Brett Maas at the 16th Annual B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference

Check out this picture posted on Facebook from the recent 16th Annual B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference I attended in Hollywood, CA

Trump's Wasted Briefings April 8, 2020
The sessions have become a boring show of President vs. the press.
The Bernie Sanders Legacy April 8, 2020
He dragged Democrats sharply left, which may hurt Biden in the fall.
Pelosi Holds Up Small Business April 8, 2020
Democrats may let a new relief program run out of money.
Plastic Bag Bans: The Sequel April 8, 2020
San Francisco now bans reusable bags as a health risk.
Caught Napping by Coronavirus April 8, 2020
Surgeon General Jerome Adams was right: This virus is our Pearl Harbor, a catastrophic failure.
Clinton and Bush Prepared for Pandemics April 8, 2020
Their legacy includes the National Strategic Stockpile and other important tools.
Green Policies Backfire Against the Coronavirus April 8, 2020
San Francisco now bans reusable bags as suburbanites have a social-distance edge.
To Boost Liquidity, Expand the Definition of Collateral April 8, 2020
Expand one of the government’s most successful Great Recession-era lending mechanisms to include more assets.
No Bailout for Broke Pensions April 8, 2020
Democrats want to seize the coronavirus crisis to close a decades-old funding gap in multiemployer retirement funds.
Coronavirus Reopens Europe's Old Division April 8, 2020
The economics of the pandemic pit the South against the North on the question of ‘corona bonds.’
Austria Will Start to Reopen Next Week April 8, 2020
Smaller stores return April 14, larger ones May 1. Restaurants and hotels will wait until mid-May.
Camus's 'Plague' Foretold Coronavirus April 8, 2020
First the people deny the pandemic is real. Then they argue over keeping the correct total of deaths.
Lost in Beijing: The Story of the WHO April 8, 2020
China broke the World Health Organization. The U.S. has to fix it or leave and start its own group.
I Never Traded on Confidential Coronavirus Information April 8, 2020
But to end the distraction, my family will divest from individual stocks.
Keep Calm and Vote On April 8, 2020
Exercising our rights amid the virus panic.
Trump Is Not the Coronavirus April 7, 2020
Democrats might win if they recognize their role in the distrust-of-government epidemic.

Trump's Wasted Briefings April 8, 2020
The sessions have become a boring show of President vs. the press.
The Bernie Sanders Legacy April 8, 2020
He dragged Democrats sharply left, which may hurt Biden in the fall.
Pelosi Holds Up Small Business April 8, 2020
Democrats may let a new relief program run out of money.
Plastic Bag Bans: The Sequel April 8, 2020
San Francisco now bans reusable bags as a health risk.
Caught Napping by Coronavirus April 8, 2020
Surgeon General Jerome Adams was right: This virus is our Pearl Harbor, a catastrophic failure.
Clinton and Bush Prepared for Pandemics April 8, 2020
Their legacy includes the National Strategic Stockpile and other important tools.
Green Policies Backfire Against the Coronavirus April 8, 2020
San Francisco now bans reusable bags as suburbanites have a social-distance edge.
To Boost Liquidity, Expand the Definition of Collateral April 8, 2020
Expand one of the government’s most successful Great Recession-era lending mechanisms to include more assets.
No Bailout for Broke Pensions April 8, 2020
Democrats want to seize the coronavirus crisis to close a decades-old funding gap in multiemployer retirement funds.
Coronavirus Reopens Europe's Old Division April 8, 2020
The economics of the pandemic pit the South against the North on the question of ‘corona bonds.’
Austria Will Start to Reopen Next Week April 8, 2020
Smaller stores return April 14, larger ones May 1. Restaurants and hotels will wait until mid-May.
Camus's 'Plague' Foretold Coronavirus April 8, 2020
First the people deny the pandemic is real. Then they argue over keeping the correct total of deaths.
Lost in Beijing: The Story of the WHO April 8, 2020
China broke the World Health Organization. The U.S. has to fix it or leave and start its own group.
I Never Traded on Confidential Coronavirus Information April 8, 2020
But to end the distraction, my family will divest from individual stocks.
Keep Calm and Vote On April 8, 2020
Exercising our rights amid the virus panic.
Trump Is Not the Coronavirus April 7, 2020
Democrats might win if they recognize their role in the distrust-of-government epidemic.

