Snow, ice, record warmth with two days to go. The weather channels mike seidel starts us off. Reporter an emergency declared in parts of new england and upstate new york. Thick ice, freezing rain and high winds prompted the governor of new york to activate the state emergency center. More than 1,000 plows deployed to clear roads of up to two inches of ice. Downed power lines knocked out electricity to more than 300,000 customers in michigan. And tens of thousands more in new york, maine and vermont. About 2 30 this morning, we woke to the house shaking, transformers exploding, the skies lighting up, the branches crackling and trees falling. Reporter the storm stretches north to toronto. Hundreds of thousands of residents remain without power. Utility companies there describe the damage as catastrophic, the highest emergency level situation. Back in new york city, a very different scene. Visitors at Rockefeller Center shed heavy coats on this springlike sunday. Across the region, record
Problems. The issues facing our nation this week are monumental to us but a part of the long history of the political and policy debate that have created a great arrative of parties pa tiff participative democracy. Send your spirit of wisdom on the peoples house that the members may work as one to move our nation forward to a brighter future. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last adairs proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Mr. Speaker. The speaker for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise . Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on the speakers aproufl of the journal. The speaker the question is on the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. I request the nays and yeas and nays. The speaker the yeas and nays are requested those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays wil
Revenue. The ads will appear in the mobile twitter feed and direct them to a mobile app store where they have to be downloaded. Ads have boosted revenue at other social media companies. Demand for Electronic Devices over the holidays posted a record profit at foxconn. Sales growth was strongest in two years. It is driven by demand for the apple ipad and iphone sprint apple is foxconns top customer accounted for 40 of its revenue. Charter communications is not throwing in the towel on its hopes of buying Time Warner Cable. It is urging Time Warner Cable investors to reject the takeover offer by comcast. Charter says the comcast bid is vulnerable to regulatory issues. The 37 billion dollar offer by charter was rejected earlier this year in favor of comcasts 35 billion dollar offer. Newton blackberry Fourth Quarter earnings showed small signs of Product Sales were down 64 in the first quarter. It is the first time it slipped below 1 billion since 2007 but profit jumped 532 . It is much be
Is noon significant concerns not present in comcasts previous deal. Regarding the first component by merging its programming with Time Warner Cables Regional Sports networks and selling them in a bundle comcast will gain greater Bargaining Power against all paytv providers in all regions where Time Warner Cables Regional Sports networks are carried. It will be severe in new york and los angeles where there is an Nbc Television station and must have time warner Regional Sports network. All paytv providers and consumers in the market will be affected by this harm. Including many aca members. Comcast will have an incentive to this it vantage paytv providers that compete directly with the Cable Systems acquires. It will do this by either withholding comcast programming during negotiation and passes or demanding higher prices for its programming. However the competitive harm will not be limited to comcasts paytv rivals. Many of these paytv providers obtain programming through the National C
Strengthened either franchise law. Other states like texas and new jersey have banned tesla direct sales. Microsoft is once again changing its policy for accessing user email. The company will not investigate the private content and will turn the matter over to Law Enforcement if it suspects wrongdoing. It said it would consult with an attorney beforehand. This stems from a case where microsoft admitted to scanning any mail to see if he was receiving trade secrets. Charter communications is not going to let comcast get time warner without a fight. It is urging shareholders to reject the takeover offer saying it is vulnerable to regulatory issues. Its 37 billion dollar offer to buy time warner was rejected this year in favor of comcasts 45 billion offer. Blackberrys earnings showing some small signs of progress, sales were down 64 in the fourth quarter. The first time it slipped below one billion cents 2007, but profits dropped 532 . Much better than a 4 billion net loss. Yes, but it is