Weekend for labor day. Road map, it starts with some optimism on the trade war front. Same thing we were saying yesterday. Stocks rising amid cooling rhetoric but here come tariffs. A new set, theyre going to be hitting chinese imports and will kick in this weekend. Keeping an eye corporate earnings, plenty this morning. Campbell soup, ulta, dow, workday. Shares rallying, this on news that 16 models will be exempt from the china import tax. All three major indices in the red for the month. And the nasdaq is the biggest decliner still down more than 2 , this might despite what has been a last rally the last few days well see how we end the month. It has been a round trip, actually, from last thursday to yesterday on the s p 500 you recouped all that was lost on that friday, a surprise escalation in trade war fears. Todays open at the s p level that were seeing right now, it would take you back three weeks. Basically august 8th, most of the losses of august, it is kind of partly, i think
latest from anchorage in alaska is this a frank exchange of views or is this the beginning of an even worse spot between the u.s. and china that s not clear that will depend what s going on now behind closed doors but there were very tough words you heard from the secretary of state of the u.s. criticism of choi criticism of what china describes as its own internal affairs then the joint hit back saying there are different forms of to walk receive us as a form of democracy china has its own form of democracy several european countries including germany and france are resuming astra zeneca vaccinations off of the continent top medical regulators said the doses are safe and effective european medicines agency believes the benefits of receiving the job far outweigh the potential risks of blood clots. a rapid surge in corona virus infections is forcing chile to put half of its population into lockdown more than 6000 new cases were reported in its latest daily report deaths have r
come to a clear scientific conclusion this is a safe and effective vaccine expenditure in protecting people from 19 with the associated risks of death and hospitalized outweigh the possible risks the committee also concluded that the vaccine is not associated with an increase in the overall risk of throwing a fairly conventional blood clots and britain s warning its vaccine rollout will be slower than hoped in the coming weeks the health secretary says it s still on track but deliveries have been slowed because of supply chain problems with the astra zeneca job 1700000 doses of another vaccine have also been delayed as they need to be retested. and if you are is top diplomats from the u.s. and china will meet in alaska it will be the 1st face to face discussions since the biden mr asian took office in january and it comes just after the u.s. sanctioned an additional $24.00 chinese and hong kong officials for what it says is beijing s continuing crackdown on political freedoms
Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Thank you. This is not my mic im not used to it so i kopght hear if you could hear me. Thank you for joining us for ow program with author amy gold sustain who will discuss her book janesville an american story im renee here at the public library. At this time, i would look to ask that you turn off or silence all of your electronic devices. Also, at the end of todays program ms. Goldstein will have time for question and answer and then be available under the skylight to autograph books. We do still have a few available i think if youre interested in purchasing a book and you didnt get a yellow post it with a number see phil in the back. Also with the q and a, i just want to make sure that were all going to be on our best behavior. [laughter] ms. Goldstein is here to talk about her book. Shes not a politician. [laughter] and you will get to ask questions like i said youll raise your hand. Ill bring you the mic, and you dont need please dont Start Talking
Good afternoon. This is not my microphone. Im not used to it. Thank you for joining us for the program who will discuss her book in american story. Im the programming and Outreach Coordinator here at the public library. At this time i would like to ask that you turn off or silence all of your electronic devices. Also, at the end of the program, we will have time for a question and answer and then be available under a skylight to autograph books. We do still have a few available if you are interested in purchasing a book. Also with the qanda, i just want to make sure we are going to be on our best behavior. [laughter] shes here to talk about her book. She is not a politician. And you will get to ask questions like i said you will raise your hand, i will bring you the microphone and please dont Start Talking until i have the microphone right in front of your face. As i said they are 27 they will be available to purchase after the program. They are 27 that can be cash or checks made out t