At t brings and we think directv has talent as well. I think worldclass enbenefit programs for employees will be a good thing. Thank you, sir. All right. Mr. Stephenson and mr. White, id like to ask you both to talk a little about the companys commitment to diversity, the merged Companies Commitment to diversity in a number of different contexts. I know everyone will agree having a Diverse Group of individuals as Real Partners both inside and outside of the country is important. At ts Public Interest statement pledges at ts diversity best practices will be applied to directv. Such action would be laudable given at turkeys his with supplier diversity and inclusion. Mr. Stephenson, please describe the best practices referenced in the Public Interest statement. Yes. First ill start with employees we have a strong belief our employees reflect the market they serve. I dont think you can be successful in the marketplace employees, executive all the way up to the board that reflects the peopl
Keith colbrunn has braved the elements and battled the seas and is here to tell us about the new season of deadliest catch. All that and more coming up on street smart. Now to the big three stocks to watch in the close. Head out to julie hyman who has what we should be keeping an eye on at this hour. In the past couple hours we got the latest letter from David Einhorn of Green Light Capital and talked about some of his recent investles. One of them is sundesin. This is Solar Developer and green light said it took a large stake in the company and einhorn sited the declining price for solar is lest comesly and rising prices is one reason sunedison will be a leader. Theyre buying the stock, over 10 today. Matt mentioned the phrma deals were hearing about. One of them today is a bid for allergan coming from valiant pharmaceuticals supported by bill agoman who recently took a stake in allergan. The combined stock, 45. 7 billion. Its around 153 a share and you can see allergan has risen abov
Vice president says we never promised highpaying jobs. You will hear him say it and you will see netflix publicly blamed cable carriers. Is a big day. Varney and company is about to begin. Thursday morning, we are up 24 points. That means we are in record territory. Diaz and the 500 coming up another record close, 1929. That was a perilous year. The level of the s p as of now. Look at gold, on the year so far, a calendar year up 40, up 10 today. In europe and new developments, big banks have to pay other big banks to keep money in accounts of big banks so you put 100 euros in you will get 99 euros back. Is called a negative interest rate. It is new and happening now in europe. Move on to americas benchmark Interest Rates, the yield on the ten year treasury, no change despite what is going on over there, 2. 60 . We can expect maybe an amazon smart phone later this month, that is the speculation, some announcement coming, stock is up 10. Investors like the idea. Twitter in talks to buy a
Is winning again. Charles, you know, look, online winning again. Online has one here. That is my opinion. Charles you just cannot dispute that. I think if i had to buy office supplies, you know. A stapler is a stapler. Theyre trying to modify the business model. At least the transition would be the inevitability of what is happening right now. Stuart please, take a look at google. They are launching a fleet of High Altitude unmanned balloons. Theyre calling it the project loom. This explains why facebook is looking into buying tie in aerospace. They can stay there for years and deliver wifi. Drones are a big part of the future. It seems incredible to me, charles. Charles they call it will because of loom moon. A lot of these things crash. I feel like you would have have more control with the drone airplane. Stuart they built these balloons. They will launch these things and iron out the bugs. Charles they may be able to. It is a lot cheaper for them to use any of that stuff then go aro
Frozen rain and sleet may be a bigger factor. Run ragged trying to get the lights back on. Half an inch, you should expect widespread outages. The urn is concerned about the release of 65 prisoners in afghanistan. It should be of no concern. Stand on stage with these. My life has been to make a success of the gift that i have. We beginning with losing power, another fears storm has left 3 quarters of a million customers in the northeast in the dark. Power outages can persist long after storms pass. Janet taboni reports, it seems were powerless against our aging power grid. If you are watching this, you probably didnt lose power. Many americans are in the dark. And wealth related outages cost between 18 and 30 billion a year, quite a range. Despite efforts to upgrade the aging power grid, millions of americans lose power each year due to weather. Over 7 million in Hurricane Sandy alone. Just put them underground. That way ice, high winds, falling trees, cant get to them. But unfortunate