Agency established in 1914 by the federal trade commission act. The ftc is chiefly responsible from protecting consumers from unfair, deceptive or fraudulent Business Practices in the marketplace. This includes protecting business privacy and the security of their data from any harmful uses of technology and combating deceptive advertising and illegal robo calls among other issues. The ftc is also responsible educating consumers about predatory Business Practices. It is intended to inform customer choices and help prevent americans from falling victim to scammers, fraud centers, cyber criminals and other bad actors. As was recently discussed at chairman marans subcommittee hearing the coronavirus has created an avenue for scammers to take advantage of consumers. The surge in internet use in particular because of stay at home orders has been a prime target for exploitation. I appreciate the commissions ongoing efforts to protect consumers from identity theft, email phishing schemes and
Up some thunderstorm activity, and i think that will continue. We could get some of the cloudiness the next few days. Everyone is very very close here, 50s to 60s, so its mild to warm to hot. Some of the smoke from the fires, beginning to work its way out here, so there is some hazy sun. Oakland, concord, napa, west with an onshore breeze as well. Highs today will be near average for some, a little above for others, a little over for a few, santa rosa, san jose, also close. Lets head over to sal now and see if theres anything out there. Good morning, sir. Good morning, steve. Not too slow, as a matter of fact, we have traffic moving along well and if you are driving on most spots here, i can show you the traffic at the maccarther maze, it looks pretty good , with no major iss also looking good as we drive in the south bay. I might be able to show you how we want it in san jose. It doesnt look to 4 31, lets go headlines. All right, sal thank you. People in Nursing Homes can once again h
Several calls about a road side today. That fog will linger for the first half of the morning and fire right near the junction. The air quality advisory that not a major problem there has been issued is because of traffic flow. That drifting smoke. Concerned because of the fire it was drifting west and north risk. Well follow that closely. And now theres is a fire we know about it and well track burning near the Fresno County area. It for you. Its called the mineral fire. Back to you. Thats what were seeing today. Thanks, mike. Moderate air quality and if Health Leaders sounding the alarm. A new alarm on the road to youre part of one of the recovery as cases climb, more sensitive groups take precaution this afternoon. East san jose 89 and as we head hospitals really feeling the pressure. And one expert warns that the into the east bay the upper 80s virus is mutating. For areas like concord and today in the bay sharon is live us in san jose to show us antioch and peninsula 70 and San Fr
We extend a special welcome to our witnesses and thank them for appearing. Remotely all appear this morning. Commissioner noah phillips, commissioner Christine Wilson and rebecca slaughter. This agency was established in 1914 by the federal trade commission act. The fcc is chiefly responsible for protecting consumers from unfair, fraudulent Business Practices in the marketplace, including protecting Consumer Privacy and the security of their data, preventing harmful uses of technology and combating deceptive advertising and illegal robo calls, among other issues. The fcc is also responsible for educating consumers about fraudulent activity and theatory business practice fcc is intended to help prevent americans from falling victim to frauds fraudsters and other actors. Recently discussed, the subcommittee hearing on covid19 scams last month, coronavirus becauseted a new avenue of stayathome orders, a prime target for exploitation. I appreciate the ongoing efforts to protect consumers f
Campaign reelection ad that contained a nazi symbol. It has been a day of lowvolume and not a lot of conviction. What are investors waiting for . Fast a snooze snoozefest, not a lot of volatility. What are investors waiting for . Stocksthree of days, now are stuck. We are seeing a little bit of a haven bid for bonds and the yen. It might suggest a riskoff tone. Waitinginvestors are for a little more information around the virus and if we are going to see new epicenters that could rival what we had a going on in new york a couple months ago, sadly. But now we have moved past it. But could that be some sort of a slowing on the economy . Another look at the possibility of a real riskoff tone, the dollar. It is up for a third day and it is a haven asset. Over the last 10 days, a solid bid from a technical standpoint. The uber dollar index back above the 10 day moving average. The bloomberg dollar index back above the 10 day moving average. In the past, that has pressured stocks. It could s