Washington and the world talking, microsoft eyeing an acquisition of tiktok and is this comes after President Trump threatened to ban the app in the u. S. Over security concerns. The president made an about face and gave microsoft the go ahead to proceed with the deal josh lipton has the very latest. So, melissa, President Trump also weighing in here. Take a listen to what he had to say today. It will close down on september 15th unless microsoft or somebody else is able to buy it and work out a deal, an appropriate deal, so the treasury of the, really, the treasury, i guess you would say, of the United States gets a lot of money so, why is microsoft interested in tiktok well, its a wildly popular app with 100 million users already here in the u. S. Engagement trends are strong analysts note that users already spend over an hour a day on the app. Patrick moorhead emphasizes two broad reasons why this could make strategic sense one, he argues microsoft is relatively week in Consumer Ser
To get things started off. The dow is down by 17 points but the s p and the nasdaq is there. Nasdaq is indicated up by 47 points this is after a strong month of july for all three of the averages the dow up by 2. 4 for the month. The s p saw its best july by ten years. It was up by 5. 5 . Thats nothing compared to the nasdaq today is the first trade ding d of august. Thats out at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time today also take a look at treasury yields you did see yields under extreme pressure or ten year closing at its lowest level since all the way back to march 9th. Right now it is a little bit higher 0. 546 stimulus talks in congress. Trump administrations officials and House Speaker nancy pelosi are set to resume negotiations today on their competing visions of a bill. The Sticking Point continues to be a boost set at 600 per week in march that lapsed on friday he and Speaker Pelosi are on the same page about the need of direct Cash Payments of 1,200 to most americans. Andrew. And big co
Lavongo on their merger and the first companys earnings report. David has news on microsoft and tiktok. Want to continue to update a story were following closely given we have not seen anything like it. Tiktok the incredibly popular social media app in the u. S. And around the world, bytedance its owner, the u. S. Government saying we will shut tiktok down in the u. S. Unless you find a way to transfer all of it to u. S. Ownership and microsoft playing the role as potentially the only suitor for the business i wanted to bring everybody up to date on new reporting that ive got because it is interesting. Both sides right now, bytedance and microsoft and of course the u. S. Government is still very much involved in this as well are negotiating to try to reach some sort of an agreement under which microsoft would buy the u. S. Business of texas toks u. S. Bit from bytedance within the next two to three weeks. That seems to be what theyre hoping for in terms of a timeline obviously in these
Have one today, chipotle, the companies that fell a great deal and made a snap back like tulio where it makes it so you can take your Small Business and take it large, what do these things have in common . They are omni channel for companies that would otherwise fail i think its this is ingenuity quarter. I know there will be people who say its a v quarter, i know there will be people who say its because the fed i think its companies that recognize what was the matter and found ways to make money i found it a very inspiring quarter given the cynicism that were surrounded with and the negativity which is frankly overwhelming for many people so you think that even though the fed has bought, what, 1. 7 trillion in treasuries in four months and even as that pace flattens out were going to continue to get innovation like that i find there is Just Innovation everywhere. I had honeywell on last night, theyre solving the problem of the vials with plastic, there arent enough vials to go around
Dow surging 461 points, s p gaining 1. 21 , nasdaq advancing 1. 31 . The s p up for 2020 now including a 47. 5 gain from the march lows im repeating that, a 47. 5 gain from the march lows. All of the airlines, arent that he mazing . They wont quit. Some goes for the cruise lines, the hotels earnings who needs earnings bother me later. The casinos are on fire. Who can resist now that theyre open again oils warring. The price of crude up 75 from that bizarre bargain, take some will you, this is a vshaped recovery like this, and then theres boeing, up more than 150 from its lows in march. 12 move today the biggest winner of the dow and best month ever can you imagine, humor me for a second, could you imagine if they got some orders it all makes sense even if this run all the recovery stocks are low, so theyre off the highs, and thats why its easy to see why theyre so irresistible since we have no faces here. Buy, buy, buy and any earnings can spoil the party but there are none that said,