melissa, back to you. >> thanks, josh lipton, in cupertino.uy adami, we go with apple here >> it is a great quarter here is what i mentioned josh mentioned margins gross margins for the company were spot in line. i guess it is okay news. the really good news, services came in close to 70% the higher margin business, now services is 21.2% of the overall revenue mix. that's a really good thing there are some things you can nitpick with yes, wearable is much better, iphones maybe a slight disappointment the guidance is great. how do you trade the stock at 2.17 and change? it is coming up against the level we saw last year august the high was 227 1/2 or so does it fail here? my sense is it might be in for a pause. >> expectations were low going into particularly the revenue services number. >> remember, it was a stock down 40% last year, it was down 20% in may so the response here i think is very telling of a bar being very low. when i look at the action here, getting above 215 after hours is a breakout i think it will give a run at the old high y

jon fortt standing by on intel, but starting with josh lipton who is covering intel. sh. >> kind of oppenheimer's jaabou the print. there's concern about the company heading into the print they accelerating, jumping 21% this refers to a metric that tracks the company's coore profitability, up 16%. he notes a lot of hedge funds were short this name, explaining the pop in the after hours when you are having that kind of move you are allowed to take a victory lap. here is cfo ruth porat on the print. take a listen. >> once again our results were driven by ongoing strength in mobile search in particular as well as youtube and cloud. our total revenues reflect an acceleration in reported and constant currency revenue growth across all regions compared with first quarter. >> melissa, the ceo was also on the call and gave metrics about cloud business he said google cloud reached an annual revenue run rate of over $8 billion, so lifting the curtain a bit. that's something investors want, more disclosures from google, and you are getting new metrics. google cloud has the new ch

josh lipton has re. >> it is officia kyle giedorf aka bugga is the best fortnite player on the planet. a 16-year-old gamer fro pennsylvania, he just won the first ever fortnite world cup. his prize. $3 million. the largest single payout in e-sports history. it took place at arthur ash stadium in new york city. 59,000 tickets were sold and a whole lot more fans watched online. nearly 10 million views on youtube on the final day of competition. >> it fee amazing. i mean, i might be 30 years old but'm here. let's go. >> honestly, it is crazy. i did not expect this many people to show up and this many fans. it is an awesome experience all around. >> the event speakso the powerhouse that is fortnite, a game boasting 250 million players and $4 billion in revenue and showcases the popularity of e-sports. it might sound crazy to some but people really do like watching other people play video games p for bigze pools. 454 million people will watch e sporthis is year, a jump of 15% and a revngue gro 30% to more than $1 billion. mostly from media ghts, advertising and sponsorships. who is watchin

josh lipton has more. ew chip investors had been expecting good at the g-20 summit and they got it. presidentrump and chinese president xi jinping agreed over e weekend to proceed with negotiations. both sides said they didn't plan to levy newga tariffsst each other's products right now. >> we had a greatin me we will beontinuing to negotiate. chipat's welcome news for companies because china is a key market for them, as well as an important link in their supply chains. the smh, an etf that tracks the chs rose in today's trade and that's after surging higher in ne, its best month since september 2010. president trump also suggested that he would lift the ban on u.s. companies selling equipment to chinese tech giant huawei in cases that don't involve u.s. national security. analysts say that could benefit chip companies that count huawei as anor int customer. >> from a high level we think this benefits semi cap equipment. we don't think that will be deemed as a national security sk. that wil be applied products and at sml. secondly this benefits micron. they can ship as many chips as

lots to discuss with him let's drill in on the big stories we're watching josh lipton has a preview of apple's earnings sarah has more on under armour's big plunge josh, let's start with you >> so the question here is can apple sustain the momentum the stock is up more than 30% this year. it's up more than 40% since low and early january. after the bell we're looking for eps of $2.10 on revenue. that's basically flat on the top line investors are going to make a beeline for this company september guidance remember, apple typically does ship new iphones in late september. of course the expectations for that new iphone are kind of muted certainly when it comes to units and sales. many already looking ahead to that 2020 lineup and whether we see 5g enabled iphones at that point. guys, back to you. >> josh, thank you we look forward to those numbers. it will be the big thing in the second hour of the show. under armour plunging to the head of the back of earnings, sara, what are the key take aways? >> a rough day for under armour. a turn around is taking longer than wall street hoped for i

josh lipton has me. >> apex legends launched with a bang in february.to-play game for electronic arts quickly attracted 50 million players. the new season of the game officiallync lhed with a new charter, neweapon and what are called new skins, meaning new costumes for the chacters. ea executives say "apex legends" is the fastestam growing new the company has ever had and they think net bookis or adjusted net revenue from the game could be as much as $400 million in fiscal 2020. for all of the hype, analysts say the checks indicate that the initial fervo surrounding the game cooled. in pa, it is because t company didn't update the game as quickly as the competition, meaning this ge, "fortnite," another -tfreeplay battle royal game and a giant in the market. "fortnite" has racked up 250 million players and nearly $4 billion in estimated revenue. the game is free to play but earns money when gamers make in-game purases for item like weapons and costumes. so the question now is whether ea can parked ren interest in "apex legends" with the new eeason and gi

