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The plus column and big tech really help the nasdaq today but for most of the session weve kept in check after congress failed to agree on the next stimulus package. Nasdaq of 1. 5 in the doubt up about half 8 and that stinky gaining three quarters of 1 . Lets look at the month all three up, up four months in a row, the big winner was the nasdaq almost 7 , look at the s p up five and half percent and the dow up 2. 4 . Apple, new alltime high, worth more than any other company in the world including the oil, facebook hitting a new record height, apple as well as alphabet reported earnings yesterday and investors still cheering the first two, also but shares are down and the Company Reported the first annual revenue decline. Google under a little bit of pressure today. Finally we know who hacked twitter about two weeks ago, a florida teenager accused of being the mastermind of a bitcoin hack on prominent news users that negative 100,000, he did not act alone, to others charged in the sch
Contra costa county. I hope the students can get back to school because thats where the best learning is done for everyone. Reporter she says shes been hoping to send her daughter back to school in a few weeks. Concords two catholic high schools had been looking at a partial reopening. They must begin this school year this fall through Distance Learning. Reporter but the governors new mandate means those plans are likely to change. Parents we talk to say theyre not happy. This is formative time. They need to be in school, in class with their peers, with their teachers facetoface learning. I dont think anything should be shutdown. They dont shut anything down for the flu. Reporter the Liberty School district in east Contra Costa County also planned to reopen its high schools using the hybrid model. Now the district has just three weeks to gear up to go all virtual. I think the best way to describe how im feeling is sad. Sad as an educator, sad as a superintendent, sad as a parent. Repor
Good afternoon, welcome to the september 10th, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call roll. [ roll call ] mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, will you join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Supervisor yee on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv. Michael batazar and colleen a memendoza who make transcripts available online. Are there any communications . Clerk i have none to report, mr. President. Supervisor yee we are approving the minutes from the july 30th, 2019 regular board meeting. Are there any changes to these Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Made by supervisor walton and seconded by supervisor fewer. Motion to approve ok. Then these m
Good afternoon, welcome to the september 10th, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call roll. [ roll call ] mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, will you join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Supervisor yee on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv. Michael batazar and colleen a memendoza who make transcripts available online. Are there any communications . Clerk i have none to report, mr. President. Supervisor yee we are approving the minutes from the july 30th, 2019 regular board meeting. Are there any changes to these Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Made by supervisor walton and seconded by supervisor fewer. Motion to approve ok. Then these m