Level, i was president thinking about the fed like everybody else i was thinking that stel, yes, stel is a wonderful thing. Hallelujah. What do i mean by scale a company with scale is a company thats big enough and powerful enough to control its own destiny. A company that scales is one that survives and then thrives in even the toughest environment that a fed chief is worried about or anybody else. Just listen to nothing but washington scale, scale simply being bigger than the other guy, a lot bigger is an enormous advantage we saw the benefits play out today. Exhibit a, amazon. It crossed the trillion dollar threshold this morning amazon didnt become this unstoppable behemoth because jeff bezos is brilliant, which he is. It got here by leveraging scale. Amazon is dominant because its so big they use that scale to get better price from the suppliers to pass on to you. We have antitrust law because when you get big enough, well, no one can compete against you bezos saw how he could use
Probably one of the biggest in terms of Enterprise Companies going public during this ipo vintage. We awere here last year for the uber ipo slack today. Well bring you lots of news about it its a different type of listing, its a direct listing well talk about all of the dynamics around that for now, back to you we talked about that direct listing earlier this week. The pros and cons to it again . There are some pros and cons. You can only do it if you have a lot of cash on the Balance Sheet. This is a company that does. If youre trying to raise money, it doesnt work this way theres no additional money that gets raised the way uber was raising money and wework will be raising money. Well see if it becomes a model. Spotify did it successfully. Slack is doing it. If there works, theres a question on whether airbnb, the next ipo on the docket in the future, theres a question if they go the same route it has a huge implication for wall street, wall street fees and the ipo structure. Andrew,
Weaken into a Tropical Storm when it makes landfall in california tomorrow but still, officials are Warning Millions of people the storms path do not take it lightly. Arthel preparations are already underway in the region. Normally dry areas that could see several inches of rain. California is not used to Tropical Storms. The last one to hit the state was in 1939. The l. A. County Sheriffs Department is doing all it can to get people ready. Together it we are working to perform and prepare the community with this impending or pending storm. We hope the storm does not cause any damage. And more importantly there is no loss of life. But we will prepare for worstcase scenario. Father mother meteorologist adam klotz is adam, we are always hoping its not as bad as originally predicted, hows it looking now . The goodness as this continues to weaken as it is running into colder water braid this is exactly what we expect that this was never going to be one of the really powerful windstorms mor
The best domestic documentaries are shown at vdnkh until the end of the month; alexey kuvashenkin got acquainted with the repertoire of the unknown russia festival. Hello, welcome to the Information Service of the ntv television company. This is the program today, its presenter is aina nikolaeva and igor politaev. Vladimir putin instructed the fsb to punish saboteurs fighting against russia without a statute of limitations. The president announced this while speaking at the departments board. He drew attention to attempts to break through territory of russia by groups that are planning. Read more about Vladimir Putins speech at a meeting of the fsb board, nikita korzun. A visit to the fsb at the beginning of a new political cycle can also be regarded as a sign of priority in the government system , as recognition of the work done. Let me immediately note that in 2023, fsb officers. The authority of the service as a key link in in fact, i confirm the high status of the system for ensuri
A decision not to be taken lightly. I promise you that it often results in almost immediate, social and professional ostracism in isolation. So how does a whistle blower deal with that . Well, he or she associates with the ripe organization. Im john to reaku. Welcome to the whistle blowers the. 2 2 weve already told you the personal story of pentagon whistleblower Jackie Garrick jackie grew up like Many Americans who came from immigrant families intensely patriotic and wanting to give Something Back to the country that had given them so much in the 1980s. She did an internship at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in new york and developed an interest in post Traumatic Stress disorder, or p t. S. D. In veterans who had returned from service in vietnam. In 1992, she joined the army as a captain and as a social worker. Following the adage, if you want to work with veterans b one. After leaving the military, she worked as the Deputy Director of health care at the american legion,