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JohnTan

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I bought Facebook and Microsft's shares. They both are dominant in their respective fields and there isn't any upstart technology to make them obsolete. Maybe I should pick up some Apple or Alphabet shares too.
 

Ash007

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I bought Facebook and Microsft's shares. They both are dominant in their respective fields and there isn't any upstart technology to make them obsolete. Maybe I should pick up some Apple or Alphabet shares too.
Show off, already got them via VTS during the Kim/Trump nuclear war sabre rattling. Last I checked, it still hasn't fallen to the level I brought.
 

JohnTan

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could see that reply coming from the next continent. for what it's worth, @JohnTan , I've followed suit.

Did you oppie losers pick up more stocks early this morning? I bought lots of Singtel and REITs today. I sold some off after lunch today for easy money. I'll keep some of the shares I bought today because I believe in Singapore and PAP.
 

syed putra

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Coronavirus travel restrictions: Self-isolation deadline pushed back to give airlines breathing room
15 Mar, 2020 12:51pm
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Focus Live: Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed New Zealand's seventh and eighth positive Covid-19 coronavirus cases.
Simon Collins

By: Simon Collins
Education reporter, NZ Herald
[email protected]

The self-isolation deadline has been pushed back to give airlines a bit of breathing room.
The Government initially announced the self-isolation measures would go into effect at 12am on Sunday night.
This has now been pushed back one hour to 1am.
Board of Airline Representatives director Justin Tighe-Umbers said the extra hour meant that no arrivals would be affected tonight, providing time to set up systems for the first arrivals tomorrow.
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He said both New Zealanders and overseas visitors would be allowed to board domestic flights to reach their intended destinations before being required to self-isolate.
Auckland Airport chief executive Adrian Littlewood said flights between Auckland and China have dropped from about 45 a week at this time last year to eight a week now.
He said no one yet knew what the impact of the self-isolation requirement for all non-Pacific arrivals would be, but it would clearly be "material".
However, Tighe-Umbers said airlines were expecting a short-term jump in travel in the next two weeks as New Zealanders come home earlier than planned and overseas visitors return sooner to their home countries.
He was aware of three extra trans-Tasman flights today to bring people in before the self-isolation rule comes into force.
Many passengers arriving on international flights today are wearing masks, but it is hard to find anyone else at the Auckland international terminal wearing masks.

Passengers arriving at Auckland are wearing masks. Photo / Simon Collins
Passengers arriving at Auckland are wearing masks. Photo / Simon Collins
Air New Zealand has been battling to cope with the massive increase in customer enquiries following the Prime Minister's announcement of travel restrictions yesterday.
To meet the demand, the airline is boosting the size of its contact centre and social media customer-care teams.
Air New Zealand senior manager of customer care Doug Grant says this is an unprecedented situation and that the airline is dealing with a very high volume of customer enquiries through its channels.
 

garlic

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As usual, the whites are the worst perpetrators of financial crimes, from ponzi to enron, lehman and just about most financial improprieties are done by them.

4 U.S. senators sold stock after getting coronavirus threat briefings in January
BY
DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI
AND
BLOOMBERG
March 20, 2020 4:54 PM EST

Four U.S. senators sold stock after receiving sensitive briefings in late January about the emerging threat of the coronavirus, sparking concerns that they put safeguarding their private finances before their duty to protect public health.

Senator Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, and Kelly Loeffler, a Republican from Georgia, both completed their sales at a time when the Trump administration and GOP leaders were downplaying the potential damage the virus might cause in the U.S. and before drastic stock-market plunges set off by the pandemic.

Burr is chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which receives frequent briefings about threats facing the country, and has experience responding to public-health crises. Loeffler – who was appointed to her seat in December after Senator Johnny Isakson announced that he was resigning because of health problems – is married to the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, Jeffrey Sprecher.

Two other members of the Intelligence Committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California, and Senator James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, also sold stock after the briefings, according to financial records.

Loeffler did not make any sales from Jan. 6 until Jan. 24 -- the day the health committee she sits on held a briefing that included presentations from top level U.S. public-health officials including Dr. Anthony Fauci.

She and her husband began selling 27 stocks on Jan. 24, according to her financial disclosure form, including investments in Auto Zone and Ross Stores, worth millions of dollars. Loeffler’s stock sales were first reported by the Daily Beast.

‘Baseless Attack’
Loeffler responded on Twitter by calling criticism of her stock sales “a ridiculous and baseless attack.” The tweet said “I do not make investment decisions for my portfolio. Investment decisions are made by multiple third-party advisors without my or my husband’s knowledge or involvement.”

This is a ridiculous and baseless attack. I do not make investment decisions for my portfolio. Investment decisions are made by multiple third-party advisors without my or my husband's knowledge or involvement.

— Senator Kelly Loeffler (@SenatorLoeffler) March 20, 2020
Burr sold 33 stocks on Feb. 13, according to his financial disclosure form, with a total value between $628,00 and $1.7 million. His stock sales were first reported by ProPublica. Three of the assets he sold were in hotel companies, which have seen their value plummet as the coronavirus threat has drastically curtailed travel.

His office said that his sales were unrelated to any information he received by virtue of his position as intelligence committee chairman.

“Senator Burr filed a financial disclosure form for personal transactions made several weeks before the U.S. and financial markets showed signs of volatility due to the growing coronavirus outbreak,” a Burr spokesperson said in a statement. “As the situation continues to evolve daily, he has been deeply concerned by the steep and sudden toll this pandemic is taking on our economy.”

Economy Reeling
With the virus now spreading, its death toll rising and the global economy reeling, news of the stock sales brought angry calls for Burr to resign.

“As Intel chairman,” Burr “got private briefings about coronavirus weeks ago,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York tweeted. “Burr knew how bad it would be. He told the truth to his wealthy donors while assuring the public that we were fine.”

“THEN he sold off $1.6 million in stock before the fall. He needs to resign,” she added. According to NPR, Burr told a private group in late February that the virus could present a greater economic danger than had been publicly discussed.

As Intel chairman, @SenatorBurr got private briefings about Coronavirus weeks ago.

Burr knew how bad it would be. He told the truth to his wealthy donors, while assuring the public that we were fine.

THEN he sold off $1.6 million in stock before the fall.

He needs to resign. https://t.co/IAITMbJ3R5

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 19, 2020
Fox News host Tucker Carlson also called for Burr’s resignation.

Feinstein made transactions on Jan. 31 and Feb. 18, selling between $1.5 million and $6 million worth of shares in Allogene Therapeutics, a biotech company. Inhofe sold $400,000 worth of stock on Jan. 27, including PayPal and the real estate company Brookfield Asset Management.

https://fortune.com/2020/03/20/sena...tock-coronavirus-threat-briefings-in-january/
 
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