the drug removes buildupald plaques from the brain thought to be responsible for alzheim s alzheimersile similar drugs failed, the key, theer drugs given to patients with the earliest stages of the disease. >> if we can intervene eearly, can reduce or slow accumulation. >> it's important to detect this as early as possible. >> absolutely. >> while researchers will continue to study this drug, they'v asked thefda to fast track approval. the news today tiving hope those like 41-year-old greg donovan who lost both his fat and grandparents to the disease. >> it's a v criticalal need. and there's so much human suffering involved with alzhei alzheimer's. i hope the research continues. >> also today, we learned about some new research tt shows a link between motherhood and zheimer's. the study of 15,000 women found that those hose had three or more children were 12% less dementia develop compared to women with only one child. the reason is unclear but it could be linked to the hormone changes that happen during pregnancy. almost two-thirds of the people with alzheimer's are women. >> mark zu

percentage gain in 14 years, this after the company released positive results on its experimental alzheimer's s thdy showed that at the highest dosage that drug slowed the progression of the disease and while that is promising, the chairman of the company says there is still more work to be done. >> it's nots if we improved the condition or wed stabili the decline. it slowed downli the d so it's the first step and it's an encouraging first step, but only the first step and we need to do a lot more. >> thetock soared more than 19% making it the be best-performing stock on the s&p 500 today. >> time to take a look at the upgrades and downgrades and we begin with apple and their price target was at $210 over luke capital. it cited momentum in its business service excess another phone expected to be introduced in the fall. the firm maintained a buyon ratg the stock. shares rose more than 1% to 187.97. >> advanced autoparts saw its price target raise to $555 at argusesrch. the firm cited the company's ability to reduce costs and improve inventory management. theating remained the same at a buy. the

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alzheimer's. >> it's something. we've got to learn so much more about this. s we were just discussing, so many studies aboutzh mer's disease that give conflicting information. we still have a long way to go. >> yeah, we do. thanks, doreen. >> thank you both. promising news about a drug used to treat alzheimer's. the drug companyn bioj is about to announce what they say could be a breakthrough in treating the disease. there is also new research about blood pressure and your risk for alzheimer's. nbc news medical correspondent looking at res is all of this. catch his report tonight on "nightly news" with lester holt after news 4 at 6:00. >>> let's g back to that lovely forecast that we have. >> you know, theeh scened us isn't getting any better just yet. how long do we have to wait, guys? >> well, guys, the scene behind us quite amazing. it's really pouri in parts o downtown. you were saying what? >> it looks like dawson outside. what is the down in the "batman" movies? >> gotha take a look at this right now. nhis is from our station here i rt noboy, it is just n

a driver for the s&p 500 up 18.9% in after alzheimer's drug and show positive results.nced take a look atnd apple and microsoft. a bumpy ride on trade fears, investors buying that the. on the week we have the major averages on pace for their first up week for the s&p 500 and the nasdaq. this is the five-day chart. it has not been a smooth road. we had that bumpy road around trade fears. 1.6%.s strength up the dow breaking a three-week losing streak. some strength here for these major averages and behind the gains of the s&p 500 if you use the member ranked return function, on bottom constellation brands, is are some of the names that investors are fearful could be hit by an all-out trade war. up 23%. other health care winners, lots of strength here for the health sector. but interesting. if we go across asset class, it is a risk on week but when we go across asset classes is not quite so much. bonds are rallying and we have and the fear, index is down. it will be interesting to see if this mixed picture will lead to a bit of volatility next week. scarlet: thank you. let

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early stages of alzheimer's disease magistrate said wilson had shown no remorse for failing to report the repeated abusive to altar boys paedophile priest during the one nine hundred seventy s. when millington australian forecaster a.b.c. was outside the court in newcastle. the magistrate robert stone today sentenced philip wilson to a period of detention of twelve months but he stopped short of sending him to jail it's likely that that detention will be his home detention now he's still the archbishop of adelaide he stepped aside from his duties but he's refused to stand down in the church as yet as yet still hasn't forced him to resign so we're waiting to see if this will force his hand in that matter to the trial was extended today so he has walked free of court and he will return to court in august when his assessment for home detention will be complete israeli government has been given the go ahead to deduct some three hundred million dollars a year from the budget of the palestinian authority politicians passed a law allowing the money to be taken from taxes and tariffs the israeli government collects on the authorities behalf accuse the palestinian authority of payin

