this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and sue herera. high stakes. tomorrow's employment report takes on added importance as investors try to determine whether the labor market is healthy or has in fact lost its mojo. >> milk money. a french yogurt-maker makes its biggest acquisition in almost a decade, and it's putting its faith in the fast growing market for organic food. age discrimination? google has publicly addressed gender and racial imbalance in its workforce. now a lawsuit alleges another issue. all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for thursday, july 7th. good evening, everyone and welcome. an is high. the release of the monthly jobs report is always important, of

course, but tomorrow's taking on added significance, not just to wall street but to main street and washington as well. hiring in may showed its weakest gain in more than five years. the anemic report shocked just about everybody, and it cemented the federal reserve's decision not to raise interest rates. then came another surprise, the brexit, and tomorrow's report will determine whether may's weak showing was an anomaly or the start of a new and worrying trend for what has been one of the strongest parts of the economy, so here's what's expected. consensus is for non-farm payrolls to rise 165,000. the unemployment rate may tick higher to 4.8% and average hourly earnings are expected to gain.02%. two new pieces of data point to a strengthening labor market and could bode well for that report tomorrow. payroll processor adp released its monthly report showing the creation of 172,000 private sector jobs last month.

part of the gain is due to small businesses ramping up hiring. in a separate report, the labor department said initial claims for unemployment benefits fell 16,000 last week, and that drop puts jobless claims close to a 43-year low. >> so le anthony chan for more on what he's expecting from tomorrow's jobs report. he is chief economist with chase. anthony, good to see you again. welcome. >> great to be here. >> what are you expecting tomorrow? >> i'm looking for a number that's north of 170,000. as you mentioned, the adp report was very encouraging last month, as you are well aware. that report actually exaggerated the -- the strength, and missed the forecast by almost 150,000. i don't think that will happen two months in a row. that report was strong again this month. i think will show up in the payroll numbers. >> so what happened last snunt why was it so low, 38,000? what went wrong? >> well, the adp report sometimes has a little bit of a spotty record.

also had the verizon strike that basically ed about 35,000 workers. they are not counted in payrolls when they are on strike. this month they are back to work so you've got to add another 35,000. that's another reason to expect more strength. but before we panic, we know the federal reserve tells us all you need is about 100,000 or so jobs being created every single month just to absorb the natural growth in the labor force, so any number north of 100,000 is actually good news. >> you know, anthony, broadening it out a little bit, how important is this report to the federal reserve in light of the fact that we have some financial turmoil with the brexit. we also have oil prices that really have been hit hard, especially in today's trading session, and interest rates are hitting new lows. >> it's a very important report, and the reason for that is if you look at the fomc minutes, you can see quite a bit of anxiety on the part of the federal reserve officials because of that employment report, so they almost absolutely need to see this number recovering and be above

100,000. my suspicion is it will be a lot stronger than that, and they also need to see wages picking up because consumer spending is going to be very robust in the second quarter, and they want to know that that sort of robust pace of consumer spending, that's two-thirds of the economy, that it continues well into the second half given the brexit concerns. everybody knows it's going to be a hit to united kingdom growth, a hit to eurozone growth and less of a hit to the u.s., but nonetheless it will be a hit, so we need to see other things working a lot better. >> so i know this isn't your -- isn't your forecast, and i hesitate to ask you about something that you don't think is going to happen, but i'm going to do it nonetheless. what if this number comes in below that 100,000 figure is more in line with the prior month. how worried would you be about the u.s. economy in that case? >> well, in that case i would be very concerned about the economy. we know that if you start to get one number on top of another number that suggests weakness. you have to worry, but, remember. those initial unemployment claims, when you look at the four-week moving average during

the week that the government takes the survey, we're much lower than the private month. >> right. >> usually consistent with a much stronger number and guess what, even this week's initial unemployment claims were even lower, and that would suggest that not tomorrow's number but even the next month's number is actually going to -- >> i love this. man, anthony, you come back any time. that is great. >> love enthusiasm on "nbr." love your passion. anthony chan with chase. >> love that, whoa! on wall street stocks weighed down by a drop in crude prices finished mixed ahead of the junes job report. not even a deal in the food sector could increase the buying. more on that acquisition in a moment. the dow jones industrial average was off 22 points to 17,895, the nasdaq was up 17, and the s&p 500 fell slightly to 20.997. oil prices tumbled 5% to about a two-month low after government data showed a smaller than expected weekly decline in crude oil inventory.

