Here. Commissioner john burton. Here. Commissioner gail gillman. Here. And commissioner doreen woo ho. All right. Item 2 is approval of minutes of the october 13, 2020 Port Commission meeting. So moved. Second. We have a motion and second and roll call vote, please. Certainly. [roll call]. Commissioner burton wasnt seated on the 13th. Ill go to commissioner gill million. Yes. Commissioner woo ho. Yes. Item 3 is Public Comment on executive session. Thank you. We will open the phone lines to take Public Comment at this time for executive session for members of the public and the operator will provider instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide pc. At this time well open the lines for anyone on the phone wanting to make a Public Comment on executive session. Press star 3. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments are limited to three minutes permission. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3
And roll call vote, please. Certainly. [roll call]. Commissioner burton wasnt seated on the 13th. Ill go to commissioner gill million. Yes. Commissioner woo ho. Yes. Item 3 is Public Comment on executive session. Thank you. We will open the phone lines to take Public Comment at this time for executive session for members of the public and the operator will provider instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide pc. At this time well open the lines for anyone on the phone wanting to make a Public Comment on executive session. Press star 3. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments are limited to three minutes permission. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. Thank you. Do we have anyone on the line . At this time there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make Public Comment on executive session. Commissioner thank you. Item 4 is executive se
The committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized today declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled an examination of facebook and its impact on the Financial Services and housing sectors. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today, were here to examine the impact of facebook on the Financial Services and housing sectors. Our sole witness is facebooks chairman and ceo, mark zuckerberg. Facebooks plans to create a digital currency, libra, and a digital wallet raise many concerns relating to privacy, trading risk, discrimination, opportunities for diverse owned financial firms, National Security, Monetary Policy, and the stability of the Global Financial system. I and other democrats have called for a moratorium on facebooks development of this digital currency, libra, and digital wallet until congress can examine the issues associated with a Big Tech Company developing these Digital Products and take
Good wednesday morning, welcome to squawk alley, im Carl Quintanilla and morgan brennan. Retail is a big story this morning. Well start with tech stocks on the rise including facebook and alphabet two tech names in the top five of goldmans most important positions for hedge funds. Our next guest notes that to see acceleration in online ad growth in facebook and alphabet is no surprise to see it in snap, twitter, and pinterest is notable joining us this morning on where goldman sees buy opportunities is goldmans lead analyst, keith terry. Good to see you. Thanks for having me. One dynamic has been reacceleration in revenue revenue in some of these names i think it is the most important thing. To see all five of the major online ad platforms show accelerating Revenue Growth tells you something bigger is going on this is coming amid all of this uncertainty, right weve had a lot of concerns about brand safety, antitrust, lots of reasons for advertisers to pull back on that front, and to se
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