Ukraine and georgia as member countries. Representatives of nato, ukraine, and georgia talk about the process of expanding nato membership and russias opposition to adding the two countries. The German Marshall Fund hosted this hour and ten minute event. And im very pleased that today we have the pleasure to welcome our panelists and our viewers on both sides of the atlantic, so good evening, europe. Good morning, america. And for my part, greetings from brussels. The topic of today, ukraine, georgia relations with nato is something i would say is almost part of the dna of the German Marshall Funds. Gmf has been working many years on ukraine and georgia related issues. We do so through our black sea trust fund that supports a new society in black sea countries but also by address so i also really want to thank our partners in this event for all the support they provide. I think we have a terrific lineup of speakers ready to contribute tonight. So today we want to dig a little bit more
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Amazon partners with an old text stalwart. That is blackberry. How they plan to revolutionize tech. Those stories in a moment. The u. S. Stocks posting another record high amid news of new stimulus talks. They are progressing with a plan to pass by the weekend. Abigail doolittle has more on that. Also, i know you have been following the latest Earnings Results out of snowflake. Shares down after hours a bit. This is a big test for them after their blockbuster debut. Abigail it is. Lots of big movers relative to earnings after hours come snowflake being one of them. With snowflake, what you are referencing is that huge ipo, biggest ipo of the year back in september. This is their First Quarter as a publicly traded company, so they are finding out what it is about to these shares are absolutely plunging in the after hours, down 19 . This is an Application Software company, up just 37 year to date. They have struggled a little bit, and in this quarter they posted a wider loss than expecte
Next, a look into the future of the Transatlantic Alliance and natos role in securing ukraine and georgia. I am pleased we have the pleasure to welcome our panelists and viewers on both sides of the atlantic. Good morning. Greetings from brussels. Ukraineect of today, and nato, is something i would say is part of the dna. We have been working for many years now on georgia related issues. Supports fund that vaccines by addressing [indiscernible] in the region. Want to thanklly the new Europe Center for all to support they provided contribute tonight. Today, we want to dig into the subject of ukraine and georgias relationship with nato, and especially how these countries fit [inaudible] reflects the process. This was announced by nato secretarygeneral jan native g to see her to see how nato can prepare and this process may lead to a new strategic concept, and this isnt a luxury. The current one dates back to 2007, if im not mistaken, so i would argue that there is a need to rethink nato
The bill awaits signoff from the president. Akron turns up the heat. France threatens to veto a brexit deal if it does not like the terms, piling pressure on the e. U. Not to make further concessions. Welcome to the program, everybody. 7 00 in london. 8 00 in paris. Lets look at the futures. We are fairly flat on futures. The young stock x50 futures flat. Yesterday, we saw some decent gains for the ftse, up by more than 1 and that was a standout compared to the rest of europe which was more mixed. It was mixed in the u. S. Session as well. We did actually see a bit of a late rally in u. S. Equity trading, up to some of those new highs we were talking about in headlines. All of that in the context of the hopes and dreams around u. S. Stimulus. The concern about what can legitimately be done in the shortterm and a lot of hope around vaccines. Perhaps oncent day some parts of the equities space and a late rally in the u. S. Yesterday and we are now pausing. We are pausing somewhat here. W