>> so now on to thatted into deal we just mentioned. paris-based danone has agreed to acquire organic food-maker whitewave for about $10 billion which sent shares ofwhitewave which owns brands lick silk, horizon and earthbound up 18% and as sara eisen reports the food industry an increase in merger activity. >> reporter: another food compan is in the shopping bag. whitewave which makes horizon milk and earthbound getting school board up by french yogurt giant danone y.? well, it doubles donion's u.s. business and gives it access to fast growing brands and growth, something food and beverage companies have been starving for. the problem. consumer tastes have changed. the economy globally is challenging, and innovation in this area has been hard to come by, so large companies are either buying small faster growing rivals like danone and whitewave or they are going at it alone, ramping up their innovation machines, hoping to grow by launching new products

that match mainlyial tastes. that's certainly pepsi's strategy. >> a lot of food and beverage companies are struggling for growth and are reshaping their portfolios to hit the expectations. over the last ten years we've reshaped our portfolio already to be consistent with expectations. >> reporte pepsi's new products have helped, but others have been voraciously buying. within the last two years alone general mills scooped up annie's and heinz swallowed kraft, combined two big companies to gain scale and cut costs. snyder's bought diamond foods known for its almonds for nearly $2 billion and pinnacle bat boulder brands which bought smart-maker in november and monday les tried to buy hershey but they rejected the deal but the deal is still on the table. as far as fast growing and organic companies, many are looking at hane's celestial that

owns all sorts of healthy brands and the healthy food companies are becoming harder and harder to come by in this growing age of food consolidation. for "nightly business report," i'm sara eisen. shares of humana dropped sharply on reports the department of justice plans to meet to discuss humana's deal with aetna. this is according to reports' antitrust regulators who have significant concerns over the proposed acquisition. officials will reportedly meet tomorrow with both insurers to discuss whether the deal will limit consumer choices for medicare health plans for the elderly. aetna announced its intention to buy humana about a year ago. humana shares fell 9.5% on the trade today. aetna also lower by almost 4%. and another health insurance deal is being questioned. the connecticut attorney general is raising concerns about the proposed anthem/cigna take over. george jepson says if the acquisition wins federal approval it could hurt

competition in the industry and lead to higher prices for consumers. cigna is based in connecticut, and according to "the hartford current" jepson's office is about two weeks away from wrapping up a review of the tie-up. on capitol hill the director of the fbi was at the center of a heated hearing today. james comey staunchly defended his decision to not recommend criminal charges against hillary clinton for her use of a private e-mail server while she was secretary of state, but that did not satisfy some lawmakers. hampton pearson watched it all. >> nothing but the truth. >> reporter: it was a marathon on capitol hill for fbi director james comey. defending the decision not to bring criminal charges against hillary clinton for her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state. again and again comey told lawmakers clinton's conduct was careless but not negligent, and there's only been one case in the last century where charges were levied. >> no reasonable prosecutor

would bring this case. no reasonable prosecutor would bring the second case in 100 years focused on gross negligence. >> oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz pushed back asking repeatedly if hillary clinton had lied during the investigation? >> did hillary clinton lie? >> to the fbi? we have no basis to conclude she lied to the fbi. >> did she lie to the public? >> that's a question i'm not qualified to answer. i can speak about what she said to the fbi. >> reporter: and comey strongly challenged the charge hillary clinton got special treatment. >> i just want the american people to know we really did this the right way. you can disagree with us, but can you not fairly say we did it in any kind of political way. we don't carry water for anybody. >> reporter: and there's this reaction from the hillary clinton campaign. a statement says despite the partisan motivations, they are glad the hearing took place and that director comey's explanations shuts the door on any lingering conspiracy

theories. for "nightly business report," i'm hampton pearson on capitol hill. miss clinton's campaign may say the door is shut hon any remaining conspiracy theories, but no one thinks the case is closed. john harwood comes to us from washington tonight. so john, they think that the door is shut on this and the case is closed. is it? >> reporter: well, it's shut legally. loretta lynch says she will accept the recommendations of the fbi investigators on this. now, jason chafetz did indicate today that he was going to try to send a referral to the fbi for a perjury case against secretary clinton. we'll see whether the department picks up that invitation to investigate that. i suspect they may not, but in any case this political issue is going to stay alive all the way through november because of the strength of the criticisms that james comey had about her carelessness in handling classified information. >> let's talk a little bit about the republican reaction to the hearing today and in light of this sort of non-indictment indictment, if you will, of miss

clinton. it would seem that republicans and mr. trump should be able to agree that this is a -- a fruitful path to run against mrs. clinton. did they come together, or was this meeting somewhat fractious? >> reporter: there were two meetings actually, and his meeting with the house, they did come together. members were very positive coming out of the meeting. paul ryan gave a statement saying that we're united in our resolve to defeat hillary clinton, so hillary clinton, there's no question is a binding agent, a unifying force for donald trump helping him pull republicans behind him. >> there have been some complaints though from republicans about mr. trump. >> reporter: that's right. and we heard some of those in the senate meeting, so first he goes to the house and has a meeting that was very positive. our own larry kudlow introduced him at that meeting and said that he felt members were coming together, but in the second meeting in the senate, you saw jeff flake, senator from arizona, colleague of john

