Coming up. Markets this morning look like this. Futures indicating a flat open this morning. Nasdaq 4 and a half, s p 500 weaker by 2 and a half. Inflation is the theme we are watching today. We will get an update at 8 30 a. M. Eastern this morning when we get the december Consumer Price report coming out in 2 and a half hours. Marks finished in the green, take a look, up 60 points. Nasdaq up 36, s p 500 very close, 1 and a half. Price of progress. We are taking a closer look at paid family government and how a new blue government plan will rollout. And then this, robo hospitality, robot thats at your call making a buzz this morning. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria check european markets. Cac quarante up fractionally. In asia overnight, also a mixed story, take a look at indices in asia overnight. We see that the best performer was in japan after holiday the day before up about 1 . Top stories that we are watching this morning. Youtube becoming the latest social Media Comp
Good evening. My name is Trevor Allred from the boston book festival. Thanks so much for joining us for this afternoons ebf 2020 session, can business save the world . I would like to think of all who include ordination when they registered for this free event. If you would like to purchase the books by todays presenters while also supporting independent bookstores and the bbf we have made it easy. Just click buy the book link at the bottom of your screen. And now i would like to turn things over to tonight moderator mark kramer, cofounder of fsg and author of influential publications on shared value, catalytic for the become collective effect of strategic evaluation and impact investing. Thank you, trevor. It is wonderful to be here with two outstanding women who have just written to macbooks that belong on any bookshelf. We are used to thinking about business as being the source of so many problems in the world today. Its quite refreshing to have a panel that talks about whether busi
Trajectory that is a net opportunity or a risk for the united states. I think that washington has been consumed by it. Certain kind of image of china that looks a lot of the risks and the downside which are definitely there. Cspan the weekly wheru get your podcasts. Good evening. My name is Trevor Allred from the boston book festival. Thanks so much for joining us for this afternoons ebf 2020 session, can business save the world . I would like to think of all who include ordination when they registered for this free event. If you would like to purchase the books by todays presenters while also supporting independent bookstores and the bbf we have made it easy. Just click buy the book link at the bottom of your screen. And now i would like to turn things over to tonight moderator mark kramer, cofounder of fsg and author of influential publications on shared value, catalytic for the become collective effect of strategic evaluation and impact investing. Thank you, trevor. It is wonderful
Volumes are down as well, interestingly. We will get more enthusiastic analysis. Gregs i was watching macys. It rose today. Macys. Was watching it rose today. A key metric to focus on will be margins. They have been squeezed over recent years. Why are they being squeezed . Lets look at factors that affect the First Quarter. It has been a cold and wet spring. Also, all of those investments that macys has been making in a improving the instore experience and rationalizing that store. Any news with regard to making it the flagship store. Earlier this year, there were reports that macys had been in discussions about building a skyscraper. That is exciting. Here is something that is even more exciting. Up 3 to that. Biotech has underperformed this years rally. They are talking up the second being a low earnings expectation. With thehat expectation that a lot of these cutting Edge Technologies will feel these. You could have a setup up for a good rally in the back half of the year. They are
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