reckoning of so many organizations that so many organizations have been going through is long overdue and it must result in work places where all women, all people, feel safe and respected. harris: senior correspondent rick levinthal joins us outside nbc headquarters. rick? reporter: harris, matt lauer was nbc s highest paid employee, making a reported $25 million a year. he was the face of the today show for just over two decades. but his boss said the allegations against him were simply too detailed and a clear violation of company standards. and other news outlets including variety and the new york times are reporting today they ve been working for weeks and months on stories of sexual misconduct by lauer. variety said nbc knew about it. well, before monday s meeting with the accuser said lauer sexually assaulted her during the winter olympics in 2014. in the statement from nbc news chairman he said, quote, this
they ll buy. that could mean a lot of ups and downs in the stock price over the next few months. when they talk about the fact this will most likely lead to expansion in hiring within facebook itself, what do they need to do to stay ahead of themselves and stay competitive? again, widely revered new kid on the block but people will expect big thins of them because of this price. well, they actually have to be really careful about hiring. they have about 3,000 employees right now. that s not a lot by, you know, $100 billion company standards. part of the reason for that is focus. with some types of companies, manufacturing companies, when you re building stuff, if you hire more people, you can build more stuff. if you re an internet company, if you re making software, not necessarily the case. there s a saying here around silicon valley, if you get nine women, you can t have a baby in one month. the same goes with software programmers. hiring more programmers doesn t necessarily mea
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bp s crippled oil well could be sealed permanently by next weekend when the process called bottom kill takes place. additional mud and cement will be poured into a main well through a relief well, finalizing that capping process. a shakeup at the top of hewlitt-packard, following a sexual harassment claim against him. hp said while an investigation found that hurd did not violate company policy, he did violate company standards. an update now on super model naomi campbell, as she testified in the war crimes trial of charles taylor about receiving unpolished diamonds as a gift. a friend of hers turned over the stones to south african police. taylor is the former lie bjorn president accused of selling
before matt would have been in the chair on the today show chairman of nbc news says, on monday night received a detailed complaint fra from a colleague. it rested after serious review, a clear violation of our company standards. as a result, we have decided to terminate his employment while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. our highest priority create a workplace envooimt where everyone feels safe and protected and any actions that run counter to core values of met with consequences no matter who the offender. quote/unquote. lauer hasn t commented. co-host savannah guthrie addressed this this morning. all we can say, we are heartbroken. i m heartbroken for matt. he is my dear, dear friend and my partner and he is beloved by many, many people and