josh lipton starts us off tonight from apple's headquarters in cupertino, california. ♪ >> reporter:oday sel a range of products and services from the watch to music streaming but its bread and butter remains the iphone. iphone revenue in the quarter came in at $26 billion, that was roughly in line with what wall street was looking for. that was down 12%, but it is an improvement from their prior quarter. remember in q2 iphone revenue was down about 17%. part of the issue for apple with iphone franchise right now is that the replacement cycle is eotting longer. i meane are holding on to their iphones for longer. i asked tim cook whether his trade-in programs at the company are having a positive impact or are they tightening the replacement cycle cook telling me it was a key part of the improvements sequin she'll, meaning quarter over quar mr. also he tothe trade-in and financing program were key to results in china.bu for "nightlness report", i'm josh lipton, cupertino, . californ >>> dan morgan joins us to talk more about theumbers from apple. he is a portfolio manager with synovia

in a moment, it will be josh lipton on alphabet but we begin with deidre bosa on amazon. >> reporter:ig qn for amazon this quarter was could they reacti -accelerate growth. at 20% it was short of the levels of the last few yanrs. ile, profits took a hit, missing wall street's expectation and coming down from record levels. o azon telling investors expect more investment ahead as it continues to implement one-day shipping. deidre bosa, "nightly business >>> alphabet stock has been lagging the market this year, in part because of concerns about slowing growth, but the company just said its net revenues actuallyaccelerated, jumping 21%. jason hal steen says hedge funds were short alphabet too which move.explain the i'm josh lipton for "nightly business report", san francisco. >>> here is why these reports are so important. when taken together,zo a and alphabet make up 13% of the nasdaq composite index, and when you add in dow component intel, together they make up 7% of the s&p 500. >>> and that brings us to intel's quarterly results, which ew past earnings estimates and topped revenue f

josh lipton has the details. >> one area of focus for ibn investors, those newer technologies like cloud analytics, though are grouped together in the company's so-called cloud and cognitive io software div and it was up about 4%. mose catchery says it was a good neer. on the othand he says what we saw this quarter comes from less important areas of thean comp like services and global financing. net/net it is why healled it a mixed quarter. he maintains a hold on ibm. ghtly business report" i'm josh lipton in san francisco. >>> on wall street today the focus was on earnings and trade. stocks were under pressure most of this session, but even further late in the day on a report from the "wall street journal" that progress on a trade deal with china has stalled over issues involving controversial chinese telecom giant huawei. by the close the industrial average lost 115 points. we areown to 27,219. nasdaq was down 37, the s&p slipped by 19. now, even after today's decline stocks are near those new highs that were set on monday, but as earning season gets underway in earnest, mike santoli a

here is josh lipton. >> google could be inme the gove crosshairs in part because of the estimated 80%ket share in search. antitrust officials will have to decide if it is a monopoly harming consumers. but google officials recently testified on capitol hill, disputing that argument. >> foron example, whenmers search for information they can choose among amazon, yelp, microsoft, travelocity and many otheromnies like these that consistently report strong user growth. if you don't want to use google, there are many other information providers available. >> reporter: and then there is >> i don't think anybody reasonable is going to come to the conclusion apple is a monopoly. our share is much more modest. weon't have a dominant position in any market. >> reporter: but what about the company's app store? critics of apple and google's apptores argue that the companies favor their own apps, and as a result a whopping 70% oes to in-app spending the tech giants. apple also controls access to the app store. but some analysts thi antitrust case could be tough to make because it is not clear to th

for "nightly business report", i'm josh lipton, san francisco. >>> interest rates, credit quality andhether the ipo bonanza can continue are the t y thin watch for banks in the second half of the year. first up, yields. banks typically like high rates and a steeply-risingcuield e. that lets them borrow money at lower rates and lend at higher rates. they've got neither of those things at the moment. that means even if a fed rate cut does come it might not be so bad as will at least steepen the curve even as it lower rates and i should boost the economy which will help the banks. second, cret quality. banks' own credit quality has remained robust despite fears of a slowing economy. there are growing fears about the huge rise in leverage loans and direct lending, but this is not s much an issue specifically for the banks asra fereserve chair jerome powell recently stated, the fed feels banks are in a good place andhere concerned about nonbanks that made those sorts of loans. >>> third, the ip orkts bonanza, q 2 was strong for the banks. mnaicked up towardshe end of the quarter. can it co

