Stocks are up, all of that to do with powell. The dollar weakness also to do with powell. Real trends in the euro and the pound. Tom no question about that. Right now our first word news in new york city, here is riddick gupta. A Ritika Ritika the longestserving Prime Minister in japans history is resigning after eight years because of health reasons. The government has provided few details. News reports that he has been undergoing treatment for a chronic digestive condition. He plans to stay on the job until his party picks a successor. President trump made his case for a second term and last nights Republican National convention. He promised to cut taxes, and create 10 million jobs in 10 months and turn the u. S. Into a manufacturing superpower. In the new term as president , we will again build the greatest economy in history, quickly returning to full employment, soaring incomes and record prosperity. Ritika the president also warned that joe biden cant be trusted to deal with the
Hopkins vaccine initiative. Also joining us is dr. Mike levine. He is at the university of Maryland School of medicine and the founder for the center of Vaccine Development. Dr. Powell off it, the director of the Vaccine Education Center at Childrens Hospital of philadelphia and professor of pediatrics at the university of Pennsylvania School of medicine. And Wilson Rooney the managing director of tr gp investment partners. You can ask our panelist questions using the q a feature and i am excited to get things started. Esther, i will turn it over to you. Thank you so much. Welcome and good afternoon to everyone. We have a terrific panel today. With leading experts to discuss the challenges related to Vaccine Development and the implication of the race to develop a covid19 vaccine or multiple vaccines. As of this morning, there were over 27 million confirmed cases of 2019 and ate her thousand deaths. In the u. S. , we have six point 3 million confirmed cases. We are approaching 190,000
To also been subjected political assassination perpetrator to gain political advantage. I hope we can stick to the facts in this hearing today. One part of the false narrative is that the postmaster general is not appointed by president trump. The bipartisan postal board of governors engaged in a professional search for him, identified him as an outstanding candidate with the necessary background and skill set to tackle the enormous challenges facing the postal system. The bipartisan governors been to repeaty i want that, the unanimously approved his appointment as postmaster general. Mr. Dejoy reports to the board and not the president. Another false narrative is that a failure to provide funding to the Postal Service will undermine the election. The Postal Service currently has 15. 1 billion in cash on hand. Following a betterthanexpected Financial Performance during the pandemic. Delivery,urge in rather than being down, the Postal Service revenue is 1. 5 million higher this year tha
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