I am going to start as rick asked us to do because of got a lot to cover. Rick beat me to the punch but i too was at this conference that rick hosted it really seems like a book and i was on a panel with neil just coming out hear from d. C. Where maybe there was something going on is little worrisome. I note the three days we were here and took the plane back it seemed like the beginning of covid issue continued and got a lot worse. But here we are following this where things are better on that front but we have had an electionin the meantime were sel elections especially one that really does raise a question of threats. Im not going to do a long introduction of the very shortest to give you a sense of who people are vincent is a secretary state of michigan elected in 2018 and again in 2022. And then we have two Election Officials from some of our largest jurisdictions local jurisdictions in america. Neil kelly has just retired from 17 years of service in Orange County. You are a count
Law. Yes please be seated. Okay. We are all here. I am going to start as rick asked us to do because of got a lot to cover. Rick beat me to the punch but i too was at this conference that rick hosted it really seems like a book and i was on a panel with neil just coming out hear from d. C. Where maybe there was something going on is little worrisome. I note the three days we were here and took the plane back it seemed like the beginning of covid issue continued and got a lot worse. But here we are following this where things are better on that front but we have had an electionin the meantime were sel elections especially one that really does raise a question of threats. Im not going to do a long introduction of the very shortest to give you a sense of who people are vincent is a secretary state of michigan elected in 2018 and again in 2022. And then we have two Election Officials from some of our largest jurisdictions local jurisdictions in america. Neil kelly has just retired from 17
Front row seat to democracy. Coming up, and a discussion about transparency and security in elections ahead of the 2024 president ial ballot. This was hosted by the ucla school of law. Seated. Okay. We are all here. I am going to start as rick asked us to do because of got a lot to cover. Rick beat me to the punch but i too was at this conference that rick hosted it really seems like a book and i was on a panel with neil just coming out hear from d. C. Where maybe there was something going on is little worrisome. I note the three days we were here and took the plane back it seemed like the beginning of covid issue continued and got a lot worse. But here we are following this where things are better on that front but we have had an electionin the meantime were sel elections especially one that really does raise a question of threats. Im not going to do a long introduction of the very shortest to give you a sense of who people are vincent is a secretary state of michigan elected in 2018
Its over now as ive been reporting. Dupont has one, the proxy fight with trion and four potential directors being nominated. We talk to ellen coalman on the interview later this morning s. April retail sales coming in flat. Macy Quarter Results miss. Danahers deal valued at almost 14 million and theyre also splitting into two. Big deals this morning. Well start with dupont. Something weve followed closely since it began. Trion has owned the stock for quiet some time. Dupont prevails. I was listening to others on squawk box who dont believe. How much efforts theyve put into this and were very articulate arguments that they would win at least one seat going in perhaps as many as two. I would argue its a win for dunopt here. Whether its a turning point for activism, we cannot say. Very interesting to note that the index funds voted were dupont and again trion. Have typically had a great deal of influence. They recommended where the index funds didnt listen to them. They decided to look at