Republicans are expected to pass the historic overhaul after they signaled their onboard. I write to express my support for the conference agreement on the tax cuts and jobs act. This legislation will provide tax relief to working families, encourage creation of jobs right here in america and spur Economic Growth that will benefit all americans. Senator Susan Collins selling it. Optimism driving stocks to record highs yesterday and they keep on moving up. The dow futures right now. What about the nasdaq. Nasdaq 7000, almost unimaginable. In europe we have games in england on the ftse 100 in france and germany. In asia stocks mixed as well. Gains in shanghai and hong kong. Tragedy in Washington State. At least three people are dead after an amtrak train derailed. Guys, what happened . Were coming around the corner and we went on the ground. Okay, is everybody okay . Instills a great night out. Weve got cars everywhere and down onto the highway. Trade to the National Transportation safet
Wasnt as bad as many feared, since its historically one of the worst performing months. The dow rose 55 points. Nasdaq climbed 60, the s p 500 added 14. For the month, all three indexes were higher, but it was the mo for the dow and the s p. Dominic chu has more. It was supposed to be a terrible mon was suggesting, but august turned out n expected. The major u. S. Stom indices ended up higher with the nasdaq kensho,site leading the way, over the last 20 year, august e s p falling an average of almost 1. 5 for the no month. This large stock index got a mix from different sectors Like Technology and more defensive areas like utilities really h p helping lead the charge. Meanwhile, telecom and Energy Related stocks r were among the biggest drags, but one theme continues to play out in 2017. And was reenforced in august as well. And thats the outperformance of higher growth oriented stocks over value stocks. As for whats on tap for september, recent history prints a less optimistic picture
No im watching al jazeera live from london also coming up iraqi. Protesters Baghdad International flights into the region in retaliation for mondays. Support for sundays vote on it secession from spain and turning Science Fiction into science fact Aerospace Companies unveiled their futuristic plans to colonize mom. With. The United States government has ordered sixty percent of its staff in cuba to leave its embassy and havana its said to be because of quote specific attacks on u. S. Diplomats some of which have taken place in cuban hotels also used by american tourists the embassy is now expected to stop processing visas and issues and issue a new travel warning so lets get more on this now for Us State Department correspondent patty call hainan washington d. C. What will do we know about these attacks. Well you know this is really just a bizarre International Mystery so here we have twenty one diplomats they say they were attacked by whats been leaked to be a sonic weapon of sorts no
Sandberg on the social Networks Earnings report ahead. And our extended sitdown with anthony noto about the companys latest media deal and capitalizing on trump. First to our lead. Apple shares dropped after reporting quarter earnings with iphone revenue falling short. The iphone has always been the moneymaker for the company, but sales were basically flat yearoveryear. Not terribly surprising, given the anticipation for the next launch in the fall, where we are expecting a big design overhaul. Apple also saying you generated also announcing it generated 7 billion in revenue on services, which is 18 growth from a year ago. This as the sectors ceo says he expects to double over the next four years. We spoke with our Bloomberg Contributor David Kirkpatrick and an analyst. David when you look at the quarter overall, it was fairly mixed. The one negative with the iphone numbers. But its one of those quarters where you can only put some so much emphasis on the iphone. You of course have tha
Sandberg on the social Networks Earnings report ahead. And our extended sitdown with anthony noto about the companys latest media deal and capitalizing on trump. First to our lead. Apple shares dropped after reporting quarter earnings with iphone revenue falling short. The iphone has always been the moneymaker for the company, but sales were basically flat yearoveryear. Not terribly surprising, given the anticipation for the next launch in the fall, where we are expecting a big design overhaul. Apple also saying you generated also announcing it generated 7 billion in revenue on services, which is 18 growth from a year ago. This as the sectors ceo says he expects to double over the next four years. We spoke with our Bloomberg Contributor David Kirkpatrick and an analyst. David when you look at the quarter overall, it was fairly mixed. The one negative with the iphone numbers. But its one of those quarters where you can only put some so much emphasis on the iphone. You of course have tha