Volatile month for equities. Why the s p could rally another 9. 5 from now until the end of the year. They are the most loved stocks on wall street and apple is not one of them. Weve got the list for you. We begin with what could be a major breakthrough in the battle to contain ebola, a vaccine being developed in record time proving to be highly effective in fighting or warding off that deadly virus. Shares of the two Companies Involved in the Drugs Development are moving higher at this hour. As you see it there, newlink genetics and merck. Cnbcs pharma expert meg tirrell with the very latest. That vaccine being developed by merck has shown to be 1 00 effective in preventing ebola. According to a interim analysis of a late stage study being conducted in guinea. Experts say the results need to be confirmed and the studies are ongoing but they call the news encouraging with the w. H. O. Declaring the world is on the verge of an effective ebola vaccination. It was used in the 1970s to era
Crude down 21 in july. That makes this the worst month since 2008. As you can see exxon shares down 4. 5 . Chevron down 5 today. Coming up. Labor posted the smallest increase on record in the Second Quarter. They started keeping the data in 1982. We will hear from somebody who predicts a september rate hike is off the table. We found somebody who said it may not be. Our segment which is taking a toll on the consumer. We will hear from Royal Caribbean ceo whose companys stock is hitting an alltime high after beating expectations today. A lot to get toompt lets get to the crude oil, this miserable month. The damaging effects of the oil collapse on earnings. Good afternoon. Let me talk about the settle for crude oil. 4712 to give you perspective. The Second Lowest weekly close that we have seen this year a very bear signal to traders and down 21 on the month. Its worst month since october of 2008 in the heart of the financial crisis. Lets talk about the earnings because traders did not li
High. Yes, down 20 otherwise. Now when oil goes lower, airlines tend to go higher in terms of the stocks as those stocks rallies today. Can you see that each of them most of them up over 2 . We have the number one analyst Airline Analyst on the street with us to day. Jamie baker. Hell give us his top airline picks. And president obama just announcing new Clean Power Plan which could have a major impact on the coal industry and basically industry at large. Weve got the ceo of American Electric power live. And the cit group is completing the purchase of one best banks parent company, cit ceo john than will be joining us to discuss that deal and the impact it could have on the lending environment. That will be a cnbc exclusive in a few minutes. In the meantime lets talk about todays Market Action joining our closing bell exchange, we have chase chief economist anthony chance us with. We have president of onpar executions and our own Rick Santelli joining us as well. Peter, the impact that
Strict new rules to limit Carbon Pollution from power plants. This plan seeks to reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions by 32 from 2005 levels in 15 years. Thats 9 more ambitious than the rule proposed last year that was subject to a Supreme Court ruling last month. Environmentalists say it would be roughly the emissions equivalent of taking 150 million cars off the road. The epa says itll eventually save the nation 45 billion per year. Opponents say the total opposite. Thats what opponents do. They say that the development of alternative Energy Sources like wind and solar will raise electric rates across the nation, and they say the regulations unfairly target the coal power sector which is the nations largest source of electricity right now. Weve got it all covered. Were less than an hour to the closing bell, lets start the countdown. Liz well, that didnt take long. Breaking news, even before the president revealed new epa rules, six governors and a bunch of Utility Companies already pounci
Held by a house to oversight subcommittee, this is an hour and a half. All right, good morning, everyone. And welcome to our hearing in oversight and information subcommittee on energy and commerce. Finish the subcommittee convenes its hearing today to examine unimplemented recommendations by the Environmental Protection agencys office of Inspector General and Government Accountability office. Acting on these recommendations would improve epas ability to carry out its core mission. Protecting human health and the environment. This mission is never more important than during times of National Disaster Natural Disaster like the one in the gulf coast or experiencing right now in Hurricane Harvey or about to hit with another hurricane in the florida coast. First of all, on behalf of the committee i want to express my son sincere sorry to everyone impacted by the storm. Hurricane harvey is one of the worst National Disasters the United States has ever faced, and its still too early to tell