Billion on amazon during the lockdown. The stock is up 169 per share. Facebook, another pandemic winner. 2. 4 billion people used facebook or one of its apps every day. That is global clout. The stock is up 16. Now, google, that is the exception to the stock price rally. They reported a firstever decline in quarterly revenue with the economy lockdown, advertisers slowed their spending. That stock is down 16 bucks. Overall, stocks are going up this morning. I see green for the dow, green for the s p and especially a lot of green for the nasdaq, up 111 points. No deal on stimulus. Democrats and republicans negotiated last night. Neither side emerged optimistic. Politico reports that offers were exchanged. The white house wants a fourmonth extension of jobless benefits. The democrats want much longer. Perhaps a deal is still possible. Here comes the hurricane. Look at that cone. Probably not going to be a good beach weather up and down the eastern seaboard this weekend. What does that do
Claims. 1. 3 million last week, and that is the 15th weekly decline, so the downtrend continues. However, 17 million are still unemployed and still collecting benefits. Ive got two big tech stories for you. First off, the twitter hack. Fake messages appeared from big name celebrities. It was a bitcoin scam. The important point is the hackers took over the platform and could have sent out messages to disrupt the market or the election or anything. They showed they could do it and that is a huge problem. Stocks way down. Second tech problem, the top court in europe will restrict the transfer of the personal data of europeans to american companies. They are worried about our surveillance of them. This could severely disrupt big tech operations and big tech stocks are down. While stocks generally are moving lower, especially those technology issues, the dow, we are looking at a minus 180 at the opening bell, down 21 for the s p and really, the nasdaq taking it on the chin. Again, technolog
Launching that service here in the u. S. Later this month. We are staying at home and we want our groceries and other purchases delivered and quickly. And we are on that story throughout the program today. As for the overall market, dead flat following a selloff on tuesday but keep in mind the dow and s p are up 40 from their march lows and the nasdaq is up 50 since then. Pretty impressive. President trump says he will pressure governors to reopen schools in the fall. This is a major step in getting the economy back on track. Kids go back to school, parents can then go back to work. That, of course, will be an issue for sure in the election, where joe biden has the lead in all of the polls, if you believe them, and even some wall street firms are apparently preparing for a biden win. But we have a democrat pollster coming up in a few minutes who says the race is a lot closer than the polls would indicate. Just wait until you hear what congresswoman ilhan omar wants to do to the economy
That is boeing. Today, there will be a test flight for the max jet. It will be put through its paces with all kinds of maneuvers. The results, recorded. This is part of the recertification process. The stock is up 5. 5 . Watch this stock, too. Facebook. The list of companies which will no longer advertise on it is growing. They want founder Mark Zuckerberg to weed out what they call racist or threatening or misleading advertising. That stock is down bigtime, seven bucks. How about this. Politico says the president has told close aides hes worried about losing in november. Former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie says mr. Trump will lose if he doesnt change course. 127 days to the election. Joe biden leads. The virus is coming back. And the market is rallying. Welcome to the monday morning edition of varney company. Stuart im going to start with boeing, almost two years after that fatal lion air crash involving the max jet. They are set to begin recertification testing. Susan, come in,
Without question, the data, another remarkable day after the remark about turnaround we saw yesterday. Jonathan ferro will give you that data in a moment. Coming up, terrific sets of conversation on economics. Youve got the retail sales data coming out that will be most interesting and important as a sign of the american economy. Jay powell at 10 00. In moments, we are honored to bring you the secretary of labor of the United States after the history made yesterday at the Supreme Court. Jonathan, that was remarkable to see what the Supreme Court announced yesterday, the Immediate Impact of those for and those against. Jonathan making some serious progress on a whole range of issues in this labor market, particularly on discrimination. Weve heard about the social injustice of the last couple of weeks. But we are making progress, and i think that is key. Equity futures are positive 43 points on the s p 500. Treasury yields, the curve is steeper. ChairFederal Reserve navigates that with t