Devaluing chinas currency should make it easier for exporters to sell overseas. Last month, exports fell 8 . China is in the midst of its biggest economic slowdown since 1990. Google wants to become the Berkshire Hathaway of the tech world. Goal is reorganizing into a Holding Company called alphabet. The companys search and advertising units will be separated from new businesses such as self driving cars and health technologies. Each alphabet subsidiary would have its own ceo. That is a structure similar to Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway. Larry page will be the ceo of alphabet. Negotiators have agreed on a deal for another greek bailout. Says only avernment few details need to be worked up or the agreement will give the greek 94 in loans. That moneys some of in the next week it has a payment due on august 20. It is being called a new front in cybercrime. Louvered news reporting that u. S. Authorities have broken up and Insider Trading ring that relied in computer hackers. Nine peop
Francine welcome to the pulse , l ive in london. Im francine lacqua. Coming up later in the program we speak exclusively to the zalando managing director rubin ritter as his company beat secondquarter sales estimates. Francine after that, we will speak to the rwe chief finance officer. Make sure you stay tuned for both these interviews. Manus a rare briefing has been held in china. As the central bank worst to restore calm following the devaluation of the yuan. Francine the currency experience its worst loss in two decades as the peoples bank of china says it would intervene. The Deputy Governor also in charge of the foreignexchange told the media respects the market, fear the market. He did not mention intervene the market. That is probably what he was thinking in the back of his mind. Manus indeed. And try to get some sort of market context. Class test. Lets talk to mark. Weve seen a little bit of a bounceback. Mark lets start with the dollaryuan. This is whatever one has been focuse
Than annihilated overnight. U. S. Futures surging after Chinas Central Bank announced they are going to a similar jump in futures after china announced a rate cut but that 441 point rally in the midday session was wiped out by the end. The blue chips closing down 205. The s p has lost 2 trillion in market cap over the past seven sessions. You did not like yesterdays open. Do you like this one in. I think there will be a better time if you want to buy. I think there have been some bargains created. Thats a big difference. I think yesterday is funny. We should have been down one . Yesterday europe was pushing the euro down. Interest rates werent that good. Interest rates not that good. We have a couple things i like. Schlumberger is the greatest in the oil patch. Theyre making an acquisition. Weve been waiting for consolidation there. The actual individual components of retail that have been strong. I think the last 45 minutes were a access of buyers. My only problem is why isnt there a
The horizon with energy experts. Plus, the drop in crude could be seeping into the Banking System of our neighbor to the north. The royal bank of canadas ceo joins us in a cnbc exclusive on the back of his companys earnings. Also ahead how much of what we see in the rally is the result of the fed trying to calm market volatility. Were live in jackson hole with the latest headlines. Dont forget, of course, the new york fed president , importantly, spoke today. He did. And markets are reacting. Lets get to full Team Coverage of these markets. Bob pisani tracking the moves here at the stock exchange. Courtney reagan over at the nasdaq. How do you feel going into the close today . Better than yesterday. I want to show you the dow. At this time yesterday, we were fading going into 3 00. That is not the case right now. Dow jones industrial average is essentially almost at the highs for the day. I think 16,100 right off the open. Were essentially there back to the highs for the day. The marke
Present trump threatens to destroy north korea. Rocket man is on a mission to destroy himself and his regime. The United States is ready, willing, and able, but hopefully this will not be necessary. Vonnie here to talk more about these unusually stark pronunciations is Kevin Cirilli. He is in washington. Here in the studios is bill ferry. I have to start with you because we have heard this before with the fire and fury rhetoric that we heard. And not provoke as much as we might thought it would have. What is the difference . The u. N. Ally you go to and thats a body that was created for countries to work together. Some of the rhetoric we heard from President Trump was unusual in the sense that he said countries can go their own way, but one exception to that clearly for trump was north korea, which said the u. S. Is capable of wiping off the planet or destroye destroying. That is not a message frequently heard from a u. S. Leader. Vonnie he said this is hopefully not something necessar