mccain, the former vietnam prisoner of war stand up and say i'm the one who wasn't captured. i'm the senator who wasn't captured. he and donald trump had a sharp exchan he suggested that jeff flake may be in political trouble for distancing himself from him. flake reminded him he's not up for re-election this year and there's still some tension points and donald trump has work to do to pull the entire party behind him from leadership level to rank and file. >> it's going to keep being as interesting as it is has been all along. john, thanks so much. john harwood in washington. >> still ahead, just how rampant is age discrimination in tech-focused silicon valley? federal investigators now want to know.

eight u.s. airlines have been tentatively awarded flights to havana. they could start as early as this fall. the airlines named by the department of transportation are united, continental, delta, american, jetblue, alaska, frontier, southwest and spirit. these tentative plans are expected to be completed this summer. the move is the next step in restoring diplomatic ties with cuba the. a case of the munchies helps lift results at pepsi, and that's where we begin tonight's market focus. strong demand for the company's frito lay snacks as well as new drinks like propel-flavored water helped the company top earnings estimates. as a result, pepsi raised its guidance for the year. shares of pepsico briefly hit an all-time high of $109 per share before pulling back and ending up nearly 1.are 5% to 107.49. wendy's says customers'

financial information was compromised at more than 1,000 franchise-owned restaurants during a malware attack. the fast food chain first report it had earlier this year. the compsa hackers were able to steal card holders' names, credit card numbers and expiration dates. shares of wendy's were down eight cents to $9.55. same-store sales over at costco topped street estimates. sales in june remain flat at the giant retailer but that was still better than the 1 is.are 5% drop that analysts were expecting. shares of costco rose nearly 5% on the news to 163.70. june was a good month at the retailer l brand. same-store sales rose more than expected as the operator of victoria's secret and bath & body works said results were lifted by the timing of the memorial day and july 4th holiday but despite the beat sales were expected to remain flat or decline into the low single growth zone. shares fell 1.5% to 67.43.

jie paychecks to raise its quarterly dividend, software-maker will hike its dividend to 46 cents a share up from 42. in addition, the company will launch a $350 million share buyback program. paychecks down marginally on the trade today to $60.59. the anti-virus technology-maker evast software will buy rival avg technologies for more than a billion. avast says the merger will allow it to make more personal security products and increase its geographical presence. shares of avg surged more than 30% to 24.58. and the fda has put a clinical hold on a juno therapeutics drug trial, this after some patients died. the news is a big blow to juno therapeutics and its use of genetically engineered white blood cells to treat adult leukemia patients. shares fell more than 25%

initially in after-hours trading as you see on that graphic. san francisco is ground zero for the so-called gig economy which is made up of independent workers who can work where they want and when they want, but the big shift that's happening in the nation's labor market with the creation of on-demand workers isn't happening in the city that started it all. josh lipton has our story. >> reporter: here in san francisco startups are up ending and redefining entire industries from travel to food delivery and home services but online platforms are having a big impact on one area, the workforce of san francisco. that's the conclusion of a new report from ted egan, the city's chief economist. as of 2014, he found that about 30% of workers in san francisco were either self-employed or working less than 35 hours per week. that's roughly the same number as in 2000. in other words, startups that

rely on contractors to deliver food or clean homes haven't significantly changed the overall job landscape. egan says that's because in part many of these startups are still relatively young, but it's also because the san francisco economy is strong. >> our unemployment rate is less than 3% and jobs are very plentiful here for people who want them so you don't have a situation where people are forced into self-employment as much as you may have in other places where the economies are not as strong. >> more recent data corroborate egan's conclusions, that jpmorgan chase institute last year found that just 5% of workers in the san francisco area derive income from upline platforms, a small percentage, though larger than other cities. of course, there are some sectors where there has been an uptick in self-employment. transportation, for example, has been impacted bid ride-hailing apps like uber and lyft and looking ahead egan says he would

expect the gig economy to have more of an impact on the job market here as these startups continue attracting new users and the contractors who serve them. for "nightly business report," i'm josh lipton in san francisco. silicon valley's tech giant google sunday fire for its employment practices. according to a lawsuit filed in a california federal court, the equal employment opportunity commission, the eeoc is investigating multiple complaints filed against the company for age discrimination in hiring. but does this go beyond google? joanna leahy is a professor of economics at texas a & m university and bush school of public service. good to have you with us. from what you know, does silicon valley broadly speaking have an ageism problem, in other words, that they don't hire enough folks who are above say 40 or promote or may be a little too quick to fire them? >> well, it's hard to say for

