The special ops are in brazil. Larger military units on stand by. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2,600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im mark crumpton. This is bloomberg, bloomberg west is next. Emily im emily chang, this is bloomberg west. Coming up the nasdaq and s p 500 end the week with an flourish, both ending at an alltime high. Well break down the numbers and the historic day. Last year shattered all of the records for deals in the tech sector. How does 2016 stack up . And tesla putting a dollar figure saying the cost may exceed expectations. Well tackle the unforeseen challenges ahead. To our lead. U. S. Stocks jumped the nasdaq and s p 500 both hitting alltime highs after the government reported better than expected jobs data for the second straight month. The private and Public Sector added 255,000 new jobs in july including coveted highpaying tech jobs, wages also showing solid gains and Unemployment Holding steady at 4. 9 near an eight
Diplomats say portugals Prime Minister tops the second secret poll to be the next secretarygeneral. Unlike the first round, Antonio Gutierrez got too discouraged votes leaving the contest in play. U. S. Intelligence has assigned more than 1,000 spies to help with olympic security in rio. Nbc news reports its part of an intense effort to protect the games and american athletes. Naval and Marine Commandos from the special ops are in brazil. Larger military units on stand by. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2,600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im mark crumpton. This is bloomberg, bloomberg west is next. Emily im emily chang, this is bloomberg west. Coming up the nasdaq and s p 500 end the week with a flourish, both ending at an alltime high. Well break down the numbers and the historic day. Last year shattered all of the records for deals in the tech sector. How does 2016 stack up . And tesla putting a dollar figure saying the cost may exceed expectat
That a u. S. Judge has accepted a plea agreement with Lumber Liquidators. Right now we dont know exactly what the plea was or what the plea was for in terms of what charges they address. Still, the headline was moving the stock, the stock up about 9. 5 , right around just 10 54 a. M. , halted for volatility, reopened just now about a minute ago, now up by 6. 5 on heavier than average volumes, so we will bring you more. Right now, trading volatility around Lumber Liquidators on a bloomberg headline with a u. S. Judge. Back over to you guys. Thanks,dom. Keep us posted on that. Meanwhile, the rest of the markets giving up some of their gains, lower off the lows for the day. Twitter shares up sharply. A new report from the information out this morning says Mark Andreason and silver lake considering some sort of deal for the social network. Twitter shares as i mentioned, up this morning. They were up about 9 in premarket trading. But here with they are story is jessica lessen, cnbc contribu
Highway speeds near one Cache Valley School are drawing concern from both administrators and bus drivers. Now they re turning to the Utah Department of Transportation for help.