This is Squawk Pod. I'm

C. NBC producer Katie Kramer.

Today on our podcast, a potential breakthrough

for COVID-19 patients.

C. NBC's Meg Terrell on the relatively common

steroid that could help save lives.

Scientists have been hunting for months

through libraries of existing compounds

to find anything that might have a benefit against this.

And Dr. Scott Gottlieb on the news that buoyed hope and markets, at least for now.

This is an important finding, it's going to change dogma. I think it needs to be replicated.

It's going to probably have an immediate impact on what doctors are

doing in the ICU setting. Then, the N. B. C. annual list of up-and-coming companies

we call disruptors. This year Stripe snagged the top spot.

CEO John Collison on how his payment platform has worked for businesses

staying afloat during a pandemic.

We've seen all manner of things during the lockdown.

Maybe one of my favorites was,

I think it's you probably need a haircut.com.

And then we're also seeing a huge amount of adaptation

from, especially say retail businesses, restaurants,

moving from solely in-person trading to starting to move online.

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