Second highest rate of cases in the world and supply of protective gear was uncertain. Some estimated supply would run out in a matter of days. Use the defense protection act to leverage the equipment to keep fighting the pandemic. Using the dpa is crucial in our fight against covid. However, i was just as surprised as many of us when the International Development finance corporation announced they would issue their first dpa loan to kodak to produce pharmaceutical components. The dpa is finally being utilized but to a company that only just recently left bankruptcy with no proof of success of pharmaceuticals, being trusted with such an important task. Frankly its not a joke. Kodak ceo purchased shares of the company, leading up to the announcement and received 1. 75 billion Stock Options from the kodak board the day before the announcement was made. These Stock Options may have been worth as much 50 million just a few days later. A letter from the committee to the s. E. C. Urging inve
Myriad of platforms and around the world and live on cspan2 to Atlantic Council front page. Its our premiere live ideas platform for global leaders. Its our honor today to host the 70th secretary of state mike pompeo. Former director of the Central Intelligence agency, former member of congress, former u. S. Army officer, finished first in his class at west point, Harvard Law School graduate and much more. Im fred kemp, president and ceo of the Atlantic Council. This is a historic day. Israel, the uae and bahrain are scheduled to sign the abraham accord the first such agreement between arab countries and israel. The president will attend and Benjamin Netanyahu will sign. Secretary pompeo, we have a lot to discuss. China and your recent trips to europe and their connection to china issues. Lets start with the middle east, though i know you have a few prepared comments. My first question would be looking at the longterm implications for the u. S. In the region of this accord, how does th
Points the s p which is then up five out of the last six weeks and up the last six sessions in a row is up by 5. 5 this morning and then the nasdaq which has been this incredible out performer for months on end is the other performer this morning its down by 13 points but remember nasdaq was only down friday after being up for several sessions in a row. Setting a new high every one of the closes. The s p is less than 1 from its all time high. Its up back in february the treasury markets youll see right now. The treasury yields are where they have been the ten year is at 0. 556 . Melissa. We have an update on the pandemic the United States surpassed covid cases. It took just six weeks for u. S. Covid cases to double. The growth appears to have leveled off at an average of 54,000 per day over the last week in College Sports news over the weekend the mid american conference scrapped its all football season delaying all fall sports until the spring of 2021 the logistics were too complicate
[camera lens shuttering] hello, everyone. Democrats failed to act in the interest of americans hardest hit by the pandemic. Amid action, President Trump stood up for every american who, through no fault of their own, needed relief. Politics as usual should find a place during this pandemic, but democrats rejected multiple clean bills to provide relief. The American People are tired of games. They seek leadership and President Trump delivered. This weekend President Trump took executive action designed to provide the relief democrats have denied through four executive orders. On the payroll tax he deferred payment of the employee portion from september 1st through the end of the year. States will provide 25 cost sharing, or 400 per week on unemployment, through the end of the year. He extended the eviction protections. If actions presenting from Financial Hardship of the virus, those renting and homeowners are protected. On Student Loans he extended 0 interest and extended payments to t
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