About this episode
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) shares why he remains against upping the American stimulus checks from $600 to $2000 amid the pandemic. CNBC’s Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman breaks down the economic arguments on both sides of the stimulus debate. The United Kingdom has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, and the shot will join the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine distribution already underway there. Dan Loeb’s activist hedge fund Third Point is pushing chipmaker Intel to explore a strategic deal, and the news has already directly impacted Intel’s stock price. Plus, it’s a new age for enterprise according to Unqork, the three-year-old no-code software platform that hit a $2B valuation in 2020. CEO Gary Hoberman and CapitalG General Partner Laela Sturdy discuss how software infrastructure is evolving, and which enterprise giants are taking part. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.