Santa shows up on Wall Street on Christmas eve as stocks end the holiday shortened week slightly higher. Drama continues to play out in Washington over the pandemic economic rescue package and the amount of the direct stimulus checks to individuals. A vote is now set for Monday in congress on increasing the amount from $600 to $2000. The holiday shopping season, the business outlook, retail trends and philanthropy discussed with Los Angeles business and civic leader Rick Caruso, CEO, Caruso, developer of the most successful outdoor shopping destinations in Southern California including the Grove. www.thegrovela.com www.paralosninos.org www.operationprogressla.org Economist Kevin Klowden, executive director of the Milken Institute’s Center for Regional Economics and California Center discusses what's next following the hang up of the pandemic stimulus package as covid cases spike. Kevin O'Leary, a.k.a. Mr. Wonderful mega investor on TV's Shark Tank, Chairman, O'Shares ETF's and Beanstox discusses the stimulus, the markets, the economy, vinyl music record sales hitting a record high and his doppelganger Post Malone. 

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