But today was different. And historic. It took just a twopoint gain for the s p 500 index to cross and close above the 2000 level. Its 30th record so far this year. There was some euphoria about the dow, as well. The blue chip average hit a record high of 17,153 in intraday trading but pull back by the close. Some good Economic News helped fueled todays gains. Consumer confidence climbed to its highest level since 2007. Also driving stocks, an unusually high number for big ticket orders called durable goods. Those numbers jumped more than 22 . Skewed by International Demand for aircraft and record orders. Heres a look at the closing digits. The nasdaq up 13. And the s p up two points to the new milestone, 2000. 02. Our guests watched every move of the s p today. After all, aaron begins gibbs is with s p capital iq and joins us now. Erin, so nice to have you with us. Thank you. It looks like the s p 500 index is on track for its best august since the year 2000. So 14 years. How do you s
And historic. It took just a twopoint gain for the s p 500 index to cross and close above the 2000 level. Its 30th record so far this year. There was some euphoria about the dow, as well. The blue chip average hit a record high of 17,153 in intraday trading but pull back by the close. Some good Economic News helped fueled todays gains. Consumer confidence climbed to its highest level since 2007. Also driving stocks, an unusually high number for big ticket orders called durable goods. Those numbers jumped more than 22 . Skewed by International Demand for aircraft and record orders. Heres a look at the closing digits. The nasdaq up 13. And the s p up two points to the new milestone, 2000. 02. Our guests watched every move of the s p today. After all, aaron begins gibbs is with s p capital iq and joins us now. Erin, so nice to have you with us. Thank you. It looks like the s p 500 index is on track for its best august since the year 2000. So 14 years. How do you see things going between n
But today was different. And historic. It took just a twopoint gain for the s p 500 index to cross and close above the 2000 level. Its 30th record so far this year. There was some euphoria about the dow, as well. The blue chip average hit a record high of 17,153 in intraday trading but pull back by the close. Some good Economic News helped fueled todays gains. Consumer confidence climbed to its highest level since 2007. Also driving stocks, an unusually high number for big ticket orders called durable goods. Those numbers jumped more than 22 . Skewed by International Demand for aircraft and record orders. Heres a look at the closing digits. The nasdaq up 13. And the s p up two points to the new milestone, 2000. 02. Our guests watched every move of the s p today. After all, aaron begins gibbs is with s p capital iq and joins us now. Erin, so nice to have you with us. Thank you. It looks like the s p 500 index is on track for its best august since the year 2000. So 14 years. How do you s
It took just a twopoint gain for the s p 500 index to cross and close above the 2000 level. Its 30th record so far this year. There was some euphoria about the dow, as well. The blue chip average hit a record high of 17,153 in intraday trading but pull back by the close. Some good Economic News helped fueled todays gains. Consumer confidence climbed to its highest level since 2007. Also driving stocks, an unusually high number for big ticket orders called durable goods. Those numbers jumped more than 22 . Skewed by International Demand for aircraft and record orders. Heres a look at the closing digits. The nasdaq up 13. And the s p up two points to the new milestone, 2000. 02. Our guests watched every move of the s p today. After all, aaron begins gibbs is with s p capital iq and joins us now. Erin, so nice to have you with us. Thank you. It looks like the s p 500 index is on track for its best august since the year 2000. So 14 years. How do you see things going between now and the end
Last night, a couple different issues. This puts them as the second largest tv company in the country. 5. 7 million tv customers at at t, 23. 3 million in the u. S. As becky said, its a 10 premium. It is actually a 30 premium when you look at the price relative to when rumors of the deal first came about. And let me tell you a couple thing that is randall told me last evening. He said mike and i have talked about this deal on and off for quite some time. They have been, quote, trying to assess the regulatory situation as it relates to this transaction. And he said the more we peeled back the onion, quite frankly the better we felt about it. Heres a standalone tv business and we are for all intensive purposes in mobile and broadband business, we are not, and he said this several times, we are not in the standalone tv business and we dont even really sell that product today. He also said they have been talking for years but interestingly enough they stopped at one point. They didnt do th