150,000 mark as texas, california and florida see record fatalities. Infections spike in china, hong kong and japan as well. Hill. Tech titans on the the ceos of amazon and alphabet and Facebook Face a virtual grilling over antitrust. Haidi lets get you started with a check of the markets. U. S. Futures opening flat, slightly higher that by. 1 . This after we saw u. S. Stocks extending gains in the regular session, the dollar declining estate as dovish as possible. The s p 500 gained more than 1 , adding to the july rally. 11 sectors were higher with tech leading the way. As i mentioned earlier, we are seeing that big tech antitrust showdown in congress ongoing at the moment. Nasdaq composite and at 1. 4 high. At a oneweek. The dollar weakness really resumed with the fed sticking with low rates. Look at what oil is doing. It has been the weak dollars supporting oil prices. We continue to see these gains of 41 a barrel. It was also propped up in the new york session by the biggest decli
Alphabet. We will have details. Wework went from one of the most anticipated ipos to a floundering Coworking Company just trying to survive. We will look at what it faces in the new year. But first, our top story. Bloomberg was the first to report the iphone maker has a secret team working on a satellite technology, striving to find new ways to beam data directly to its devices. This is all according to people familiar with the matter. The company has about a dozen engineers from the aerospace satellite, and antenna Design Industries working on the project with the goal of deploying their results within five years. For more, i want to bring in bloomberg technologys mark gurman. What do we know so far . It is topsecret. It is operating like a startup in apple. It has the right funding. It has the ear of tim cook. It has a bunch of Aerospace Engineers and executives working on a plan to let iphones and other apple devices receive their data directly from apple developed antenna towers, s
Technology. Coming up in the next hour, secret project. Have a team to working on Satellite Technology to be an Internet Services to devices. It will allow it to bypass Wireless Networks. Latest. Plus a pay raise. The reins, akes receiving a 242 million exception package. Details. Ve and big tech in 2019. Of the ent from one most anticipated ipos to a floundering company just survive. O we look at what it faces in the new year. But first to our top story, loomberg was the first to report that the iphone maker has a secret team working on a Satellite Technology. To find new ways to bring data directly to its devices. According to people familiar with the matter. He company has got a dozen engineers from the aerospace antenna Design Industries working on the project with the hope of deploying their results years. Five for more i want to bring in bloomberg technologies. What do we know about the so far . We know its top secret. Its operating like a startup inside apple. Has the ear of tim