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Good thursday morning im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt and Julia Boorstin is with us for the hour. Stocks in a whipsaw range, down a couple hundred up 100 here. S p 500 up 25 or so after the dows near 1,000 point loss yesterday. Worst day since june on pace for the worst month since march. But then you get a stock like pinterest. Good guide coming up, going against the grain. Julia, remarkable price target increases. Basically doubling what some analysts saw the stock trading to yeah. A lot of positive responses to those numbers there. Really a beat across the board, carl what is so interesting to me is what we saw in this quarter from pinterest is last quarters results were not just a blip but that this is a company that could stand to benefit over the long term from some of these trends were seeing during covid19 there is some surprising, funny Little Things like the fact that pinterest grabbed four million new users due to the fact that people are going to pinterest to find inspir
Todays conversation comes at a very crucial time for afghanistan, afghanistan sits at a very key Inflection Point with peace negotiations currently ongoing between the taliban and the afghan government, though these talks give hope for an inch of decades of war in afghanistan, they also do raise certain concerns, it is truly vital that we remain vigilant in protecting the goals and gains that have been made on behalf of women and girls rights in afghanistan as well as those marginalized voices more generally, and the last two decades particularly as the negotiations have been underway the peace talks represent a major opportunity to really ensure that these gains are cemented. Id like to mention that back in september when these talks began and got underway, at the time initiated by former secretary of state madeleine albright, the Atlantic Council of the advisory board, she initiated a statement, over 100 former heads of states, prime ministers, Foreign Ministers among many others iss
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Day event. Our new betting week close there, never to be seen again, perhaps . Barstool sports has put Penn National gaming stocks firmly in the lead, but nearly a month after its recordbreaking rollout, whats the next may for Penn National gaming whose stock surged 153 year to date . Penn national Ceo Jay Snowden is here in a fox buzz exclusive. Plus business exclusive. Plus, weve got the woman who traded Silicon Valley for the heartland and now has her homegrown products flying off amazons digital shelves. But first, we begin with a fox business alert here. Investors are pulling back the reins on workhorse at this hour after it gallopedded ahead at the opening. Take a look at the utility maker. It secured about 200 million in funding from institutional lenders in the form of senior secured convertible notes due in 2024. So you can see where we opened, above 30 a share. Right now were at 27. 05. So really pulling back, and possibly just getting to the flatline from where it closed on