Precipitate a move. We will keep an eye on that eye on not. Keeping an eye on this as well. The dallas. The dow was riling bigtime. About 190 points. Commodities are losing. Stocks are gaining in facebook and amazon, the two biggest beneficiaries at rover alltime highs. A lot of that field by the belief that despite all the controversy on facebook which will get into a little bit, people are clicking and when it comes to amazon, they are buying. Also waiting for results from disney. This is the quarter that the higher ticket prices went into effect at theme parks, whether that hurt attendance there is anyones guess. Eiger was giving them positive guidance in the last report. This can continue is better than expected news that of the Media Company and the willingness im been especially as they enter the holiday. Come is summer vacation. To keep spending. We shall see. Meanwhile, some other numbers that are pretty surprising. Stuart talks about three very important battleground states, H
Its a muchanticipated vote count in the largest county in georgia that could go a long way to closing that gap between donald trump and joe biden in that state where donald trump maintains a small lead. Over to pennsylvania, we could know a winner by the end of the day or night. Pennsylvanias secretary of state saying the final 500,000 votes are being counted right now as we speak. Arizona releases numbers tonight out of Maricopa County that could signal whether joe biden will hold on to his slim lead. Were still waiting on nevada and its 6 electoral votes. State Officials Say we could be waiting for days before we have a declared winner there. Donald trump doesnt appear to like the direction this race is going for him. This morning he tweeted stop the count, even though if the count stops now and its over joe biden wins. Trumps lawsuits, some of them over just a few dozen ballots, now out number his pathways to an electoral victory. His completely baseless accusations of fraud remain
Questions about that variant of the virus in britain. Conflicting reports on that. Well get to that. Suffice it to say the stimulus checks and the relief that washington cobbled together is a lastminute hail mary pass. People are not satisfied with the process, but very happy that it will mean checks in americans hands. We should point out that part of the process also includes unemployment checks that could start very, very soon. Probably in january though at the earliest. Go on for ten weeks at 300 a week. That would be in addition to state aid that americans are getting. Most of those things that americans that started getting this pandemic relief, a lot of their state benefits have run out so happy to get something from washington to compensate for that. To Jackie Deangelis on how this could look for the economy and for shoppers that are still busy. Jackie . Good afternoon to you, neil. The 600 checks cant come fast enough for the shoppers out on the streets. That 600 is half what
Larry Lane, age 77, of Forest City, went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.
Larry was born December 28, 1942 in Rutherford County to the late Elbert Lane and Muriel Ward Lane.
He was a graduate of Chase High School, class of 1961 and worked as a maintenance technician for PPG for thirty-eight years before retirement. Larry was a longtime and faithful member of Henrietta First Baptist Church. He served as a deacon and treasurer and was actively involved in the school back-pack program. Larry was an avid bass fisherman and gardener. He and his wife, Ramona, enjoyed hiking to notable waterfalls and photographing the beautiful scenery. He was a dedicated Christian, husband, father, brother, grandfather and friend.