Give truckers more time at rest stops . First, to our top story. Wework says job cuts will start this week. The struggling Office Sharing startup said that cuts will improve efficiency and accountability. Bloomberg has learned that about 2000 jobs will be eliminated, some 16 of weworks global workforce. Ellen huet joins us with more. What do we know about these layoffs and where it fits into their broader strategy of slimming down, if you will . Effort that has been going on in bits and pieces but it sounds like based on this new memo that the executive chairman sent this morning, it is going to start in earnest in the u. S. This week. They had already been starting to have some layoffs overseas and there have been some cuts in side businesses like meetup and other side businesses they owned, but it seems like maybe this week is going to be the big time. They had originally scheduled an all hands meeting for tuesday and another part of the memo says the meeting will be moved to friday.
Tonight, join jimmy and his guests seth meyers, Cobie Smulders musical guest, tones and i and featuring the legendary roots crew questlove 1158 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause jimmy my goodness. Thank you very much, everybody welcome. [ cheers and applause welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show, everybody. Youre here. [ cheers and applause you made it. Im so happy well, guys, it seems like there is so much going on right now. The impeachment hearings are in full swing there is a democratic debate on wednesday. The new Star Wars Show the mandalorian has a baby yoda [ light laughter ] and taco bell wants people to make their chicken tacos take their chicken tacos, stick them in a blender and serve them as a bisque for thanksgiving [ laughter ] but there is so much to go over lets just jump in and cover it all at once. Its time for news smash. Here we go [ cheers and applause jimmy first up, the impeachment hearings are heating up
Time for Global Exchange and bring you todays market moving news from around the world from hong kong to frankfurt to london to new york and washington. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. Were going to start with the latest in asia. Trade uncertainty appeared to take its toll on china. The countrys economy losing more steam in october, factory input and fixed asset sales missing estimates and joining me from hong kong is bloombergs chief asian economics correspondent. Give me the rundown of the data weve got. It was a mix across the board with a slump in investment and industrial output miss expectations and on the retail spending part of things we saw the weakness go from auto and turnt and cuggetting the consumer is starting to book now none the pressure of trade war and slowing economy. There were two big takeaways from economists and onen one hand the numbers suggest were probably looking at 6 growth in this Current Quarter and probably shows the
About we works toxic phone booth. Jason and a special summit on security. They have got a new exhibit called revealed the hunt for bin laden. We begin with our top stories. In the politics section, it is lights, camera, impeachment. Jason House Democrats count on public hearings to bring to life testimony that has already been given behind closed doors. Your is billy house in d. C. What we saw was concern on the part of state Department Officials about back channel diplomacy by rudy giuliani, and evidence, hearsay evidence, secondhand evidence of what they were hearing trump was up to. Kailey how long can all of this really go on . What is directly next is this upcoming week of four hearings, four separate hearings, including what could be the biggest one, that of Eu Ambassador gordon sondland, who is the one who may have had the most direct contact with President Trump on whether or not he wanted to withhold aid in return for investigations. The House Intelligence Committee is hoping
Later, stop trading. Thats the message to the aging generation well tell you why it could be a warning sign power lunch starts right now i feel so good being part of the aging generation yo boomers out there im standing tall with you all here is where we stand stocks are taking a breather from record highs. The company gave a grim out look saying its facing increased economic pressure. We dive right in now with walmart. The retail giant and d ow component hitting all time highs. Same store sales strong. Online sales surge 41 and they are seeing strong growth in snacks and beverages and fresh food digital and grocery Growth Drivers are the key. Does the stock still have room to run lets talk about that. Groceries have been a big driver theyre the largest grocer in the country and not by a small margin now they are going to orders and delivery and they will put it in your refrigerator. Sure. 56 of walmart sales in the u. S. Come from grocery. Just to put that into p perspecti perspective