on that. charles, thank you. whatever the answer, right, the markets are showing extreme optimism as we head into the final hour of trade. new vaccine hopes are adding to the mix and yes, right now, the dow is topping 28,000 by a single point. the nasdaq, back above 11,000. we are at 11,044. the s&p is moving higher by 1.33% after two straight weeks of selling. oracle says it s won its tech battle against microsoft to partner up with the chinese social media superstar tiktok but at this hour, chinese media saying yeah, but you didn t win the war. top tech analyst colin gillis on whether oracle is getting snookered and charlie gasparino on those now crying crony capitalism. what does the latest covid vaccine progress mean to some of the pandemic stock superstars? the ceo and cofounder of okta is here on whether a return to work will cut into all the business he s done in the lockdown era. and the nfl is back and with it comes an explosion of gambling apps. one of the big
closing bell starts right now. bringing back our love triangle graphic from yesterday with warren buffett above it welcome to clbltd clblt great to see you just less than one hour of trade. well off the session lows as we stand. there s the intraday chart for the dow. just higher by 20 points the s&p s just in negative territory. as you can see, the nasdaq sinking more meaningfully. the sectors that are gaining are defensive today. we ve got the likes of staples, utilities at the top, communication services at the bottom and google notable declining certainly not helping coming up the ceo of rio tinto joins us on a closing bell exclusive to discuss a global economy and the company s new climate change initiative. let s get straight to the story of the hour. apple one of the most important reports of earnings season josh lipton at am hq with a preview of what we can expect. josh sara, here is what we expect when apple reports results after the close. earnings per s
it as the ceo of seetethiopian says he could have preliminary results of the crash and the cause of it quote, this week or next. we ve got the aviation ceo of a wildly successful startup, the blade ceo, here in a fox business exclusive on the boeing buzz and his big announcement. to the white house, president trump signed a proclamation formally recognizing the golan heights as part of israel, as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu stands by his side. it comes as the political world tries to decipher the consequences of the mueller report. on wall street, markets flip-flopping between green and red as technology and telecom weighs on the market after friday s deep selloff. who will win this one, the bulls or the bears? plus, breaking as we speak, the avenatti arrest. all kinds of questions about serious accusations involving nike. we have the amazon of the financial world. what is that? we will find out. and charlie breaks it on the latest bids and deadlines when
hillary vaughn is standing by at the white house to tell us if a breakthrough is anywhere in sight. and more details on president trump s surprise visit to iraq. plus this. a frightening new report says the american economy could soon feel the real impact of the trump trade war with china. ambassador terry miller here to tell us what else the president should be doing to force beijing to change its ways. plus, silicon valley versus the bears. the retail renaissance and warren buffett s spin on the ugly christmas sweater praise. we are less than an hour to the closing bell. i m lauren simonetti in for liz claman. let s start the countdown. lauren: let s get you some breaking news. elon musk just tweeting out he will be increasing tesla super chargers within cities and will be working with landlords to add home charging stations to apartment buildings. this is moving the stock. tesla is jumping 6.5% today on this news, and dan ives call saying he sees very strong demand
all the school closures are now bemoaning the results of their own policies. about one in two adults ins these one in two adults ins america is reporting levels of loneliness. and these numbers are even greater among kids. but what you also find is that loneliness has serious effects on our mental health and our physical health of raising our risk for depression, anxiety and suicide, but also increasing our risk of heartcien disease, stroke, dementia and premature death. e now. remature yeah, well, who would havedes predicted this? well, the lingering effects of shutting kids out of education ,sports , even socialand so ports , even socialand so they have been horrific. t wgoe couldn t go to our fi home come in.n eigh they couldn t have athn eighth grade graduation. you felt if your son had still been in school, he would still be alive. do you still feel that waydos when our present condition is not meantti to be socially isolated? olated? gone into lockdown, he w