for "nightly business report," i'm morgan brennan. beaverton. >>> thank you for joining us, i'm susie gharib. >>> and i'm tyler mathisen, thank you for joining us, we'll see you on monday, have a great weekend. >> kathleen sebelius, women's pay equity. 2016 politics and the civil rights anniversary. all tonight on "washington week." >> this is the most meaningful work i've ever been a part of. in fact, it's been the cause of my life. gwen: obamacare's chief architect resigns with 7 million sign-ups under her belt, and a trail of controversy behind her. what's next for the president's signature domestic achievement? 2016 heats up with all eyes on the clinton and the bush dynasties. >> we had a bush, then we had a clinton, then we had a bush, then we're going to have a clinton? >> the hard questions are not do you want to be president, can you win? the hard questions are why. gwen: then, two discussions on eq

i'm morgan brennan in san francisco. >>> seems that the ford mustang has become an iconic car? well, it almost has, 50 years ago today ford debuted the original mustang at the world fair, becoming the automaker's most successful launch since the model a. currently in its fifth generation, the 2015 mustang now on exhibit is a limited edition. ford will build 1900 of the models before the full production begins later this year. >>> and today marks another anniversary, cnbc silver, the business world was radically different and the internet was still in its very small infancy, the trading was 11%, and the president of nbc at the time, bob wright, introduced it to a new groundbreaking financial channel. >> i'm bob wright, the president of nbc, and i would like to welcome you to the most significant programming effort they have ever undertaken outside of the network. cnbc. >>> we have come a long way, the economy has nearly tripled in size, the price rising nearly 400%, as you can see the styles have matured a little bit along with the programming. >> nice hair style. >> there was m

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morgan brennan has more tonight. >> hbo striking a license deal with amazon marking the first time hbo has ever allowed its content to be streamed by an on-line video provider, it means that private subscribers will get access to tv shows like the sopranos and fix feet under. but you can't watch movies like game of thrones. competitors like netflix can't ink a similar deal. this marks a shift for hbo which has clung to a premium model where viewers had to subscribe to cable or pay more for digital downloads on platforms like itunes. >> i think these guys like money margins better than they care about their entities. just like others program to each other, have their networks and are selling to each other's networks that is the dynamic that will be involved here. >> the new announcement shows prices will tumble. while the agreement with hbo is certainly a win for amazon the company still has a long way to go before it gobbles up market share. according to broad bandçó equipment provider, netflix accounted for more than 30% of all video streaming during prime viewing hours during 2013. a

for nightly business report, i'm morgan brennan in los angeles. >> let me just guess that neither of us have the wwe app on our phones, do we? >> but you were amused. >> i was amused, yes. amused, yes. not every night you see that on public television. that will do it for "nightly business report for tonight." i'm tyler mathisen. >> i'm susie gharib. have a great weekend. tyler and i will be back and we hope to see you tomorrow. [quirky instrumental music] ♪

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morgan brennan is dialing into the telecoms with more detail. hi, morgan. >> hi, sue.elecom definitely considered a defensive play, and analysts do expect this sector to post strong q1 growth in earnings season, but not immune to the broader sell-off. telecom sector is in the red, but only slightly, down by about a tenth of a%. telecom is the smallest s&p sector, verizon, at&t, frontier communications, windstream holdings and centurylink. rye now today's biggest gainers, frontier, remember it's also one of the most shorted stocks. the biggest loser today, winstream. that's down about 1.7% or so. that's after a 2% gain yesterday. in a sector of big dividends, this one has the biggest its yield is over 11%. so far, at&t and centurylink, they're trading in the green just about flat. verizon is down about 0.5%. lastly want to mention two more names, sprint and t-mobile. we saw price run-ups on both of these when softbank proposed a merger right now both trading in the red. unlike the others, no dividend for either one. that's one reason they're on track to close the week,

