Netflix shares also in the red. I spoke with Reed Hastings for his thoughts on how the pandemic would affect the industry and how he sees the streaming wars playing out. First, a deep dive into what is moving after hours. Slack moving after the bell. Shares plummeting after filling fell short of analyst estimates. Abigail doolittle has been looking at the numbers. I just got off the phone with the ceo of slack, who focused on the demand they see accelerating in paid customers. They are still not seeing still not giving guidance. Afterch a dramatic impact hours . Abigail one thing investors do not like is uncertainty. Also, in terms of the billings miss for the quarter, it was not huge, but 6 . You would think that folks would be using the messaging platform during the stayathome days, but it signals the idea that some of the small and mediumsized businesses are hurt enough, signaling that slack could be a nice to have Technology Rather than a need to have. This stock really getting plu
Cue ramy on right on cue, the foreign minister put out his response to this that the act out of the United States is an active International Act of terrorism. Were going to get you more details on this story, information thats been for the lastough two or three hours or so. The state of the markets are looking like this. In terms of risk assets, going into the lunch break in hong kong, u. S. Features down 20 points, dollaryen low to the day, still fairly strong on the japanese currency, fly under the asian benchmark, and gold is 15401550. Wards 4 , but still substantial gains. He was features are looking like this u. S. Futures are up my mistake, moving up as london joins wakes up. Good morning to you. Well get to the latest on all of this. Jodi schneider is onset. And we have another reporter joining us. Jodi, im going to start with you, the significance of this act. Jodi very significant. Probably the most tense moment and certainly the biggest escalation in relations since the end o
We hear from an essential figure in that period. Tesla owners are talking in part to a bloomberg expansive study, thousands of model three owners. We examine whether parts and to parts. Re up Twitter Announces it will stop all political as on their platform, with the ceo saying it is not about free speech, it is about paying for reach. The sentiment was not echoed by facebook. They reported earnings and reassured their stance when it comes to political ads. Brandcebook ceo stayed on during the Earnings Call. I expect this will be a very tough year. We try to do what we think is right, but we will not get everything right. This is complex stuff. Anyone who says the answers are simple has knocked out long enough about has not thought long enough about the nuances and challenges. I get that some people are going to disagree with our decisions and think they may have a negative impact on things they really care about. But i dont think anyone can say that we are not doing what we believe or
which isn t hurting things. all of that cash coming out of treasuries and looking for a place to go. one place going is tesla. another is ralph lauren, saying that half of its stores in china are closed. nonetheless, same-store sales in the u.s. in the quarter were up by 2%, a lot better than the 0.8% analysts were looking for, and that has the stock rallying nicely. facing more privacy probes in europe. guy: no longer a $1 trillion company. i think there is some coronavirus element to what we are seeing in the stockmarket rally on both sides of the atlantic. you also have signs of stabilization in the asian markets as well. stoxx 600 by 1.5%. around 0.5%,p by getting a bounce back in the energy complex. byember, we are still down 21, 22 basis points on the german ten-year this year. today, we are five basis points to the good, as a result of which we are seeing maybe the start of a process of an unwinding of what has been a fairly big bond market move over the last couple of
, one of the three softer currencies against the dollar. I wanted to follow the tech selloff. Nasdaq futures are down again. 7 . We have seen that industry continue. Lets get an update and wants making headlines. Emma chandra is here. Am it there is a turn in the tax bill debate and Republican Leaders are scrambling to save the bill. Mitch mcconnell sent lawmakers home last night. They are looking to offset the cost of the measure. While republicans are asking the tax cut not drive up the nations debt. The price of oil is rising after opec will keep production curbs in place. Libya and nigeria have joined the agreement. Opec and allies like russia are trying to reduce global stockpiles. Oil prices are up 20 since september. Parties on both sides of the irish border issued are refusing to compromise. They are trying to deal with the hard border. The eu will not let trade talks continue until there is an agreement. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and anal