Networking gear faces fresh questions over whether its turn around strategy is working. All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for thursday, february 13th. Good evening, im tyler mathisen. Around im in for susie. We begin this evening with a megamerger in the media world. That deal that would combine the largest tv providers comcast and cable. If approved the company would have 33 million customers, nearly one out of every three cable households in the u. S. And become a dominant force in delivering tv content. The allstock offer would give time warner shareholders 159 a share. Pretty big premium. Stocks Closing Price today of 144. 81. Julia borstin has more. Reporter comcast acquisition of Time Warner Cable, if its approved, would create a cable and Broadband Internet giant with nationwide reach. Comcast saying the deal will pay off and start generating money in year one. In part because it will have operating efficiencies of 1. 5 billion. Comcast buying Time Warner Cabl
A cold is much more serious. The student in his or her carried measles into the el eerito station through berkeley, tuesday through friday, morning and night. I already had measles, doesnt that protect me . I think so. You may not remember shots you got as a child. The number of people that potentially are at risk is hopefully relatively small. Health officials are casting a wide net. It is kind of shocking, but i mean, i think theres so many illnesses going around, too. The student may have had close contact with 100 people. The bart commuters, in the thousands. The virus cant survive on suffers but persists in the air. After 1 to 2 hours, other people could be closed from the aerospace. The red rash that starts on the face and spreads, but symptoms are similar to a cold, fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes. Officials want to remind people what measles looks like. And be on the look out for any new individuals who may have symptoms. Trying to avoid the outbreak or death that measles ca
For an extended list of ligs to 2012 notable book selections, visit booktvs web site, booktv. Org or our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. Booktv continues now with diana furchtgottroth. She takes a look at president obamas Green Jobs Initiative and argues that it hurts the economy. This is about 40 minutes. Good afternoon. Im howard, Vice President for policy research at the Manhattan Institute. Thanks so much for joining us. The question of of whether and how government, particularly the federal government, directs tax dollars to specific industries was a discussion in last nights president ial debate, and can its become an important and ongoing theme in the current president ial campaign. The terms on which washington assisted the finance and Auto Industries have also been the focus of intense debate, but probably the most contentious example of all is the one on which diana furchtgottroth, Manhattan Institutes senior fellow and our speaker this afternoon, focuses in her timely a
Energy use has declined as the economy has grown. Cars and trucks are becoming more efficient. All of that is good. At the same time, when you look at the affect that we already see from a destabilizing climate, droughts, wildfires, severe storms, you know that we need to be doing everything we can to accelerate a transition to a clean energy future, and weeks when we set the standard that high, that is when the president does not always reach the right marks. The way the president has laid out his priorities from mitigation, both from power plants and mobile sources, cars and trucks, is sound. It is a comprehensive, strategic approach. But, in the face of persistent, unyielding opposition, both from most segments of the Republican Party, as well as the oil, coal, and gas industries, the president has not always reached the strongest longterm view, and sometimes steps back from what actually needs to be done. Host michael brune, let me show you what the president had to say last week,
Networking gear faces fresh questions over whether its turn around strategy is working. All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for thursday, february 13th. Good evening, im tyler mathisen. Around im in for susie. We begin this evening with a megamerger in the media world. That deal that would combine the largest tv providers comcast and cable. If approved the company would have 33 million customers, nearly one out of every three cable households in t u. S. And become a dominant force in delivering tv content. The allstock offer would give time warner shareholders 159 a share. Pretty big premium. Stocks Closing Price today of 144. 81. Julia borstin has more. Reporter comcast acquisition of Time Warner Cable, if its approved, would create a cable and Broadband Internet giant with nationwide reach. Comcast saying the deal will pay off and start generating money in year one. In part because it will have operating efficiencies of 1. 5 billion. Comcast buying Time Warner Cable