software joining us now is andy hargreaves, equity research analyst at key bank capital markets, and josh lipton josh, let's start with you we talked last hour about what to watch for let's reprise that and continue the conversation josh >> tyler, apple heading into this report, the stock up more than 30% this year it's up more than 40% from its low in early january still about 10% off its all-time high we'll look for q3 eps of 210 on revenue of 53.4 billion. with iphone revenue about $26 billion. the street not expecting much there. remember, a year ago, it was closer to $30 billion in revenue. ceo tim cook has talked about levers he can pull regarding that franchise he talked in the past about the trade-in program we'll see what kind of impact it's having on the iphone franchise. a big focus on the faster growing higher margin services business analysts think that's going to jump about 15% to $11.7 billion, and focus on the september guidance, remember, apple does typically ship new phones at the end of september guys, back to you. >> thanks very much. let's bringen andy hargreaves. andy, what

josh lipton with those results josh >> sara, alphabet is reporting eps of $14.21.r $11.30 also a beat on revenue, up 19% to $38.94 billion. analysts had it closer to $32.8 billion. looking quickly, google properties revenue $27.3 billion, google ad revenues $32.6 billion. google other revenues, ameri$6.2 billion. other bets and revenue at $65 million. looking at total tack in the quarter at $7.24 billion tack is a percentage of google ad revenue, 22%. and paid clicks up 28% in the quarter year over year cost per click down 11%. guys, back to you. >> josh, thanks very much for that big jump, 6% due to that eps line beat. steph, to your point, it's all about margin it's more important for google, the bottom line, compared to amazon. >> absolutely. the name has been awful. it's lagged substantially pretty much to any other company and at a reasonable valuation relative to its growth. i didn't hear the number for the websi website's growth, but i think we'reall looking for that number did you see that >> google properties is slightly better than expected, $27.3 billion

is time for our wall street look ahead we have more earnings of course coming your way tomorrow josh liptonto microsoft. seema mody is covering chewy's first report as a public company. let's get to you first, josh. >> reporter: david, microsoft is up more than 35% so far this year, so that does best the tech secretarior and the market and i will say their checks indicate that during the quarter business momentum remains strong. that said, how much of the good news is now priced in? analysts note that looking ahead to the company's q1 comps are tougher, specifically for the intelligent cloud and more personal computing divisions investors will be focused on growth in microsoft's key cloud drivers, that's office 365, azure, and dynamics 365. just today microsoft announced that marquese deal for its new business, aligned with at&t using the azure infrastructure that deal is worth more than $2 billion back to you. >> thank you chewy is set to report its first result as a public company seema mody is going to tell us what to expect seema. >> reporter: amazon in response to prime day, the compan

let's get to josh lipton with the details. y, josh. >> i just caught up with mose and he covers the name he points to cloud and cognitive software division, the newer technologies, cloud and analytics, saying up about 4%. on the other hand he notes the margin improvement is coming from less important areas of the company, he says so global financing services it is why net-net he called it a mixed quarter and why he maintains a hold on the name ibm's jim kavanaugh is on the call he talked about the red hat ak which igs i -- acquisition, ibm's big bet on the cloud take a listen. >> this acquisition is an important milestone for ibm and one that will significantly impact the cloud landscape it is clear that the next chapter of cloud will be about shifting mission-critical work to the cloud and optimizing everything from supply chains to core banking systems >> and, remember, melissa, on august 2nd ibm will provide updated guidance reflecting the contribution of red hat. back to you. >> thank you, josh josh lipton in san francisco

watch at the exchange, steve liesman has highlights, elon moye, kayla tausche big technology and josh lipton news on microsoft >> dow at a record high, let's not quibble. s&p and nasdaq knocking on the door dow, january we hit, now at 27,000 the three stocks that mattered, biggest contributor visa the dow is a price weighted index. the price moves what is moves the index. visa contributed 420 points of the dow's 1,000 point rise since then the other second most important one, microsoft, contributed 350 points of the move in the dow jones industrial average since january 19th, when it hit 26,000 3m and the industrials, tough time, down 30% this year that cost the dow nearly 600 points believe it or not huge move to the downside for them. back to you. >> bob, thank you. fed pachair jerome powell wrappg up testimony and other fed officials making appearances steve liesman with the highlights of a busy day steve? >> didn't take long to hear from other fed officials. you know what fed chair jay powell signaling the rate cut coming at the end of july. talk about what some of the other folks have b

josh lipton in san francisco with the story josh, can ea regain the momentum and get all of those twitchiewers? >> reporter: that's right, deirdre. the new season of apex legends launches today, ea's free to play game. after its surprise debut in february, it quickly attracted 50 million fans. the new season includes a new character, new weapon, and new skins, in other words new gear and looks for the characters ea executives say it's the fastest growing game the company has ever had and bookings could be as much as $400 million in fiscal 2020. piper's mike olson tells me the initial fervor has in part subsided in part because the game wasn't updated as frequently as fortnite, a giant in the space it's racked up 250 million players and nearly $4 billion in estimated revenue according to super data research. question for investors, can this new season of apex legend spur renewed interest in this game and give ea a lift more broadly, olson believes the free to pay style is here to say, he thinks empa is well-positioned to capitalize on the trend. others are too, activision could make a str

