Your grandfather was here. Now your father is here. And if you dont get the quality right, this business wont be here for you. Miami is my hometown, and its also home to over a million cubanamericans. Since the castro revolution, cuban families have come here to build their homes and their businesses. They bring their culture while embracing something that is distinctly american the American Dream. Grafton furniture is a shining example. Started in 1964 by esteban grafton, the Custom Manufacturing Company Makes everything from sofas, chairs, to tables. Steve this ones 154 by 96. Lemonis his son steve now runs the business and designs most of the furniture and is 50 50 partners with his wife, mary. Their son, also steve, is there to learn the business and keep it going for another generation. But when the economy turned in 2009, so did the companys fortunes. Steve the market was soft. Finances were really bad. Lemonis when business slowed, the company and the family began piling up debt
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De dedra bosa, what did we miss they looked particularly ugly next to lyfts yesterday its quarterly loss was its biggest ever, now a large part of that was cost related to its ipo. But ubers also facing ridesharing competition in markets abroad like latin america and india. Competition is even stiffer in food delivery. We saw that play out in this earnings its either business, ceo telling us that it is likely they will keep losing money here for years as, quote, theres a lot of capital chasing a lot of growth. As for the question of overall profitability, this is what really matters most to the street, while lyft was pretty direct on their path last night, saying that last year was, in fact, peak losses for them, ubers ces on was less clear telling us, quote, we think that 2019 will be our peak investment year, and we think that 2020, 2021, youll see losses come down i think our break even is something that we can push the company to break even if we really wanted to frankly, he added,
Baltimore officials for misusing Government Funds to help the troubled city. Video resurfacing showing Elijah Cummings referring to his community as quote drug infested. Wait until you see what happens after this wave malfunctions and unleashed a tsunamitype swell on unsuspecting swimmers. Abby hornacek is with us night. Trish regan primetime starts right now. Im david asman in for trish. President trump is addressing a crowd of thousands in ohio. I came in, we did a rally where we had people like this, it was packed, the day before the election. And mike dwaine won that election and he won it easily. And we have a man running for governor of kentucky again. [cheers and applause] and hes done an incredible job. And together sometimes you can do such a good job that not ebb appreciates it. But they had a lot of problems with pensions and a lot of problems a thunderstormal governor would never have been able to correct. But when you correct it you make yourself less popular. They had no
Dont know. A Study Reveals the lengths people go to to avoid awkward elevator encounters. Its friday, august 2nd. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. This is how we do it. Its friday night. And ill feel all right. The partys here on the west side. So i reach for my shorty and i turn it up. Designated driver take the keys to my truck. Cheryl welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. Lauren happy friday. Good morning. Ism lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take a look at how your money is moving this morning. After yesterdays 280 point drop for the dow. Were down 104 in the premarket, nasdaq down 64 and three quarters. Lauren in the bond market, the 10 year treasury is down another 4 basis points, 1. 85 . Cheryl after yesterdays nearly 8 plunge on wti, taking a look at oil. Were slightly higher, 54. 94. Lauren a lot is moving the asian market, a sea of red. Look at the nikkei in japan, it is down more than 2 . The south korean kospi is down 1 . Japan has removed south korea from their list