Good wednesday morning welcome to squawk alley. Im john for the with caro quintanilla and Julia Borstin well start with apple, a cost cut for Small Developers josh lipton breaks down the news for us. Here is how the new program is going to work its called the App Store Small Business Program it launches on january 1st and it does represent a big change here. Developers earning up to 1 million during the Previous Year will now be eligible for a commission of 15 on paid apps and inapp purchases, and that is half of apples Standard Commission apple says the new program will impact what it says is the vast majority of developers selling Digital Goods and services on the store. Tim cook saying in a statement the app store has been an engine of Economic Growth like none other, creating millions of new jobs and a pathway to entrepreneurship accessible to anyone with a great idea for investors this change is also important remember, the app store is critical for apple it accounts for an estima
Comprehensive assessment of the future of the department and the need to reshape the [indiscernible] around emerging threats. It went like this morning. I encourage you to read it on our website. Today, i am thrilled to a discussion on the future after the future of dhs, emerging threats and the american public. I am joined by two esteemed guests. The creator, writer, and director of call of duty black ops, steve anthony. Max brod. You two are some of the most creative people i know. You both spend your days thinking about how the world is changing. You have been very successful applying gaming and fiction to imagine the future. I cannot think of two better people to dig into this discussion with us. As a reminder, i encourage our audience to pose questions by the q a tab at the bottom. We only have 25 minutes in this first session. I will try to pose as many of your questions as i can. Lets jump right in. Threatstion of emerging is a critical one. It is something addressed in the repo
Intends to bring a deal to the white house by september 20, the official deadline date. Joining now to break down the week that was is abigail doolittle. Volatility volatility volatility. Walk us through the week that was and how might next week be different . Volatileeek was very and choppy. Up and down, a real roller coaster. At the end, it was a down week and today was especially choppy. Earlier, it felt as though the bulls were trying to take it away then the bears stepped in. The s p 500 up slightly. The nasdaq down. Continues to be newtons third law what goes up must come down. We are seeing a bit of a reversal. On the day and the week, even though we had the nasdaq down, we also had the nasdaq 100 fix down. Next week, maybe some of this choppiness will leave. You see apple down again on the day. Pointing to the idea that next week maybe in the near term, some of the choppiness will leave. If we go to the terminal, we have a great heart. Over the longterm, this probably suggests
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
We will be joined to talk more about that. But first, lets talk about the market. Abigail doolittle is with us. On the back of a big speech by joe biden last night that has been largely wellreceived, even some republicans saying it was successful. Abigail indeed. Probably not too much influence in the markets today because earlier today on the open, really small moves. It was as the day got going that the gains continued, especially for the tech stocks on the day. A real head scratcher because we have a they were we do not have any positive macro data on economic front, and we also dont have any negative data relative to the macro either except for the further out uncertainty around the election and u. S. And china relations. Here we have the big tech stocks you were talking about once again climbing to the nasdaq 100 and faang index both at record highs. The faang index now up 115 since its march low. Apple is just incredible, up more than 5 today. Split does notck create value. Inter