Admit it. There it went. Either they cut her mic or it went off. So lets talk about what is going on. Yeah, it is friday. What a weird start. Here is a look at the clouds cover mainly along the coast. The breezes arent nearly as strong, but they are still blowing on shore, so that will hold the warming trend to nearly average highs this afternoon. So lets see how it breaks down with the 12 hour planner that i put together for you. We have mid to upper 50s this morning. 60 to 62 along the coast. 73 to 79 around the bay from noon to 4 00. 77 to 87, so some robust warming during the afternoond 50s toa rest of us still pretty much in the 70s if you are heading out at 7 00. Lets get back to reggie for more news. San mateo countys Public Health officer is saying something very interesting. He is apologizing to businesses saying because they had to stay closed under state orders, it is putting them under a lot of duress and he believes that this order has been misguided and doing more harm th
Rewards. All indices are higher in terms of the s p and dow. The nasdaq has turned lower in the last 30 minutes. Vix at 24. The euro continues to drive higher. 1. 1518. Strength after they managed to pass some grants and lowinterest loans to aid everybody. Of crude oil, Summer Travel season is in full swing as coronavirus cases pop up in cities across the country. Many are rethinking a potential comeback in the hotel and leisure sectors. Adam portnoy, is ceo of rmr group. Us,last time you were with it was toward the beginning of the outbreak in the northeast, at least the beginning of what we knew the outbreak would be serious. You were collecting commercial rents at a rate back then that surprised you. Beet been instance i since . Time wence the last talked, in terms of Economic Activity in our portfolio, we have over 2000 Properties Across the u. S. We touch every type of commercial real estate sector. As a result, we have a really good sense of what is going on in the economy on a d
Impacts much of Silicon Valley print our guest reporter is Emily Birnbaum of the protocol. Thank you both for being on the communicators this week. Thank you for having us. Host congressman, as the representative of Silicon Valley how would you describe the reputation of some of the Member Companies in your district right now in washington . Guest well, i think on one hand there is a lot of positiv positives. If you look at the polling the Tech Companies pull about 60, 70 of their approval and there is a sense that these are companies and some are working on vaccines and companies are working on antivirals and they are allowing for remote work, for remote calls that they are engaged in allowing us to have good medication in the time of a pandemic and allowing them to get groceries or information but that said there are a lot of other ethical issues in a sense of essential workers being paid appropriately and are these doing enough combat hate speech and Voter Suppression and are they d
We compete hard. We compete fairly. We try to be the best. Our goal is the best, not the most. We dont have a dominant share in any market or product category where we do business. Competition leads to better products and more choices for everyone. Emily but lawmakers coming out swinging. The ceo struggling to get their answers in. Jeff bezos of amazon having trouble getting some words in edgewise. Didnt have monopoly power over the sellers, do you think they would choose to stay in a relationship characterized by bullying, fear, and panic . With all respect, congresswoman, i do not accept the premise of your question. Does amazon pursue similar predatory campaigns in other parts of its business . I cannot comment on that because i dont remember it. Heres how the company described working with amazon. Amazon strings you along for a while because it feels so good to get that paycheck every week and in the past, we called it, heroin. This is one of your partners. Why would they compare y
Polled about 60 to 70 approval. There is a sense that some of these companies are working on vaccines, working on antivirals and such. For are allowing for zoom remote work, for remote calls, they are engaged in allowing us to have communication in the time of a pandemic, allowing us ,o get groceries, that said there are other ethical issues. There is a central essential workers being paid appropriately. Are these platforms doing enough to combat a speech . Are they doing enough to pay workers a living wage . So it is complex. Peter there has been talk on capitol hill of regulating Tech Companies, communications companies, more than they are now. Are you in favor of that . I am, asative khanna long as it is wellcrafted legislation. We came up with legislation to protect privacy, such as being able to move your data. If you have friends on facebook, you should be able to take them to a different platform so it can encourage competition. If it is regulation, to make beinghat we have wage