failed within three days of each other. that led credit for moody s to downgrade its outlook for the entire u.s. banking sector. and those worries skyrocketed today because of troubles facing the global investment company credit suisse. the saudi bank failed to rule out giving funding to the already embattled company that combined with the recent u.s. issue sent stocks falling. i want to bring in business reporter rahel solomon, rahel, walk us through what happened today. well, jake, basically the mood for investors, as investors search for the next sign of weakness. to be clear, i think the nasdaq actually closed slightly higher which is interesting. but this is really just a confidence issue at this point. you can see that reflected very clearly in some of the bank stocks. i want to point your attention to some of the regional stocks, jake, you and i have talked about already. first republic bank off 21%, pac-west off 5% on top of the losses. it s been a rough go for some
we begin with microsoft. the tech giant has just revealed its financial health and investors are satisfied for now as it showed some strength in the face of a weak global economy. its cloud business hit wall street targets for the end of 2022 and revenues rose 2% to just under $53 billion. but what is the outlook? microsoft last week announced it would be slashing 10,000 jobs worldwide in a bid to cut costs. it s also investing in a company behind chat gpt the chatbot that is predicted by some experts to be the future of search. let s discuss this withjeremy goldman director of briefings at insider intelligence. good at insider intelligence. morning to you. looking at what good morning to you. looking at what microsoft had to say, after its resolve without, shares went up 4% and fell back i% shares went up 4% and fell back 1% higher by the end of the day, your thoughts on how it s doing? day, your thoughts on how it s doinu ? , ., day, your thoughts on how it s doin.?
and are earning more than ever before. let s start with oil prices, because they ve risen some 20% over the past three weeks. this time last week, prices surged after the oil cartel, opec +, decided it would reduce its combined output by 1.1 million barrels per day. crude prices climbed after the cartel s announcement, but later in the week they steadied, following the latest us and chinese economic data which suggested weaker post pandemic growth. so where are we headed? russ mould, investment research director at aj bell joins me now. i m very excited about this. you are down by the seaside in brighton but actually here today. on the bank holiday we dragged you in. what are your thoughts about oil right now? opec + is seen as this organisation by the white house is not especially helpful when it comes to our outlook for the global economy, cutting production and causing another spike in the price of oil which is very inflationary? it spike in the price of oil which is very
phil keating and chad pergram from the white house. let s start with alex and roy hoff live from cape corral, florida. hi, alex. alex: we are in an area called matt lachet and the coast guard is leading major effort to rescue people who have been stranded on the pine island ever since the storm, this is a major operation, we have probably seen at least a hundred people in this location coming in by boat. those residents had been on the island since the storm including even volunteers who showed up just after it. some really have arrived here in terrible condition. ems personnel have been on hand assisting several people who have returned by boat. one man said he had been suffering with a broken hip for days and laura was very emotional. she told me that she lost her entire home and spoke with gratitude for those who came to save her especially after the effort she made to make sure that she needed help. it s very devastating. we are just great to have our lives. the water a