The dow is looking for about a 300 point gain right there at the opening bell. S p up about 34. Look at that nasdaq go. Technology is doing well, up 104 points. Thats premarket for the nasdaq. Now, lockdown winners. Clearly emerging. Lowes, the Home Improvement people, headquartered in North Carolina. Profit up 28 . We stocked up for the lockdown. Target, they really organized their online delivery and store pickup operation, lumped together under digital sales, up a whopping 141 . Walmart, same story. Stockpiling helped them, too. Amazon, kings of the online selling business. Boy, did they clean up. The stock is near a record high. And the netflix, well, they are the kings of the streaming business. What else are we supposed to do when we are ordered to stay home for weeks on end . There are a lot more virus winners and we will go through them throughout the show. Meanwhile, the revolt continues all across the country. Businesses are defying the authorities and opening up despite the
Let us know what reopening looks like in your part of the country. If you are in eastern or central time zones, 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, it is 202 7488001. A special line throughout the morning for essential workers, 202 7488002. You can catch up with us on social media. Message,end us a text 202 7488003 is that number. Good monday morning to you. Here is the headline from the wall street journal last week. All 50 states have taken steps to reopen. Revivers hoping to economies. That is what we are going to talk about this morning, reopening, asking you what it looks like in your part of the country. Here is a map from the New York Times. That map, the blue states are the states in full reopening or partial phases of reopening. The striped blue and yellow lines are regional reopening scum and all states on that map in some process of reopening. , illinois, has had a stayathome order in effect since march 21. That is set to expire on may 29. We are t
And the reception it has gotten so far . Guest they will have three different fire departments, state police, american leisure honor guard American Legion honor guard. Leaders from the boys and girl scouts. They are expecting several hundred people to participate. The township supervisors had been discussing ways to honor memorial day, and how can they do it . Since the beginning of april, they have had a program where they have been giving out free food, and local Catering Companies and businesses are donating food and people financially impacted by covid19 can drive through the parking lot, get their readytoeat meal and be on their way. This somewhat mirrors that. They just decided if everybody is going to stay in their cars and be apart from every each can keep separate, why not have a parade in this way . ,ost the website lehighvalleylive. Com. What are other events you have covered in pennsylvania on how people are experiencing memorial day in a time of social distancing . Guest t
The latest on the road ahead for its potential vaccine. Retail back in the spotlight again, once again, two companies that have remained open reporting target and lowes. Markets this markets posed for higher opening. Dow trails up 294 points right now, 1 and a quarter percent higher, s p up 33 and nasdaq higher by 103 points. All averages better than 1 . Concerns over modernas vaccine trial led to lateday selloff yesterday. Delta Airlines Adding Flights as the country reopens. Ceo of delta is here ed and find out when he expects to see domestic and International Travel bouncing back. Measures to keep passengers safe and boeing prediction that Major Airline will go out of business by the fall. Demand for car products risen 500 . Hard to find on store shelves at 8 30 a. M. Clorox ceo, how they are trying to meet demand nor 5 Dividend Increase and what the future of the business holds. Clorox this morning. Newly declassified email from susan rice showed she tried to protect then president
The u. S. Revised down its revised forecast for this year and next. The outlook for automakers in a postvirus world. We look at the prospects of japan the boss of lamborghini. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the Unemployment Rate for the month of april, coming in at 3. 8 . This would be below expectations of more than 4 and at the same level than in the previous month. South korea of course has implemented big fiscal measures, not to mention the relaxation of social distancing measures and president moon jaein asking his ministers to swiftly draw up a third budget. He has announced something of a korean style nodeal with statement investments, and we are seeing the south korean Unemployment Rate at 3. 8 , the previousl as in the month as south korea continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. That seems to have restarted and regained some momentum with those infections around nightclubs in seoul. Lets turn to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong for a check on the ma