. ♪ >>> welcome back to "fast money" we have got a news alert breaking right now on qualcomm josh liptonas the latest josh >> reporter: that's right, brian. headlines dropping here from qualcomm reuters is reported that the u.s. department of justice has asked a federal appeals court to pause in position of this antitrust ruling against qualcomm apparently with support from the energy and defense departments you recall back in may this judge ruled that the chip maker had violated antitrust laws, siding with the ftc, said qualcomm was suppressing competition. qualcomm disagreed with the conclusions and is filing for an appeal of that decision, but also asked the 9th circuit for a stay in other words put on hold two of the remedies until this appeal is heard, and now the u.s. government apparently saying, yes, you should grant that stay and qualcomm moving higher here in the after hours brian, back to you. >> guys, thank you very much josh lipton. stock is up about 3% on the news anybody here got a strong opinion on qualcomm? this has been a court case -- qualcomm and court case and litiga

on the ground there. >> yes, ingood, seema mody apple set to report ever at bell this afternoon josh liptonbe covering that from cupertino. >> josh. >> reporter: heading into this earnings report apple stock has enjoyed a strong move. seen it jump more than 30% this year up more than 40% since its low in early january and one big important question for investors today is this. how is apple miss in china real performing last quarter reported the greater china revenue of $10.2 billion and that was a drop of more than 20%. now at the time ceo tim cook told me that he was seeing signs of improvement in china though and specifically that the month of march, he said was better than the average for the quarter, and for that cook credited price adjustments, his trade-in program, and he called out easing trade tensions, but since then, of course, we know that trade sections, they have persisted between the u.s. and china. just this morning we saw president trump tweeting that the chinese in his words just don't come through, so how does this really impact apple's business in china, of course, a key

let's get to josh lipton in san francisco with more on this. y, josh. >> reporter: melissa, teams is microsoft's response to slack, and the company just released some big, new stats showing its traction, saying that the teams service now reaches more than 13 million daily active users, ahead of slack's last reported number, 10 million in the three months ended on january 31st microsoft providing this chart showing the growth microsoft, remember, includes teams in its office 365-bundle at no additional charge. as for slack, it made its debut on the new york stock exchange on june 20th, surging about 50% on its first day, but even before this news was down about 10% since then the company can't comment due to quiet period restrictions, but worth noting when it reported results back in june it had 645 paid customers with over $100,000 in annual recurring revenue, an 84% increase from a year earlier, and that large customers accounted for 43% of total revenue. it also stresses how engaged its users are. for example, it has noted in the past on a typ

josh lipton takes a look. >> this has broad com ceo'sdo . deals.e could be ready to make another big one. epbcts that broad com is in talks to acquire symantec, which makes cybersecurity software for both the enterprise and consumer. the two sides have been targeting a mid july anuncement, though the price is not set. so no guarantee a dea does get done. but the ft report said the transaction could be worth more than $15 billion. this is the play book buying compgies and buildin out a portfolio of products. urr example, acquiring for $6 billion for exp to the high margin storage market, and buying ca technologies for $19 billion. capitalizing on its profitable mainframe business. cnbc talked about his acquisition strategy. >> we're very good at creating, building sustainable businesses and innovation businesses we acquire. >> it doesn't always work out. the trump administration blocked qualcomm from pursuing last year citing national security concerns. analysts say this deal makes a strategic sense. though they acknowledge that br id comestors coul

elon is live john ford has the amazon angle for us julia boorstin on facebook and josh lipton on apple but, elon, sketch this out for us let's start with you >> well, kelly, the justice department is launching a broad review of potentially anti-competitive behavior in big tech it'll scrutinize leading online market platforms focusing on whether they are reducing competition, stifling innovation, or just otherwise harming consumers. in a statement assistant attorney general makan del rahim said without the discipline of meaningful market-based competition, digital platforms may act in ways that are not responsible to consumer commands they do not name specific companies but google, facebook, amazon and apple, they could all get caught up in this. this review is separate but related to the doj's ongoing inquiry into whether google and apple are month opolies. the doj said it will proceed appropriately. >> so, ylan, even the department of justice has two different probes into big tech one that as to whether they are monopolies, the other about anti-trust that's a lot going on. >> that is

the cfo spoke with josh lipton josh, shares are up 10% today.ng that off you are here with more >> kelly, clearly investors focused on what is going right for alphabet the company faces real potential challenges ahead like increasing regulatory scrutiny. the cfo doesn't dismiss that but suggested to me the company is prepared for it. saying we are already subject to oversight in a number of areas this is not new. competition or copyright or intellectual an prope property. google disclosing the cloud business on track to rake in more than $8 billion annually. is the company building out more porat said we recognize that acquisitions can be additive we are open to them where they make sense i asked about the peter thiel comments where they should be investigated because it is working with the chinese military a charge google denies she did not respond. back to you. >>> thank you, josh. let's hit the top tech stories from the power rundown alphabet surge twitter is soaring too amazon stumbling just a bit we have anthony joining us from aegis capita

