David w. Jolly to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Berra bera for five minutes. Mr. Bera thank you, mr. Speaker. Today i rise to honor the memory of Sacramento County sheriff deputy danny oliver. Deputy oliver served the citizens of Sacramento County for 15 years when he paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty this past october. Later that day the sheriff investigative junior was shot by the sa
We focus on alternative assets. What investors and entrepreneurs are doing as well as what is going on and hedge funds, private equity, real estate, and more. Guests,big alt asset one big private equity guest and one Big Hedge Fund guest. Joseph told us the u. S. Stock market is not overvalued if you measure by the prices buyout firms are paying for companies. Them and weccess have done five ipos this year. On the multiple basis, the markets are not overvalued. Maybe they are fairly valued. It depends on interest rates. The market cant continue to compound 20 . Could they compound at eight percent . Absolutely. What do you think of the argument which is, investors are desperate for yield, so as long as they are willing to pay, it means the stock market is not overvalued . They have taken a lot of Companies Public at a profit for the firm. They have been great for blackstone. Have 200 billion dollars in assets. What about smaller places . It has broader implications. To the extent that
Live look outside with tower cam. National cathedral in the foreground. Washington monument there in the background. Looking at for the most part mostly sunny skies. More sunshine today than yesterday. Warmer temperatures. Right now, 20s and 30s. 34 in washington. High today of 47. Well hit that at 4 00 p. M. Clouds increase. Areas like chevy chase, maryland, mid40s. Ill be back in ten minutes talking about a warmup. Moviegoers are in shock oven the death of an action star, paul walker best phoknown for h role in fast and furious franchise. Died in a car crash yesterday in california. Kate larson has more. Reporter paul walker, actor, heart in throb, car enthusiasm, a sports car crashed into the tree and burst into flames. We responded and found the vehicle fully engulfed. It appear speed might have been a factor. Reporter the l. A. Coroner says the two bodied too badly burned to identify but nbc news confirmed with walkers publicist he was killed in the crash. Walkers team posted on F
Top tech headlines. The number of americans who pay fell byitional cable more than 250,000 last year. More turn to streaming Services Like netflix. Satellite and fiber failed to make up for the 2 million americans who dont cable last year. The first fullyear decline on record. Mike lynch iser accusing hp management of misleading shareholders. Lynch calls on it hp ceo to provide detailed evidence about ys alleged accounting problem. Oogle wins in court a federal judge rejected the plaintiffs request to unify all lawsuits on the matter into a single classaction suit. Central to the case is whether or not the plaintiff gave consent to google. That must be litigated on an individual basis. , cory johnson with me here in the studio. There seems to be rising concerns about some of these Chinese Tech Companies that are going public. Theyre goingid to go public in the u. S. Lots of questions about the e Corporate Governance structure. What worries you . First of all, its interesting. A lot of
Good morning, everybody. Welcome to countdown. Im anna edwards. We have eyes on both sides of the atlantic this morning. Researching Angela Merkel this morning and a mythical beast came into my mind. This is a sprawling, huge group. Ceo and reviewing assets to decide which ones. Delivering69, 31 are just 2 . Percent the endet by june, by of 2016, return on capital of at least 15 . Right now its 8 . Leviathan is my image of the day. Focusing little bit on amazon looking at the earnings from the Largest Online retailer. The stock is down heavily afterhours. They are investing heavily in the future of their business. How long will they go along with the heavy Investment Strategy . Watching the ongoing developments, of which there are many, in ukraine. First and foremost, the Prime Minister is going to resign, a bit of a shock. He made the announcement in parliament. He says he cannot get the legislation he needs to get through in the Ruling Coalition has fallen apart so i am resigning. In