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Records, tax reform and that surprise special election result in alabama. Plus a little more clarity and an update on disney and fox. We are less than 24 hours from the announcement of that deal. Apples billion dollar fund finds another investment fin asar surgeries on the news as apple builds on lasers and specialized chips. The fed is expected to raise Interest Rates again today as it concludes its twoday meeting. If so, it would be the third rate hike of the year. Then this afternoon the pres...

Twitter. Shares down 11 premarket after showing the worst growth rate ever. I spoke the outgoing Procter Gamble ceo yesterday. That coming up. Some disappointing guidance but first up twitter taking a hit despite beating expectations revenue up 61 in the user growth quarter. Interim ceo dorsey last night expressing his dissatisfaction during the Conference Call. Instant time lines and logged out experiences have not yet had meaningful impact on growing our participation. This is unacceptable and...

Are increasingly under threat. Conversations of consequence with leading investors and executives. A lack of alternatives. Big banks had up a parade of earnings reports. The best way to get shareholders on board is to show our plans get graduate. Our transformation is a journey. Its all straight ahead on them best. Best. Oomberg hello and welcome, im mark parson, this is bloomberg best, your weekly review of analysis and interviews from around the world. The week began with another development i...

Good friday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla dow is at 44 the Trump Administration gearing up for a major push on tax reform as you probably know. Chief economic adviser gary cohn giving a wide ranging interview to the Financial Times saying the president will start being on the road making major reasons to justify the reform. U. S. Managing editor for the Financial Times is here. Good to have you with us great to be here. A lot to unpack in this interview. Im curious to kno...

Plus texas bracing for Hurricane Harvey the strongest hurricane to hit the u. S. In more than a decade. The ecommerce giant said to slash prices in whole foods as soon as monday investors though will focus their attention on jackson hole wyoming and the Kansas City Fed symposium. Yellen will speak in about an hour from now while draghi will address the gathderring this afternoon. 3 00 p. M. Eastern time powell is somewhere in there around 220 but the conference title is about synchronized Global...

We are inches away from the record. Futures steady as we wait for the fed at 2 00. Tech titans will meet with donald trump today at trump tower. Were going live to midtown manhattan, watch them as they walk in. Two new names officially announced to take a spot in goldman. More on the changes. First, 89 points, thats how much it will take for the dow to hit 20k. The blue chips coming off their 16th record closing high. S p and nasdaq hitting record territory. All aed head of the feds rate announc...

Good wednesday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Our john ford sought side trump you toer in manhattan as the president elect meets with those tech ceos. It does bring us to our top story, donald trump hosting top executives from Silicon Valley including tim cook, cheryl sanldzberg and elan musk. What is the latest . Carl, the ceo of oracle just showed up about 10, 15 minutes ago. You might note it is quite a bit ahead of when we expect that actual meeting to be this afternoon. So interesting th...

It has nice pretty mountains. Very strange place. Anyway, senator greg is here with us for the rest of the show. Were going to get caught up with him in a moment. Among our top stories this morning, fed chair janet yellen returning to capitol hill this time to return to the House Financial Services committee. She told the senate panel waiting too long to raise Interest Rates would be unwise. We have eight meetings a year and it means that at some meetings we would, if things remain on course, in...

If the documents are real, the cias most powerful tools may be useless or in the wrong hands. Here is brian ross. Reporter officials tonight are calling it a devastating Security Breach for the cia. Revealing in fascinating detail how the agency is using everyday household Electronic Devices to spy on its targets. If authentic and Officials Say they appear to be. The 8700 documents reveal a range of cia programs with code names like after midnight and brittle kangaroo. All now in the hands of te...

Some trump tax returns are made public. We know what he paid in 2005 taxes. What does it all mean . And the Prime Minister of ireland joins us live. His country has hundreds of u. S. Companies meeting with the president tomorrow. Well find out what hes planning. First up, though, the fed is set to wrap up the twoday meeting. Fellow policy makers are going to announce a rate hike at 2 00 p. M. Yellen has a News Conference half an hour later. Trying to hang on to breakeven levels for the month, th...