1100 tests. If you combine that with the 1500 tests the first day, we have about 2600 people we have pulled samples from and should be seeing those results trickle in in the next 2448 hours. I want to thank our department of Health Employees as well as the National Guard and the cdc. They have all been fantastic. I want to remind everybody that given this testing we are seeing, we suspect this will drive our case numbers up. As we do more and more testing in a community where there is already community spread, we do expect to see a big increase in positive cases. Lets remember to keep our focus on hospitalization rates. I need people to be smart, continue practicing social distancing, washing your hands, and remembering that we are in a marathon. This is not a sprint. We have a long ways to go. I want to thank the language specialists who have been down there. They were there all day and are invaluable. Last night, i hosted a phone call with all of our legislators and talked to them ab
Facebook premarket, zooming after a big gain yesterday. Its Financial Report suggested some stability returning to the advertising market. Facebook getting 98 of its revenue from ads. This company is a truly global platform. Over 1. 7 billion daily users. Stocks up another 6 this morning after a gain yesterday. Look at microsoft. Big gain yesterday, modest gain this morning. Its close to its alltime high. It says the virus had little impact on its business. Up 1 , microsoft, this morning. Its true to say these trillion Dollar Tech Companies are again pulling in a big chunk of investors money. One more for you. Tesla. Yep, another big gain. Elon musk is furious at the california authorities for keeping his fremont plant closed. He calls them fascists. More on that in a moment. Look at tesla go, 854, up 54. Overall trn overall, its a down day. The dow is looking to be down 280 points. The s p down 33, and the nasdaq, despite the success of big tech companies, thats going to be down as we
Gone red as weve gotten more guidance on Net Interest Income on the conference calls. Yeah. Absolutely the banks are in focus as this first day of earning season in earnest really kicks off one of the names im actually focused on that reported this morning is fastenal, distributors, thats what they make and they provide those distributors to quite a variety of industrial excuse me industries and end markets, early indicator of the state of the industrial economy, youre seeing those shares pop today in part because at a time where so Many Companies are cutting their dividends they actually raised their dividend and they noted that theyre seeing product produced significant shifts in business mix and that march sales of the fastener products declined 10 on a daily basis as industrial activity slowed but their safety business grew 31 as they were sourcing and delivering critical ppe supplies to the marketplace why do i bring this up this is essentially what were seeing and i have a feelin
Life without parole for the gunman who shot and killed 51 people at two mosques in new zealand. The sentence is the longest in the countrys history. But today i hope is the last where we have any cause to hear or utter the name of the terrorist behind it. His deserves to be a lifetime of complete and utter silence. £13 per day. The government trials payments for those on low incomes who have to self isolate in england. Forecasters warn of an unsurvivable storm surge as hurricane laura approaches the gulf coast of the United States. Whats the big idea . June saw a boom in new business start ups like this one after an early lockdown slump. Who are the entrepreneurs brave enough to take the plunge during lockdown . The world of sport unites in protest against sundays shooting of jacob blake, a black man in wisconsin. As of last night, all basketball games in the nba are cancelled, a tennis tournament is paused and several football matches postponed. Good morning. Today will be cloudy for