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morgan brennan is live on site with the latest. over to you. >> reporter: hi, sue.ut of the gate when mark zuckerberg got on stage, saying he's focused on building a stable mobile platform, but my count used the word stable like a dozen times in the first ten minutes, talking about building a new cross-platform platform. no news, no announcements, no new information on this much anticipated mobile ad network. the big news, new log-ins stream did not lines data for users, so they don't have to share as much and not afraid, quote, of the big blue button. >>> breaking news, this time regarding internet reels. seema? >> wheeler responded strongly to fears about new -- quote, report that we are gutting the rules are incorrect. in a notice circulated to fellow commissioners on the topic, wheeler seeks input on the optimal ways to protect and promote the open internet with the goal to quickly put together legally enforceable rules. wheel i says it won't let the internet be divided and that it's time for workal open internet rules. he does say right now, all options are sti

morgan brennan live now inside zynga's headquarters. hi, morgan. >> reporter: hi, tyler.o here at zynga, it's still all about the flagship franchise farmville. as you can see behind me here, the san francisco headquarters of the company are decked out. we've got employees walking around in farmerlike flannel, even giving away t-shirts. this is because the company is launching its first-ever fully mobile farmville game. it's called farmville 2, country escape. this is the first mobile offering in an anticipated line of new mobile offerings. and it represents a shift away from the desktop and facebook games that historically made up so much of zynga's revenue. now, the company hoping that this is going to help the stock slump that we've seen. we've seen shares trading down about 60% from their 2011 ipo. but zynga isn't the only company trying to reinvest itself. king digital fell the first day of trading. king has its uber successful candy crush which makes up about three-quarters of the company's revenues. so we've seen other companies selling -- making acquisitions of com

morgan brennan -- all right. i think we'll discuss amazon -- it's a hard show just to sit in on, because it goes and flows. it's like a buffet at shoney's. you never really know where to go. yoefrg looks good, but you can't decide to go for the waffles or fruit first. >> it's harder to look at pete than amanda. >> you know, that's just not right. >> no, it is right. >> yeah, 100% right. >> is jeff bezos losing his golden touch? >> my answer to that question would be yes. the problem, the spending has been going on, we know, quarter after quarter, and trying to acquire and get themselves into a question. some of the spin, they're trying to get themselves not just the cloud, but over into china. there's an issue, because mark mahaney was saying, competitive levels over there will be absolutely brutal for amazon to compete. yet they continue to put money into this. yes, they beat on revenues, but the earnings numbers are not that great. when you look at the forward guidance, you can understand why this stock might s

for "nightly business report," i'm morgan brennan in los angeles. >>> finally tonight engineers at google say the technology in itself-driving cars is entering a new stage mastering the challenges of driving on city streets. have they been to new york yet? the suv outfitted with lasers, and camera have learned,000 read direction signs, traffic lights and negotiate blind corners, cyclist, pedestrians, even potholes. google said itself-driving cars have already driven 700,000 accident free miles on highways so it's been focusing on city driving for the past year. looks like they may have started to figure it out but i welcome >> that's "nightly business report" for tonight. i'm susie gharib thanks for joining us. >> i'm tyler mathisen. have a great evening. see you back here tomorrow night. [quirky instrumental music] ♪

for nightly business report, i'm morgan brennan. >>> we begin market focus with after-hour earnings fromisa, the credit card company reported a 26% jump in profit. higher operating revenue and payments volume helped up the credit card company's bottom line. revenue came in just about where the street was expecting it to fall and shares did fall initially after the close, stock up slightly after regular trading to $209.40. expected quarterly profit. revenue came in lighter than estimates. the coffee chain raised its out look for the full year, stock ended to $71.09. and aetna posting record first quarter results helped by a surge in profits from its commercial business and by adding new customers. the medical membership rose by half a million for the new subscrib subscribers, not only on the government health care exchanges, but aetna added clients in the corporate business. the insurer raised the forecast for the shares of aetna. >>> and united continental said its first quarter loss widened and that sent shares way down into today's session. the airline saw the revenue fall, blaming fli

for "nightly business report," i'm morgan brennan in los angeles. >>> still ahead, coke fires back at an activist investor as the battle over executive compensation at the firm doubles up. >> a big development over allegations of rigged markets because of high frequency trading which we've been telling you about all this week. interactive brokers, this is the online stock trading service, is now giving customers the option of specifying whether they want to make trades using high frequency technology or have their orders go only through an iex trading platform that avoids so-called hft technology. >> strong words about high frequency trading creating an unlevel playing field for individual investors coming from charl charles he said it is a growing cancer he says traders using that technology are again quoting here, gaming the system and reaping billions in profits in the process. >>> and here's another hot button issue back in the news. executive compensation. this time coca-cola's in the spotlight on how much it pays its top competitives at a time when the stock price has fizzled, s