key the stock up over 70% year to date best restaurant name so far, guys, back over to you. >> josh liptonitoring texas instruments. josh what, can we expect >> q2 eps of a $1.22 that would imply a drop of 10% on the top line rbc's mitch steves tell me he'll make a beline for q3 guidance looking for 3.8 billion from the company down close to double digits has a neutral rating because he doesn't think the company's big end market, automotive and industrial, will recover quickly. wilf, back to you. >> josh, thank you a preview of visa. >> wilf, visa has been on a tear so expectations are very high. anything short of what the street is expecting, eps of 1.22 could lead to a sharp drop an indication of consumer spending and thus the health of the economy. if bank earnings were any indication numbers should come in positive. as for future growth they're looking for b2 b space and updates on initiatives here and might be looking for news on libra if and how facebook's crypto currency could disrupt the payment space, back to you >> okay, dei, thank you very much i know you don't like buying them

seema mody watching the movers here josh lipton covering the surge in chip stocks and bertha coombs with the biggest movers at the nasdaq brian sullivan in svienna today >> after an eventful weekend in asia, we now wait to see what china will buy and how much, which companies get the commerce department licenses to sell to huawei and when trump administration officials will travel back to beijing for talks as they were expected to do in may before negotiations broke down the office of the u.s. trade representative said there are no scheduling announcements at this time president trump said he's not in a rush this truce, unlike previous truces, has no deadline morgan >> kayla, thank you. the s&p hitting a record intraday high earlier in today's session on the back of the headlines. seem wa mody has more. >> the s&p still up about .4%. and 2954, that's the level to watch to see if we can close at a record what is working for the market, financials have outperformed today. and even on friday, after a number of banks passed the fed stress test and also increased their dividends, a number of

movers and today's gdp print kate rogers is covering mcdonald's and deidre bosa has amazon and josh lipton watching alphabet. >> highs of the day and on pace for a record close, that gdp report showed that americans are spending more thanks to lower unemployment and higher wages. that story also showing up in a handful of earnings reports as well take a look at starbucks and mcdonald's, both all time highs. the question is can the trend continue in addition to the consumer names, take a look at retail some very tough first quarter earnings season for the retailers. and that earnings season sector starts next week and a number of them at 52 week highs. we're about 40% of the earnings season part of the story today of course is tech make text message players including alphabet moving to the up side driving the nasdaq higher as well back to you. >> and on the consumer front, gdp numbers out, 4.3% growth from the consumer. that was the best level we've seen in a while. clearly doing all the heavy lifting for this economy and providing a better backdrop for earnings overall how do you see it? >

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josh lipton has details on possible tech deal aditi roy is watching the shake-up at pot giant and ilon myu >> expectations of a fed rate cut continue to rise that's pushing stocks to new highs. bond yields to new lows. november 2016 the lowest for the ten-year yield traders saying a 25% chance the fed cuts rates by a half a percentage point in the july 30th meeting that's a 50 -- that's 50 basis points and inching off from the 20% back on monday now the countdown to jobs friday it is, economists expecting, 165,000 jobs to be added and wage inflation to tick up in may. the u.s. added a lackluster 75,000 jobs back in the may report coca-cola, starbucks, mcdonald's and accenture hitting all-time highs. >> thank you meantime, shares of tesla rising on the back of the second quarter delivery numbers late yesterday. phil lebeau has more in chicago. >> wilf, the focus and question is can tesla meet its full-year guidance when it comes to vehicle deliveries for some reference here, look at where tesla is right now they have essentially delivered about 158,000 vehicles year to date, including a

josh lipton has the details. >> apple reporting and besting expectations as for q4 guidance, apple seeingn 61 and 64 billion. analysts were looking for 61 billion. gross margins for the company in q3 came in at 37.6% as expected. iphone revenue $26 billions that was down 12%. keep in mind that it is less bad than the prior quarter, in q2 revenue was down also. services revenue is up 13%, but apple is quick to emphasize in a year-ago period they had a one-time litigation setup. so if you normalize from that, it's up 15% from a year ago. services margins in the quarter, 61.4%. wearables up more than 50% and mac revenue at 5.8 billion this quarter greater china revenue, 9.2 billion that's down about 4% in q2 greater china revenue was down 20% i had a chance to speak briefly with tim cook. we talked about the apple iphone franchise. people are holding on to iphones longer i did ask cook whether his company's trade-in is having a material impact on that cook said it was a key part of the improvement and that the trading and financing program were key to results in china. it was an important pa

let's bring in cnbc's own josh lipton, plus dan ives, and nelie patel. josh, let me begin with you. what are the things people should be watching >> so tyler, here's what we expect when apple reports after the close today. you'll be looking for q3 eps of there 2.10 of revenue of $53.4 billion. that would be flat on the top line a few key metrics we'll be watching, one, the iphone franchise, the company's bread and butter analysts not expecting much there. iphone revenue, they're looking for around $26 billion that's versus nearly $30 billion a year ago we know there's some big challenges for that iphone franchise. the replacement cycle is extending, meaning people are holding on to their iphones for longer and as you mentioned, some challenges in china, too remember, last quarter, they told us greater china revenue did drop more than 20% when i talked to cook at that point, he did tell me he saw some signs of improvement. we'll see what he has to tell the street this quarter. also, services of course, there, tyler, faster growing, higher margin some analysts think the services secto

