Meanwhile, shares of netflix taking off, soaring this morning after the streaming giant soars past 200 million members and projects a cash rich future. And hes back, jack ma resurfacing, making his first public appearance in two months since the chinese governments crack down on his alibaba company. Its wednesday, january 20th, Inauguration Day, 2021, you are watching Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc good morning, welcome to the show i am dominic chu in for Brian Sullivan this morning. Heres how your money the and Global Markets are setting up for Inauguration Day 2021. Futures in the green, dow jones higher by 60 points, s p 500 by 12 points, and the nasdaq higher by 21. Well have more on why the nasdaq performance is driving the headlines in the market. This is after the stocks kicked off the trading week with modest gains yesterday. The dow climbing more than 100 points, while the s p 500 rose nearly 1 to snap its two day losing streak. The nasdaq also rallying 1 1 2 as Big Technolog
The nationsst lar drugstore chain reported weaker than expected earnings and said the future doesnt look much better. The company cut its profit outlook for the year after getting squeezed by some of the many pressures running through the entire healthe industry including the price of prescription drugs. To remedy the problem, the ceo isling for more costcuts now,g totalout 1. 5 million investors 2022 and did not like that news. Shares of the dow component hit 15 , hitting a 52week low and more thant day in four years. Bertha coombs starts us off with the chall fgesing walgreens. Walgreens called this the most difficult quarter the n company has since the merger with Boot Alliance in 2014. And we hadec been e and preparing for impacted usif siantly more quickly than we anticipated. Results in the pharmacy divion were hurt by lower price increases on brandname drugs and generics than had been expected. Analysts say thats in part due to pressure fromto washi on drug prices. Brand inflati
Testament because because the Old Testament is full of wonderful people are swallowed by whales for Goodness Sake well you i mean this the book is delightful. Its called languages of truth if you havent gotten it and i have to say i because i have been obviously primarily familiar with your novels. The essays are delightful. I it seems to me like you you have fun doing those, you know every so often. I mean, i dont you know that book as you said its written over a period of 60 or 17 years, you know so so i dont write these things that often but when i do, yeah when i do i have some fun with them and also, i mean, theyre just such incredible variety you do a great essay on about random spoke about Muhammad Ali Muhammad ali well also because i was very impressed because David Remnick is is younger than me and i realized that hes too young to have seen those fights live. So no it could list in fights. He could you youd have been like three and so hes had to do it all. Retrospectively, you
Nonfiction books and authors every weekend book Tv Television for serious readers. Im janet steele the director of the institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication tonight ipdgc the Walter Robertson downment and our cosponsor the seager center for Asian Studies are very pleased to welcome ambassador ted osius the former Us Ambassador to vietnam. Ambassador ocs will be speaking out in the topic of his new book. Nothing is impossible americas reconciliation with vietnam the story of the two countries 25year journey from adversaries to friends and partners. As Us Ambassador to vietnam ted osius and his husband clayton bond were actively engaged in Public Diplomacy participating in a series of carefully planned thoughtfully executed engagements with the vietnamese people these included everything from releasing a bucketful of fat carp into hanois west lake during tet to in teds case bicycling up and down the entire country from north to south. Called the peoples ambassador by th
Early next week. Yeah theres more rain coming back early next week. As far as the rest of today will go. Daytime highs will warm newspaper to the low 50s in the bay. We will stay in the mid40ss. Thats not a whole lot different than it is right now. The clouds from the rain are actually acting like a perfect blanket and keeps us relatively warm. Though it is chilly. Itll get colder over the next few mornings. As soon as the storm clears out and we loose the clouds the cold air stick around and that will start to feel. We will show you that in just a bit. Back to you. We have our eye on the trouble spot on 580 westbound as you head through Castro Valley. A box truck involved. We saw brian kiley and its a big mess blocking the two lanes, left lanes, westbound 580 at Castro Valley boulevard and traffic is backed up in the area. Speeds down to nine miles an hour. Be patient if you are taking 580. A few brake lights at the dublin as well. Theres a Traffic Alert that cleared westbound highway