Live this hour. Plus records watch, the plus ive got it, carl the dow aiming to erase 2020 losses and the s p heading for the best august since 1986, kelly. Wow and cocacolas restructuring strategies amid plans to streamline the drink portfolio they are setting voluntary job cuts for thousands of its workers. David, it is friday, and kelly, friday and you just sort of think back to what this week has brought us, guys alltime highs, obviously news in sports in the nba, hurricane laura, the rnc and we will hear from what the president said last night tiktok, microsoft, walmart, oracle, you name it, david, but large discussion this morning about how the thing thats going to probably stick with us for the weeks and quarters to come is going to be that historic powell speech and we will have to decide whether this long end is bringing us noise or something more yeah, i mean, im glad kelly is here because im sure she was home studying every word after it took place, as you know, not my area
Both companies app stores. We will get into that. Check this one out. Joe biden calling for a nationwide mask mandate for all americans for three months, even if you are alone in the park. Then he takes no questions after announcing that plan. We will get into all of it for you and it is time for friday feedback which you still have time to send in your responses. Email us, varneyviewe varneyviewers foxbusiness. Com. We may read your email if you send it in now. An epic three hours ahead. David asman in for stuart varney. Varney company about to begin. David lets get a check of the markets and as you can see, the futures are down on the s p and the dow jones but up again on nasdaq. Meanwhile, its been 100 days since that march 23rd bear market low. Come in, ashley webster. Ash, we have seen a historic market reaction, a bounceback, right . Since hitting the lows on march 23rd . Ashley absolutely. Good morning to you. Since hitting those lows back in march, hundred day stretch going all
Airline stocks are popping after the government gave approval to a different way to disinfect surface onz planes american, united, delta, theyre all up 8 or so. S p 500, nasdaq set for a record close. With he have 59 minutes left of trade. Brian, good to have you onboard. Yeah. Good to be here on a day where there seems to be a lot gf news. The markets are powering higher again. We have a long way to go two hours. Coming up, you remember herbalife. They sparked wall streets most epic battles on the Halftime Report it is reinvigorated, more than doubling from the march lows and our interview with the ceo is coming up later on. Were going to be joined by Penny Pritzker and ask her about the democrats economic platform and how a Biden Administration would tackle the coronavirus are your taxes going up . Were going to ask her directly. Right now lets focus in on the big stories that were watching to day mike santoli, as always, watching all the Market Action joining us to talk about the la
The declines in technology and real estate shares on the stoxx 600 and then the Pound Holding on to declines we saw yesterday as figures show that the u. K. Economy contracted more than any other in europe in the Second Quarter. Plenty more of markets shortly now lets get straight will raise more questions over the governments handling of the pandemic. There are worrying signs the bounceback may run out of steam. Hard times are here. Hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their job and sadly many more will. But i will say to people, although tough decisions lie ahead for all of us, no one will be left without hope or opportunity. Up ina plans to bring tiktok in talks with the u. S. It is likely to take place as soon as this week. We are not certain what beijing hopes to achieve when bringing up the app. It comes just days after President Trump signed a ban on transactions using the app on National Security grounds. Protests in belarus. Protesters took to the streets to have
Regarding microsoft. Some people did not like the quarter but now we have something that puts them right it not passing in terms of the growth google and facebook among a certain demographic that people want which is the 18yearold demographic. I go on tiktok and there is a good one right now about Federal Express delivering packages versus u. P. S. Versus the post office david, your kids may like it at the same time, its got a lot of viewers it does 80 million here in the states. Yes, one of mine does typically it does skew more female than male and the other one doesnt but this is a fascinating situation, guys, for any number of reasons unlike anything i can recall having seen in part because the government is so deeply involved inbasically dictating the potential sale of a business to one company. And it really ends up being one company. You know, as you guys know, ive been following this to a large extent over the last few weeks and it was a difficult thing to imagine. How would go