This is the time when we can dare to dream. I am talking about the Mega Millions. Everyone seems to have lotto fever. Have you caught it yet? The only cure is winning the jackpot, which is up to $1.02 Billion dollars.
two stocks at the open today. microsoft and alphabet. microsoft in afterhours trade yesterday saw its shares rise almost 4%. the company issued up beat revenue outlook for the year. revenue and earnings did miss for the fourth quarter. but that was because of a strong dollar. and also they reported that microsoft s cloud unit, which includes azure, saw revenue rise about 20%. pretty up beat there. alphabet missed on both the top and bottom lines but investors seem to take comfort in the strong performance from google search. shares in alphabet also rose after hours. so i don t think you can play from over there in the uk, but your family back here in massachusetts will want to hear about this, just the third time ever the mega millions jackpot crossed the $1 billion threshold. the grand prize in friday night s drawing will be an estimated $1.02 billion after no one won last night s drawing.
for just the third time ever, the mega millions jackpot has crossed the $1 billion threshold. the grand prize in friday night s drawing will be an estimated $1.2 billion. $1.02 billion. after no one won last night s drawing. that number is certain to grow as more pictures are bought leading up to friday s drawing. mike barnicle, i know you like to scratch off tickets from time to time, maybe a lottery ticket as well with your dunkin when you go out in the car. we re rushing for this one. it s 1.2 now, higher than that when we cash in on saturday. you got one? here s the winner. you got it? yeah, right here. so, i just won, it s nice to
this is how much power they have. they are almost a government unto their own. g.o.p. members of congress who have a moral obligation right now to hold hearings, carry out investigations, and demand real reform. we love our enlisted troops and we cherish their heroic sacrifices. they don t deserve this. congress should not just keep shoveling money out the door regardless of the results but that s exactly what they re doing. biden asked for $802 billion for the next year defense budget. the house ended up voting to rounded up to a cool $839 billion. unreal. america is quickly moving from a position when we ask what should we do in international affairs to one where we ask, can we do anything? when the american taxpayers have spent trillions of dollars on our military and lost thousands and thousands of brave and selfless troops, we have a right
he s slowing down. and meanwhile, his bestie, 98 years old charlie munger is here and they re dying to know what they think about the cash position down 51 billion to $102 billion and a lot of buying allegheny insurance and of course, he just upped his stake in chevron and came out with quarters year over year, down about 50% and some of that has to do with market volatility and insurance investment. again, you have all of these people coming and we ran into apple ceo tim cook this morning and we ran up to him and people were saying don t talk to him. you know me, i put my microphone in there because buffet owns about $144 billion in apple stock, his biggest stock portfolio in berkshire, here is what jim cook said. warren is obviously very enamoured with the apple stock. what have you learned in the past year from a guy like him