Isnt it beautiful . Im on my way to the town of topping to hear all about a strange inheritance that was literally stuck in mud. My brother billy and i inherited our fathers oyster biz, which his father started farming in 1899. We didnt want them. The business was dead. Hoping we could bring it back to life. Hey, guys, im jamie. Hey. Im travis. This is my cousin ryan. Nice to meet you. How are you . Its absolutely gorgeous here. Before i crack open the croxton family story, you got to know a thing or two about oysters, which raw, baked, or fried have been a part of the north american seafood diet for thousands of years. I get the scoop from tommy leggett, a marine scientist and longtime commercial fisherman. So, were they always so popular . I mean, oysters are all the rage. Is that sudden . No, no, no. Native americans have been eating oysters forever, all around the Chesapeake Bay. Tommy tells me oysters were not a delicacy back then, but an everyday meal. When they finished eating t
Percent of what it was before the pandemic. The executive director says this is a good sign. That number varies from county to county. It is 33 percent of normal in San Francisco. Youre able to work remotely. Youre less likely needing to travel. The institute says peak travel used to be on wednesdays. Now travel generally spikes to the highest on fridays and saturdays. I want to stretch my legs. They said there appears to be a shift from urban to suburban. One man says he will be working at a job site closer to home. Up to 80 miles per day. I was commuting down here to berkeley. They said travel may never be 100 percent of what it was. I feel like were going to have a second way. It is going to be more coronaviruss going around. They question whether Major Business hub financial district will completely recover with Many Office Workers working from home. I think there is a initial struggle for those places to come back. The data shows that residents are returning to the road in the lar
John f. Marszalek discusses his process for writing in his relationship with Abraham Lincoln and what he mainly focused on with civil war and not his presidency. Held at the lincoln form symposium, this is one hour. So, let us begin with our last session for the 23rd form. I am Frank Williams your coach. We are delighted to have with us once again, every other year, we have the john and craig show. applause and that is much deserved, because they get high grades, high marks from you. Deservedly so. Im not even sure what it is there going to talk about this morning. But we will be entertained. I can tell you that. What can we say about two of our very loyal members who have served for a long time. A long time on our board of advisers. John john f. Marszalek is our dear friend from Mississippi State, university. Executive director of the Ulysses Grant association and president ial library where i served as president. He is recently the editor along with david mullin and louis gallows of
Late january, early february when the virus was raging in china. Investors and traders in the u. S. , and we have spikes in certain parts of the u. S. It is not clear what that will bring for the rest of the country. Traders looking past any negative possibility. However, from across asset class standpoint, that is not the case. The haven yen is a quite a rally over the last two weeks, more than two weeks, the haven yen up more than 3 , quite a run when you have investors seeking safety in that way. It tells you they are treading water where there is an actual hedge for some sort of risk off ahead. Itll be interesting to see whether the broader indexes, the sideways range we have seen of last couple of weeks, whether it breaks to the upside following the nasdaq or the nasdaq follows stocks down. There seems to be overall optimism driven by the fed. Not a lot changing fundamentally accept the virus data and the uncertain the around that. David dont fight the fed. Thank you so much abiga
Sadly this is an empty place right now were in the eighth week of the coronavirus lockdown here in new york city and having a class how to published during a pandemic reviews that time with friends and colleagues in the independent book world to find out how they are doing and what they are doing and maybe to pick up some inspiration along the way. I am speaking with two of those from the indie folk world two neighbors from brooklyn. One is jessica from my neighborhood bookstore. Welcome to both of you and thank you for taking the time to spea speak. I want to talk shop and give people some inside baseball about her new life as independent book people. Lets start with you, jessica. What has this done to your business . [laughter] it is a lot really fast it has been a real reinvention over the past six or eight weeks. Midmarch we feel there were a couple of days do we need to consider closing in and somebody said we absolutely have to and then you also have to send everyone home and in