Bytedance will retain overall control. President trump says he may change his mind about approval. We are joined exclusively by st. Louis fed president James Bullard ahead of jay powells trip to capitol hill. The fed chair will say the u. S. Faces a long and uncertain virus recovery. Shery heres how u. S. Futures are coming online. A little bit of pressure at the open, this after we saw the s p 500 lose ground for a fourth consecutive session in the regular trading our. It was the longest losing streak since february. We had banks sinking at least 3 on that report detailing suspicious transactions at global banks. ,e had also surging virus cases not to mention doubts over another round of stimulus measures. That really sent stocks down. We have the nasdaq at one point falling as much as 2. 5 , but it did pair back some of the losses with a bullish reversal in the afternoon. Down only 1 10 of 1 . We are this week watching closely what chair powell and secretary mnuchin will say in congr
Change his mind about approval. Latery powell will say that the u. S. Economy is improving, but has a long way to go before fully recovering from the virus. The st. Louisrom fed president this hour. Haidi investors are waiting to hear from fed chair powell. But we know the gist of what he is likely to say given that the commentary has been around how recovery will be, managing expectations. The recent fairly positive data points we have gotten. S p active futures after the session overnight really erasing some of those earlier losses as well. Some of the gains we have seen trading flat at the moment. U. S. Stocks fell. Could have been worse if not for that rebound in tech shares stemming the losses. It did get close to that threshold to be considered a market correction. 0. 1 ires down by should say by 1 at the moment. Japanese markets are closed for a second day this week for the autumn equinox holiday. ,ydney futures down by 1 trading in new zealand down by 0. 1 . Victoria has come o
Tech stocks taking a pause this morning. No love for the electric vehicles this week, either then there is the tech eco systems. A new Software Brand storming the castle of apples app store. Huge announcements ahead as besos and Company Refresh their Consumer Device lineup what to expect from alexa and amazons ai. Well have that here on squawk alley. Were going to begin this morning with that story on the Apple App Store challenge as Companies Like spotify, epic games, and match group join together to create a coalition for app fairness casey newton of the verge for now, at least, joins us this morning fresh off of announcing he will start his own newsletter called platformer. Give us a little preview, and congratulations, its almost like a labor union that these companies are forming to take on apple. Do you think it will work . I think it has a better chance of working than anything else we have seen in this regard to date. I think their analogy is a good one, right apple really is m
Was up 41. The dow is up 43. It had been up 331, if that tells you anything. We have this developing news. President trump about to possibly address the media ahead of his trip to North Carolina where hes expected to lay out his vision for health care if he is elected to a second term. We are going to take you live to the white house as soon as we get the tape if he does stop to speak to the press. It all comes as a new wrinkle develops in oryacleorac deal to take over the popular chineseowned video app tiktok. Breaking news in just the last hour. A federal judge has just inserted himself into this battle. The deadline to ban tiktok, this is the extended one, supposed to be sunday night. But now all bets are off. Republican senator roger wicker of mississippi, he did not like this plan to have oryacle take Partnership Structure with tiktok. He sent a letter to the president along with several of his republican colleagues saying outright they oppose the deal as it currently looks. We wi
Another one coming in half an hour from now. Lets go through the techs because they are obviously doing well. Apple, you have to share with apple, tens of millions of shareholders, up again 3 bucks higher, 137. Amazon, now well above the 3,500dollar mark, the company is worth over 1. 7 trillion. Microsoft, also worth 1. 7 trillion with another record high. Up another buck today at 228. We will bring you the rest of the tech titans in a moment, just wait till you see zoom and how much its worth. Politics, you are going to see a sharp contrast in Campaign Styles today. The president continues to fly all over the place answering reporters questions whenever possible. Hes off to North Carolina today. Joe biden will not be getting on a plane when he travels to wilmington, delaware. He never goes far and shies away from reporters questions. This is becoming a political issue, favoring President Trump, hes out and about almost every day. Joe seems unwilling to abandon his basement strategy an