Trump's Wasted Briefings April 8, 2020
The sessions have become a boring show of President vs. the press.
The Bernie Sanders Legacy April 8, 2020
He dragged Democrats sharply left, which may hurt Biden in the fall.
Pelosi Holds Up Small Business April 8, 2020
Democrats may let a new relief program run out of money.
Plastic Bag Bans: The Sequel April 8, 2020
San Francisco now bans reusable bags as a health risk.
Caught Napping by Coronavirus April 8, 2020
Surgeon General Jerome Adams was right: This virus is our Pearl Harbor, a catastrophic failure.
Clinton and Bush Prepared for Pandemics April 8, 2020
Their legacy includes the National Strategic Stockpile and other important tools.
Green Policies Backfire Against the Coronavirus April 8, 2020
San Francisco now bans reusable bags as suburbanites have a social-distance edge.
To Boost Liquidity, Expand the Definition of Collateral April 8, 2020
Expand one of the government’s most successful Great Recession-era lending mechanisms to include more assets.
No Bailout for Broke Pensions April 8, 2020
Democrats want to seize the coronavirus crisis to close a decades-old funding gap in multiemployer retirement funds.
Coronavirus Reopens Europe's Old Division April 8, 2020
The economics of the pandemic pit the South against the North on the question of ‘corona bonds.’

Their Stories: Denis Vincent, an affable dentist and passionate skier, is British Columbia’s first death of COVID-19 April 8, 2020
The father of two sons is remembered for his gift of making others feel good.
CityWatch: Cathedral of St. John the Divine is the latest NYC icon to be transformed into a hospital April 8, 2020
The famously unfinished cathedral is across the street from Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital.
The Moneyist: I didn’t feel well last month and asked my housekeeper to stay home. I am nervous about having her come back. She asked for unpaid wages. What should I do? April 8, 2020
‘I would like to help her, but I thought she was self-employed and, therefore, knew her income would fluctuate.’
The CEO who built Cisco into a powerhouse has a sobering pandemic prognosis: At least nine months of economic pain April 8, 2020
The legendary tech executive-turned-venture capitalist predicts the health and economic crisis will take three to five quarters to run its course, and any economic uptick won’t occur until at least late fall. A full recovery would likely happen until early 2021, Chambers warned.
Exclusive: These for-profit colleges could reap up to $1 billion in federal bailout money April 8, 2020
Dozens of for-profit colleges that are among those most likely to benefit from stimulus funding face thousands of claims from students demanding their money back because they say they were defrauded, according to analysis prepared for MarketWatch.
Dispatches from a Pandemic: What the doctors and nurses who beat back the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, want you to know about their months in hell April 8, 2020
What the world really needs to understand is that China’s “victory” over the coronavirus required massive sacrifices by doctors, nurses, and other health workers whose names we will never know.
Key Words: Billionaire Mark Cuban explains how stock-market bears feel about bulls: ‘I don’t think they are really factoring in what they are going to see on the other side’ of coronavirus April 8, 2020
Mark Cuban explains his skepticism about the market’s bullish tint despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
FedEx, UPS stocks surge as investors cheer news of Amazon pausing test of competing service April 8, 2020
Shares of FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc. rallied Wednesday, as investors cheered the news of Amazon.com Inc. pausing a “test” of competitive service.
Business in the Age of COVID-19: Disney in the age of COVID-19: For now, Disney+ may be the only plus April 8, 2020
Perhaps no company faces a greater existential financial crisis in the age of COVID-19 than Walt Disney Co., a legendary company built on social interaction that may find its newest business offers the most immediate relief.
On the COVID-19 front lines in Minnesota: A full E.R., low supplies and fear April 8, 2020
The staff knew it was a question of when, not if, they would see the effects of the virus in their own hospital.