Less familiar with the general society and how many of you here this evening with this be your first visit . Okay. A warm welcome and of course, welcome back to previous attendees. The general society was founded in 1785 by 22 artisans. Today our 234yearold organization continues to serve the peopleof the city of new york. We do this through our cultural and education programs. They include our lecture series which tonights lecture is part of, our general Society Library which will will be celebrating 200 years. Our tuition free Mechanics Institute and the john and mossman lot collection which you are welcome to visit after our talk this evening and that is upstairs. You will find more information on the blue and white postcard on your seats. We have such a wonderful start to this years lectures season and we have the pleasure of welcoming critically acclaimed biographer susan ronald who will discuss her biography of conde nast, the publishing legend of vogue and vanity fair and other
A ceo of ak to security firm. And lyft, peloton, all went public. We will have a recap of it all. Tesla shares said a new record high, 420. Elon musk claimed tesla would go private last year. Earlier today, he tweeted the stock price is so high, lol. Our bloomberg reporter. What is driving it for tesla this time around . Allrter the momentum is about china, taylor. One . 4t, tesla group billion from financing and local banks and much welcome cash injection. That built momentum from last week, where in november, new vehicle registrations for tesla in china hit a five month. Youll remember those vehicles are subject to a 25 import duty. If tesla can get that shanghai run up and running, they can offer vehicles that are more competitive priced, and the unit costs will be lower. They will be able to get deeper into the market in china. That is really where recent momentum has been driving the stock for tesla. Taylor i want to come and show a chart i am showing here inside my terminal. It i
With the city council. For those of you who may be less familiar with the general society, i will ask how many of you here this evening will this be your first visit . All right. Warm welcome. Of course, welcome back to previous attendees. The general society was founded in 1785 by 22 artisans. Today our 234 yearold organization continues to serve the people of the city of new york. We do this through our cultural and educational pogroms. They include our lecture series of which tonights lecture is part of and our general Society Library which celebrates 200 years and next year and our tuition free Mechanics Institute and the john m which you are welcome to visit after our talk this evening and that is upstairs. You will find more information on the blueandwhite postcard on your seats. We have such a wonderful start to this years lecture season season and you have the pleasure of welcoming critically acclaimed biographer susan ronald who tonight will discuss her biography of conde nast
Security firm proofpoint. And 2019 ushered in some of the biggest tech ipos ever, as pinterest, peloton, uber, and lyft all went public. Wework, however, stumbled to debut. We will have a recap of it all. First, to our top story. Tesla shares set a new record high and reached that infamous 420 mark. You will remember 420 was the price ceo elon musk claimed tesla would go private at last year. Earlier today, musk tweeted, woah, the stock price is so high. Lol. Joining us to discuss is our Bloomberg News reporter, ed ludlow. Another day, another record high. What is driving it for tesla this time around . Reporter the momentum is all about china, taylor. Overnight, tesla secured 1. 4 billion in financing from local banks and much welcomed cash injection. That built momentum from last week, where in november, new vehicle registrations for tesla in china hit a five month high. Youll remember those vehicles are subject to a 25 import duty. The logic follows that if tesla get the plant can s
I am karen taylor, Program Director of the general society. The labor, literature and landmark collections are supported in part by public funds from the new City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council. For those of you who may be less familiar with the general society and how many of you here this evening with this be your first visit . Okay. A warm welcome and of course, welcome back to previous attendees. The general society was founded in 1785 by 22 artisans. Today our 234yearold organization continues to serve the peopleof the city of new york. We do this through our cultural and education programs. They include our lecture series which tonights lecture is part of, our general Society Library which will will be celebrating 200 years. Our tuition free Mechanics Institute and the john and mossman lot collection which you are welcome to visit after our talk this evening and that is upstairs. You will find more information on the blue and white postcard on