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global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i m alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. bloomberg technology is net. next. emily: i m emily chang and mrs. bloomberg technology. blackberry back under pressure as shares dive less than a year after it went all in on software. we will break down the first order miss that ended the canadian company s 2017 winning streak. suddenly change in china. we have highlights from the biggest stories this week in tech. more portfolios in africa start to diversify from oil, we take a closer look at the emerging. our deep dive into the bc climate on the continent and how it stacks up against the competition. first, to our lead. blackberry shares plummeting more than 11% in friday trading. the company getting a speedbump in its quarterly earnings report grea. the company missed analysts estimates for total revenue. before today, blackberry shares had risen this year. most of it ....
good friday morning. a warm welcome to worldwide exchange on cnbc. i m wilfred frost. i m seema mody in for sara eisen. happy friday to you. i was going to say the same to you took the words out of your mouth. happy friday to everyone watching let s look at the global market picture. we were essentially flat for the week coming into today for the dow and s&p. higher by about 1.3% for the nasdaq ahead of today s trade. futures pointing to a modest positive open. 30 points, just shy of that for the dow. 13 for the nasdaq, 13.p for t3 nasdaq an energy led story, the sector down 3% for this week. it is the worst performing sector, 9 out of 11 sectors have been in negative territory the week to date average return has been propped up by the tech sector the nasdaq the out-performer of the three indices. oil prices have been front and center all week. slightly higher today by a half percent. slightly higher by half a percent yesterday. as things stand now we ll look ....
if you check out crude oil, which is probably the biggest market story we ve been watching for a week or so crude oil yesterday was up slightly to 42.74. this morning up to 42.84 you re still talking about wti below $43 a barrel. america s 34 largest banks did well in the stress test. the results show even during a large recession large banks would be well capitalized and could support homes and businesses when times are tough. the second part of the stress test will be released next wednesday. there are talks about whether things might have loosened up a bit with the fed. doug parker says he is not happy with qatar airlines plan to buy a 10% stake in the company. parker telling phil lebeau he found out about it yesterday parker telling cnbc s phil lebeau he found yesterday s offer confusing, adding why an airline we re aggressively fighting would want to take a stake makes no sense he wonders if the motivations were misguided and ill conceived. they have been figh ....
good morning welcome to squawk alley. joining me this morning, sarah eisen and mike santoli and the the senate s new health care plan in a joint statement, rand paul, ted cruz, mike lee and lee johnson say it doesn t do enough to repeal obamacare. republicans can only afford two no votes the aarp, american hospital association and others have also come out against this bill health care stocks, though, surging following the draft s release. they re on pace for the best week of the year maybe some profit taking today but still, more than 3% for the group overall. walter, what s your prediction how does the next week unfold when it comes to health care on capitol hill well, i think that senator mcconnell is a very savvy operator i think he wins either way if he can pull this off and have a vote and have it succeed, that s fine. if not, he gets to move on to what i think he would consider or i would consider the more important parts of the agenda right now which is tax ....
a military chief will seek a six-month delay before letting transgender people in list according to the ap. service leaders rejected army and air force are west for a two-year way. the defense secretary will make the final decision. the supreme court will issue the last opinion of his nine-month term on monday. the court has six arguments waiting for decision. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i m alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. bloomberg technology is net. next. emily: i m emily chang and mrs. bloomberg technology. blackberry back under pressure as shares dive less than a year after it went all in on software. we will break down the first order miss that ended the canadian company s 2017 winning streak. suddenly change in china. we have highlights from the biggest stories this week in tech. as more portfolios in africa start to diversify from oil, we take a closer look at the emerging. our ....