. >> morgan brennan, good news for customers. >>> the dow down about three points. dow know it's tuesday. it hasn't fallen in like centuries on tuesday. >> no street talk today. this is where we hit it nike getting a boost. stifel nicolaus making the stock a buy, and slapping an $87 price target on it. so should you just buy it? just buy it? >> let's start talking numbers. rich, i'm going to start with you, because you are a great bun master, but also a great chartest. >> i'll tell you, consumer discretioniaries stocks, that's the worst performing sector on a year-to-day basis. nikes is the poster child for in a underperformance as you alute the to. then we sets into a sideway trading range. now, brian, we haven't had a close bud low that 200-day until yesterday. so that's your first warning sign. i respect this upgrade out of steve in the short term, but when we zoom out and look at that long-term chart, we have to consider that nike's best days are behind it. when el see a double top like that at the tail end of a move in the stock, yes there's support of around t

morgan brennan is live in los angeles with some of the details on what we might expect. hi, morgan. >> netflix earnings are going to be important today. here's what you need to go. the street is calling for 81% per share on revenues on 1.27 billion. overall analysts expecting a quarter in-line, but the most important metric to watch will be subscriber growth. it has projected net additions of 2.25 million members in q1. that the put netflix at 48 members worldwide, a 9% increase over q4. the key is original content. investors are keen to see how people took to the second season of "house of cards." growth in connected devices buy xbox, apple tv and amazon's new fire tv, that could help the numbers. on its international operations, also another billing outstanding question -- how much will netflix have to pay to stream all of that video? ceo reed hastings has been vocal about so-called net neutrality as they downplay the likelihood of financial impact of more connective agreements. the recent de, comcast has already increased streaming speeds by 65%, so analysts say any in

. >> morgan brennan just came back, recently saw perhaps the darker side of green. >> yes.. part of what i've loved about it is it's always been a safe place, but i ran into some issues on this particular trip. we actually got burglarized. one of the things that was said to me. we spoke to a dozen different detectives, and the oil refinery owned by valero, and it's closed down, causing a big wave of people to be unemployed and you're starting to see more petty crimes. >> you were renting a vacation home. >> yes, a home several blobs from the beach, but they stole our rental car as well, which markeds's tourists, but yeah, one things that keeps coming up is this oil refinery. like you said there's a report from the imf from last year saying there have been two major financial crises in aruba. one was the global financial crisis, the second is the oil refinery closing. so it's interesting they're moving into green sustainable -- >> with unintended consequences. thank you so much. >>> let's see what's coming up next. >> obviously much more on this market sell-off, as we now pu

morgan brennan is on facebook. shares of facebook down 10% in the last two months. now apple down almost 6% year to date. facebook is go 2.6% today, and apple, we'll look at that stock? just a second. josh, you take it first. >> well, sue apple stock is stuck in a narrow trading range, but after the tech titan reports, it could make a move lower. wall street expecting in-line quarter result, but it's the dwismt3 guidance that could upset investors, there's a worry that china mobile isn't selling as many iphones as expected. china mobile doesn't subsidize i phones, also consumers, especially overseas, they want phones with bigger screens. apple currently doesn't offer that. pressure could come from u.s. phone carries, at&t and verizon, they're allowing they're customers not as often as they use to. if shares tumble in the after-hour, i'm told that investors should buy that dip. he says apple will move higher. and boosts its buy-back program. sue, back to you. >>> let's go to morgan. she's in l.a. covering facebook for us. morgan? >> thanks, susan. street is calling f

. >> morgan brennan has more on this breaking news, and maybe -- maybe not that big of a surprise given some of the chatter, morgan, of this last week. >> that's right. we have been hearing his name tossed around. he will be taking over for "the late show" cbs just confirming this with us now. starting next year when david letterman retires. here's what we know so far. this will be a five-year contract. location, producers, creative content, expected to be announced later this year. back to you, scott. >> okay, morgan, thank you so much. that's some interesting development there. we'll continue >>> what do you make of what we're watching develop not only today but over the last couple of weeks? >> well, we think this is formation, what has largely been the creationative three or four-year equity bubble. you know, equity bubbles are different than credit bubbles. credit bubble in china, stocks look cheap but there are leverage and structural problems. in the u.s., we think it clearly looks like an equity bubble in certain sectors. russell trading at 27 times not far below where the nasda

