The Senate Passed the aid bill for Hurricane Harvey, the 15. 3 billion is nearly twice as much as President Trump requested, including raising the debt ceiling for three months under a deal democrats made with the president. Three people familiar with the matter say the white house is considering at least six candidates on the growing list of nominees to succeed fed chair janet yellen after the wall street journal reported wednesday that President Trump is unlikely to choose his top economic adviser, gary cohn. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im alisa parenti. Bloomberg technology is next. Emily i am emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, amazons next big move. The house that bezos built wants to set set up another h. Q. And a project big enough to house 60,000 employees and each u. S. City has until the end of october to put in a bid. Plus, gopro refreshes its outlook. And product line. The c.
Good morning. Welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im sara eisen. Im wilfred frost. Good morning to you from me as well. Great to hear coldplay as we come in. I thought you were going to say great news cycle. Means we cant sleep. That, too. One of your favorites. Im booked to see them in los angeles in october. Better than elton john. Right to the markets this morning. We are starting to see a reaction to what is happening in washington. Were off the worst levels of the session, but check out dow futures, pointing to a lower open by 95 points. About an hour ago that was more than a triple digit decline. Saw that action overnight. S p futures down 13. Nasdaq down 22. Also saw a reaction in the u. S. Dollar. So lets go there. As for the dollar, weaker across the board against the euro saw that on yesterdays controversy. Seeing a Material Weakness against the yen. More than half a percent move there. 112. 50. There is flight to safety. Buying of yen, gold, treasuries. The dollar index taking a
30 thousand dollars. But the 0 concept of a microgrid. Simulated bythis computer setup. Would dramatically cut the cost. Homes could share resources. Theres less equipment and there are fewer solar panels, fewer batteries heres the concept Renewable Energy like solar. Wind. Or natural gas. Would be funneled into the microgrid and stored with batteries. That would help power all nearby homes on the their reliance on the traditional, alternating current or ac electrity they now use to power utilities. You could take say a 200 month bill and get it down below 20 dollars a month potentially professor rob cuzner hopes professor rob cuzner hopes to one day help lowincome homeowners here in milwaukee. Hes working with Northwest Side community development. Theyll microgrid on nowvacant properties in the garden homes neighborhood. If we can show this works in garden homes this could be tech useful beyond milwaukee organizers say ideally theyd like to see the microgrids operating on some scale i
A court to dismiss Green Party Candidate jill steins request for a recount. Mr. Trumps Transition Team has released a list of World Leaders who spoke to the president elect today. Singapores Prime Minister called trump to give his congratulations. The philippine president also called. The president of taiwan and afghanistan are also said to have spoken to trump today. Global news, 24 hours a day, in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Im emily chang. This is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, u. S. Unemployment hits a nineyear low. But jobs are still under threat from the rise of a. I. And automation will be a deep dive, on what kind and how many. Plus, news breaking of another highprofile attack in saudi arabia. Will the Incoming Trump administration be able to effectively fight cyber warfare . And twitter hiring yet another head of product, well recap the top stories that caught our eye this week. First, a mixed picture in the u. S. Jobs report. Em
Close dozens of media organizations, including 45 newspapers and 16 television stations. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg west is next. Emily i am emily chang, and this is bloomberg west. Facebook blows past Second Quarter earnings estimates thanks to a surge in mobile ads. I spoke to Sheryl Sandberg about how they keep it up. Plus, tmobile ends a winning streak in monthly subscribers but beats on the rest. Cfo. Uld hear from their and the explosion in health tech. Facebook shares soaring after hours, up as much as 8 as facebook beat on sales, profit, monthly, and datily active users, getting a big lift from what Mark Zuckerberg has called the golden age of online video. I spoke to Sheryl Sandberg about video driving engagement on the social network. The explosion of video on the platform is great for consumers and great for our business. If you think about all the