The obvious infrastructure deployment requires the expectation of a healthy return on capital. That should be taken as a given but all too often in my experience the issue of return on capital is either ignored or misunderstood in policy forums. Its not a matter of whether a business is or isnt profitable. It is instead a matter of whether a business is sufficiently profitable to warrant the high levels of Capital Investment required for the deployment of infrasfrur. We that in mind, in 2014, the Largest Companies in the cable industry earned a very healthy return. The physical assets of comcast, time warner cable, charter and cablevision, the four publicly traded Cable Operators in 2014 all earned healthy returns in excess of their cost of capital with returns ranging from 13 to 33 . Those returns were unusually high for a capital intensive industry. On the other hand it should be noted the cable industry earned returns below the cost of capital for decades. Any longterm return on Net
Issues. And president ial candidate Mike Huckabee campaigns in newton iowa. President obama has nominated Lieutenant General Robert Miller to head the u. S. Marine corp. At his Senate Confirmation hearing, members of the Armed Service Committee Questioned general miller about the marine corp budget, military Sexual Assaults, and the militarys strategy in iraq and syria. We want to consider the nomination of Lieutenant General Robert Miller. General miller we thank you for joining us this morning. We are grateful for your many years of distinguished service to the nation and for your continued willingness to serve. As our tradition at the beginning of your testimony we invite you to introduce any family members that are joining us. As our nation confronts the most diverse and complex array of global crisis, the next commander after more than a decade of war in afghanistan and iraq, our marines have remained in high demand performing a range of services across the globe. Tension gripping
Goods or Something Like that. It is effective but just a different level of intensity. All right well, we have a lot of green cards here to which we were not able to get for which i apologize. But i think that also reflects the level of engagement of our consumers of Health Policy information here. Thank you for spending your beautiful friday afternoon inside a very cool hearing room helping us grapple with one of the most multifacetted set of problems in Health Policy these days. Thanks to anthem and the National Consumer league for helping us think through this topic and assemble a great panel. Speaking of said panel help me thank this panel for some wonderful discussion. [ applause ] well come back to this topic in september. Thanks very much. Tonight ot the communicators, Michael Oreilly on key issues before the fcc like Net Neutrality and regulating the internet and influence on policy making making. When an item is made before an open Commission Meeting and presented to the commi
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Hernandez case hope to learn from his tattoos. North carolina moved a step closer to making it a crime for anyone to reveal the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing or fracking. This comes as environmentalists demand the information be made public. For more, and the reasoning behind the decision, lets bring in jonathan betz. This is the information that vinylists want. What chemicals exactly are pumped under ground during fracking. Oil companies do not want to release it. North carolina is thinking about taking it a step further. Lawmakers join in the debate across the country in the 32 states that allow hydraulic fracturing. How much information should drillers be forced to share with the public. Reporter for an industry focussed under ground, conseniors it is burying information. They dont have to reveal the chemicals used and North Carolina is making sharing that information illegal. Like on the side of a box of cereal, they tell you the ingredients. This bill keeps the people fro