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morgan brennan is live from the conference at san francisco. an see behind me we have some stragglers coming in, but the real action is inside, including a massive line into the high-security stage area where mark zuckerberg is expected to take the stage. the agenda is all about developers, helping them build and make money on app.s, but right now everybody is buzzing whether zuckerberg will unveil details about the long-awaited new mobile ad network. such a network would allow facebook to leverage the massive collection of user data to help marketers better target ads. this could be a new revenue stream, as much as $3 billion, by some analyst estimates that's not so tied to user growth. for its part, facebook is not confirming anything. we are waiting for mark zuckerberg to take the stage. back over to you. >> we are waiting as well. 1:00 eastern time looks like the k keynote is going to be just a few minutes away. what do we think about this one? we talk so much about twitter, as twitter is having pain today. >> that is the holy grail, and tha

we welcome morgan brennan back home, here on amazon, welcome back for a couple days..a. on starbucks. let's see. who do i want to go first? josh, you. >> me, me. oh. >> tyler, we know investors are big fans, but can the new ceo keep winning over wall street as he implements a new strategic software giant? since becoming ceo on february 4th, microsoft's stock is up about 8%. the nasdaq is flat over that same period. that will be the first time leading the microsoft conference call, nadella. revenue of $20.4 billion. beyond just the top and bottom lines, the street wants to hear more detail today about the company's newer strategies. so, remember, for example, microsoft recently announcing office will be available for the ipad. fbr says that move could generate up to $5 billion per year for microsoft. there's know knokia acquisition. microsoft hoping that's going to move the needle on its very small share of the mobile operating system market. nadella also made it clear the cloud, key part of this strategy to jump-start growth last quarter. commercial cloud revenue more

morgan brennan joins us with more.ut big biggies here. >> reporter: the question everybody is asking right now, who is going to fill his chair? david letterman, cbs is certainly taking advantage of that, already running a top replacements pool on its website. the top contenders, steven colbert, jon stewart, number three, someone else. number two, conan o'brien and number two, craig ferguson, who does fill the time slot behind letterman right now. so he has been called the heir apparent for some time. there's something else to keep in mind. advertising revenue. that has been falling for late night programming as tv audiences continue to fragment. it comes down not just to ratings but also to age. the most attractive viewer to advertise is actually ages 18 to 49. when you bring in a higher percentage of younger adult viewers, ad spending tends to follow. take a look at this data from cantor media to see what exactly i mean. the late night shows that saw ad revenue increase in 2013, the daily show and late night with jimm

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morgan brennan is there live in beaverton, oregon. >> they call this the oven because this is where nike's. the goal, at least one new golf ball prototype per day. we're the first tv crew inside the lab, two miles from nike's headquarters. here's what is sitting next to me. these are the made in oregon resin golf balls. they are going the hit store shelves but right now they're going through their final coating. if the thickness of coating is off by a couple of microns, basically a fraction of the thickness of your hair, you're looking at a trajectory that changes by several yards when you swing. super detailed. as for what's inside the balls, resin. so that's being supplied by chemical maker dupont and it has the surface has a waffle iron shape. the idea here is that -- it's also lighter weight than rubber which is the more traditional used core in the golf ball. the idea is there's more energy with impact. that's going to be good for your nike spokes people like tiger woods who is switching over to these balls. it's also supposed to be good for your average everyday golfer who has an off

morgan brennan has this report. >> it's been a busy first quarter for netflix, the video streaming giant beating the street on the bottom line, reporting earnings of 86 cents per share on revenues of 1.27 billion, in line with expectations. the biggest news coming out of the earnings, price increases for new subscribers, netflix saying it will raise monthly subscriber fees $1 to $2, depending on territory starting this quarter. speaking of subscribers, net subscriber growth strong as the second season of "house of cards" kicked off, adding 2.25 million new viewers in the u.s. and 1.75 million internationally. that was actually better than netflix or analysts anticipated. so the company saying it's on track for profitability in international later this year. right now, though, it's still losing money there. overall, more than 48 million subscribers worldwide. that's a 9% increase over last quarter. last week, on the earnings web cast, netflix ceo reed hastings coming out against a proposed comcast/time warner cable merger saying he's concerned that such a deal would give the combined comp

cnbc's morgan brennan sent us this report. >> facebook posting another surprise quarter.eporting earnings of 34 cents per share, 10 cents higher than analysts expected. revenue also beating at $2.5 billion. the street had been calling for 2.36 billion. ad revenue making up the lion's share, $2.27 billion. that's an 82% increase from last year. mobile ads were about 59% of that, reflecting the ongoing growth in mobile. the number of folks regularly using facebook ticked up to 802 million daily user in march. that's a 21% jump year-over-year, an important metric for advertisers. sanburg saying the network is in, quote, very early testing. ceo mark zuckerberg discussing the pending multibillion dollar acquisiti acquisitions, whatssup and oculus. zuckerberg thanking ebersman on the call. >> let's dive into conversation on facebook. on the phone is victor anthony, managing director of topeka capital markets. do you think facebook has longevity longevity? >> i think it does. the key takeaway from the stock is that it's set up nicely over the next two years. you have the core bu