stages of alzheimer's disease much they said that wilson had shown no remorse for failing to report the repeated abuse of two altar boys by a paedophile priest during the one nine hundred seventy s. well ben millington from australia broadcaster a.b.c. has more from outside the court newcastle. the magister robert started today sentenced philip wilson to a period of detention of twelve months but he stopped short of sending him to jail it's likely that that detention will be served as home detention now he's still the archbishop of adelaide he stepped aside from his duties but he's refused to stand down in the church as yet as yet still hasn't forced him to resign so we're waiting to see if this will force his hand in that. trial was extended today so he has walked free of court and he will return to court in august when his assessment for home detention will be complete or thirty's in indonesia are scrambling to rescue more than one hundred forty passengers from a ferry that sank off the coast of sin away zee island killing at least twelve the disaster comes in the wake of last month's the sinking of an overcrowded ferry on the southeast asian nations lake which will produce of

s&p 500 higher by 8% and the russell 2000 continues its steady higher march. shares of biogen soaring today after the company announced a successful trial of its alzheimer's drugin us in an exclusive interview in just a few minutes. joining us on our panel today, are investors saying, yes we know the tariffs went into place today, but we're not that worried this is going to turn into something much bigger >> well said i think that's exactly what they're saying and when you look at what's been moving in the market, it is things that are likely going to avoid any sort of trade war ramification. we're going to see these small caps continue to do well stocks that benefit from a stronger dollar have done well our energy companies have done very well. and if you look at our multinationals, they haven't done quite as well the large caps haven't done quite as well. what the investors are telling us is they like american theme, american stocks, the dollar is strong and look, the dow has held ground at the 200-day moving average. the s&p 500 has held ground. we have the nasdaq or russell at or near all-time highs this is much better market than a feels. it feels bad bec

s&p 500 more so .- biogen it is on pace for its best day since 1999, on paper, right now, it's best day since 2007. this is because of the company's alzheimer's drug, a potential $30 billion market. as for tech strength, a lot of andstors cheered amg twitter. amd may be in sympathy with bitcoin, up 10%. twitter, look at this. a $17 stock. easy comps for the year. investors like it. the shares of today as well. and apple and microsoft. as we hacked back into the bloomberg, energy the third best sector for the s&p 500, oil up on the day by 1%. these are the weekly moves for oil this year. overall, up 22% this year. out,i would like to point after gaining 13% over the last two weeks, oil is down just slightly, on pace to perhaps snap that streak. but overall recently oil has been pretty strong. not in dimonuld uptick, could you, abigail? coming up, one of the most important decisions president trump will make -- whom to put on the supreme court for life. an authority on the court on what goes into the decision. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is bloomberg markets: balance of power. we turn to kailey leinz for first word news. >> t

illnesses, whether it is cancer or a rare disease or alzheimer's, there are conditions that are costly to americans of all ages and their families. s sadly, we each know too well the financial and human toll that diseases place on our friends and our communities. one of the most impactful positions of the 21st century cures created the nih innovation account in treasury. this account funds projects like those related to precision medicine initiative, the brain research through advancing innovation and neuro technologies initiative, cancer research and regenerative medicine. the base and breadth of biomedical research continues to accelerate and as we now have treatments to cure diseases such as hepatitis c which was once unimaginable, yet there is still much we do not know especially regarding the neuro genre testify diseases. 21st century cures included a provision for a certificate system. prior to cures there was no requirement or authorization to provide certificate of neurologic disease but this changed thanks to cures, specifically this section of law requires the secretary of the department of health and human services to cr

s&p and nasdaq snapped a recent losing streak of two weeks. russell 2000, tech, all up arrows. facebook new high, apple near the highs. biogen, well that trial success for awls heimers -- alzheimer's, big move for biotech. winning week. back to you guys. david: thank you, nicole. happy friday. phil, oil was up a little today but down for the week, snapping a two week winning streak. that is good news for the week. >> it's a good news if you're a buyer of oil, no doubt about it. a lot of concern in the oil market about more production coming online from saudi arabia but even a bigger concern, dave, this week was concerns that a potential trade war could actually lower global oil demand. but it seems like oil traders shook off those fears later in the day. that strong jobs number in the u.s. means strong oil demand obviously. also there are some talk that south korea is going to join the united states and get zero oil from iran. they will join president trump's call for zero oil exports. that was a very supportive story. you have to look at the atlantic, dave. there is a category one hurricane in the atlantic. david: yes. >> it's a small storm, hurricane beyrl. but it could empact f

