We are joined by ellen, bloomberg businessweeks editor. There was an article last week about amazon that is attracting attention. We did a story that showed that six major cities had amazon prime available but it was not available in predominantly black areas and was not the intention of amazon to discriminate but the results were there were these lines. In boston, it was extremely obvious because the Delivery Service excluded roxbury and was surrounded by areas that were able to get the prime one day service. There was a hoopla and the mayor asked questions and senator markey of massachusetts demanded answers. As of today, amazon have that track and said roxbury will be getting this oneday service now. David in the Global Economic section, a hes about wild cap minors going after amber in going afteriners amber in ukraine. Ukraine is a bit of a mess area they have rebels backed by Russia Fighting in the east. There is a lot of tension still going on and the attention is economy is real
The surface. Cool at 9 00 a. M. 52 degrees. Still jacket weather but by the time we hit noon hearst we have temperatures that flirt with 70 degrees. Lunch outside, breezy as day goes on. Hold on to your napkin but this is looking lovely and will stay that way all day long. Cant have lunch outside, tomorrow, katie, might as well do it today. Good morning. Happy thursday. This is video taken last night, this is from what we have been dealing with the delaware Memorial Bridge. Crews will be out there again today. Good news about today is two lanes are opened. You are down to one drivable lane. Yesterday people moving over Commodore Barry bridge causing major headaches there as well. Today, two lanes are opened, two right lanes are opened but speed restrictions are in place. We are down to 35 miles an hour. So you can, take a gamble, go over to the Commodore Barry bridge or take delaware Memorial Bridge. Both will be busy but it will be better as crews replacing three suspension ropes or c
Place in sutland. Investigators dont think this is a random crime. News 4s Meghan Fitzgerald is headed to the scene. Well have the updates for you. Bw parkway, Melissa Mollet has the delays. This will be a nasty one. Northbound on bw parkway shut down. If you have to get off of the 32 ext there you can get off at nsa. If youre headed to the airport, definitely want to take 95 north bound instead. Slow going there this morning. Probably not out of the way because of the serious crash because of the next couple of hours. In bethesda, northbound lanes and southbound lanes closed at cedar lane road and pooks hill road. 66 no major problems. Triangle is a pretty short stretch but you have to stay less. Its going 8 miles per hour. Guys . Thanks, melissa. Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. The water main break is impacting one school this morning. Stone ridge school is on a twohour delay today. Wssc crews worked overnight to fix the 74yearold pipe that burst yesterday a
The most important in recent memory. Not just because its a barometer for the health of the economy, not just because it lets us know how many people are working and whether wages are rising, but because it is the last piece of the Economic Data that the Federal Reserve will get before its next meeting later this month. The one that some think could mark the first Interest Rate hike in nearly a decade. A strong report could bolster the case to raise, a weak one to wait. Well get that number before the opening bell tomorrow. Hampton pearson has more. Heading into fridays allimportant job reports, more signs of underlying strength in the overall economy, the trade deficit shrank in july to just under 42 billion, its lowest level in five months due to increased exports. And Service Sector companies expanded at a healthy pace last month due to robust Consumer Spending from job gains. Private sector job growth came in less than expected at 195,000, and weekly jobless claims increased to 282
The most important in recent memory. Not just because its a barometer for the health of the economy, not just because it lets us know how many people are working and whether wages are rising, but because it is the last piece of the Economic Data that the Federal Reserve will get before its next meeting later this month. The one that some think could mark the first Interest Rate hike in nearly a decade. A strong report could bolster the case to raise, a weak one to wait. Well get that number before the opening bell tomorrow. Hampton pearson has more. Heading into fridays allimportant job reports, more signs of underlying strength in the overall economy, the trade deficit shrank in july to just under 42 billion, its lowest level in five months due to increased exports. And Service Sector companies expanded at a healthy pace last month due to robust Consumer Spending from job gains. Private sector job growth came in less than expected at 195,000, and weekly jobless claims increased to 282