in advanced talks to buy intel's smart chip modem business what does this mean for qualcomm our josh liptons in san francisco to explain josh >> so, jon, tim cook could be ready to make an important acquisition here apple is now reportedly in advanced talks to buy intel's smartphone modem chip business the modem is a critical component. it's what allows devices to connect to cellar networks this deal valued at $1 billion or more for patents and staff could apparently be reached in the next week. both companies declining comment. but longtime apple watcher ben baa haener of creative strategies says that such a deal makes sense for apple. $1 billion is a rounding error for a company that boasts a net cash position, at last count, of nearly $113 billion. and he says it gives the companies the necessary patents, ip, and talent to help develop its own 5g modem instead of just relying on a single supplier, qualcomm, for that key component, especially helpful given the history of bad blood between those two tech giants. but he says it speaks to a broader trend, as well apple bringing more chip des

josh lipton has the details. osh. >> reporter: the new season is officially live with a new character, new weapons and what are called new skins, meaning new costumes for the characters. ea executives say "apex legends" is the fastest-growing new game the company has had. they think adjusted revenue from the game could be as much as $400 million in fiscal year 2020 for all of the hype, analysts say the checks indicate that the initial fervor surrounding the game cooled, in part because the company didn't update the game as quickly as the competition. meaning this game, "fortnite", another free-to-play battle royal game which racked up 250 million players and nearly $4 billion in estimated revenue now. that's according to super data research so can ea spark renewed interest in "apex legends" with the new season give the stock which is up some 30% a lift some on the street clearly hopeful. michael pachter of web bush thinks they can do more than 600 million in net bookings, more than the company forecast. they point

revenue growth again seeing another quarter of weak iphone sales apple's ceo spoke with our own josh liptonn the quarter, and josh joins us this morning from san francisco to talk about that conversation hey, josh. >> reporter: so carl, apple beat expectations and projected revenue for the current quarter that also bested forecasts iphone revenue did drop 12% to 26 billion still, that was an improvement from the march quarter which cook attributed to new trade-in and financing programs and recovery in china. on the subject of trade tensions with china, cook saying i think it always helps when the tension is lower, and i think there is some level of that in the numbers. it's hard to say how much when the countries are meeting and talking, it is better than not cook telling me he sees no evidence that his products are being boycotted in china and that he has made no significant changes to his supply chain in response to potential new tariffs. we also talked about services up 18% when adjusted for currency in a one-time gain last year i asked cook about his new video streaming service that's o

we are morgan stanley. >>> up a bit, amazon rounds out next week's faang stock earnings josh lipton willew alphabet let's start with you, josh. >> when alphabet reports, i'm told to pay attention to the top line here. the company has to produce hypothetical teens growth, at least 17% you says for the stock to move higher stock up about 9% so far this year that means it is badly lagging the tech sector and the market still, 86% of analysts think the stock is a buy heading into this print. guys, back to you. >> josh, thank you >>> let's get a preview of amazon courtney has that for us. >> so there's a lot to watch here, of course, but investors want to know about the progress on that prime one-day shipping that was announced last quarter. we talked about it a lot then, of course, how it is impacting profit margins they say they're spending $800 million in one quarter speaking of the margins, it is the high margin aws cloud service performance and advertising growth we will watch carefully as always. both expected to increase. some wonder if microsoft's strong cloud numbers came at all at t

fortnite world cup taking place over the weekend with the winners taking home a cool $3 million josh liptonback in san francisco with the results josh >> john, the best fortnite player on the planet, that distinction now officially belongs to kyle giersdorf, aka bugha. a 16-year-old from pennsylvania won the first ever fortnite world cup, his prize $3 million. that is the largest single payout in esports history. the event taking place at the arthur ashe stadium in new york city we know 59,000 tickets were sold, and a whole lot more watched online, nearly 10 million views on youtube on the final day of competition the event really does speak to the powerhouse that is fortnite. the game boasts more than250 million players and nearly $4 billion in estimated revenue it also showcases the popularity of esports more generally. yes, people really do like watching other people play video games for big prize pools. 454 million people will watch esports this year, that would be a jump of 15%, and revenue is going to grow nearly 30% to more than $1 billion, mostly from media rights, advertising, and

josh lipton spoke with the cfo after earnings last night and joining us with more on that conversatione, he is taking a victory lap racing higher. net revenue jumping 21% so easing fears of slowing growth still there are potential challenges too like increasing regulatory scrutiny. the company has been engaging with regulators saying we are already subject to oversight in a number of areas. this is not new. whether it's competition or copyright or privacy or intellectual property, we have been engaged with regulators around the globe for quite some time what could that mean for google? she says our focus on protecting the security of google users on the millions of existing huawei handsets in the u.s. and around the world today and going forward. it's still an open item. >> its cloud business on track to rake in more than $8 billion annually is the company going to do more ago which significants to build out that unit. purat says we recognize they can be additive and open to them where they make sense but there is a lot we are doing organ organically and excited about the direction we

