Economy could we speak to the minister responsible for it isting visitors good 8 00 across the emirates, 5 00 in london. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. Lets get you an update in terms of what is moving. Some very interesting lives. The market has arguably been prepped for. We are seeing a little bit of that release rally. I am pulling this out as we speak. That is how we like to operate. Some of the major class is broken down all the way. You can see the euro up 1 . Some of those gains. Commodities were under pressure. There are some bright spots. Commodities 3. 1 . The weaker u. S. Dollar is feeding into this. A quick check on what is going on in the markets. 225, up. I the yen also getting a bout of euro bashing. Looking at the shanghai composite, of course. This time it is more speculation. Bout a leverage crackdown there could be restrictions put on changing. People are looking to get out of this market. Well. To the upside, as and look att along what is going on elsewhere.
Marissa did join us earlier this morning and talked about her future with the company. Take a listen. Obviously any role to date has been working hard on the process to get us this far and now my immediate priority is seeing the transaction through to close while also managing the value of our asian assets so i really got two priorities because its really both of those components and thats what im going to be focused on moving forward and after that, very open minded. Guys, as she said not a lot of Companies Get to change the world. Yahoo did but her broader point was its hard to manage through a large pashift like that at scale. Whats your take on this . Its going to be interesting because verizon is now creating, we all talk about mobile first. Theyre creating something thats a mobile first content ad Platform Company but with aol, tim armstrong, now with yahoo and its going to really be a shift as you just said because all of a sudden a company like verizon might be in the same busi
Straighter Peter Neffenger testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on alleged misconduct at the agency this is about two hours and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] the meeting on government and oversight reform will come together. Without objection, we will reconvene at any time. The public comes in regular contact with Transportation Security Administration, we have a fairly new administration who has had a chance to visit with, but it is important as the Oversight Committee that we continue to take a look at what is happening or not happening. What is not happening at the tsa. Today we will have a second hearing examining the misconduct and Management Practices that we have heard about, seeing about, and investigated at the Transportation Security Administration. This time of year traveling public picks up kids and families and people are traveling, sometimes at record levels. People get frustrated, they go to airports, there are long lines, there ar
You, senator. Youre now recognized sen to senator from tennessee. Can you tell me how many tsa employees make a hundred thousand or more a year . I will have to get that for you. Can you make a rough guess . I can make a rough guess. I dont really know, sir. Let me ask this, do you know how many tsa employees got bonuses in the past year . There were as i said, i have restrict it had number of bonus that is we do. I will get you the exact number but it was a significant smaller number and based upon performance, not based upon special act awards. Can you tell me, have you personally fired any employee tsa employees for misconduct or rudeness or incompetence since youve been in the office . There have been a number of people who have been fired from the agency at all levels. I came in and one of my first tasks was to determined what my agency looked like. I hold my leaders and demanded and i am confident of my team and im confident of team to help lead that team. Today i have been satis
We do immediate feet back and do that consistently. Workforce readiness and performance and workforce accountability. We changed that. Its no longer based upon how long the lines are. Thats a separate issue. We deal with that at the management level. For the frontline workforce, i want you to know they will focus on the mission and support them with the best possible training and train them on the equipment and how it operates and gave them hands on understanding of what the limitations were. There is a fuller interest that i will provide. The gentlemen from tennessee for five minutes. Can you me how many tsa employees make 100,000 or more a year . I will have to get that number. Can you make a rough guess . I dont really know. I will have to get it for the record. Do you know how many tsa employees got bonuses in the past year . There were as i said, i restricted the number of bonuses we do. It was a significantly smaller number based on performance and not special act awards. Have yo