CNBC Business News Update - Market Midday: Stocks Lower, Mark Cuban Backs Harris Capital Gains Tax Increase Proposal, CNBC Ranks Dallas Cowboys Most Valuable NFL Team 9/5/24

Episode Date: September 5, 2024

From Wall Street to Main Street, the latest on the markets and what it means for your money. Updated regularly on weekdays, featuring CNBC expert analysis and sound from top business newsmakers. Anchored and reported by CNBC's Jessica Ettinger.

I'm Jessica Edinger. almost two and a half percent and UnitedHealth. The S&P 500 index is down 29 points. That's a half percent. The NASDAQ down only two points this afternoon. Companies whose shares have hit fresh all-time highs today include Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, Travelers, Chubb, Philip Morris and Duke Energy. The ADP report on private sector hiring came out this morning and companies added fewer jobs than expected last month at 99,000. Tomorrow, the government's employment report comes out that does include government hiring. Fewer people than expected applied for unemployment benefits, though, last week. The Dallas Cowboys are at the top of the brand new CNBC NFL valuations ranking worth $11 billion. Jerry Jones is the greatest marketer there is in the history of sports.

The Cowboys, through stadium sponsorships, through licensing agreements, get $800 million from stadium revenue. Wow. The league average is less than $300 million. CNBC's Mike Ozanian. Now at the bottom of the 32-team list is the Cincinnati Bengals, still worth a pretty penny at more than $5 billion. You can see the whole list and methodology at CNBC.com.

The NFL season kicks off tonight with the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Baltimore Ravens on our sister network, CNBC. Investors selling stocks at a profit have long paid a lower capital gains tax than regular people paying income tax at their W-2 jobs. Capital gains tops out at 20 percent, while all single taxpayers in the U.S. pay 24 percent income tax on W-2 earnings over $95,000 a year. Vice President Harris unveiled a capital gains tax increase. She wants to take it to 28 percent, which is lower than President Biden's proposed rate of nearly 40 percent. Dallas Mavericks owner and investor Mark Cuban called in to CNBC today to talk about the Harris people reaching out to him about being wealthy and paying more. You know, billionaires should pay more than, you know, average working people,

firefighters, etc. And if you just look at the numbers, right, if a firefighter or someone who's working their, you know, their butt off is making, you know, $150,000 a year, they're paying 24%. And she came out yesterday and said 28% for capital gains, which when I talked to them, I thought was fair. I mean, they've been very clear to me and other business people that, look, we've realized that rich people have to pay their fair share. Billionaire Mark Cuban on CNBC. Jessica Ettinger, CNBC. How did a master cyber criminal and a Russian oligarch with ties to the Kremlin hack into America's financial system, scamming millions?

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