he decided to send this email to nbc news >> josh, thank you josh lipton in san francisco this raiseshe concern or unscores the concern that's been going on for some time that apple is losing its sight on innovation, falling behind, not as innovative as it could be >> a lot of investors have got encomfortable with the fact their products will be revolutionary, whether it's the smartphone, ipad, a mac. people want to see that rabbit they pull out of the hat every ten years. a product that will remake the entire industry. so i think that investors, if you're upset about a guy like jony ive not being there is because he's not a part of that next thing and he's been a very important part of the last few that's fine tim cook writes that letter until jony ive comes out and does it who cares. >> right if anything, tim cook has done a phenomenal job in transitioning from a leader that was impossible to follow but until cook's reputation and really what i think he has done a fantastic job at apple for is not around design, it's around being a chief financial officer, understanding how to run a

. >> josh lipton >>> just about 15 minutes to go until "power lunch."ler mathison. >> we are going to take a second-half playbook and we are going to talk housing in the second half and take a look at what could be expected there as interest rates come back down towards those historic lows, below 4% in many areas inventory still pretty tight but in my neighborhood, i'll tell you, there's a lot out there for sale and not a lot is moving i don't know whether this has to do with the lack of assault discussion >> i wonder if it's still true that they think the spring is going to be delayed to more of a summer season. >> and some of the hottest markets right now are those that were among the coldest for many a year like pittsburg, vy hot is pittsburg, salt lake city as well, prices there moving up very swiftly >> tyler, we'll see you soon >>> hackers have found a new target ahead here, we will talk about the nba and how teams are protecting players and fans. the hacking adviser to the cavs the hacking adviser to the cavs joins me straight ahead. and you shou

fortnite world cup despite a sharp weekend for the lion king, on the battle for your eyeballs, josh liptonia bo julia borstein this is a lot of time that people are spending on this. to detriment potentially of doing other things. >> it's a totally fair point, melissa. actually, there's different metrics you can use to try to gauge the popularity of fo fortnite some people use views, and what they study is how many hours are people spending on twitch, for example, watching other people play fortnite. what's interesting in june, actually, according to the latest data, that was actually down pretty hard from the july peak of last year which was almost 150 million hours some analysts will push back on that and say views or money spent in games waxes and wanes depending on seasonality and what hot games are competing for your eyeballs at the moment. they will argue fortnite is a power house. somebody who watched this weekend, you had to be impressed by the crowds, 59,000 tickets were sold and 10 million views on you tube on the final day, and i think for epic games, the company behind fortnite

. >>> broad cam nearing a deal to buy symantec josh lipton is in san francisco with more.e're certainly seeing those symantec shares surge. >> he could be ready to make another big one. cnbc confirming broad come is in talks to acquire symantec. the two sides have been targeting a mid-july announcement the price is not set, so no guarantee that a deal does get done here, but the ft reports that the transaction could be worth more than $15 billion. this is hock tan's playbook, buy companies, build out a portfolio of products and services for example, acquiring brocade for $6 million for exposure to the storage market, and buying ca technologies for $19 billion capitalizing on its profitable mainframe business it doesn't always work out though, remember the trump administration blocked broad com from pursuing qualcomm citing national security concerns this deal does make strategic sense, that security would seem to be a logical addition to broad com's portfolio, though there are questions he says. after all, hock tan is pivoting here, a traditional chip maker now moving hard

let's get to josh lipton with the latest on the results. >> i checked in with chris roland here is hisake on the quarter. he said there was pent-up fear heading in, but said gross margins were better than expected at 64.3%. q3 guidance he acknowledges a bit below the streets estimates but better than feared it is the first earnings season and he says a decent report. on the call, interesting, executives giving some historical perspective here. they note they just completed their third quarter of year-on-year declines and say cycles are always different, but typically you would see four to five quarters of such year-on-year declines before growth resumes they're not trying to forecast the cycle but offer historical perspective there. they were asked directly about huawei on the call and they know that huawei represents about 3% of revenuove overall for the pat quarter. they resumed shipments of products for things under compliance they were asked about 5g and said they saw nice growth in 5g products of course, t. >> what do you make of that? >> operating margins came in a little over 41

