Amid heightened u. S. Iranian tensions. We have gasoline futures jumping this after an explosion and major fire at philadelphia area refinery. It is, by the way, the largest facility on the east coast. And slack soaring debut, shares poised to rally at the open but for other tech unicorns eyeing the public markets, is this a sign of peak ipo . Stocks are set to open lower after a record close for the s p. Multiple reports now say the president did approve military strikes against iran as retaliation for downing of a u. S. Drone and later backed off. S p still on pace for the best june since 1955. The nasdaq leading the major indices this month up a percent jim, how much further are people willing to go on the risk curve given the activity today i think were getting too close to the g20. I think that yesterday was a day where there was a frenzy of froth and euphoria i havent seen in a long time. A lot of stocks up 7, 8, 9 points and nothing had happened. I think were all starting to rea
As you mentioned, shares popped around 50 when compared to the socalled Reference Price of 26 a share. But no investigator actually made a quick oneday gain of 50 , as they might have in an initial public offering. In fact, the most any Public Market investor would have made buying and selling slacks shares yesterday is about a 9 return thats because the Reference Price is more of an arbitrary one set by the Financial Advisers in the nyse and a direct listing, so no shares were actually sold at that level. The shares opened at 378d 38. 5 rose as high as 42 and ended at 38. 62 to many, thats the beauty of the direct listing strategy versus the more traditional ipo. Theres no favoritism on the part of the underwriters and theres no money left on the table, because slack didnt raise capital in the first place. Overall, slacks debut was viewed largely as a success. And further evidence that the direct listing model works there were no crazy price swings Trading Volume was manageable, and t
Good morning, everyone. This thursday in new york city. You are watching Bloomberg Television. I am Erik Schatzker. I am stepping in today for Stephanie Ruhle. See the resemblance . Time now for the new speed. Top business stories or around the world. Twitter. At cfoame to the company as and moved to coo in 2012. Retail sales rose. 3 of a percent in may, less than forecast. Still on the upside. Revised figures show april sales were much larger than first report. Is cocoo of bnp paribas stepping down in the midst of the investigation. He will leave at his own request. Askedp Bank Regulator that he be dismissed. Authorities want bnp paribas to pay as much as 10 billion to settle claims of illegal dealings with iraq and sudan. Big implication overseas. This could affect oil prices around the globe. Al qaeda has seized control of the second largest city in moving closer to baghdad i the day. Here is how this is playing out in the oil markets. You can see the response. In a moment you will
Exit on twitter. Her departure follows the resignation yesterday of the coo. And the Season Finale of the hbo hit game of thrones. This could be the best episode ever. He explains what it is like directing such a Popular Series set in so many locations around the world. Is stepping up its acquisition spree by buying opentable in a deal valued at 2. 6 billion. The allcash offer is 46 higher than opentables Closing Price yesterday. It has 31,000 restaurants. It will help priceline connect to local businesses. The company says the deal is expected to be completed in the third quarter. Cory johnson is here with me now in the studio and with us from san diego, paul kedrosky. Thank you for joining us. What is your take on this deal . Good, bad, the right price . I think it is a great deal. Especially if you arent opentable shareholder. Opentableare an shareholder. It is a fair premium. They dont want anyone else to come in on this. The thing that is surprising is that it did not happen a lon
Will be out in a half hour, a much has been made about the dependence on ecommerce. They still have a lot to do on improving the experience. Julie hyman has more on this. Part of the problem is a lot like what we do in the stores we are browsing online. Except we do it at a higher rate. Forrester research put out a report looking he looking at the name reason why people abandon their ecart. They say shipping and handling is too high. Theyre just not ready to purchase for whatever reason. I spoke to a Retail Consulting group yesterday, and there are a lot of reasons your online, cries,ne rings, the baby whatever it may be, and you do not get back to it. Also, 22 wanted to compare prices. Saysee something, and you maybe i can get it cheaper somewhere else. Piecee of that shipping we have seen an increase in the number of transactions that offer free shipping. Amazon has been aggressive on that front and set the standard. Other ecommerce sites have followed suit. In terms of why people ar