Yes years past weve seen port shutdowns and street protests that ended in teargas and vandalism. This week was more this year was more muted but on message. Yes we can, the rallying cry of this mayday march wound through the streets of mountain view. May it not just be in march, but a march with our hearts and the hearts of those who can make a difference. The first day of may, has evolved since it started in the 1800s when in 1800 when an eight hour workday was the goal. Immigration, health, housing reporter now many issues share the stage, income inequality prominent this year. Its an injustice. Its awful to be in the city that is so rich and these are Amazing Companies but we have nothing. In san jose several hundred people took part in another march, this one tapping into the National Dialogue on immigration. A debate fueled by president ial contender donald trump, who was in the bay area himself on friday. They marched to San Jose City hall for speeches calling on politicians to l
Cooler temps. 40s and 50s. Everyones really close here. Could be a few thundershowers here towards the big valley, but for us this low will move into the picture on tuesday. Maybe some showers and thunderstorms by midweek. Sunny in land but more 70s and 80s. What do you want to start with, my friend . I think were going to start off eye made the list but were going to start off with walnut creek. I forget from minute to minute. 680 backed up because of an earlier crash near treat. This is near pleasant hill. Pleasant hill walnut creek border. Youre going to see some slow traffic on, and most of the traffic in bay point and part of pittsburgh is slow heading westbound. The bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for 20, to maybe minute delay before you make it on to the span. And on interstate 280 getting to highway 17, the south bay commute is 80 getting to highway 17, the south bay commute is beginning to fill in, but it still looks all right. 7 02. And the next leg of its round the world
Dont even bother to ask questions later because theyve gotten things so wrong. This market is littered with those kinds of mistakes, including today. Nasdaq gained. 38 . When i first got into this business there wasnt a rush for reporters to report the consensus estimates created by wall street analysts. These days they see if the sales and earnings are better or worse than expected. Once theyve compared and contrasted, they pull some reason, some folderol from the release, to explain it, then boom, rapid fire posting, dont look back, on to the next company. We see this sort of thing this years. This week, there was four of them that were like this this year. It creates such a rush to judgment with so little time to breathe hthat people end up losing fortunes, trading off these slipshod bulletins that purport to say what really happened in the quarter, like you could really figure it out in 140 characters. Hasbro reported today. The vast majority of these Companies Said it was a good b
Purport to say what really happened in the quarter, like you could really figure it out in 140 characters. Hasbro reported today. The vast majority of these Companies Said it was a good buy. It keeps churning out hit after hit, and it capitalizes off of hit movies. Despite those headlines hasbro opened pretty much unchanged. Shouldnt it have opened big . No, it turns out, because when the Company Conducted its Conference Call, we learned things are not going all that we will at hasbro. At cfo deb thomas told you after flowery discussion, and a quote, owth in preschool categories decline in game and girls categories, end quote. Whats that mean . You keep listen and old franchises like monopoly and other timehonored hits were more than offset by declines in a number of brands like my little pony. Ouch a number of brands . More than offset . Thats real suboptimal language. How weak were the good friends that they could be overwhelmed by the bad ones . Lots of people bought hasbro because
Than expected. Once theyve compared and contrasted, they pull some reason, some folderol from the release, to explain it, then boom, rapid fire posting, dont look back, on to the nexex company. We see this sort of thing this years. This week, there was four of them that were like this this year. It createsuch a rush to judgment with so little time to breathe that people end up losing fortunes, trading off these slipshod bulletins that purport to say what really happened in the quarter, like you could really figure it out in 1 characters. Hasbro reported today. The vast majority of these Companies Said it was a good hit, and it cacatalizes off of hit movies. Despite those headlines hasbro opened pretty yuch unchanged. Shouldnt it have opened big . No, it turns out, because when the Company Conducted its Conference Call, we learned things are not going all that we wi at hasbro. At cfo deb thomas told you after flowowy discussion, and a a ote, growth in preschool categories were more than