Shoppers are spending more during each visit during the pandemic which is good news for target. That is a bright spot in otherwise down day on wall street. Im Connell Mcshane. Welcome to after the bell. You know the numbers after the bell. We have time for the news that is happening at this hour. Fox Business Team coverage, blake burman is in washington, we have Jackie Deangelis in the new york newsroom, Ashley Webster coming up as well watching some of the new restrictions on business ahead of the holidays, well get to that in a moment, but, blake, lets start with you. Whats the latest. Reporter big news out of pfizer today, connell, 95 effective and safe that was the news out of that company as it relates to the covid19 vaccine candidate with pfizer saying they could apply to the fda for that emergency use authorization here in the coming days. Here is what pfizer said this morning about that covid19 vaccine that they are putting forth. They wrote, quote, to date the Data Monitoring
Organizati organization, china as well as investigations of practices of Chinese Companies that are listed here in the u. S. So were up 0. 4 . 3 for the week as a whole sara straight to kayla in washington to recap what we just heard from the president including that significant announcement that the u. S. Would be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization and sara, the president prevud that a few weeks ago saying it would be reviewing the funding it sends to the w. H. O. In the wake of what it sees as shortcomings by the World Health Organization to alert the u. S. Of some of the risks of the coronavirus. Sources tell me that one of the ways the u. S. Feels most wronged is that there was no information about asymptomatic transmission of this virus until late in the game when the u. S. Population and economy was at risk. He announced the administration would be suspending the entry of foreign nationals from china to the u. S. , that the u. S. Finds at risk to the
Thinks peloton is not just a fad. That bullish sentiment coming up. First, we begin with a continued dominance of tech in the u. S. Market. Stocks upadmit, the 1. 7 , nasdaq up more than 1 . Is something bigger going on . It feels like 2019. This unstoppable rally keeps going. It does not feel like a relief rally, because yesterday after the signing of the trade deal, it was just the stocks that trumped 1 . The other averages posted average highs, s p 500 and dow. Typically a relief rally would come after a big selloff from the major averages. It feels a little bit more like perhaps the early stages of euphoria within the bubble paradigm. That starts with capitulation, then with dislocation into the economic face and then phase and then euphoria. Does that match the fundamentals . Trading at ant, greater than 20 times forward pe. As you note last year, earnings fell by double digits. They are expected to fall for the Fourth Quarter and the First Quarter of 2020. By the end of the year,
Note a quorum is present. We we will hear testimony from e department of education implementation of borrowed eventual. Pursuant to commingle 7c statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member. I want to thank secretary devos of being with us today and thank her for a green to hold enough time in the schedule all of the members present to have amendments confinements of questions pursuant to house rules. Especially thankful because this cheer im exercise my prerogative to go last in question order so it she were to leave early i wouldnt get to ask questions. I want to thank you for agreeing to stay with us for the fulltime. I recognize myself enough for the purpose of making an opening statement. We are here to examine the department of educations implementation of the borrower defense rule. I want to thank you, madam secretary, for appearing before the committee to discuss this important issue. Borrower defense is a rule grounded in basic fairness. Student borrowers who are def
To Committee Rule 7c, Opening Statements are limited to chair and Ranking Members. This allows us to hear from witnesses sooner and provides all members time to ask questions. Id like to thank secretary betsy devos and thank her to hold enough time to allow all of the members present and have five minutes of questions pursuant to house rules. I am especially thankful pause in this chair i am exercising my prerogative to go last in the question order. So if she were to leave early, i wouldnt get to answer questions. I thank you for agreeing to stay with us the full time. I recognize the opening statement. We are here to examine the department of educations implementation of the baar defense rule. I want to thank you, madam secretary, to discuss this important issue. The bar defense rule is grounded in basic fairness. Students face severe financial and emotional consequences and it is, therefore, cruel and counterproductive for the federal government to compound their misfortune by colle