Move news out of moderna that they have a vaccine that is 94 point 5 effective on preparation of volunteers greater than 30,000 people. Real optimism there. We have the s p 500 finishing higher. We have nice gains out of the mat out of the nasdaq and moderna is sharply higher. We have a big Institutional Investment here. The big news out of berkshire, they added to their portfolio in the space of health care meyer,ng pfizer, bristol with the virus, perhaps these additions have something to do with the virus. Pfizer had been down in the day after the news around the virus came out. A divergence there. An interesting day. Interesting movement in the afterhours. Emily that was bloombergs abigail doolittle. Think you for that round up. I want to the airbnb filing. This is releasing Financial Results and previously confidential information on its operation. This listing is had to be one of the biggest of the year, capping an ipo surge. More, i want to bring in crystal. Pull up some of the h
Hello and welcome to tonight virtual commonwealth program. My name is reed im a Technology Reporter with the Washington Post for employees to be the moderator for tonights program on a critical topic historical importance of the transformation brought on by artificial intelligent and virtual environments. As we have seen so acutely over the past three months with the covid19 pandemic in the social media with the killing of george floyd in minneapolis and its aftermath technology in online environments guide every aspect of our lives. Tonight i am pleased to be joined by two Silicon Valley pioneers to discuss these issues further. William davidow and Michael Malone, their new book the atoll must revolution was out now it delves deeply into the revolution we are living through regarding ai, the virtual environment. It can be purchased everywhere including bn. Com. A little bit about our speakers, William Davidow he earlier career worked at intel was credited to being one of the pioneers
We did just get the closing bell on u. S. Equities, which have been trying to break free of the range they have been in for some time. 2971 is where we are ending the day on the s p 500 the nasdaq indices up 2 on the day. 2 . Russell 2000 gaining energy, financials, and Communication Services leading the charge. Twitter among those names. And along to Analog Devices also with an interesting rise. Royal caribbean loses a little ground. Scarlet i want to jump in with breaking news. The regulator of fannie mae and freddie mac has come out with a plan that calls for more than 200 billion in capital. The regulators proposing the mortgage giants be required to hold hundreds of billions of dollars in capital to guard against potential losses, and this could eventually have an impact on Mortgage Rates and the Trump Administrations efforts to basically free the companies from government control. We are keeping watch of this as are needed fors existing government control. Is ben still with us ma
A road map for recovery from the coronavirus trump says the state governors should set the pace in a phased approach to getting things back to normal. Muslims in parts of india take the rap for the coronavirus we go to one city where muslims are accused of staging what locals call call grown a jihad even though there is no evidence. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program China is reeling as the full impact of the coronavirus lockdowns becomes clear 1st to the economy has taken a hit with figures for the 1st 3 months of the year showing the 1st drop in output for almost 30 years the 2nd blow is new figures revealing that the death toll in the city of new hong where the virus was 1st detected is half as much more than previously reported now are reports starts with the slump and the economy. The curve may be flattening but chinas economy is taking a dive people can return to work but as the virus moves across a world in lockdown there was virtually no demand. Car sales at 1st dropped then
Honestly this is. The proof. In the d. W. Exclusive indian author of our own talking drawing accuses Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using the Coronavirus Crisis to spread hatred of muslims. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program China is reeling as the full impact of the coronavirus law downs becomes clear 1st the economy has taken a hit with figures for the 1st 3 months of this year showing the 1st drop in output in almost 30 years the 2nd blow is new figures revealing that the death toll in the city of one han where the virus was 1st detected is half as much more than previously reported our report starts with the slump in the economy. The lockdown may be lifting but the virus has left its mark for the 1st time in decades chinas economy has plummeted people can return to work but with virtually no demand many businesses remain closed. Car sales that 1st dropped then plummeted down 21. 6 percent in january then down 92 percent in february according to the China Association of automobi