And the troop levels could go back up again. Really depends upon commitments by the taliban and what have you and youve got to consider that a biden ministration given the blood in the service may be jumping on board. His Administration May pursue efforts to keep troops there, and even Establishment Republicans are calling for troops to remain in afghanistan, and probably even in iraq. Not that things are shaping up in our banks, which is not international this wednesday. Next stop, its been bust. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world, the politics sports business. Im show business. Ill see you then new gold rush is underway in ghana. Thousands of ill equipped workers are flocking to the gold fields, hoping to strike it rich. Heres a good way out of those they owe by those that work. Children are torn between gold. My family was very poor. I thought i was doing my best to get back to school, which side will have the strongest appeal w
Bloomberg technology. Lets take a look at the markets on the day. It was a risk on session, of course avenue do with the news out of madera that they have a vaccine that is 94. 5 effective on the volunteers. 500hat news, the s p finishing higher. Some nice gains out of the nasdaq. Moderna itself sharply higher. After the market, we did have news coming from brookshire and s. Her hathawaye berkshire added to their portfolio in terms of health care. Typically, health care a defensive space. With the virus, perhaps these additions have something to do with the virus. Stocks have been down sharply on the day after moderna news about the virus came out. Likingours, investors pfizer as well. All right, abigail doolittle, thank you so much for that round up. I want to get to airbnbs filing. The company disclosing details of its initial Public Offering plans for the first time, releasing Financial Results and previously confidential information on its operations. In ipo search that has largely
He graduated from west point in 1844 commissioned into the first u. S. Jeb stewart drove his oum. He had ambition and there were tests coming if for him in the next weeks to see if he might be able to, umm, past those tests and seek more of the command, promotion, and fame he might have been seeking. And, finally, we come to the officer in the center, james brown stewart. Better known as jeb stewart. Hes the guy who kind of instigates and will carry it out. Quick overview on his life up to that point. He was born on february 6th, 1833. He attempted to enlist in the u. S. Military but was told he was too young. He spent two years at emory and henry college. In 1850 he received his appointment. During stewarts time there, robert e. Lee arrived in 1852 and served as the military academys superintendent. At the same time fitz lee arrived. Stewart was honored for his cavalry skill during his time at west point. He graduated 13th in a class of 46. He served in the u. S. Regular meant in texa
About the Loudoun Valley campaign. This talk was part of a symposium. Welcome back to the emerging civil war. Thank you for joining us today online as well as in person. I want a thanks to our friends at cspan that they do to continue to promote American History. Theyre work is invaluable. Next today we have kevin pawlak. He works for Prince William county and he has his own battlefield where he oversees and he overseas a civil war hospital center. He is author of a hazard to all. He is going to talk to us about the aftermaths of the campaign, the stale end that gets over looked tieing into an earlier talk today. Set in the larger context. Kevin will talk a little about the Loudoun Valley campaign of 1862. Ladies and gentlemen, kevin pawlak. Thank you nar introduction. We hope that you will be able to join us next year when we reprize our topic of what was supposed to be this years topic of fallen leaders. Today i will talk to you about the loudoun fallly campaign. I would probably wag
Will wake you up, call it ludicrous speed. Stay here, airbnb making its pitch to go public even as the travel sector continues to suffer amid the pandemic and buffetts big buys, the sto stocks he says are ready to rally. It is tuesday, november 17th, and this is Worldwide Exchange. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening from wherever in the world you might be watching. Im Brian Sullivan thanks for joining us. Here is your markets and money on a tesla tuesday as well call it futures are mixed to flat. Dow lower, nasdaq futures are higher neither are moving very much but another big monday for your money, more new records and a new vaccine candidate of course. The dow coming off its first record close since prepandemic levels in early february the index now just 50 points away from 30,000 something certainly a number to watch. Small caps continue though to be the star the s p small cap 600 up another 3 yesterday if you are not paying attention to small caps, you should. Lets also t