Coronavirus pandemic with dr. Redfield. [inaudible chatter] appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, human services, education, and related agents these will come to order. Witnessesthank our for appearing before the subcommittee today to provide an update on where we are on the areas that they are so involved in on covid19. Challengednue to be by this pandemic in the country, we know that 195,000 961 americans have died as part of the pandemic and 6. 6 million have tested positive during the process of testing in the pandemic. 6. 6 million have tested positive during the process of testing in the pandemic. This has rapidly swept across the globe, and even countries who thought their cases were contained are facing new outbreaks and dealing with those new and unanticipated outbreaks. This is a new disease in many ways. And even after 9 months we still know relatively little about this disease or coronavirus generally. This has hindered our Public Health response. In many ways this
Were learning in the wake of the shocking ipo yesterday where buyers seemed indifferent to the share price if you wanted to buy snowflake, you had to sell something else, which triggered a selloff in the nasdaq, and that spread today, with the dow dipping 130 points, and the nasdaq losing 1. 27 . A lot of people call into question what theyre doing paying such high prices. We saw the spectacle of a stock trading at more than 100 times, not earnings, but sales. Dont get me wrong, snowflake should not be about making money, it should be losing money. It makes sense for management to spend fortunes to dominate the cloud Data Management business you want to win, youve got to spend. Snowflake is not the issue, though the ceo will do everything in his power to deliver for shareholders hes got an amazing track record i totally understand why people are willing to pay for the nose for his stock. I liked it even as high as 125 but i jumd eunderestimated the. I heard that the underwriters were t
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Lets begin with that historic day for apple. It is the most valuable company on earth we shouldnt be surprised, but it just took two years for add a trillion in market cap thats just astounding. Absolutely remarkable its unprecedented to have a trillion dollar company. I added to apple after they announced the split. It makes no economy supplies in terms of benefits to the company in doing that. You can trade partial shares there are robin hood and others, but i thought the market would react positively i added to my core position. I dont want to sell, even though i do have some concerns theres an attack on the app store, which has driven a lot of growth im staying there for now. I think the 5g phone will be the biggest Product Launch theyve ever had around the world. Jim, i notice he own it as well, but to me you sound to be, you know one of the maybe, you know least enthusiastic about where the stock is now and where it can go from here. Do you think thats fair to say . I do, but tha
General suspends those controversial cutbacks until after the election and Congress Calls him to capitol hill demanding answers College Crisis notre dame, the latest university to suspend inperson classes just one week into the semester the spike in cases is very serious and we must take serious steps to address it. An entire Sorority House in oklahoma now quarantining. Just ahead what schools are trying to do to keep covid off campus state of emergency the National Guard mobilized in california with dozens of wildfires raging across the state. Evacuations underway overnight and a searing heat wave making everything worse all that plus just desserts. The Surprising New girl scout cookie thats already the toast of the town. Today, wednesday, august 19th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody welcome to today. Nice to have you with us couldnt you go for a french toast cookie got to wait