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Taken off because i mean as you mentioned data across all the content are exceptionally high i can think of so after for example you know this week on the program we had a nigerian woman and she was talking about her if its in training women up for the tech sector the industry that you work in a she talked about how difficult it isnt really how hostile the industry is on the continent i guess in the world as well to women i just wonder what your experience has been and are you seeing things impr...

Teachers did win modest raises. over the past few years organizers have staged strikes follow fast-food workers. now several states have enacted $15 minimum wage laws to be rolled out in the coming years. its not just low-wage worker adjung professors, journalists, freelancer are joining unions. google employs more contract temps than full-time workers, a sore point for many employees. last week there was a small, but symbolic victory. about 80 contract workers in googles offices in pittsburgh v...

Over the past few years organizers helped stage strikes among fast food workers all over the country. part of a campaign called the fight for 15. now several states have enacted $15 minimum wage laws to be rolled out in the coming years. and its not just low wage workers who are organizing. ed a jurngt professors, journalists are joining. and google employs more contract temps than full-time workers. last week there was a small but symbolic victory. about 80 contract workers in googles offices i...

Are getting more concerned about here in europe. apple strong on the investors side. we saw the shares close 4% higher. that is because amongst the products not coming out of china will not face tariffs. one reason we saw it in the tech sector generally and the u.s. pretty happy in buying into some of those companies. >> let me get your thoughts on another story that was vesting that of cbs corporation and viacom announcing theyre once again reuniting. theyre part of the same company. g. theyre ...

The tech sector has supported the market the past two years. so to ceciling of this magnitude underlies the fears. >> shepard: deidra bolton with 13 minutes to go today. some victims of child sex abuse in new york states have waited decades to go to court. now they have their chance. the state child abuse victims act went into effect this morning. it loosens the statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases. starting today, theres a one-year window to start a lawsuit against alleged abusers. a...

The question is what will china do to strike back. so they chose to devalue its currency. so if youre not a student of the market, ill explain what that means. it means that china boosts their own experts by weakening its currency and the dollar strengthens and the value of u.s. exports is more expensive. so you can see how china is trying to offset the tariffs for itself and make the playing field a little bit harder for u.s. companies and thats why this sell-off is happening today. thats what ...

164,000 jobs, economic growth still looking good. do you see signs in the big picture of potential slow down? >> well, we are seeing a slow down. the good news is the slow down is still enough to hopefully over time eat away at the unemployment rate and keep those wages high. the tech sector really showed up in these numbers where theres a lot of growth and thats wages as well. on the flip side the unemployment rate stayed at 3.7% for the right reasons. the participation rate in the labor market...

Immediately after the announcement. what can we expect from this, though? >> thats exactly it. the big news from the tech sector that far story emerged in "the wall street journal." the key is in the of online pl that dominate internet search, social media, and retail services. they didnt think about which companies in particular but i think its pretty obvious which ones theyre referring to, google, social media, facebook and retail is amazon. they said they will be monitoring ways these platfor...

Said they were undergoing a production hell and this year, it seems to be a logistics hell. >> we got the second quarter earnings kicking off off yesterday. it seems as if that all signs are pointing to an earnings recession. especially because we have this trade tension between the u.s. and china lingering. what more can you tell us about it? >> thats right. it seems that given the stock markets are at horde highs but thats the expectation for the street. we are into the heart of earnings seaso...

Right? where everybody comes to buy and sell or to do the searches. and at the same time, they own a bunch of businesses that are competing with all those folks coming say to amazon in order to sell their goods. they dont just compete straight up. they compete by being able to keep all of the information from every one of those companies. and then decide oh, im going after you and you and i know how much to charge and i know what kind of volume to expect. eats a little like being an umpire in ba...