Plunge in home prices we have all that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for wednesday, april 23rd. Good evening everyone, im susie gharib. And im Bill Griffith in for tyler mathisen. We begin with huge news for apple which just released the Second Quarter earnings, now announcing plans to buy back shares, raising the dividends by 8 . And then the surprise, a 7 for 1 stock slip which would make shares about 7 apiece. Apple beat wall street estimates by taking in 11. 62 a share, with profits up 7 , revenues also beat on sales of iphone, but sales of ipad tablets were below forecast. Shares were halted in late trade on apple pending release, but when they opened after the close shares initially soared by about 7 , josh lipton joins us outside headquarters in cupertino, california, and also spoke to ceo tim cook earlier today. Josh . Reporter yes, here in cupertino, california, i did get the chance to speak to ceo tim cook this afternoon just to run through the numbers, apple re
Giant windturbines can help the countrys chronic electricity shortage al jazeera learnt that the United Nations is considering sanctions against five highprofile yemenis, including the former president. The list includes the president s son and three top leaders of the diplomatic rebel group. James bays has more from the u. N. Reporter they have been talking about sanctions in yemen for months. In february the u. N. Security council put in place a sanctions regime. Until now there has been no names on the list. That may be getting closer. Al jazeeras learnt from arab diplomatic sources that there has been two reports in the last week or so from the Expert Committee set up by the security council. And they are proposing five names to be included in any future sanctions. They are highlevel names including the former president of yemen, and his powerful son. He was the head of the republican guard, the elite republican guard, and now is the ambassador to the united arab emirates. On the l
Foxs lauer are engle has the latest. Reporter five days and nights of violent protests and the situation in ferguson, missouri is still tense. Now, after a night that saw clashes between police and protesters leading to tear gas and smoke bombs, president obama is calling for a federal investigation into the incident that sparked the protests. The Police Shooting of 18 year old michael brown. Ive already tasked the department of justice and the fbi to independently investigate the death of michael brown. Along with local official on the ground. Reporter that sediment echoed by missouri governor jay nixon who canceled several events to travel to ferguson hoping to reach across the racial divide. As the dawn comes up this morning were committed to moving forward in a way that will bring justice and bring peace. Reporter missouri senator Claire Mc Cass company visiting ferguson on thursday. Calling for local authorities to demilitarize the situation. I love this community, and i know the
Those workers will get their money on tuesday. Marks the fifth anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers. Used tomoney has been support some large banks and the dodd frank legislation has been passed addressing those concerns. On this 50 Year Anniversary we want to hear from you and your stake in the Financial System, your confidence level, whether it be how wall street operates now, how congress handled the matter, what you think about the system overall. You can call us at if you want to rita reach out cspann twitter, our wj. An agreement between u. S. And russia has been reached. The agreement will be back by Un Security Council resolution that could allow for sanctions or other consequences if serious fails to comply. That is according to the secretary of state. Mr. Kerry also said this 50 Year Anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers. The subject of a couple of oped this morning, or at least long pieces. Matthew iglesias said we are interested in your thoughts on your c
Responded. Should there be Indigenous Peoples day . Join us on facebook. Its keeptalking. Have a great day. Bye. Good morning. It is monday, october 6, 2014. We start with a fox news alert. The american journalist inl fected with ebola is infected with ebola is on his way to the United States as the president looks into extra screening to add to our airports. Should he be allowing people from ebolastricken countries into the u. S. In the first place . We report, you decide. Never let a crisis go to waste. Van jones found a strategy to help democrats win this november. This ebola thing is the best argument you can make. This ebola thing is the best argument you can make. Were going to tell you what m jones is saying straight ahead. Dont give away too much, steve. Vice president joe biden
was busy this weekend apologizing, once on saturday and once on sunday as well. And hes got somebody else to talk to and apologize to. He doesnt have time for that. Too bad it is not a threeday weekend.