Twitter was really interesting. That stock jumped almost 10 , 9 1 2 plus. Strong user growth. Alphabet surging on earnings beat. Amazons closing down 1 1 2 after the Second Quarter profit miss. Lauren amazon is the exception here. For the week all three major averages ending in the green for the third week in a row. At the white house President Trump is about to sign a safe third country Asylum Agreement with caught maulla. We will bring you breaking headlines from the president as we get them. Connell fox Business Team coverage of all this. Kristina partsinevelos on floor of the new york stock exchange. Watching those records. Jackie deangelis in new york with the newsroom. With the news breaking at white house as usual, blake, lets start with you. Reporter President Trump pulled out his favorite punching bag once again hitting Federal Reserve as we got the gdp reading at 2. 1 for the Second Quarter of this year. The president tweeting the following after that reading saying quote, no
Accusing facebook of misleading investors as the doj launches this antitrust review. Corporate earnings going to be weighing on some stocks at least this morning boeing and caterpillar disappoint trade worries remain u. P. S. Shares sinking ahead of the open. Profits soaring more than 13 for the quarter. David abney joins us first on cnbc this hour facebook up first. Three different Government Agencies today, the ftc formally announcing that record 5 billion settlement with the company over privacy violations, imposing new requirement oz on Mark Zuckerberg and making structural changes to the board the s. E. C. Simultaneously announcing 100 million settlement accusing the company of misleading investors about the misuse of user data. And lastly, last night, the doj is opening a broad review of Tech Companies, that will scrutinize leading Online Market platforms. Didnt name any specific companies, but obviously facebook, amazon, alphabet are all in play. Of the alphabet soup, what is mo
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A dwindling but women stepping in and planting the ants. An unforgettable image, a column of smoke rises over the harbour of lebanons capital bay roofs. 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate fertilizer exploded. Here on the 4th of august 2020, devastating swathes of the city. 200 people died and there was an estimated 13000000000 euros in damages, too much for crisis rock to lebanon. Yet once upon a time, the country was booming, they route was a cosmopolitan and sophisticated city. But then in 1975 civil war broke out. Political and religious groups battled for supremacy tearing the country a part. The war only ended in 1990 to day, much of the population lives in poverty. The infrastructure has largely collapsed, including waste, collect the local currency, has lost 90 percent of its value. Many struggle to afford the very basics, food and heating and gas. And its really tough for the many refugees here too. But there are some projects offering hope it looks like a game, and it really is