Democracy functions. I think it is. Well, i dont know is more to watch. More americans are currently in hospital with the corona virus than at any time in the pandemic. So far, 79000 people are currently admitted as infection rates climb, schools have been shut in new york city in a bid to curb the spread of virus. Americans have been advised not to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. Next week. A mike pump has become the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to visit an illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank and the occupied golan heights. Its the latest and most controversial leg of his 10 day tour of the middle east in europe. At least 16 people have been killed in uganda during protests, sparked by the arrest of Opposition Leader bob, you whine, 350 people were arrested. Security forces shot at supporters of the pop star turned politician. And the fight for ethiopias Northern Region is moving ever closer to the areas capital. The countrys Prime Minister says his forces all c
Down days for the markets. Right now s p down by about 11, dow by 96, nasdaq off by about 47 we were so close to you dow 30,000 earlier in the week, but that seems to be slipping away a little bit 29,400 and change is where the dow is right now and again, down two days in a row, down again this morning and after yesterdays declines, all three of the major averages are in negative territory for the week a lot of things happening with covid and well talk more about that in a moment, but some of those concerns creeping back into what you see in the markets. If you are looking at the treasury market, the yield on the ten year right now is sitting just at about 0. 852 and the vix also spiking yesterday, probably a little bit on concerns about what happens as we go back into some of the lockdowns. The seesaw of good and bad news on covid. And well give you a bit of good news that happened overnight in the vaccine wars developed by the university of oxford and astrazeneca found to be safe. An
Amazon partners with an old text stalwart. That is blackberry. How they plan to revolutionize tech. Those stories in a moment. The u. S. Stocks posting another record high amid news of new stimulus talks. They are progressing with a plan to pass by the weekend. Abigail doolittle has more on that. Also, i know you have been following the latest Earnings Results out of snowflake. Shares down after hours a bit. This is a big test for them after their blockbuster debut. Abigail it is. Lots of big movers relative to earnings after hours come snowflake being one of them. With snowflake, what you are referencing is that huge ipo, biggest ipo of the year back in september. This is their First Quarter as a publicly traded company, so they are finding out what it is about to these shares are absolutely plunging in the after hours, down 19 . This is an Application Software company, up just 37 year to date. They have struggled a little bit, and in this quarter they posted a wider loss than expecte
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