Rapidly. Yet here in california, were seeing the number of new cases decline. Today three bay area counties improved their standing on the states restriction list. Alameda, san mateo and solano counties moved. That means restaurants can open. Only two bay area counties remain in the purple tier. The most restrictive in the states system. Contra costa and sonoma. There is hope for parents who want to get their children back in school. Two San Francisco private schools have been given the green light for holding inperson trucks. They applied for and were granted permission to open classrooms. Health officials are reviewing the applications for 40 other San Francisco private charter and parochial schools. Abc7 news report he kate larsen looks at what a difference the changes make or dont make. Reporter with most bay area county in the red, it meansle businesses can reopen indoors with limited capacity including restaurants, retail, museums, places of worship, movie theaters and gyms. Out
From Home Software stocks. And tech continues to lead, apple, netflix up 4 it is walmart the top performer in the s p 500 were going to dig into that one. Record close watch 59 minutes left to trade. That meat and potato and delicious gravy joke from tyler. A bit of an inside conversation between the two of us today. Of so apologies for that lets have a look at what is coming up along with the meat, potatoes and gravy the ceo of labcorp joins us. Florida is severing ties with quest diagnosics and walmart upping the stakes with amazon announcing the launch of the prime competitor well discuss with the former head of walmart u. S. And a food giant bets into the biotech game well speak with the ceo of nest nestle bet with a peanut allergy treatment. Mike santoli is tracking the action on this first day of september. Josh lipton is focusing in on apple and what could be the next catalyst for that stock. And phil lebeau has details on teslas Share Offering we have another tack on rally. A l
Good Tuesday Morning welcome to squawk alley. Were with you for the hour, what a fascinating market day, john walmart and home depot tickiki things off then for awhile there a bit of a tumble the dow briefly at its biggest loss plenty of dynamics to watch as we watch the retail earnings and the progress on stimulus big stocks and big tech in particular apple is fractionally higher amazon perhaps riding that retail news overall. Up better than 2. 5 . Alphabet up about a percent. Microsoft lower, and then there is oracle. In the news because of this tiktok bid, perhaps, carl. I dont know if there is anyone not bidding for tiktok lets start off with exactly that as a source tells cnbc that oracle has entered the race to buy tiktoks u. S. Operations. Walt, you know what my first take was on this microsoft was telling this story about their focus on the enterprise now theyre bidding for tiktok and oracle, how does it facility them at all . Does everyone just have to have a look microsoft ba
Tweet earlier in the hour does suggest that you think these retailers are prepping us for numbers that are going to be tough to replicate. Yeah, i think that they have to, carl they all know that america was flush from the 1,200 check and they also know there is a lot of stay at home people trying to make their homes into an office and a home, and that thats largely passed now, that doesnt mean that you shouldnt buy these stocks because that money went to these essential retailers and now theyre stronger than ever, but i know that if you are if you are at walmart it does not pay to say this is going to continue same thing with home depot i say you wait, let them come down and recognize that these are just so good that you want to be in them. Particularly, say, if a lowes comes down, thats kind of attractive, they report tomorrow look, these are remarkable companies, but they are also given as remarkable companies are to humility and to a respect to the individual investor they dont wan
Restrictions in new york city is boosting education about masks and social distancing. U. S. And china ramping up tensions. Washington rejects beijings claims to the South China Sea and top senators are facing mainland sanctions. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets are trading. U. S. Futures opening higher, gaining one quarter percent after stocks fell in the regular session. Sharply higher throughout most of the day and then we saw a bearish reversal in the afternoon. Marcus dealt a double whammy with data showing that virus cases surged in california, as they that makes up 15 of u. S. Gdp. Not to mention escalating tensions between the u. S. And china. The u. S. Denounced chinas claims to the South China Sea. The s p 500 at one point hit the highest level since march before falling in the afternoon. Led by tech and communication stocks. The nasdaq composite hit another record high. At the end of the session, the biggest fall in more than two weeks. Take a