The heels of positive covid19 vaccine news why are all the opening trades down check out the airlines and cruise stocks, battling rocky seas with major losses a cross the board. Lastly, check out casino names youd think they would rally but no a sea of red. Whats with the break down between positive vaccine data and these trades were back to the old play book in the market, tim yeah we had a week off. S p outperformed amazon 8 in a week boy look at the turn around, look at that move by amazon, big upgrades on the street, maybe its just catching up to the levels 3200 on amazon by goldman, alphabet shares theres Different Things going on as good as the potential vaccine news flow could be, i do think that the reopening trade is moving in reverse theres states that arguably have lost control. So, i think consumers are assessing, but more importantly investors are assessing what consumers may or may not feel comfortable doing in terms of gettings on airplanes and getting involved in some h
Good afternoon, everyone. Sorry we are running a little bit behind today. On behalf of the American Enterprise institute i would like to welcome you for a talk with pamela paul about her recent book how to raise a reader. She coauthored with her colleague, maria russo. Colleague, maria russo. The Current Situation is untenable our kids have trouble with any kind of a structured activity but reading for pleasure is the activity that has suffered the most brick according to a recent analysis the share of americans who read for pleasure has fallen by more than 30 percent since 2004. If there is a way to reverse the trend it will have to start with their children and no one who can help us better than to learn how to share the joy they and pamela. She was the Childrens Book editor at the New York Times and has three children herself and also the author of six books and a host of the book review podcast. She and i will have a conversation and we will open to questions from the audience. Tha
Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im jon fortt with morga brennan, david faber, here at post 9 at the New York Stock Exchange carl is on assignment. And were going to begin with todays rally. Stocks surging all of the major indices up more than 1 . Our dom chu is back at headquarters with a look at what is driving the gains today dom . So, jon, we are right near highs of the session right now the dow is up about 458 points, 452 at this stage. And as you can see here, almost 1. 5 to 2 gains at this stage for the major indices. The s p 500 really the laggard there. A lot of tlechnology and communication stocks powering that nasdaq composite to a 1. 5 gain overall with regard to whats driving the action, take a look at the sectors that areat most at wor and at play. Financials, industrials, technology, meanwhile, consumer staples, real estate, and utilities really lagging behind. The key level that we wanted to watch earlier on was 2945. That had been an area of resistance o
Continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, r. Thompson, for five minutes. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to honor the life and service of alan al pingy. He passed away tuesday, april 23, at home. He was mcking county commissioner and i flew a flag over the capitol to be presented to his family and colleagues. Prior to becoming commissioner, he was part of the bradford professional firefighters and retired as captain in 1988. He then served as bradford township supervisor, 11 years as chairman. He enlisted in the u. S. Marine corps and honorably discharged as a corporal in september, 1970. Mr. Speaker, al pingy has served his nation and community. Above all else, he was family man, a loving husband of 36 years to his wife, deborah, and father to his four children, andy, scott, jeff, and jody. He was a grandfat
2009. Watch live at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan, online at cspan. Org, or listen on our free radio app. Senateesident pence, majority leader mitch mcconnell, a former senator sam nunn, and former indiana governor Mitch Daniels all delivered eulogies at a funeral for former republican senator Richard Lugar. The service was held at st. Lukes United Methodist church in indianapolis, where senator lugar attended with his family. It is a challenging assignment, to pay tribute to Richard Lugar. Because his virtues, character, or accomplishments offer any shortage of material. Just the opposite. He was so widely admired and changed so many lives that you wondered what observations you could possibly add to the pilot. I around this room and see the fruits of dick lugars coaching friends, citizens, leaders, all here to remember, to pray, and to thank god for , a son ofe gave us indianapolis. In some cases, that coaching tree was literally about athletics. Had a passion for fitness. Really, i t