Hello welcome to this aljazeera news hour live from doha imo team dennis coming up in the next sixty minutes. The u. S. Secretary of state blames the four countries blockading cata for failing to end the standoff. It stuns me that a member of congress with a listen in on a conversation. Absolutely stuns me president trying to change his staff gives an emotional defense of his bosss reported remarks of a grieving war with. The e. U. Rules out intervening in spain succession crisis as madrid prepares to impose direct rule on catalonia. Find out why hundreds of thousands of iraqi kurds streaming out of kid cook days after baghdad regained control of the city. Your suggests a direct silis and has criticized the four countries imposing an economic blockade on qatar for refusing to engage in talks to diffuse the crisis now in june saudi arabia the u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain they close their airspace and they seven trade and diplomatic links with chatter last month President Trump offered to
So. We we again with the concerns of the little guy Small Business owners. They make up more than 99 of all u. S. Businesses. As kate rogers reports in this weeks cover story, they are the engine of the economy. Americas 28 million Small Businesses are truly the backbone of the economy. Accounting for more than half of all u. S. Sales according to the Small Business administration. Theyve also created 66 of all net new jobs since the 1970s and have created some 8 million new jobs since 1990. But running a Small Business is no easy task just asktamara kennedy she started as a secretary for a franchise and bought a taco johns location in 1999. Shed grown to 14 restaurants but had to close four during the downturn the hardest part was letting 50 people go not an easy thing to do. Part of communities that that income made a difference in. But shes persevered with nine locations across minnesota and iowa resilience is important for Small Companies which face a myriad of challenge from the e
Agenda targeting what they call corporate monopolies and apple and the rock, what that Partnership Means for the future of content well start with earnings. The heaviest week of earnings season begins this week. 13 dow components. 180 companies are set to report. You can see the list right there beginning with google but all week long, mcdonalds, caterpillar, three of the fang names are this week alone. This is a week where it is one of those where i urge people to understand, its going to happen so fast you cant keep track of them. There are some, tomorrow morning, caterpillar, mcdonalds, wednesday night facebook is going to be gigantic because people have been buying that stock endlessly were coming into a week where the large cap stocks have almost all been up. Talking about united health. They were terrific if you get the same thing youll break out here you will break out only wednesday when the fed announces its bond disposal it stands in the way of what i think could be pretty fo
Welcome to power lunch. Im michelle carusocabrera. Recordbreaking day for the markets. Take a look. The s p 500 with new highs with 60 members of the index at all atime highs the russell 2,000 also at new highs. Morgan stanley is one of the winners. Its market cap for the First Time Since before the national crisis, bigger than goldman sachs. Other big movers today include aetna, cigna, boeing, carnival and royal caribbean. And one name not feeling the love today though. Snap shares falling to new lows again. Stock trading below 14 a share. This record breaking day for the markets. A year of records it has been. Driven today by a flood of earnings five dow components. New housing data and a sky high read on consumer confidence. Weve got it all covered for you. Bob pisani is at the New York Stock Exchange phil lebeau with gm. We begin with bob at the big board. 21 declining stocks. More winners than losers on the story. Lets look at several dow components caterpillar great global sales
We will tell you why hes pushing back on the separation of his business. Bonechilling temps, heavy snow. Another winter blast expected this week, we will have the details. A luthansa flight made Emergency Landing in new york city after a threat was phoned in. Latest developments coming up. A new scam hitting your inbox, what you need to know to protect your information and bank account. Companys employees have access to trip information and theyre using it to spy on people including celebrities. We have the story. Oil prices edging higher this morning. Now at another new high. Take a look. New internationalsy says that oil markets will rebalance early next year as long as opec members cut production. The price up now half of a per can he be the. Stocks look like this. Another gain at the opening of trading. The trump rally continues. The dow industrials looking up about 70 points this morning. Nasdaq 18 points and s p 500 with a third of a percent. In europe stocks are also higher. Fts