Higher for a change. Im melissa lee coming to you from studio b on the desk, tim seymour, dan nathan and guy adami. We start with meta shares now up 2. 5 just about after posting a top and bottom line beat. The company seeing return to ad Revenue Growth avenue dismal 2022 and Julia Boorstin has all the detail. Meta beat expectations on the top and bottom lines reporting its fastest growth in two year, 23 Revenue Growth in the third quarter. Thats ahead of the 21 that analysts expected. Now, for the Fourth Quarter meta provided a revenue Guidance Range with a midpoint just a hair below analysts consensus and metas year of efficiency, the Company Brought down its expense outlook for the year, down to between 87 and 89 billion from a prior forecast of 88 to 91 billion and it forecast its 2024 expenses for the first time giving a range between 94 and 99 billion now, for context, analysts had been looking for expenses to come in at 100 billion or below so they met that now, the company did
Plus, the season of strikes set to grow even larger. Today, with more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers possibly walking off the job. And then later, we have a rare downgrade for apple, like key bank says, it is taking a fresh look at the stock. It is wednesday, october 4th, 2023. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc. Good morning. Welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im frank holland. Lets get you ready to start your day. We kick off the hour with the checks on u. S. Stock futures. In the red across the board. The dow looks like it would open up 30 points lower right now. This after the dow posted its worst day since march, falling nearly 1. 3 . Similar story for the nasdaq and the s p 500. Both of them closing down. 1. 8 and 1. 3 respectively on the day. We also want to look at the russel 2000, negative for the year and seen as a leading indicator of a possible u. S. Recession. You see the move this is dow transports. Dow transports dipped below the 200 Day Moving Avera
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