You can see traffic is good on westbound 80 all the way to mill valley. And on 680 southbound concord, walnut creek, and martinez. An earlier accident on highway 4 has been cleared and interstate 880 traffic looks good. 4 31. Lets go back to the desk. The grand princess cruise ship is finally docked at the port this morning. The process of getting the passengers off the ship is expected to take about two more days. About 150 of the passengers are now quarantined at Travis Air Force base after arriving there by bus last night. The ship sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge with at least 2,100 people on board. The dow looks like its going to recover about 1,000 points. About an 8 decline concerns over the coronavirus and oil prices. The dow dropped 2,000 points. The worst point day ever. But, again, it does look like a higher opening this morning. Shares in Oil Companies took a big hit after talks took a big hit. 25 to 35 to below 32 a barrel. Exxon says it saw its worst drop. Investors ar
Ahead. Im jack otter. We begin what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. Big tech acquisitions under scrutiny by the ftc about what it could mean for investors. Mortgage originations are the highest level since 2005 as housing finally back on track . And trouble at bed bath and beyond and under armour shows the turnarounds are hard to pull off. What to expect for other struggling retailers for on the barrons roundtable my colleagues al roots, carlton english, and jack howe. This story was a little underreported and i dont think anyone knows quite what to make of it federal trade commission made a pretty stunning demand to Tech Companies saying we want data going back ten years on all the purchases and acquisitions we did not look into. Thats nearly 500 deals for microsoft google and several others. And when is the right time for investors to panic because weve been talking for a long time about these guys having too much power there
Is public enemy number one. Its more of a threat than terrorism. Those who may be exposed or being held in quarantine including thousands aboard a crews ship to japan. Airline flights to and from china and other National Events around the globe are being canceled because the fear of the deceased spreading parade is also concern the virus will have a blow to chinas economy, the world secondbiggest. What kind of Ripple Effect that could be. The u. S. Economy does not seem to be overly impacted right now but that could change. In the semiannual report to congress this week Federal Reserve chairman jay powell said the risk here is not clear, but there will likely be some effect and the Federal Reserve will be watching. Careful to see if any follow could be persistent. Treasury secretary and said this is a onetime event that wont last beyond 20 20. A little earlier on foxbusiness he pointed out that it has led to the white house lowering growth projections. So what is the future of this dea
Ahead. Im jack otter. We begin what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. Big tech acquisitions under scrutiny by the ftc about what it could mean for investors. Mortgage originations are the highest level since 2005 as housing finally back on track . And trouble at bed bath and beyond and under armour shows the turnarounds are hard to pull off. What to expect for other struggling retailers for on the barrons roundtable my colleagues al roots, carlton english, and jack howe. This story was a little underreported and i dont think anyone knows quite what to make of it federal trade commission made a pretty stunning demand to Tech Companies saying we want data going back ten years on all the purchases and acquisitions we did not look into. Thats nearly 500 deals for microsoft google and several others. And when is the right time for investors to panic because weve been talking for a long time about these guys having too much power there
Ahead. Im jack otter. We begin what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. Big tech acquisitions under scrutiny by the ftc about what it could mean for investors. Mortgage originations are the highest level since 2005 as housing finally back on track . And trouble at bed bath and beyond and under armour shows the turnarounds are hard to pull off. What to expect for other struggling retailers for on the barrons roundtable my colleagues al roots, carlton english, and jack howe. This story was a little underreported and i dont think anyone knows quite what to make of it federal trade commission made a pretty stunning demand to Tech Companies saying we want data going back ten years on all the purchases and acquisitions we did not look into. Thats nearly 500 deals for microsoft google and several others. And when is the right time for investors to panic because weve been talking for a long time about these guys having too much power there