The private equity giant 3g capital sold 20 million shares but there is a reason behind it. Stocks are set to open slightly lower well start off with that wework news, of course sort of trickling out yesterday, after the close. A delay in the planned Public Offering that has been so, well, such a focus over the last few weeks. As the price at least that wework thought it would get for its shares has rapidly declined over concerns about its Business Model, over concerns about governance, ever since they actually issued the s1, which mr. Cramer didnt take a fancy too, a lot of this goes back to mr. Adam newman, the man who founded the company and runs it. And this has been a chaotic process. Having reported on it now for a couple of weeks, i can sort of tell you ive never seen anything quite like this in terms of the disarray in preparing for a Public Offering. And i guess what was clear and perhaps funlly made clear to them was they werent ready. They were not ready to actually face pot
Worldwide exchange. Im sara eisen. Im wilfred frost. Lets check in on the Global Markets this morning. Some strength early in the premarket action after yesterday couldnt hold the gains. Dow futures are up nice 80 points. S p futures up 13. 5. Nasdaq futures are up 41 points. Ten year treasury note yield falling some disappointing numbers on Industrial Production an ahead of the Consumer Price index. Ten year yield backing off from that 1. 80 level. 1. 77. We saw a jump in yield in the past month or so but off those june highs. In europe uk inflation tick up to the highest annual rate since november 2014. European shares trading higher significantly as you can see over 1 . We were down yesterday by about three quarters of is so a little bit of a bounce back there. Uk inflation data something to dive into more deeply when we see the currency moves. Asian trade also strong, started off a good risk on trade for the day as a whole. Hong kong and shanghai up 1 . 1. 5 in fact. Lets go the Br
Here at the New York Stock Exchange. We will discuss whether the oip ipo market has gone flat. Netflix getting crushed after disappointing earnings last night. The shares are down nearly 8 on the session today. Someone who says the valuation still ridiculously high and he will tell us why coming snup lots of volatility on that one lately. A Sports Equipment Company Investing in new technology that it says could change the landscape for concussion injuries that we have all been focusing on so much recently. We have the ceo of this company, performance sports group, to explain the technology and the potential in the Business World coming up. Then after the bell, barney frank and larry kudlow together and both here at the New York Stock Exchange to discuss whether democrats are becoming too much of an lets start with first datas first day of trade. Bob pisani standing by. The payment processors post right behind us, not doing is well today, bob. The good news is it got done and they i had
S p futures up by 8 and the nasdaq up by 21. Quarterly results coming out from home depot. Heres whats happening. The company beating estimates by 4 cents with profit of 1. 36 a cha share. The Home Improvement retailer also forecasting full year profit and thats also exceeding estimates. Well talk about that in just a minute. Among the other big stories, the dollar hitting a 7 month high against the euro this morning. Among the reasons, expectations that the fed koul begin to raise rates next month. A lot of whale watching on wall street as some of the most powerful investors reveal their latest portfolio moves. Carl icahn swapping his stake in ebay for the same number of shares in paypal. The activist investor also disclosed his position in iag. Now we know the numbers. He has been calling for a break up of that insurer. Also David Einhorns Green Light Capital had a tough time of it boosting its stake in apple in the Third Quarter. Hedge fund also upping its holdings of General Motors
Different alarm. Often a critic, Rupert Murdoch takes a shot. Google with harsh tweets about privacy. Family dollar at center of a bidding war. Dollar general announcing an offer to buy rival discount retailer for 78. 50 a share in cash, total transaction valued 9. 7 billion, counters dollar trees 74. 50 a share, cash and stock bid. So much, jim for not everybody working in late august in the summer. Somebodys working here. This is interesting. This was what we first thought would happen. Exactly. Surprised that dollar wasnt involved because its a better fit. You can tell from the stocks reaction, people agree. I like allcash bid. Lots of overlap in the two, youll be able to take out more cost. Thats what we like about takeovers, consolidation and cost taken out. Even icahn in Family Dollar and precipitated all of this at least public conversation we know discussions with Family Dollar and dollar tree had been going on for some time before icahns involvement. He himself thought that Do