alzheimer's first survivor. join the fight at alz.org/walk. >>> i'm aditi roy with the market wrap. major indices closing firmly in the green as the nasdaq hit an all-time high. the dow gaining 55 points, sints. and nasdaq up 49. and jerome powell saying in senate testimony that for now the best way forward is to keep gradually raising the federal funds rate. powell also remarked on the ongoing trade dispute saying its effect on the economy will bepr. that is it from cnbc. now back to "mtp daily." >>> i have the strongest respect for our intelligence agencies headed by my people. we have great people, whether it is gina, dan coats or any of them. we have tremendous people. tremendous talent within the agencies. >> welcome back. the intelligence community along with the rest of us is likely feeling whiplash. and what you just heard was president trump today giving support to u.s. intelligence agencies. that after yesterday's news conference when mr. trump simultaneously expressed confidence in them even as he rejected their conclusions about russia's interference in the election. >> i have great confidence in my intelligence people, but i will tell you that president putin was extremely s

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biogen down 3.5% today the alzheimer's data released last week is pretty ambiguous weighing on some of the other names as well. strength big source of for both the nasdaq and the s&p 500. here's an intraday chart at the highs. best day since 2009. right now up 3.9% on pace for it best day since 2011. they beat earnings estimates by 5.8%. againes in line and once snacks driving the growth and finally some other top movers for the s&p 500. we are taking a look at southern company as we have barclays initiating with an overweight. that's a utility company. as we havearly 2% wells fargo positive on executive changes that will really sustain perhaps a long-term turnaround and then finally quest diagnostics up 1.8% raise to an outperform at ever for isi with analysts saying that lab stocks are a haven in these times of uncertainty. a pretty interesting call. vonnie: abigail doolittle, thank you. shery: wall street kicks earnings season into high gear with reports from citigroup, wells fargo, jpmorgan and pianist the financials. nick.g us now is brian will earnings offset the downside risks of a trade war? >> that seems to be the pattern this year. during this vacuum p

s. >> wack back to biolunch the so being is up more than 14% since friday when the drug maker announced positive results from a phase two trial of its alzheimer's treatment. the next updated the stock saying the market overreacted to the news brian, welcome to the show >> thanks for having me, melissa. >> last week when we were talking about the results from p.a.n. 2401 the term proof of concept was being used is that stretching it in yoo you are view >> i don't think proof of concept is a stretch at all. you know, i would make an argument that we've already demonstrated some level of proof of concept by some assets. one in particular from biogen already. you know, i just take this as kind of a nominally positive data point not a hugely significant data point. doesn't seem to impact the shares on friday >> called is a seismic move in terms of the stock's gain of $13 billion in market cap. where should the stock be valued right now in your view >> so my price target is at 323. i think this is with a 35% probability of success for -- i saw no reason to really change that meaningfully. it was my price target going into friday. it's my price target

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s the popr recovers in a hospital. >>> why facook lost $150 billion overnigh b inside thegest stock decline ever. and breakthrough. de promising newrug that could be a game changer in the battle againster alzheim today thursday, july 26th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savnah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> dyhey, every welcome to "today". thank you for joining us. savannah is on. assignme we have craig with us today and i know a story in the headlines catching people's attention is alzheimer's and maybe some help in store. >> some potential bew and good news for families. >> let's get right to the breaking news. a powerfuxpsion outside the u.s. embassy in beijing. kelly joi us with the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: hoda and craig, this was a relativelyin explosion but it happened in a veryy diplomatica sensitive area. in addition to the u.s. embassies, there was a lot of smoke whensihis exp occurred in broad daylight. it was heard blocks away and chinese authorities reacted very this video on social media taken seconds after the explosion shows smoke filling the street right outside the u.s. embassy gates. on lookers app

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