How he plans to wipe out the disease. Still, no concession from President Trump who has been flooding facebook and twitter with unfounded messages that the election was stolen. Expecteddministration not to play so nice with big tex. Expect more public engagement, public oversight, and regulation. Those stories in a moment. Paring gains. Ocks markets widely mixed at the end of the day on a bit of an ugly close despite intraday record highs. What are we seeing here . Abigail if you had a dollar for every time i said this, you would have a nice pile of money. It was another wild day. Stocks surging out of the open. The dow up nearly 6 . Russell 2000 hitting its first record high, more than 6 . At the close, we had stocks pullback to some degree. Up. Dow closing where we had losses, the nasdaq 100 down 2. 2 . The faang complex, those make a cap stocks, down 3. 2 . The reopening trade clearly doing very well with pfizer which itself was up about 8 on that vaccine. Certainly a light at the e
President trump who has been flooding facebook and twitter with unfounded messages that the election was stolen. The new administration expected not to play so nice with big tech. Expect more public engagement, public oversight, and regulation. Those stories in a moment. First, u. S. Stocks paring gains. Markets widely mixed at the end of the day on a bit of an ugly close despite intraday record highs. For more on the markets, lets hasto Abigail Doolittle who been watching the ups and downs. Abigail, what are we seeing here . Abigail if you had a dollar for every time i said this, you would have a nice pile of money. It was another wild day. Stocks surging out of the open. The dow up nearly 6 . Russell 2000 hitting its first record high, more than 6 . At the close, we had stocks pullback to some degree. The dow closing up. Where we had losses, the nasdaq 100 down 2. 2 . The faang complex, those make a cap stocks, down 3. 2 . The reopening trade clearly doing very well with pfizer which
2000 American Technology companies. We produce the greatest, coolest, most amazing event in the world. That is the ces held each january in las vegas. We will get to that in a moment. For some of the Member Companies . Everybody would expect to see at your local best buy. Startups as well. The you take policy positions . We have very strong and clear policy positions. We are very strong in certain areas. We stay out of other areas. What is one policy position . We believe strongly in the concept that innovation is a good thing and we should foster innovation. It is something that is in our dna. We excel at it. We want to make sure that people can create something without having to get permission from government. We want to make sure that the United States is the leader in innovation. We try to push policies that favor innovations. What did you learn at ces this year . Wilbur ross was there with many other government officials. He spoke to our board and said, coming to this event gives
Ceo of the Wilson Center. I am a recovering politician, which is not a 12 step program, but i am absolutely delighted at the Wilson Center is hosting this event. I am looking for john milton hooper. Where is he . What are you doing in the back . For anyone who has not heard of john milton hooper, shame on you. He wrote an awardwinning biography of Woodrow Wilson, and he has been enormously hopeful to us over the years, appearing many times, but also helping us unpack some of the difficult issues around Woodrow Wilson. The subject of todays conversation. 1978, when the Wilson Center was 10 years old, we were charged by congress with creating a Hubert Humphrey fellowship in social and political thought. Good idea. The idea was that a quote, distinguished scholar, statesman, or cultural figure would deliver a lecture honoring humphreys legacy, which makes sense since he was a founding father of this place, as well as Vice President , senator, and dedicated public servant. And at times lik
President and ceo of the Consumer Technology association and he is our guest this week on the communicators. What is the cta and who do you represent . Guest first, thanks for having me. Its great to be back. The Consumer Technology association is nonprofit trade association representing over 2000 American Technology companies. We produced the greatest, finest, coolest, most amazing event in the world and that is the ces health each january in las vegas. Host we will get to see us in the moment but who are some of the never companies . Guest everyone you would expect to see when you walk into your local best buy, but we also have sony and apple and you name it 80 are Small Businesses but 20 of the big ones with everyone from google to airbnb to lift, the disruptors as well as companies starting out with new Technology Startups as well. Host you take policy positions . Guest yes, we do. We are very strong and clear on what polly positions we take. We are strong at certain areas and we s