. >>> alphabet set to report tomorrow josh lipton here with the preview. sara, alphabet is up about 9% this year but it does badly lag the market and the tech sector. street expecting q2 eps of 11.32 billion. the company is facing head quins including slowing growth and increasing regulatory threats with the doj opening the antitrust review some believe google could be in the crosshairs in part given its market share in search guys, back to you. >> thanks for that a lot of after hours moving. >> facebook has slipped as well. so it looks like it will be a bit of a test here of the notion that earnings have been good enough, we have the fed, lots of things moving in the bull's direction. very good action today. >> and regulatory pile on. >> today's record -- >> a little bit. hey, it was a soft open today, too, and there was resilience throughout the day i think you have to be careful of the fact though that we're getting to that point, semiconductors leadership group seems really super overbought, needs to cool off. we have to see how the market me tap lies

revenue growth again seeing another quarter of weak iphone sales apple's ceo spoke with our own josh liptonuarter, and josh joins us this morning from san francisco to talk about that conversation hey, josh. >> reporter: so carl, apple beat expectations and projected revenue for the current quarter that also bested forecasts iphone revenue did drop 12% to 26 billion still, that was an improvement from the march quarter which cook attributed to new trade-in and financing programs and recovery in china. on the subject of trade tensions with china, cook saying i think it always helps when the

. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> news this morning involving microsoft and at&t to josh lipton in san francisco. . >> at&t is signing up to be a bigger microsoft customer. the company just announcing a new multiyear collaboration. source tells me the deal is worth more than $2 billion here are the details at&t communications will move workloads that the business itself runs on to microsoft's azure. so, for example, that can include finance, accounting, and hr management. in addition, at&t communications will provide much of its workforce now with microsoft 365. that's a bundle of cloud apps that includes office 365, windows 10 and security tools. and the two companies will work together to create new 5g enabled products for customers in the future. this partnership does speak it a broader trend. companies don't just want to buy microsoft products they want to work with microsoft to figure out how to best use that technology. it is a customer need that the ceo tells me his company is well positioned to capitalize on. >> i think the next phase of the cloud and edge and ai era will be led by what i

josh lipton has the details. >> a judge today ruling against larry ellison's company saying that since oracle doesn't meet the technical criteria for consideration for this bid, it cannot demonstrate prejudice as a result of other possible errors in the procurement process. so does this mean rivals like amazon and microsoft can now encroach on oracle's turf meaning the federal defense business i checked in with an analyst who said in the near term no after all, these contracts take just so long to put together but he said that it does give rivals perhaps a stronger advantage in securing cloud based spending by the government in the future. but for its part, oracle telling me it continues to secure cloud business with government agencies we look forward to working with the department of defense, intelligence community and other public sector agencies to deemploy modern, secure, hyper scale cloud solutions that meet their needs. in part they claimed a conflict of interest in the suit, that the pentagon had favored amazon in the bidding process but the pentagon plans to go ahead and award

josh lipton has more on that >> meet the best fortnite player of the planet, kyle kiersdorf, a 16-year-old won the first ever fortnite world cup and the $3 million you just mentioned, that is the largest single payout in esports history. then event taking place at arthur ashe stadium in new york city 59,000 tickets sold, almost 10 million views on you tube on the final day of competition fortnite we know is a force, boasts more than 250 million players and almost $4 billion in estimated revenue. sarah, back to you >> were these just ordinary teenagers or well known people in the fortnite world? >> well, so you had a number of qualifying events around the world. millions and millions of people tried to qualify at the end of the day, a few hundred did. it came down to these guys when you look at him, that's a pro, he may be 16 years old but he's a professional gamer. he plays for an esports organization located out in los angeles. >> $3 million is not going to help parents tell their kids that they shouldn't be paying quite so much. >> exactly maybe they shouldn't push back so much against i

josh lipton has the details for us. >> it is now live. made the prize debut in february, quickly attracted 50 million players. ea executives saying "apex legends" is the fastest growing new game the company ever had and saying bookings or adjusted revenue from the game could be at much as $400 million in fiscal year 2020, though analysts say that the initial fehr ver for the game has cooled can ev spark renewed interest in the game and give the stock which is up 30% this year a lift back to you. >>> let's bring in michael packetor w pactor on the list more skeptical with the rating on the stock, michael? does it factor into your bullish view >> i actually put it on the best ideas list because i know vince, who runs respond pretty well he told me how committed they were to making season two work and to continuing to have regular updates every three months or so he thinks he will reinvigorate the user base. i think it is right. this update is 18 gigabytes. it has tons and tons of stuff, in-game tournaments and stuff to reengage players i th

the fortnite world cup josh lipton joins us with more hey, josh. >> joe, that's right fortnite players the arthur ashe stadium thousands attending. millions more watching online with epic games. fortnite's owner streaming the competition on youtube and twitch channels. your champion, kyle deersdorf. $3 million fortnite is a powerhouse the game boasts s 250 million players. and the game forced publishers like e.a. and act vision to respond. updating their games more frequently a direct answer to fortnite. in june, people spent 78 million hours watching other people play fortnite live on amazon's twitch that's down from a peak of 149 million hours last july. but michael pachter says viewership spent in-game, wax and wayne, depending on seasonality. and he says fortnite remains a powerhouse >> thank you for that report it was fascinating to watch, viral all over i don't know if you saw. joining us to talk about the market opportunity, john costas, chairman of global e-sports brand. and johnn yow heck of a weekend. i should tell my children to play fortnite. is that the lesson of all this