Chief Information Security officer, meredith harper. Welcome, and over to you. Thanks very much, john. Its nice to see you, even virtually. So, today, you have everyones bio. So, i dont think i need to reintroduce our panel. But what theyre going to offer us, i think, is a way to look at the year, and back at the year in a context of cyber and health care, and give us a little bit different way to look at the latest efforts to get the vaccine out to the public. We actually have some news on this today, by the way. Well get to that a little later. Basically, the New York Times reported that Cyber Attacks related to cold storage of the vaccine have been going on since august. Its unclear whether this is about ransomware or something more sinister. But well get to that in a minute. What i thought wed do is divide the discussion basically into three parts. Were going to look at the broader issue of cyberthreats and attacks of the Health Care Sector as we sort of wrestle through a pandemic.
We are awaiting updates from the keystone state this hour. We are expecting former Vice President joe biden to speak in prime time. First, the u. S. Stock market close the week with gains. The s p and nasdaq having both their best week since april hold into next week. Lets get the latest from Sarah Ponczek from new york. Investors dont seem to care about the uncertainty of the president ial election. Sarah they do not seem to care. Today, we did see a slowing in the rally. Look at where the major indexes didnt today. The dow element lower, the russell 2000 and smallcap cages lower by 1 or so. The constant remains that tech holds that leadership position. Albeit a small gain. It is unbelievable to watch the best weeks since april the 9 . Up 7 , the nasdaq up even though we have this delayed election result and we are not going to get a blue suite, still on question a little bit as it stands but with the outlook we have, markets do seem to be happy with it, even though last week it was i
If you count the legal votes, i easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal. Ive said, very strongly, that mailin ballots are going to end up being a disaster. Small elections were a disaster. Small, very easytohandle elections. He doubled down on his intention to take the contested results to the Supreme Court for what could be a lengthy battle. A lot of litigation cause we have so much evidence, so much proof. And its going to end up, perhaps at the highest court in the land. He, also, urged officials to stop counting the votes. Trump Campaign Representatives are filing lawsuits to stop ballots from being tallied in some k states. They, also, say they will ask for a recount in wisconsin. Here is where the race stands for trump, right now. Much of the electoral map has been filled in. But, all eyes are on pennsylvania where his slim lead is shrinking. Our u. S. Partner, abc news, has not projected the winner of other states as well, such as North Carolina and nev
A lowerures point to open on lockdown news. Fears rise of a prolonged economic slowdown. And u. S. Equity futures trade higher. 24 hours to go. The president ial campaign enters a final stretch as donald trump and joe biden focused on the key swing states of pennsylvania. Biden leads his rival in a series of weekend holes. It is 6 00 a. M. In london and dublin. Ryanair. Good morning. We have an expectation for more losses. First half losses, record losses in the second half relative to the first half. Theres a couple of lines that are critically important. 1. 18 billion. There is no fullyear guidance going into 2021. As Michael Oleary and the rest are facing new lockdowns and the u. K. In terms of no leisure travel, it must be essential travel. This is the message from Boris Johnson. It could be extended. Ryanair expects record losses in the second half but theres one line here and we will put it to Michael Oleary himself. He joins us very shortly. Putting measures in place to owned. A
Dorsey, and alphabets sundar pichai, are set to testify virtually tomorrow. Section 230hange could have longterm ramifications on free speech on the internet. Banned news political ads. We will ask Cambridge Analytica whistleblower as part of our special electioneering series. First, lets get a read on stocks and microsoft results. Abigail doolittle with us from new york. Big beats out of the gate. Abigail in the after hours, they are trading higher. Although i think what we are about to look at could be all over the map at the moment. They are talking about the idea that further lockdowns could hurt demands. Their Cloud Business was weak. Microsoft Cloud Business very strong. That was a piece of the beat. Maybe part of the business that could have gone to microsoft. Again, after hours, this stock is trading higher on the year. Valuation is rich, but the theter is good enough that stock is doing just fine. The s p 500 index and the dow down once again. The nasdaq climbed sharply higher