Clayton Banks, CEO of tech incubator Silicon Harlem, and Jessica O. Matthews, CEO of Uncharted Power, discuss their combined effort to make New York City's Harlem neighborhood the Silicon Valley of the East Coast.
Clayton discusses how the relationship between Silicon Harlem and Uncharted Power came to be. He also discusses the relationship between WeWork and Silicon Harlem. Both companies share a common goal of bringing technology to the New York City neighborhood.
Mathews discusses how her company is using kinetic energy as a renewable resource to power businesses and entire governments. She talks about why Harlem is such a great area for new businesses, adding "Harlem is a place to start, grow, and scale your company."
President Biden's self-imposed deadline of making booster vaccines available for all Americans is today, but with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration only approving the boosters for senior citizens, it doesn't look like he can make that deadline. The nation's top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci defended both positions, saying that the deadline was more of a placeholder and that he also stands by the FDA's decision.
Dr. Jen Caudle, family physician and associate professor at Rowan University, joined Cheddar's Opening Bell to discuss more on the booster shot and Pfizer's vaccine for young kids.
26 states have now fully vaccinated more than half of their population with Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts fully vaccinating at least two-thirds of their residents. These three states are among the ones with the lowest new Covid-19 cases per capita, but in states with low vaccination rates, hospitals are filling up again.
Dr. Rob Davidson, ER doctor and executive director of Committee to Protect Health Care, joined Cheddar's Opening Bell to discuss more.
Gas prices are expected to rise ahead of Labor Day weekend, with millions of people hitting the road and Hurricane Ida disrupting the nation's oil and gas industries. Chris Williams, CEO of CW Petroleum Corp, joined Cheddar to discuss the rise and fall of gas prices, plus what his company plans to do to adapt to the uptick in electric vehicles.
