Here we go, folks. Its thursday. Lots happening this week. If you check out the futures, they are higher. Dow futures up 90 points. S p futures up 12. Nasdaq up by 50 points. This does come after gains for all three at the major averages yesterday. Treasury yields have picked up a little bit. We have looked at the 10year treasury above 4. 3 . Now at 4. 26 . 2year treasury has been just at 5 . It is at 4. 98 right now. Lets update you on the looming auto workers strike. Shawn fain said the union and automakers are far apart ahead of the likely strikes. The strikes would begin at an limited number of locations. An allout strike is still a possibility. Fain providing clarity with talks with each of the big three. Ford offered a 20 raise followed by gm at 18 and stellantis at 17. 5 . The union has been pushing for a 40 wage increase. In the meantime, a bitter battle of words with jim farley saying fains accusation saying they are not negotiating and not showing up at the bargaining table.
Google surging. Ge shows strong profit in the industrials unit as the Company Continues to shed the assets in finance. Amazon says hater can hate but prime day is here to stay. The company saw a 93 prime increase. The germans say yes to starting the bailout talks. Were waiting for a formal announcement that talks will start on monday to keep greece in the eurozone. First up google up sharply on strong quarterly results. Up 25 in the past week. It beats the street. The Company Called out a Strong Performance in mobile in youtube and program advertising, but its an increasing focus on cost thats getting the attention today. This is ruth porat on the call last night. To be clear, the prioritys Revenue Growth but pursuing it is not inconsistent with expense management. And as i noted were just starting the 2016 budgeting process. In my experience the best way to slow the rate of growth in expenses is to work closely with Business Leaders anchored in data so we can identify ways to prioriti
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff an agreement on how much and what the federal government should spend money on took a giant step toward final approval in congress today. The senate voted to limit debate on the measure thats already passed the house of representatives. On this vote, the yeas are 67, and the nays are 33. Woodruff with that critical procedural hurdle cleared, the only question left for the budget deal is when not if it will pass. A dozen republicans joined all 55 members of the Democratic Caucus democrats to move forward with the bill. The chair of the Senate Budget committee, democrat patty murray, helped craft the measure. Mr. President , this deal is
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Aside a womans eggs to use them later to get pregnant is not new technology, but its only recently been certified as something other than experimental. Opening it up to a different type of status or insurance or healthcare. Maybe a woman is getting to an age where conceiving gets tougher, but sees no partner, and sees that as a vital precondition for having a kid. Maybe a woman is in a career are leaving the workplace to have a baby does not seem to be in the cards. Or maybe you want more control over the timing of children in your life period. Egg freezing is now a new employee benefit. If you work for facebook or apple the option to put off having children for a decade may an click away. This week the two Silicon Valley titans announced their benefits packages for female employees will offer two rounds of egg freezing treatments, a procedure that can cost close to 20,000. Apple said in a statement that we want to empower women at apple to do the best work of their lives as they care