♪ >>> this is report" with bill griffeth and suera he >>> alphabet soup.arningsparent beats estimates but sales come in lighter than analysts expected and shares initially sink. >>> tough questions. boeing ceo faces shareholders trying to gainhe tru that that has been shaking in some following a pair of deadly crashes. >> and knockoff nightmare. how one shark tank entrepreneur, american dream,urned into bad dream after her product got copy catted in china. all that and more tonight onig "nly business report" for th> nd we do bid you a good evening, everybody.e. welc the s&p 500 hit another all time high today and we will have more on that in a moment, b first we are heading into the busiest week of this earnings season. and after the bell tonight we got results from one of the biggest companies of all. google parent alphabet. the company after hitting a 52 week high initially took a hit tonight after its quarterly report showed revenue missed expectations. here are the numbers. alphabet earned $11.90. more than a dollar better than expectations. revenue wa

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>>> this is "nightly business report" with bill griffeth and. ♪ >>> it's over.pple and qualcomm have agreed to drop all litigation globally ending a heated legal e thn dragging on for years. >>> competition looms. netflix reports better than expected earnings, but its foreca left investors wanting more. >> show me the that's what zoom is doing making the rare tech start up that's a profitable will soon be publicly traded. those stories and m"ne for htly business report" for ooesday, april 16th. >> do bid you aevening, everybody. welcome. this was a good day for earnings reports and we will have more on that coming upn just a moment, but we begin tonight withhe dramatic end of a long-running legal dispute between two major tech players. late today, apple and qualcomm announced they have ended all litigation against each other worldwidt litigation t involved everything from patent infringement to theft. the two high-stakes trial started yesterday and as we reported, the central issue is the royalties that qualcomm charged apple for the smartphone technology the ma

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>>> this is"nightly business report" with sue herera and bill griffeth. >> amazon challenge. ceo jeff bezos calls on his rivals toraise woray and the biggest retailer of them all strikes>> back. surprising winner, as fast-growing start-ups go blic, there's one company that appears to be coming out on top. >>> target big business. a trillion dollar tax proposal is taking aim at some of the biggestompaniesn ie nation. those stories and much more tonight on "nightly business report" for thursday, april 11th. >> good evening, everyone, and welcome. we begin tonight with the world's richestan amazon's ceo jeff bezos and the dare that he lay down to rival retailers. in his annual letter to shareholders, bezos challenged amazon's competitors to top its $15 an hour minimum wage saying that they' coun boeing, will benefit if retailers compete on pay. his invitation stands in stark contrast to his usual shareholder letters t have historically outlined amazon's long-term strategy, but as what solomon reports, that wasn't tht cas year. >> amazon's jeff bezos did not hold back. today i ch

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>>> this is "nightly business report" with sue herera and bill griffeth. >>> win streak snapped. the s&p and its string of gains thanks to fresh trade tensions and the possibility that they ly may never f go away. border bottleneck. the aut industry faces a new challenge and it's coming from the dividing line between the s. and mexico and rising rents. why it's not just home prices that are sky high in some markets. those stories and more tonight on "nightly business report" for tuesday, april 9 ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, everyone and welcome. bill is off this evening. there wa o a sense nervousness on wall street today not only is aboutarnings season to start, but also because of trade. that caused the s&p 500 to halt an eight-day rally and push the treasury yields lowe it fel 190 points to 26,150. the nasdaq dropped44 and the s&p 500 gave back 17 and today's trade issue wasn'ut a china. instead, it was about the european union. kayla tausche has the details. >> it's the salvo since the u.s. trade the u.s. trade representative outlining $11 billion in european goodsubct to new tariff

>>> ts is "nightly business report" with bill griffeth and e herera. >> big techcomeback. a group closes at a new high, a big move considering it s battered and bruised just a few months ago. >> shifting gears, the major automakers are embracing electric vehicles and making green more affordable for drivers. idea? can a company known for its gold box of chocolates find it into an ultra competitive industry. those stories and more tonight on "nightly business report". >> we do bid you a good everybody and welcome. sue is off tonight, but don't , comes it is higher in the past few months and today the nasdaq 100 closed at a record high. tra index is on companies the nasdaq which is made up mostly of technology stocks. it's abl remar turnaround for a group that was beaten down just a few months ago. rtha coombs starts us off tonight. >> the nasdaq 100's gains today were driven by apple and firm qualcomm after the tech giants announced they had settled their longstanding patent dispute. tech names dominate on the nasdaq 100 and it has been tir strong recovery in 2019 that has

♪ ♪ >>> this is "nightly business report" with bill griffeth and sue herera. >>> welcome to wall streetnterest andoom make their trading debuts. both stocks soar, but are vestors in them for the long haul? >> rebound. netail sales posted their biggest g since 2017 and that's lifting the outlook for economic growth. >> behin the eel, the car is fast, it's rare, it's expensive d it's already sold out. >> those stories and much more tonight on "night business report" for this thursday april the 18th. >>> a we do bid you a good evening, everybody, and welcome. sue is off tonigh there was high drama in washington today with the release of the mueller report, but wall street was more focused on a couple of veryhigh-profile ipos. pinterest and zoom, two fast-growing silicon valley start-ups. they made their trading debuts becoming the latest in a wave oe offerings coming to market. hey operate in very different businesses. pinterest allows you to post images on your digitalrd billb while zoom is a videoconferencing company, but both stocks soared in their debut today. pinterest is listed at th

