Community development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america. Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Im Hari Sreenivasan sitting in for bob abernethy. As the u. S. And International Groups increased humanitarian aid to iraq, u. N. Officials raised grave concerns that crimes against humanity were being committed by isis. This week the u. N. s human rights chief accused isis of ethnic and religious cleansing citing brutal attacks against christians and yazidis. Younan said the actions of isis were pure and simple religious cleansing and attempted genocide. Memorial services were for journalist james foley killed by isis militants last week. A Prayer Service was held in his memory at marquette university, his alma mater. Foley was a devout catholic. Religious leaders from across the nation were among those attending this weeks Funeral Services for michael brown, the unarmed africanameric
Right now. Take a look at what happened in asia overnight, as well. A lot of these headlines hitting as japans market was opening there. That was the first sign that argentina was not going to be able to make its payments. As you can see right now, the nikkei closed down by about 25 points. The shanghai, though, was up by close to 1 . Among todays tests for the u. S. Markets, we have economic numbers, more earnings that will be hitting. At 8 30 eastern time, we will be getting the weekly jobless claims numbers. Polled economists were filed last week, up 21,000 from the week before. When it comes to earnings, Oil Giant Exxon mobil, Conco Philips are both reporting. Mastercard and kelloggs, those are among other names that well be expecting today. Right now, lets get over to michelle with a roundup of some of todays other stocks to watch. A number of companies posting results last night, becky. Revenues came in just shy of expectations and the company is cutting its full year forecast fo
Those free foods are Fringe Benefits that should be taxed. Derek shore is live in Mountain View with the affect it could have moth on not just the tech giants but Smaller Companies. Reporter thats right, jessica. Here in silicon valley, there are a number of smaller firms, and they actually use local eateries to feed their employees. The irs apparently saying buying the food is not a problem. But then giving it out for free is. For many its hard to even fathom, but for silicon valley, it has become commonplace. Tech Companies Like google and facebook offering up free eats for employees. But the gratis gourmet grub is starting to become something of a food fight. A lot of companies in silicon valley, google, twitter are giving their employees lunch every day. Reporter and it appears the tax man has taken notice that the free lunch was actually free, something the irs has a problem with, according to tax attorney. In the past you didnt have employers gives their employees free meals all
The u. S. Death toll topped 137,000 people, the nations top Infectious Disease expert was asked what can be done to get the United States to somewhat of a better place. His answer. I believe we need to almost push the reset button. Reset. Definition, start all over. The situation in the United States is getting worse. 14 states now reporting record hospitalizations tonight and deaths have been following. Death tolls are trending up in 23 states. According to the New York Times tally today. We didnt learn from what happened in march and april. This is why we need to reset. Otherwise known as start all over. July is looking a lot like march and april, surge in cases, long lines for tests, not enough ppe, and trump also doing what he did in march and april which is to minimize and not wear a mask. Today in atlanta, if you only saw trump, you would think summer 2020 was like any other. He emerged wearing a mask even though theres a law now requiring them given the surge in cases in atlanta