joining us now for more is laura martin, senior internet and media analyst. great to have you. you for coming on. >> nice to see you. >> i think first just to start pretty broad here in terms of your coverage area, it does span large and small, but do you feel as if you can actually wish for yet another year when the largest, most obvious stocks in tech manage to carry the load or is it going to be some reversion from that this coming year? >> well, some of it is the political environment. we have a new head of the doj and with polarized government i think that new doj had is going to jettison a lot of the outstanding litigation and the big tech that benefits the most from that is alphabet. so we think we're going to get multiple expansion in alphabet as sort of like the doj's suggestion to have them spin off from. i think the new doj will walk away from a lot of that. i see multiple expansion for alphabet. i also like alphabet and amazon because of all of the back office work they're doing in driving generative ai investment which is really helping their cost structures. we're

jumping about 10% as laura martin said the streamer is likely to be scooped up for a large premium in the next year. martin writing that roku current base pricing power and data sets make it an attractive acquisition target and potential buyer could include netflix and trade desk and we'll watch that with shares up 9%. >>> we're just getting started here. tony pasqureriello is back. we're live with the new york stock exchange. you're watching cnbc. the dow is good for better than 300. - [narrator] we just signed the lease on our third shop. my assistant went to customink.com to get new uniforms with all the locations. he found great products, uploaded new art, and had boxes sent to all the shops. custom ink makes it so easy. get started today at customink.com. ♪ (animatronic santa) ho, ho, ho! (vo) time to move? make it easy with opendoor. sell your home in any season, for any reason. (animatronic santa) look at me! i am festive! what if your mobile network wasn't just built to work out here... ...but was designed differently to also give you blazing fast wifi where you are most of th

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the sheriff's department says it is that of 21 year old gabriel laura delara from san martin.erway in an unincorporated part of the county near gilroy. his family reported the missing back on december 1st. investigators are working to determine a cause of death. a new report finds more high school students nationwide are graduating as multilingual. according to data gathered by education week, all 50 states and the district of columbia now award seals of biliteracy for students who mastered more than one language. the number of high school seniors graduating with that seal grew nearly 148,000 in the 20 2122 school year, to about 159,000. the next school year, the number of languages mastered alongside english grew from one. 27 to 143. >> time now 533. the state of california getting another step closer towards requiring basic reading tests for young children. a panel of literacy experts came up with a test designed to detect reading difficulties. difficulties among students from kindergarten to second grade that's preparing for the statewide mandate for all young students in c

husband nick and son julian and brother imanuel and half sibling sairj martin, troy, horace martin and laura howard and countless friends and neighbors who lives she brightened and received the kindness she spread and the stories she shared. i like to extend condolences too mira family friends and neighbors and working class community she served all her life. rest in power mira. the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor preston. that concludes the introduction of new business. >> let's go to public comment. >> at this time, those here to speak in the chamber line up on your right hand side. we are setting the timer for two minutes. you are welcome to speak to the mayoral appearance, the approval of the october 8 and the 15, 2024 board meet ing minutes as presented, and item 29 and 30, the items on adoption without considered by committee. all other matters will have been provided the opportunity during the committee for public comment. welcome. first speaker. >> yes, you're welcome. i think i need to get to the point, because you [indiscernible] we don't want qr codes here. the top of the [

laura. well, according to his former building manager in hawaii and his friend there, rj martin, the suspect mangione did suffer back pain in recent years and underwent surgery for treatment. now, according to a now deleted reddit account that closely matches his biographical details. that account says that mangione aggravated this back injury following a surfing incident last year. here is what rj martin told cnn earlier about the suspect's back injuries. >> i think that pain is something that can change our brain chemistry. you know, i think it's something that changes our thoughts um, and i don't know because i don't have firsthand knowledge from him of how much pain he was in or what he was dealing with. but i do know, you know, from personal experience and from other friends and family that when somebody is suffering the way they think about themselves and the world, um, gets warped drastically. >> now, according to the new york police department's head of their detectives division, joseph kenny, investigators are looking at whether this back pain, these back injuries might have been a

martin, kirkus reviewer and. beverly cleary endowed professor in children and youth services in the information school at the university of washington. and here to introduce the final ists is young readers editor laura simeon. good evening. the finalists for the 2024 kirkus prize for young readers literature are we who produce pearls an anthem for asian america by joanna ho illustrated amanda phingbodhipakkiya published by orchard's glass. exuding love, empathy and reverence. this lavishly illustrated picture book in verse is, a captivating ode to the struggles and triumphs of asian america. this defiantly bold work is vital reading as we strive for a more inclusive understanding of u.s. history. there was a party for langston by jason reynolds illustrated, by jerome pumphrey and jarrett pumphrey. published. caitlin dooley atheneum paying tribute to poet langston hughes, this exuberant book features energetic artwork and potent firsts, rivaling own. this is a book that reminds us why we read. to forge connections. pursue and celebrate the beauty of the written word. sophia's war. i nor han. published by leader harper immersive storytelling transports readers to world war two paris where sophia is nu

martin executive in residence at american university and cochair of the national press club headliners team. i would like to acknowledge additional members of the headline team responsible for advising today's event lisa matthews lauraselznick, phil ward and the press staff specifically lindsay underwood, laura coker and executive director bill mccarron. mcmahon is the cofounder and former chief executive officer of world wrestling entertainment of stamford connecticut. administrator mcmahon last month in an interview with fox news itthe jury was still out o amazon's small business. she said amazon provide startups with an opportunity to boost sales but that comes at a price. she also said overall small business optimism remains historically high as measured by monthly index. in april that optimism indexed reached a record high and and april was also the 17th consecutive month government is back on the side of business administrator mcmahon has said. >> thank you very very much. pleasure to be here. what am i going to do with this. what a nice crowd it's really nice to see everybody this afternoon. i want to thank the national press club for inviting me here today and i do see some familiar faces out in the audience