morgan brennan with the details now. morgan? >> hi, kelly.om twitter. first let's start with the biggest number investors were looking for, monthly active users, 255 million monthly active users. that's a 25% year over year increase, that's an increase of just under 6% for the quarter as well. now, earnings per share. break even, zero, so that's better than the street's loss of three cents. revenues also better than the street. 250 million for the quarter. analysts had been calling for 241 million, so a 119% year-over-year increase for revenue. we'll keep going through the report and will bring you more as it comes. >> morgan, thanks for much. i want to bring in tom forte, senior internet analyst at healthy advisory group and joe steinberg who is president and c.o.o. of buzzfeed. you can see there. tom, what's going on? >> a repeat of last quarter when there was strong revenues and better than expected non-gap earnings and the audience member wasn't as better. we were looking for 27% growth but only 25% growth which suggests a lot of the big

morgan brennan is live in san francisco with more on that. hey, morgan. >> hey, kayla. thing. that's facebook's long-awaited, much-anticipated new mobile add network. they even estimate that such a network could create a brand-new $3 billion revenue stream for facebook. so what exactly are we talking about here? this would likely be a network that lets marketers use facebook data to better target ads in apps and games outside of the facebook platform, and reportedly it will be called facebook audience network, or f.a.n. this would mean that facebook could generate additional revenue stream from its treasure trove of user data without crowding the facebook newsfeed, and most importantly, that's not reliant on adding more users. facebook is keeping quiet about whether this will actually be unveiled today. but what we do know is that the network is, quote, very early stages and the company sees it as a very big opportunity. now, that's according to coo sheryl sandberg on last week's earnings call. now, we've seen similar services rolled out by rivals like google and just r

morgan brennan is live in l.a.-letter word on the small screen. take a look at this. >> steve jobs. >> i heard you. >> which one -- >> jobs. >> jobs is a poser. he didn't even write code. >> so that's a sneak peek of qu "silicon valley." jobs iconic turtleneck look makes an appearance as well. so thor isries is the work of mike judge who created "beavis and butthead." the concept here, a programmer work for a google like tech giant creates an algorithm that everybody wants. it opens with a cameo of google's eric schmidt at a party where kid rock is jamming and no one is paying attention. we caught up with the creators at the screening in the valley where judge says there's a lot of real life fodder to work from. >> the timing seemed good a year ago. now it seems even better. a lot of stuff has happened in the last year that i wish we could go back. we just did eight episodes. if we do another season, there's a wealth of material that has come up just in the last year. >> hbo's debuting this on sunday behind the sea

morgan brennan is getting an exclusive look at hq. she's live in san francisco with more. deal is zynga's long-awaited first-time-ever mobile "farmville" game? you might say life-sized. as you can see behind me, the company has decked out its san francisco headquarters in honor of the launch of "farmville 2: country escape." we even have a dog back here. this is the first time that zynga -- and there goes the dog -- it's the first time they've offered a fully mobile version of its flagship franchise. this is really marking a shift away from desktop and facebook. >> the mobile ecosystem is different, and we're figuring out how to distribute the game. i would say between kind of growth and monetization, it's different. but obviously we think a much bigger opportunity in the long run, and, you know, we're seeing that with early results. >> so 75% of the company's game development people line is now mobile first, and zynga, which reports its earnings next week, expects mobile to surpass desktop revenue for the first time ever this year. but analysts are saying in order for tha

morgan brennan live in l.a. with more on what we can expect tonight. >> hi, carl.the street is calling for a loss of 3 cents per share on $241 million in revenues. that would be 110% jump in revenues from last year, but that biggest number to watch is going to be, of course, monthly active users. analysts expecting a 5% quarterly increase to 255 million. that's important because user growth has been slowing for the company. one reason we've seen shares tumble about 35% so far this year. so twitter has been rolling out product changes to lure more active users and actually to re-engage dormant ones which the company calls its biggest opportunity. also keep an eye on advertising revenues. that's a bulk of twitter's business as the company ramps up its ability to cash in on the active users it already has. mobile will make up at least three quarters of that. expect lots of hype around mo pub the mobile ad network the company is leveraging on and off the twitter platform especially since there are the rumors that facebook will unveil its own competing ad network tomorr