It is trying to offer assurances. To the people you follow on twitter sometimes gets annoying, but youre not ready to on follow them . You are allowed a muting feature that will allow you to select tweets and hide them. Muting can be turned on and off. The new app, square order, is a better experience for users and square wallet. Right now it is available only in new york and San Francisco. They have taken what they have learned from wallet and built it into square order. Now to our lead story, it is a real that could shake up the paid tv industry as we know it. Att in advanced talks to by directv at about 100 a share. They are tearing up for a 12 month regulatory process. Directtv shares are surging in afterhours trading. Cory johnson is here with me in the studio, and alec sherman is with us from new york. At this point, what can you tell us . We know these companies have been talking for a few weeks. At t is interested in expanding their business and buying direct directtv, operatin
Week away from the first world cup game in brazil. The country has spent 11 billion on 12 new stadiums. However, brazilians are not sure that it is worth all that money. Tops get straight to our story. Reports allege that icahn, mickelson, and a prominent las vegas gambler are being probed by u. S. Authorities for Insider Trading. Our Senior Markets correspondent has more on this developing story. The trade at the center of this investigation is already three years old. What do we know at this point . Know, according to the wall street journal and the new york times, that at the new york times, that epicenter of this investigation is that clorox deal in trade surrounding it. That happened in the summer of 2011 when carl icahn made an offer to buy clorox, and offer that eventually did not come to fruition, but there were a number of options trades in advance of that deal. That is what sparked this investigation in the first place. However, it has been three years and this still remains
Rewrite of our rules, and at some time we will all likely be disappointed that these are the rules the body follows moving forward. However, i continue to be opposed to this nomination and urge my colleagues to vote no today when the vote comes before us. Thank you again, madam president. And i yield the floor. The presiding officer under the previous order, the Senate Stands in recess until 2 15 p. M. President obam laws protect minority and majority rights and pressuring schuss freedom of every South African. Finally mandela understood the tie that is bind the human spirit. The president s remarks along with those of other world leaders, will be part of the reair of the Memorial Service highlights tonight, 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. Its a rare constant in american political life, if you look at say congress, in 1901, less than 2 of members came from working class backgrounds. Got into politics and eventually wound up in congress. A Flash Forward to the present day, the average mem
A patriots history of the modern world volume 2,. Watch for this programs and more on booktv. For a complete schedule, visit booktv. Org. Larry doyle is a former more fanningbacked mortgagebacked securities trader. He takes an inside look at the relationship between washington, wall street and federal regulators. He argues they have object is that have objectives that have far more to do with making money than serving the public. This is about 40 minutes. Good evening. Thank you very much for joining me this evening to talk about my newlyreleased book, in bed with wall street. Before we get into that, first off, i want to thank my good, great friend be john and his partners were graciously hosting us this evening. So thank you very much for that. I wouldnt be here if i didnt have some truly great women behind me. First off, i want to thank my editor at Palgrave Macmillan, Emily Carlton and her team, so thanks to them. I want to thank my agent, cynthia zigman who found me in early 2012.
Obama Administration Officials say the taliban handed over bergdahl to u. S. Special forces in eastern afghanistan saturday. The 28yearold from haley, idaho, has been held as a prisoner of war since june 30, 2009. President obama spoke saturday evening with bergdahls parents by his side. He wasnt forgotten by his country because the United States of america does not ever leave our men and women in uniform behind. Id like to say to bowe right now who is having trouble speaking english, [ nonenglish language ] im your father. Reporter bergdahls recovery followed years of negotiations between the u. S. And the taliban. With the government of qatar recently serving as a go between. Qatar will take custody of five afghan detainees released from guantanomo bay prison in exchange for bergdahl. Bergdahls parents never relented on their fight to bring him home holding rallies and releasing videos. Bergdahl appeared to be in Good Condition when he was released. He is having a medical exam in afg