Will try to use the system to shut you out yeah shut you out is exactly that was what we were seeing happening on thursday as you saw this whole you know monday through wednesday of last week as well like you know that stock just skyrocketing because theyre buying and buying and buying would just call the short sellers to be like oh my gosh i was broken with you know basically what was interesting with that is that thats when you know trading like robin hood t. D. Ameritrade Charles Schwab and others started restricting users from being able to actually buy game stop stock and other stocks that also were being looked at as short sells that the you know other groups driving up the price of what you see and things like that its pretty incredible robin who claim this was due to recent volatility in the market over listen to this submission. Of the week and many posters on wall street pointed out that quote one hedge fund suffering amid the game stop surge was Melvin Capital Management whi
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We will hear from the head of west coast listings jeff thompson. Lucids desert oasis just finished a listing in san francisco. We will get a picture of supply and demand with first, u. S. Stocks started the month off by hitting records on stimulus talks and covert progress. Salesforce says it will proceed with plans to buy lack for 7. 7 billion to buy slack for 7. 7 billion. Slack prices up, salesforce had dropped. What do we see after hours . Abigail both shares are down. The idea that salesforce. Com would buy slack, now lo and behold, that is happening. As you mentioned, 27 point 7 billion in cash and stock. Some are wondering about the cash piece. Salesforce. Com does have a lot of cash, so using it here for this deal, and i think the bigger thing to take a look at is the fact that salesforce. Coms Ceo Marc Benioff has made more than 60 acquisitions, as you know, in his 21 years, making salesforce. Com the conglomerate of all these different pieces. Now they have this Communication
Work and no relief in sight. Speaking of relief, the top democrat in the Senate Chuck Schumer has republican Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell agreed the rekindle talks about a stimulus package the senate is on recess through next week. We will speak with Colorado Governor Jared Polis who just moved 15 counties including denver into level red restrictions he is also part of a group of governors speaking with president elect biden this weekend. Plus we will talk with the ceo of the National Association of manufacturers who is working with bidens team to help fight the pandemic today we have with us mike santoli, steer liesman mike, the broader markets are well off the lows as we speak. They are. Kind of a little bit of an aimless back and forth type day. Absorbed a little bit of a morning selloff. Didnt do any real damage it has been firmly bid, especially with son of the bigger nasdaq stocks coming back. Holding the indexes together relatively well. As we speak, the s p around 3,580. Tha
The information is not coming from the people who matter most. Plus, six months in space. Tonight meet the astronaut whos been there, done that. And good evening its rare that we get from the government an unfiltered uncensured true view of whats going on with coronavirus. Nbc just got one the White House Coronavirus task forces latest report delivers a sobering assessment of the pandemics trajectory. It describes aggressive, unrelenting, expanding, Broad Community spread across america thats getting worse, not better the task force reports efforts to stop covid are inadequate and the curve must be flattened to sustain the Health System for both covid and noncovid emergencies. In short, the virus is out of control, the Emergency Health care system is in danger of collapse and the white house knows it the task force is alerting thanksgiving can make things worse urging the states to warn their people not to gather, to wear face coverings and socially distance, the report dated on sunday