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Suspending ant Group Listing major issues, this is days before the largest ipo of all time well give you the latest details. And social Media Election strategies how facebook and twitter aim to tackle misinformation on their platforms as voters head to the polls and beyond whatever beyond means, carl. David, thanks guys, were going to be talking all day and all night about arizona, florida, georgia, North Carolina, jim, goldmans got a note out just now saying because it would be difficult if the president does not win any of those states, quote, there is a good chance the election outcome will be clear on election night. Right, i think that thats what the market is saying. So the collectionive voice of the market, both yesterday and not just the morning, but when the nasdaq rallied in the afternoon and today with the futures, people say, we cannot afford after last week with the market being down, we cant afford to wait for the outcome we have to presume the outcome is going to lead to
Major amples we saw a surge in cases for example, in other parts of the country that had not been as hard hit jim, i can go through a list of things this morning that perhaps would give investors pause in a different environment, whether it be beijing, and the recent closure of schools there as they deal with a surge in cases it is only 137 but nonetheless. Flights also there we will get the update from beijing. Layoffs at the likes of at t or hilton quest giving us gooit guidance that still speaks to the weakness of that business. Yet here we are with potentially another rally in store a half hour from now. David, all of those things you just mentioned were things that maybe we expected to happen im looking at 25 pieces of research that i have sent to you in synopsis, the vast majority of them are raising price targets. Why . Because the targets were slashed before we knew that the Federal Reserve was going to back stop all of these companies so the Federal Reserve is saying if you ar
Social Media Companies ylan mui has more on the story reporter the dojs proposal strikes at the heart of the Business Model for platforms like facebook, google and twitter, section 230 of the communications ccc act the first is what theyre calling the bad samaritan bill, for platforms that facilitate or solicit illegal activity, and the second specific exemptions for child exploitation, and actual knowledge of elicit activity the doj cannot do this alone they would need congress to act to change the law. Big tech doesnt have a lot of friends on capitol hill these days just today, republican senator josh hawley unveiled a bill that would remove text Liability Protections unless the Companies Promise to act in good faith or pay a 5,000 fine to users if they dont meanwhile, democratic senator mark warner said that he believes section 230 has allowed companies to turn a blind eye to a host of ills, but melissa, he also said hes worried that the doj is using these tools as a way to get Big
The market while classic reopening plays like cruise lines, airlines, they are moving low. Net net we are flat as we stand on the s p 500 sara. Ahead on todays show, investing legend Jeremy Grantham, stunning rally we might be realizing emergence of a bubble. Plus well speak exclusively with Marilyn Booker, former head of Morgan Stanley suing the firm for race and gender discrimination lets focus on the stories were watching mike santoli with a look at broad market action. Steve liesman highlights from fed chair jay powell and covering coronavirus resurgence in beijing mike,ic can us off with a look at the session flat on the average butthat doesnt tell the story. The average holding the gains in the last three days, wavering around the flat line a lot but mostly due to the trillion dollar trio, amazon, apple, microsoft all outperforming. This is an oldfashioned early february day where the big megacap Growth Stocks holding index together as average stock slips a little bit this is the