Publishers, agents and of course readers clamoring to meet their latest writers. You would be able to feel the Nervous Energy of the finalist and the champagne would be flowing. It is not what you may imagine when you think of literary award ceremonies. There is no formal banquet or assigned seating. It is a Cocktail Party. Last year when they wrote about the award, they referred to it as a globe asked. Tonight, we want to share that energy with you at home and give you a glimpse of what it is like to attend in person. Our editor at large megan caught up with some of this years finalists so we could connect with them as if we were all at a party together. You can view the full conversations on kkus. Com. Here is a sneak peak. A typical year w would all be gathered for the ceremony, a Cocktail Party beforehand. Mixing and mingling. I wanted to ask where could we find you as a finalist before the Award Ceremony . You can usually fin me by the many desserts table. [laughter] where uld we
Max, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. This is two and half hours. This hearing will come to order. Todays hearing is a hybrid format and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social distancing between senators, witnesses witnesses and otheren individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely a few videoconferencing reminders. Once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise please click the mute button until it is your turn to speak or ask questions. If there is a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until it is resolved. I again remind all senators and our witnesses that the fiveminute clocks still apply and you should, those remote, stall, box on your screen labeled clock that will show how much time is remaini
Alphabet. We will have details. Wework went from one of the most anticipated ipos to a floundering Coworking Company just trying to survive. We will look at what it faces in the new year. But first, our top story. Bloomberg was the first to report the iphone maker has a secret team working on a satellite technology, striving to find new ways to beam data directly to its devices. This is all according to people familiar with the matter. The company has about a dozen engineers from the aerospace satellite, and antenna Design Industries working on the project with the goal of deploying their results within five years. For more, i want to bring in bloomberg technologys mark gurman. What do we know so far . It is topsecret. It is operating like a startup in apple. It has the right funding. It has the ear of tim cook. It has a bunch of Aerospace Engineers and executives working on a plan to let iphones and other apple devices receive their data directly from apple developed antenna towers, s
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[chatter] one hour. [chatter] rep. Schiff glad to be here. [inaudible conversations] Linda Feldman good morning, everyone. I am pleased to make an important announcement. Happy valentines day to everybody. Now, on to the program. Our guest today is congressman adam schiff, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence. This is his fifth appearance at the monitor breakfast. Welcome and we are glad to have you here. I would like to get to questions quickly, we have a big crowd. I would just note that congressman schiff has served in Congress Since 2001. As far as i know, you not leaving us, right. Rep. Schiff no. He is a former federal prosecutor and also competes in triathlons, as i understand. Linda feldman which is really good work for your work on the Intelligence Committee. On the record, please, no live blogging or treating. Or tweeting while the breakfast is underway. We will in no pictures of the session to all reporters here as soon as the breakfast and.