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Clerk madam chair, you have a quorum. Wonderful. Clerk item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Its clear were using sound producing devicing duries duri meeting, so we wont announce this. Item 4, approval of minutes of the november 3, 2020 meeting. Directors, is there anyone who wishes to make any comment . Okay. Seeing none, are there any members of the public who wish to make Public Comment this item on the agenda . You have zero questions remaining. Okay. With that, ill turn it back over to the directors. Directors, do i have a motion . Motion to approve. Second. Okay. Secretary silva, would you please call the roll. [roll call]. Clerk madam chair, you have five votes to approve the minutes. You are on item five, communications. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency, this meeting is being held virtually, and all members of the sta ....
Here. Is really a celebration of a brilliant, timely new book and a time for us to have a really important discussion about what is going on in the critical region of the world. And of course the start of todays performance is the author of that great new book, scholar of contemporary asia he is distinguished fellow here at hoover pretties also a great friend, mishas really wonderful for us to be with you and sold by this tremendously book. The book is asias new geopolitics. The book is an important book at an important time about the reshaping that is going on across the indo pacific region. Michael is also the author of another tremendous book right behind here, called the end of the age of the century. Michael is one of the most prolific analysts on what is going on the region. If youve not already done it, set up a google alert for whenever michaels essays are published, you get them right away. So also the hopes of a wonderful podcast he does with sean view on the pacific century. ....
An important time about the reshaping that is going on. Across the enough pacific region. Initiative is also the author of another tremendous book, rubbing on here. Called the end of the asia century. Its one of the most prolific and analysts on what is going on in the region. And if you havent already done it, set up a google alert for whatever the essays are published. You will get them right away. His of his hopes of the wonderful podcast city does on the pacific century. And of course the asia pacific region, has so many developments ongoing whether its from north korea or the latest aggressive actions of the Chinese Communist party. So we can have really more timely discussion about that vitally important patient. In joining us, to facilitate this discussion is a brilliant scholar and doctor, visiting fellow here at hoover senior fellow at the hudson institute. And as De ....
Of the surge in new cases. Ill have more on that in a moment. We are getting new information on the twitter hack. It wasnt just a handful of celebrities. 130 accounts were targeted and it appears to have been an inside job. That is serious stuff. Im not sure that Twitter Twitter is up, thats right. Im thinking of another stock. Okay, twitter is up just a fraction. It is serious stuff about twitter. Weve got an analyst on the show who says it might have been a test run for something much bigger. Time to drop your twitter account . We will ask the question and get an answer. More on that coming up, too. Lets get to the market. This week we have seen a shift away from big tech and towards smaller companies. The russell index of small cap stocks, for example, up 3 this week. The dow industrials, down just over 2 . This morning, we will open with a nice gain for the dow, up maybe 100 points, 26,600. Look at the nasdaq. Theres a bounce ....