sure if silicon valley specifically has an age problem. it's generally thought that it does, the fact that the workforce is so young might indicate that. >> what about this eeoc investigation? it seems to me that they wouldn't be investigating unless they thought there really was something going on at google that perhaps needs to be rectified. >> absolutely. the eeoc does not prosecute a lot of age discrimination claims unless they, you know, think that there really is strong evidence offer compelling evidence for discrimination problem wlmpt that goes beyond google it's hard to say. >> as i understand this -- these allegations, it has to do with hiring practices as opposed to promotion practices or firg practices. i would imagine that in a case like this it is harder to make it or to prove it in cases of

hiring than it might be in cases of promotion or firing where you would have an internal record of the person's performance. >> absolutely. that's absolutely correct. it's much easier for firms to discriminate at the hiring level precisely as you say because there's no record and so it enlists people at the hiring stage that say something, a smoking gun like oh, we don't hire old people. >> you're too old. >> yeah, unless you say something like that, people don't know are we -- did i not get the job because i was not the most qualified person or, you know, is there something else going on like age discrimination? >> but there were multiple claims of this so what does that say or allege about the culture at google? >> well, you know, it's -- it's hard to say. i mean, on the one hand it could be that google does have a problem with age discrimination.

that would be the most obvious answer, but it could also be just that, you know, older people are applying to googled and they are not getting hired for whatever reason. this will be really interesting to see how the eeoc case plays out. obviously either they must think that they have very strong evidence, compelling evidence, or -- or they want to send a message to silicon valley. >> exactly, yeah. >> that age discrimination is not okay but we won't really know until the lawsuit has been finisheded. >> this would be the kind of thing that would get other companies' attention, i would assume. >> absolutely. >> how the aggies going to be this fall, joanna? >> great as always. >> all right. good. joanna leahy with texas a&m university's bush school of government and public service. coming up, pets bring unconditional love to their owners and big business ideas to entreprene

here's what to watch tomorrow, folks. as we reported, the employment report for june will be released. expectations are for an increase of 165,000 non-farm payroll jobs. we'll find out whether consumer borrowing increased or slowed down in may when the fed releases its monthly consumer credit report and the energy markets will pay attention to the change in the number of active oil rigs. that's what to watch friday. >> mortgage rates have fallen to near record lows, according to the latest freddie mac data, the average 30-year fixed rate dropped to 3.41% this week. a shift in interest rate expectations, a vote in the uk to leave the eu and a strengthening dollar have all combined to hold treasury yields low.

the yield on the ten-year treasury is an indicator of whether mortgage rates will rise or fall. when yields drop, so do loan home rates. >> it's no secret that we spend a lot of money on our pets, right, miss sue. >> absolutely. >> my $5,000 cat's surgery. all that spending has given rise to a very lucrative industry and has created opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs. jane wells takes a look at some of the hottest trends for our furry friends. >> let me smell your breath. >> reporter: we treat our pets like they are humans. in fact we think they are humans. >> he's going to be your brother. >> reporter: actually, we love them more than humans. as universal's "the secret life of pets" hits theaters, the $60 billion-plus pet products industry is lapping up profits and spawning a new wave of entrepreneurs. >> we make harnesses, dresses, life jackets, backpacks. >> reporter: turning from computer programmer to tech titan creating goggles for dogs

called dogles used for sun protection to style. it's now a $3 million a year business and this veterinarian has created a line of medical marijuana products for pets sold in california dispensaries, even though vets cannot prescribe pot for pets yet. >> that's a good boy. >> the sky's the limit really in this industry because what we're doing is we're using medical marijuana for very common ailments, pain, arthritis, anxiety and these are common ailments that we see in the veterinary clinics every day. >> reporter: but no part of the pet industry may be growing faster than insurance. >> it's going to grow to i'm thinking $5 billion, $6 billion industry easily. >> reporter: figo pet insurance provides coverage for not only a $500 a year but it also has an app which let's owners access their pet's record in the cloud or find pet-friendly businesses. >> some reports say one out of every three or four tune 500

companies is offering pet insurance as a benefit or contributing or passing out a group dissghunt with 160 million dogs and cats as pets in america, we've come a long way since the days when lassie had to sleep outside on the farm, and oh, by the way, lassie was the first american pet to get insurance. for "nightly business report," jane welts, thousand oakes, california. >> those are your bassets? >> princess leah and eyore. >> all righty. >> now you know everything you need to know. >> dogles, that does it for "nightly business report" tonight. i'm sue herera thanks for joining us. >> thanks from me as well. i'm tyler mathisen. i'll be wearing my dogles tomorrow. >> see ya. >> i dare ya. -♪ we never did too much talkin' anyway ♪

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