♪ >>> this is "nightly business report" with bill griffeth and sue herera. >> good evening, everyonend welcome to this special edilyon of "nigusiness report". >> april, if you don't know is financial literacy month devoted to teaching americans how to establish and maintain healthy financial htits. >> and ts a little bit of what we're hoping to do tonight. >> we start with a few f statisti you. according to the federal reserve, 40% of americans don't even have $400 set aside for an emergency. 25% haveothing saved for retirement and a recent survey by cnbc and financial technology firm acorns show that more than a third of t respondents don't make enough money to meet their needs and to save. by the way, nbc universal and comcast ventures are investors comcast produce this program so as you heard fr the problem is complex and it's not a simple one toe, so but we invited a financial planner at highland financial advisers to help us tackle that. so reid, always nice to have you here >> thank yo sue. let's start with the basics. why is it so important to start one, early and als learn ab

here is bill griffeth, morgan and bill welcome, everyone.e a look at shares of lyft trading back above their ipo price. price was $72 and may be back above the key number and highs of $78 a share also, still one of the most expensive stocks to short. full hope for investors with the rebound. what do we think >> wonder if the founders have regretted it yet ipo regret yet with all the scrutiny and the, you know -- >> facebook had the same thing and look where they are now. they jumped 50% the first six months and no one remembers that now. everyone at the time, what a n disaster, they couldn't do anything >> remember when the ceo. >> ipo was $72 and once it started trading, as you mentioned, the high was $88. that first day of trading if you were a retail investor, you're still upside down on those shares right now so, i think that is probably the folks that are maybe currently feeling the pain here. >> and wait until uber comes out. >> yes >> that is only going to get more fun >> levi, those were names that popped on the open and held it lyft

time for a cnbc news update with bill griffeth. l >> hello again, sara here's what's happening right now. u.s. supporters of embattled venezuelan president nicolas maduro have been warned to end a sit-in protest at the country's shuttered embassy in washington. the u.s. envoy to venezuela elie abrams says they have to leave >> the current state of affairs is not normal for venezuela. it is not acceptable for venezuelans. and i am absolutely convinced it is not venezuela's destiny >> meanwhile, french president macron unveiled a long-awaited plan to quell five months of yellow vest protests that have damaged his presidency he announced a series of measures responding to concerns over sinking purchasing power including a pledge to cut taxes for middle-class workers >>> and in tokyo they opened an exhibit at a single piece of graffiti thought to be the work of mysterious british artist banksy it is an image of a rat holding an umbrella. about 50 people lined up before the display opened banksy has not replied to requests to confirm tha

bill griffeth, courtney reagan be gentle with me, okay. take me through this here. first topic, nbc is reporting that at one point facebook considered making deals with third-party developers to help find out how much the data on its users is actually worth there was no deal struck here. they were just kind of fishing, bill >> am i missing something or i find it difficult to get agitated about the data sharing. the whole thing. now, data security i could get agitated about if they're not doing enough to protect the data that they have on me there. but data sharing, if it's going to improve my experience on facebook or online, if it's going to help me as a consumer, if they can, you know, retailers can reach to me because they shared data with facebook. but don't lie to me about it it could be a pr problem if you're doing it, have the courage of your convictions and admit that your data sharing or seeking to share data but don't lie about it >> that's what i think you could get agitated about facebook spending the last year and a half saying they care about your priv

>> we moved fast bill griffeth and kate rogers. >>> the cnbc stock draft kicks off thursday, noah cindergaarblowry thursday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on cnbc. >>> now, economist john maynard cains predicted nearly 90 years ago by now people would work 15 hours a week up next, a closer look at how the changing economic and political landscapes have actually given rise to workism in america >>> welcome back look at the dow 30 heat map off the session highs of 185 points higher united technologies and merck are the biggest gainers. procter & gamble which fluctuated since earnings this morning is the biggest laggard in the blue chips. >>> the 40-hour work week is no longer the standard for professionals, often putting extra hours at the office and at home according to one great economist t wasn't supposed to be this way. the famously prediction we'd all be working 15 hours a week seen even as we've grown wealthier americans are working just about as much as ever the rise of workism is showing up all over social media, where millenials are postin postinposting #thankgo posting #thankgoditsmondays and

and here is courtney reagan, bill griffeth and contessa it can now manage tasks like tracking shipmentsading blood results. >> alexa would be able to transfer sensitive, personal, health information what could go wrong? >> they had problems where people's voices got out, they weren't supposed to be recording. >> i want some privacy assurances i know apple is very large on privacy and they make that known to us. i would feel more comfortable knowing exactly how this is protected. whether or not this is hiipa compliant or not tell me how. i think we need some technology to help improve our health care system, but it has to be iron clad and i don't know if that is really possible. >> but banking is safe and secure and we trust banks to safeguard our information. >> do we >> do we >> enough to use them. >> i am going forward with that. amazon says this new software is hiipa compliant and it meets the regulations and, listen, for people who are suffering various degrees of disability this could be a huge boost and regardless of our privacy concerns, this is the wave of the future this is wha

here with takes and breaking down the stories bill griffeth, courtney reagan and special guest phil lebeau don't get here often. good to be here. >> welcome aboard. >> oh, no. i'm not going into the poop cruise story again that's last time no more. >> oldies but goodies. >> a much more serious story and glad you're here, phil "wall street journal report"ing pilots followed boeing's emergency steps initially turns off the flight control system responsible for pushing the plane's nose down. later i guess they turned it back on. that was shortly before the plane crashed. what's that mean for boeing? >> i've independently confirmed this in general terms unclear here because we don't have the initial report from the ethiopian authorities. hoping maybe overnight we get it a question what exactly did the pilots do? that brings into question not only the system, how it operated, did it misfire did it malfunction, how did it possible do that but also the actions of the pilots that's the big question here were they -- did they actually glow through the proposal wall exactly as they should have when