All in the name of raising money for paid yediatric cancer and research. We have a number of speakers joining us live here throughout the next couple hours. There they are. We have nascar champion jeff gordon and cliff robins of bull harbor group, and a unique way to play streaming media, and, yes, involves teletubbies. Oh, boy, looking forward to that coming up. Green Light Capital statement e einhorn, bringing you all the headlines of what he talks about as soon as we get them, but we begin with apple crossing an important milestone today in terms of value. Bertha is at the nasdaq with that side of the story for us. Reporter yeah. Apples market cap today crossing 800 billion in market cap. It crossed 700 billion after blistering 37 gain the prior year. Already this year, apples up more than 32 notwithstanding iphone sale numbers in the most recent quarter. The stock is up 100 a share since tim cook took over as ceo in 2011. A gain of nearly 200 , and apple is a big catalyst behind th
Street. Im Carl Quintanilla with jim cramer david faber is off today we get strong retail sales for july up. 6, nearly twice the estimate europe is mixed. 10year note near iing 10. 10 no. And netflix on his strategy to beat the Competition First up, under armours brian plank and intels krzanich join Kevin Frazier in resigning from the Manufacturing Council not all of them worded exactly the same way. Thats the most important thing. Theres different constituencies mr. Frazier from merck was offended it wasnt immediately labeled as white supremacist, as opposed to extremism of all race and color. Not mentioning the president by name. And kevin plank took some heat for being on the council. His constituency is made up of not just people who are shareholders and work there but people who he hopes to be able to get to endorse. So they all come from different constituencyies. Like larry somers says, everybody should resign. It depends on your constituency. It is of no interest to the public
Violence in charlottesville in an erratic News Conference prompting more criticism and departures by key Business Leaders. I think theres blame on both sides. I have no doubt about it you dont have any doubt about it either. Only and if you reported it accurately, you would say it good morning its wednesday welcome to another episode of street signs. Want to kick things off with comments coming from the ecb saying that the ecbs president mario draghi will not deliver fresh policy messages at the jackson hole symposium which usually takes place the end of august in wyoming, in the u. S. He wants to hold off on that debate until the autumn. Thats according to sources familiar with the discussion once again, reuters reporting this morning that the ecb president , mario draghi, will not deliver a fresh policy steer at jackson hole. We know jackson hole is usually known forbig policy announcements, whether it comes from the fed or the ecb. A lot of people were expecting for fresh commentary
Wave o, finding dory and Captai America to a very profitable quarter. That incre helped off set sales of its cable unit, which fell short of ek peck tases and the Biggest Surprise was a major in in a Video Streaming Company formed by Major League Baseball. Bam tech. Overall, disney earned 1. 2 per share. R reve but investors apparently wanted more and shares fell in initial afterhours trading. Julia boorstin who speak with bob iger, ha results. The big headline from d earnings red light is commitment to digital. Third of streaming Video Company bam tech for a billion dollars. With plans to buy a new sports app. Also plans to o apps and produ companys other properties. Model. Hin we think that in todays world, having the ability to stream on a scaled basis, live sports and live programming, is a competitive advantage. Disneys ceo says this investme leaves the door open for th eventually bring its core espn Service Direct to consumers outside the bundle if and when it makes sense and in
Wave o, finding dory and Captai America to a very profitable quarter. That incre helped off set sales of its cable unit, which fell short of ek peck tases and the Biggest Surprise was a major in in a Video Streaming Company formed by Major League Baseball. Bam tech. Overall, disney earned 1. 2 per share. R reve but investors apparently wanted more and shares fell in initial afterhours trading. Julia boorstin who speak with bob iger, ha results. The big headline from d earnings red light is commitment to digital. Third of streaming Video Company bam tech for a billion dollars. With plans to buy a new sports app. Also plans to o apps and produ companys other properties. Model. Hin we think that in todays world, having the ability to stream on a scaled basis, live sports and live programming, is a competitive advantage. Disneys ceo says this investme leaves the door open for th eventually bring its core espn Service Direct to consumers outside the bundle if and when it makes sense and in