Plus putin, the russian president response to sanctions with fireworks. His Welcome Home Party for crimea and our response ahead. We will get to that in a minute, but as we had to the close of trading him to go out to julie hyman for the big three stocks we are watching. Apple is in talks with comcast to provide streaming content over a set top boxes, which are expected to be introduced next month. Apples shares are up, but we are seeing a sharp decline in shares of netflix and concern about competition from apple. Alluding to what is going on in biotechnology today, if you look daq biotech stocks, that is what were watching. They rose 17 in january and february, and we are seeing it in come down. Lawmakers are asking why some of the orphan drugs are so expensive. Herbalife is agreeing to nominate three of carl icahns suggestions to its board. Herbalife shares are going back a little bit, after the federal trade Commission Said it was looking into the cubbies business practices. The sa
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We continue with our coverage on ukraine. Warned thisul has is real, this is war. Joining me from stanford university. Welcome. Thanks, charlie. What did you mean when you said this is war, this is real . Was looking at the fighting and was looking at the fighting between very well trained and heavily armed ukrainians fighting very heavily armed and welltrained ukrainians and or russians. Know who these men in the hoods are. Ande were more casualties combat today. That is war in my view and number two it has the potential to escalate into a much bigger conflict because i worry that it will bring in the russians. Lets give me that scenario. The prorussian militants feel are advancing so Vladimir Putin will use that as an excuse to send in Russian Troops to protect those threatened russian militants or prorussian militants. That is right. Lets be clear. Weeks ago said if russian citizens are threatened i have the right and responsi
It is a tasty deal for investors. Happy friday, everybody. Welcome to Market Makers. We have a great show ahead but i want to start with the march jobs report, 190 2000 jobs added to the economy last month. Like the below economist estimates. Who better to put this in context, to give us the real deal, michael mckee. You can have me back on may 5 as well. In the words of steve stanley, this was perhaps the most boring jobs report weve seen in some time. Everything came in pretty much as expected. 8000 this is just a rounding error. It tells us the economy is still on track. The best news in the report was the Unemployment Rate not going down because 5003000 people came into the workforce. More people think the economy is they canetter, think find jobs, so they are going out there looking for work. That tells you perhaps were are on track to see some improvement. In the commentary i have seen , some are pointing to wages as disappointing. Is it fair to describe it that way . That was a
Comments of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Emerged friday, sterling lambastes his girlfriend for posting a picture with nba legend Magic Johnson and not to post pictures associated with black people. We will get reaction from the nations sports columnist dave zirin. Theont is poised to become first day to require the labeling of gmos. We do not want to continue to be guinea pigs. We want to have a choice. We will speak with vermont state senator david zuckerman. He is also an organic farmer. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is releasing a new set of guidelines to address the epidemic of Sexual Assault on College Campuses. A new Task Force Report urges colleges to report anonymous surveys and adopt proven strategies for combating assault. The announcement follows a rash of highprofile cases where schools across the country have been accused of mishandling Sexual Assaults. One
Delivery of aid. We began with the signing of a major energy deal. China and russia have reached an agreement over gas supply. The 400 billion agreement comes after a decade in the making. For china, the worlds top energy user, it secures a fast source of cleaner fuel, while for russia, it opens up a wider market as it is losing customers in europe over the crisis in ukraine. The details. The detail is signed after 10 years of negotiations. A 400 and china inked billion dollar agreement. Starting in 2018, gazprom will gasrise supply natural every year, one quarter of what china consumes. This will last 30 years. Negotiations were delayed due to a disagreement over prices. They believe that International Circumstances may have pushed russian negotiators to accept a compromise. Diplomatically speaking, this comes at a very good point in time. Right after the discussions gast whether or not deliveries from russia to europe would be disrupted, so it is a good thing for russia to appear mor