Russian bots were found to be targeting certain hashtags, including gun control now, gun reform now, and parkland shooting. It is just one way to widen the divide among u. S. Electorate on how to handle gun control, making compromise even more difficult. This has happened with past issues like that nfl anthem debate and the 16 president ial the 2016 president ial election. This ultimately led to Robert Muellers indictment of 13 russians. Facebook and twitter are doing more to expose these bots and fake accounts. Are the tech giants doing enough . We spoke to the senior policy advisor for the counter extremism project from washington. Not only did you see that russian bots come out in full force after the horrific and tragic events in florida but you , also saw the Robert Mueller indictment. Citing facebook thirtysomething times, twitter and youtube. The Tech Companies have a number of problems on their hands. The bots try to create division with divisive rhetoric and fake news conspira
Another 300,000 more are still damaged. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am alisa parenti, and this is bloomberg. Emily i am emily chang and is bloomberg technology. Coming up, tax big earnings on what has been record earnings. Under onech empire publicly traded roof, will explain. And taiwan may be positioning itself to be the next door currency hot in asia holland a crackdown on china and south korea. Our coverage from taiwan, straight ahead. But first our lead. A slew of the tech earnings this week. Facebook, microsoft, qualcomm, and out the back, and apple. It was a common theme in the tech reports this week. Shares and alphabet, amazon and others hit records after reports, and analysts are expecting the same. Ning us now from new york Bloomberg Tax julie for hageman. Kathy, i will start with you. Lets start with the earnings that you are watching. What are you most optimistic about . Taking our cues from
Again with investors still unnerved following harassment claims against steve wynn. Authorities in macau have been in contact to make sure that key staff meet certain standards. Global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Let us take a look at the markets. Not a great day for equity and australia. 1. 4 andi is down by the hang seng is retreating from record highs. This is bloomberg. Emily i am emily chang and is bloomberg technology. Coming up, big tax and big earnings. Coming up, what has been record earnings. Plus, a tech empire under one publicly traded roof, will explain. And taiwan may be positioning itself to be the next door in asia. Ryptocurrency a crackdown on china and south korea. Our coverage from taiwan, straight ahead. But first our lead. A slew of the tech earnings this week. Facebook, microsoft, qualcomm, and out for that and apple. It was a common theme in the tech reports this week. The sector
Michael flynn violated federal law by omitting a business trip to the middle east on security clearance forms. They demand he provide a full list of foreign contacts. The accusations are linked to a plan they say was financed jointly by russia and saudi arabia. Michael flynn resigned in february after reports he misled its senior white house officials about contacts with russia. The hits keep on coming. The Cleveland Indians winning streak is at 21. The indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 53 in cleveland and set a new american greek letter American League record for consecutive victories. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Julia live from bloombergs World Headquarters in new york. We are seven minutes from the close of trading. Stocks take a breather. Joe the question is whatd you miss . . Release theix will tax framework the week of september 25. Julie bank jobs might be disappea
Record highs. Abigail very tight trading range. It could be the tightest of the year for the s p 500, and that is saying something. Only about a three point range weve seen for that index today. And again today will be a record close for the two major indices, even if the gains we are seeing are not terribly large in todays session. As we see stocks continue to climb, we look at the various measures volatility and what people are doing protection wise to have been falling. We talk about the vix, this is the Credit Suisse fear barometer that measures the cost of bearish to bullish and the three months option is down for the Third Straight week. It is looking at declines as we see global stocks complete a six quarter of gains. Theal stock here seen in msci all country world index. And that Credit Suisse fear barometer plunging as we continue to see what some see as complacency in this market. In todays session on the move our airlines. Delta coming out with an updated forecast for unit r