President , what is the premise of your new book . It is that Digital Technology has become both a tool and a weapon, creating kinds of benefits and all kinds of challenges as well, and we have to grapple with both sides of the equation. Your book is essentially a world tour that begins in quincy, washington. Why . Because it is one of the data center capitals of the world, if you will. It is near the columbia river. Data centers are being built there because it is close to hydroelectric power that is cheap and clean. We take the reader on a tour of what is becoming the infrastructure of the 21st century, these mammoth buildings, more than 20 of them, filled with electrical generators, thousands of batteries, and mostly server computers. Everything we do almost every day is accessing or storing our data in the cloud, which really means one of these data centers. Peter you have 100 of these in 20 countries . Brad more than 20 countries, more than 100 data centers. Microsoft is one of th
The dow and nasdaq not far amazing suits and float around behind. S of tiffany surging the cabin. It will be a great market after all. I see you are talking about space suit this morning interest in acquiring the that was designed by under company for 120 a share. Armour the next investing frontier, one of the questions that gets Virgin Galactic set to make the put to me a lot is how do you public debut here at New York Stock Exchange this morning. Sir Richard Branson will join us know it is going to be safe . First on cnbc. When it comes to space i mean so, markets are chasing some history this morning the s p is on track to open at space is hard, it got to go off an all time intraday high. On friday, closed within six without the hitch. Points of that record level no room for error here after being fractions away from setting a new milestone. How do you ensure thats the case and what do you tell jim, a lot of the bears arguing what has gotten here from july has been healthcare and ut
City, strong people. 59yearold canadian paul hughes came to kharkiv in early march 2022, shortly after the fullscale invasion of russia. Subsequently, he founded the hags charity fund, which sounds like a hug in english, but is an acronym for the words helping ukraine grass support. Together with likeminded people, he has been supporting the residents of the region for over two years. Firstly, we have a garage where volunteers repair cars, secondly, we run the smart program, which is an acronym for sports, music, recreation and technology, so we try to help displaced children living in shelters from kupyansk, lyman , bakhmuta, kramatorsk, kostyantynivka, raisins, different places we try to put a smile on their faces so they know that people from all over the world care about them. We also carry out evacuations or deliver humanitarian aid. Paul guus from the canadian city of calgary served in the Canadian Armed forces, then founded a Hockey Academy where he worked as a coach, and in 201
A decision like this tells the world, hey, im not doing this for donald j. Trump. Im doing this for the nation. It says im putting america first. Its not just a slogan. Were americans, were in america. My father fought in vietnam. I want a piece of the american dream. No more crumbs. Every stage joe biden and his administration belittled and attacked the government of israel and saying stop killing terrorists and hamas. Whoever wins wisconsin likely wins the president ial race. Anyone that doesnt challenge whats going on in this courtroom, it is really, i t hink, unamerican. Stuart its the Rolling Stones again. Were on a roll. We have the Rolling Stones saga here. Lauren trying to put you in a better mood. Stuart im in a great mood. Its 11 00, eastern time, on this wednesday, may 8. Check the markets. The dow is up 70, fractional loss for the nasdaq, a bit of green for the s p. Big tech, a mixed picture r eally. We do have some winners there. Meta platform is the only one. Its up 6. Mi
Was hit pretty hard. This was something that happened, you saw the yen was going to its highest level as the riskier assets took on hammering ahead of the key central bank. It is not just the u. S. Central bank meeting this week but the bank of japan, the bank of england and the Swiss National bank. Take a look at shanghai composite down by 3 . The hang seng down by 2. 5 . In germany this morning, the dax is down by 1 with similar declines at the cac and france. And well look at crude oil, this mornings crude oil down by 1 to 48. 57. Ice, brent crude, down by 50 cents to 50. 14. Back to the top story, terror in orlando. 50 people are dead and 53 injured in the worst shooting in u. S. History. Authorities in orlando have identified 21 victims so far. The gunman is 29yearold omar mate mateen, a u. S. Citizen. Well go to eamon javers with more on this investigation going on. Reporter good morning. An absolutely devastating tragedy here in orlando, florida, yesterday. We are here at the or