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Host and this week on the communicators, our guest is Shirley Bloomfield of ntca, the Rural Broadband association. Shes the ceo there. Our guest reporter from Telecommunications Reports is paul kirby. Huly bloomfield Shirley Bloomfield, who do you represent . Guest about 850 communitybased broadband providers across the country, theyre in 46 states, so theyre the companies that traditionally were the local phone companies that had to evolve and evolved very quickly to become a broadband provider. So they truly are the onestop communication providers in a lot of areas around the country serving about 35 of our land mass. Host could you name a couple of those companies to help us get familiar . Guest oh, absolutely. All the way to western south da ....
Although probeijing officials have said we should not be too concerned, it will lead to stability in the city. 7 . Sci asia pacific down it is certainly something of a riskoff mood, following off what we saw toward the end of play on friday in the u. S. The nikkei is down more than 1 . In the mainland, you have a bit of pressure as well a despite industrial profits up 6 coming in over the weekend for the month of may. On to the next board. We will be looking at the currencies. A bit of dollar weakness. On friday it reached its highest level in four weeks, but it has since come off slightly, leading to a bit of strength for the offshore currency here in china. The korean won is up about plan to 01 . On to some of the commodities we are looking at. Wti has been under pressure as the demand story as we focus on the rate of infections, 10 million infections, 500,000 deaths, you can see that it is lower today. Gold, science that investors are preparing to cross through 1800. 0. 64 . Year yi ....
Figures plus. The conductor who used his time in isolation to achieve what he calls his greatest artistic success. And im just a bit of the only sport nascar bans the Confederate Flag from all its events following the protests over the death of childe floyd. So then the World Health Organization has warned that cave in 1000. 00 infections are accelerating in parts of africa raising concerns about how developing nations will cope with the pandemic w. H. O. Says 75 percent of the continents 200000 confirmed cases had been recorded in 10 countries a quarter of those are in south africa with the western cape region including cape. The hardest hit the u. N. Agency says a lack of testing kits remains a big problem right across africa lets get more now from ahmed addresses in the 90 s. Capital. How bad is the situation across the continent of africa. Right so its a real ....
Squawk alley. As you just heard, stocks are continuing to move higher today although off of the highs of the morning. The s p is up about 0. 6 the nasdaq up about 84 points. On track for the fourth week of gains for the major averaging and today it is that reopening trade back in the drivers seat today. It is it is retail names as well at the same time we dont see a buy fur indication it is a shift to more of a focus on e commerce. Amazon is up 1 . And facebook is up better than that that to me is interesting. Walmart is a stock that has done well prior to things opening up. It is also higher. So there is a mix. I think there is general positivity, larger stocks in general are doing better, but it seems like the market is reacting to not just opening up versus not, but maybe a sense that the economy is starting to find its footing. It is such a great point, john it is names like micro soft, adobe, some of the big cap tech names. So it seems like today, at least, this rally, the breadth ....