The selection and presentation of library of congress for fiction is one of my favorite responsibilities the product is this Great Institution an opportunity to honor the novelist for short story writers to interview books from the most recent novels and short story collections past prizewinners include luminaries Toni Morrison it is my distinct honor and pleasure to award the prize this year to one of our nations most gifted writers someone Time Magazine the longest largest recipient and only one of four writers in history to receive the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice i am talking about none other than none other than colson whitehea whiteheads most recent novel, the nickel boys won this years pulitzer as did his 2016 novel the underground railroad. Colson has an extraordinary ability to write about historical events and transform them into meaningful events of today the rewriter of literary fiction whose works are best sellers a testament to his talent to communicate to everyone wh
Protesters in hong kong, saying the nba has acted like a subsidiary of chinas communist party. Bogard onn bulgari. We bring you our exclusive interview from shanghai. Shery later, we bring you more on amazons after hours stock plunge, but first, lets get you started with a quick check of markets. We see u. S. Futures unchanged at the moment after we sawtek shares leading the gains on the s p 500 which closed above that 3000 level. We had Semiconductors Leading the gains. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index gaining 2. 5 after we got a positive outlook coming out of lam research. The dow, though, underperformed. Had three of we results showing the Global Industrial slump we are seeing is really weighing on the company. Of course, this just part of a raft of earnings we got today including microsoft and tesla gaining on solid earnings, and as we said earlier, amazon plunging after hours, so we will dissect all of those numbers later in the show, but first, lets get you started with a qui
The indonesian president speaks exclusively to bloomberg saying no one wins in a trade war, and he is refusing to take sides. Later, tesla says delivery records still fall short of elon musks target. For now, lets get you a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures higher by. 1 , but this after major indices lost more than one point 5 . The s p 500 fell the most since august 23. Remember, august 23rd was when President Trump announced those two sets of tariffs on chinese goods. Every sector on the s p 500 was in the red, and energy and financials led the decline. We had the 10year yield also falling for a fifth consecutive session and pulling out a route holding at around 1. 6 . Right now, the Dollar Holding Steady as of course, we are awaiting that Service Sector numbers out of the u. S. In tomorrows session, this coming on the back of another disappointing set of numbers when it came to private payrolls. That number for august being revised down, so business is really m
Enough. And more signs of stress. The fed will add liquidity to a vital corner of funding markets for a fourth straight day on friday. Later, huawei unveils an android powered smartphone without any google apps on the device. How the u. S. Ban is holding back the techtarget. First, we are seeing u. S. Futures at the moment unchanged after u. S. Stocks ended mixed on this thursday. We have seen stocks gained ground after positive comments on trade coming from the white house economic advisor, larry kudlow, but then those stocks pared back earlier gains after we heard from a trump advisor hinting at 50 to 100 tariffs on chinese goods. Also not to mention energy was under pressure today by the fact that oil stabilize, but we had two sessions of losses for crude prices, so the Energy Sector was down. The dow lost more than 50 points, the s p 500 unchanged and we also had a bond rally for a fourth consecutive session. We have seen, as paul mentioned, the oecd cutting Global Growth forecast,
In u. S. Subscribers and slower than expected growth overseas. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of how markets closed. We saw pressure across the markets with the s p 500 falling for a second consecutive session, finishing below that 3000 level. We have industrials leading the decline. There was a mixed bag of corporate earnings, not to mention lingering trade tensions weigh on sentiment. The dow down. 4 . Dow transportation average, a gauge of economic growth, also sinking. The fed beige book, nothing that , with jobs slowing somewhat. Lets see how things are shaping up. Sophie we are likely to see another subdued session. Already off yield this morning, but there is some suspense to be had today. Plus, we have jobs data from a strip yet hong kong as well as trade figures from japan. Also in the spotlight today, tsmc with analysts respecting analysts expecting signs of a revival after a dismal firsthalf. Paul thanks very much. Iran offering a grim outlook for any chance o