Is that right . David in the United States today, there are only 38 women serving as ceos of fortune 500 companies. One of those with the best track record is tricia griffith, ceo of progressive, one of the largest Automobile Insurance Companies in the United States. She started as a claim adjuster and worked her way up to become in the ceo. 2016 since that time, the stock is up more than 175 . My mistake was i didnt know her then and i didnt buy stock in the company. If she ever goes somewhere else, im going to buy that stock right away. For those that arent familiar with progressive, and if you watch television, you would be have a lotecause you of Television Ads im just im just curious, why is it that , Automobile Insurance Companies seem to advertise a lot . Is that because people will be guided in their insurance decision by the advertisement . Tricia it is just a really competitive industry. It is something you are required to have, so it is not like if you pick a different soft
Being only the second wealthiest man in the world . David in the United States today, there are only 38 women serving as ceos of fortune 500 companies. Griffith,se is tricia ceo of progressive, one of the largest Automobile Insurance Companies in the United States. She started as a claim adjuster and worked her way up to become the ceo. Since that time, the stock is up more than 175 . My mistake was i didnt know her then and i didnt buy stock in the company. If she ever goes somewhere else, im going to buy that stock right away. For those that arent familiar with progressive, and if you watch television, you would be familiar, im just curious, why is it that Automobile Insurance Companies seem to advertise a lot . Is that because people will be guided by the advertisement . Tricia it is just a really competitive industry. It is something you are required to have, so it is not like if you pick a different soft drink or a beverage, but it is required. It is so competitive. To be top of m
It will slowly lift throughout the day and others will get some sun and clouds but 40s and 50s, very mild air mass in place. Cloudy drizzle throughout the day. Rain returns late saturday into sunday. Low 60s including san jose is 61. We are starting in the east bay steve but we are going to try to touch all the commutes. The each bay commute has a little bit of a delay here. You will also see some slow traffic on the east shore freeway. 33 minutes better than yesterday at this time getting out to the bay bridge is backed up for a little bit. Coming up we will touch on the san jose and the south bay commute. Now it is 7 02 pellets go back to the desk been we are working on a couple of developings story. One is in east san jose. Thats where a rescue operation is wrapping up after car ran off the road and into a creek this is the scene on clayton road. It took rescue teams about two hours to bring the driver back up the slope. Based on how far he went out mail slide, for him to be awake a
Now from abc 7, live breaking news. Breaking news happening near San Franciscos union square. Take a look, a man from the Central Valley died and his wife is fighting for her life after a tesla hit them at about 2 30 this afternoon. Witnesses told police the tesla was speeding when it ran a red light, heading northbound on taylor street. Video surveillance confirms it ran the red light. At taylor and ofarrell. And the mini cooper striking the tesla, which drove the tesla to hit two pedestrians in the crosswalk, spinning it into an unattended parked vehicle and landing on top of the sidewalk. Both drivers escaped without being hurt. Police tell us theyve obtained a memory chip from the tesla. Investigators hope theyll find data that can help them learn more about this afternoons tragedy. Meantime, abc 7 news is helping build a better bay area tonight by focusing on a barbecue intended to recognize differences and find common ground. Abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard was this oakland f
white house correspondent peter doocy live on the ground in hi roche a ma with the latest. reporter: griff, that s what he told the world 4r50eders gathered here in japan, but for months he s been telling us zelenskyy doesn t feed need f-16s fighters. we re finding out why it is that president biden is changing his tune. we ve reached a moment where it is time to look down the road and say what is ukraine going to need as part of a future force to be able to deter and defend against russian aggression as we go forward. f-16 iss fourth generation fighter aircraft are part of that mix. reporter: the u.s. is not sending f-16s right away, instead they are supporting a plan to the train ukrainian pilots in europe, and we are being told that at a later date the united states and other partners from the g7 will decide when the ukrainians can take those jets and who will be providing them. the number one thing though that president biden is getting a lot of questions about he