Democracy. Next, on capitol hill policy advocates testify on ways to protect consumers from unsafe online counterfeit goods. The Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing focused on the rapid growth of counterfeiting on ecommerce platform. This is about an hour and a half. [background noises] this will come to order like to thank our witnesses for participating today. I would also like to thank a Ranking Member tillis and his staff for working in a collaborative way to put this hearing together. I would like to welcome senator geraldo. This is our fifth hearing of the subcommittee this year. Center tillis you and your team continue to be great partners in moving forward. Just to set the stage more broadly on the focus of this hearing, Online Shopping has expanded your dramatic has exploded in recent years. Last year, sales exceeded 1 trillion for the first time as millions and millions of americans turn to Online Platforms for ebay to amazon to find the brands they trust at the prices they
Recount in that fight for a p g board seat and cisco shares up 6 premarket on an earningsdriven recovery walmart, though, is up sharply in the premarket the dow component reporting better than expected earnings, revenue, and comps, which were the best in eight years. Online sales up 50 . Walmart issued some upbeat guidance for the full year jim, you just said to joe, that Doug Mcmillen may have reinvented this company for real hes done a great job in bringing in mark rory of jersey fame hes done a lot of tech stuff for jet. Com. Smart. I think this was the quarter where you realize, were playing for keeps. We can actually make a lot of money, cutting prices, bringing people in, well, whos that . Thats amazon. So we found our toetotoe now the stock was down yesterday, down about a buck and a half, off of target. That turned out to be a mistake. This company is taking share by the way, online 50 is rather remarkable this is a reinvention. And i think that people have to recognize, when w
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Close several dozen sams clubs across the country. Steven mnuchin phrased walmarts use of tax benefit. Walmart is the latest company to make such announcement directly result of the tax cuts act and they join over 130 other Companies Across the nation who have already given such relief. We are now up to over 2 million workers that have seen either special bonuses or additional wages. We have been talking with lots of companies for a long time and we are thrilled with how people are responding. Maria secretary mnuchin delivered good news to American Worker saying we can expect to see the windfall in our paychecks next month. The momentum will not quick, the major indices all closed at another alltime high. Dow industrials, s p and nasdaq in unchartered territory yet again with 205 point rally. Futures indicating the market wills open higher again, the momentum continues this morning, dow industrials expected to be up 100 points as we await for Bank Companies to report earnings, nasdaq u
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