Waiting to see when are we going to see a pull bethunecookman. If you look back and we could see it through the options world, we talked about it last night. S p 500, we look at the spy put, they were bought 200,000. Mashlgt starts to turn people get nervous and obviously, weve seen this before where suddenly, when something start, then everybody doesnt want to be the last one holding. That was a monstrous swing volatility spiked. Got up into the mid 12s. But here we are. The markets now back focused on what the market should be focused on, which is earnings and how are they doing so, doc, were 25 points away from 26k again on the dow. Does yesterday then just become what a memory . A blip that well think about from time to time, but no big deal i dont think it was a big deal percentage wise it shows up as the biggest percentage move flip back and forth since february i believe of last year but what i really took away from it, judge, was were there going to be the buyers on that dip we
The company focuses on Venture Capital and structured investments and Bio Technology and pharmaceuticals. Prior for 16 years he led the firms in investment in Bio Technology and pharmaceuticals. Hes been active in policy discussions, served on the executive committee on the board of national Venture Capital association and led that groups Life Sciences efforts. Hes also served on the emerging Company Section board on the Bio Technology board industry organization. Hes served on many nonprofit boards. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the Stanford School of business. And we really appreciate your coming. Thank you. And its great to be here. Were going to talk. Im going to start with a provocative question. Does the Investment Community view the u. S. , food and Drug Administration as a Necessary Evil or as a critical ally or or Something Else . Thats a great question. I obviously cant speak on the behalf of the entire Investment Community, but i would say overwhelmingly fda is
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 5. 30am in the morning in kabul, where afghan Officials Say the number of People Killed when a group of militants launched an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel has risen to 18. All of the gunmen also died, but it took the Security Forces several hours to bring the situation under control from kabul, Zia Shahreyar reports. The final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. Gunfire and explosions, as Afghan Special forces battle to regain control of the Intercontinental Hotel. One soldier throws a grenade. He moves away, then the explosion. The room is soon on fire. Evidence of the struggle that had taken place. The Afghan National flag waving from the roof, proof that the building has been reta ken. We are in the area. You can see the Hotel Intercontinental on the hill in kabul, and as you can see, it was burned, part of the hotel was burned. And black smoke has blackened the southern part of the hotel. More than 150 people, including som
Thank you so much for coming. Thank you. I forgot to turn my mike on. Jonathan is a partner with deerfield management and chairman of the deerfield institute. He joined this company in 2013. The company focuses on Venture Capital and structured investments and Bio Technology and pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining deerfield for more than 16 years, jonathan was with Warburg Pincus where he led investment in Bio Technology and pharmaceuticals. Hes been active in policy discussions related to health care and medical innovation and served on the executive committee of the board of the national Venture Capital association and led that groups Life Sciences efforts. He has also served on the emerging Company Section board of the Bio Technology industry organization. He has served on many related nonprofit boards including the reagan ucall foundation for the food and Drug Administration. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the Stanford School of business and we thank you for coming. Thank
Good afternoon, everyone. Id like the call this subcommittee meeting on the emerging threats and capabilities to order. Ill start with the Opening Statement, and then we will have an Opening Statement from you, and move on to the witnesseses. Thank you, gentlemen for being here. The subcommittee on merging threats and capabilities made to d today to receive testimony on the department of defenses efforts to counter weapons of mass destruction and we welcome assistant secretary for defense of Homeland Defense and Global Security, deputy rapuano, and Joseph Osterman who is the deputy officer of socome, and thank them for appearing before us today. This hearing is coming at a troubling increase in the proliferation of wmds by rogue states and terrorist organizations that pose a direct and growing threat to the National Security. While we are familiar with and concerned by the growing size and capabilities of north Koreas Nuclear program, we should be mindful of the efforts to expand the c