Networks run nfl games on thursday night . Yes, and they will continue to do so. They will be simulcast. Cbs will run the same games. They have bought a package for eight Football Games for thursday night and they will pay the production cost for the season for the nfl network. But they are not saying how much. The key, i think, is that im going to watch this on cbs, because i dont know what channel nfl networks is. I dont even know if i have it. Im not sure, either, but im excited for thursday night football. The sochi olympics start tomorrow in sochi, a subtropical city. There have been terrorist threats and hotel still under construction and people have been tweeting that the water is not drinkable. And shaun white is pulling out from one of the competition, the snowboarding competition, because there are concerns over the course being unsafe. One of the athletes practicing on it roque his collarbone. Another one had a concussion after he fell. And this was after he made they made m
The chief executive and the banks cheryl have both come under pressure from swiss politicians to resign. 2. 5 billion is coming from shareholders. The officials are accused of stealing american trade secrets through cyber espionage. Beijing summoned the u. S. Ambassador to china and says its military has neveren gauged in cyber spying on businesses. Eunice yoon will have more from beijing in just a few minutes. Thailands army declared martial law nation wood today. The army denies it is staging a military coup, saying the goal is to restore order after six months of street protests. The caretaker government maintains it was not informed about martial law in advance. The u. S. Says they are monitoring the situation in thailand closely. We have a couple highlights but hg, home depot, out with earnings. The stock is moving around a little bit. The number itself before we look at the chart is 1. The Company Earned 1 a share. The estimate was for 99 cents. That is a little bit above. The re
My hope is that even if they dont take it from you, that they will, in fact, see the direction that you gave as having value in they will in fact see the direction is some derivative product. Thank you, mr. Chairman. We never message on the lady for the district of columbia. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I must say i welcome this hearing on innovation and the Postal Service and i particularly welcome private businesses who worked with the Postal Service. I have often wondered about the potential identity to keep the Postal Service in. And came to the federal government. Whereas the essence of being a private business doesnt give you anything cu can go out and fill foyers of or rise as the case may be. Most of the downsizing of the Postal Service had been done by cats. I much prefer us the chairman indicated the innovation to be the rule to the feature the Postal Service. Every time i see on television and innovative tool that the tow Postal Services using i say wow because i had b
Today we are examining the federal protective service and security of our Federal Buildings and facilities. With 1300 personnel, including Law Enforcement officers and 14,000 contract guards, we are charged with protecting over 9000 Federal Buildings and nation,es across the owned or leased by the General Services administration. While fps is not responsible for all federal facilities, its role is central to protecting federal workers and visitors to Federal Buildings nationwide. Since the 9 11 attacks, our country has taken steps to prevent and be better prepared for terrorism and other threats. Unfortunately, public buildings are a proven target. Whether because of their symbolism or because of the number of federal employees and visitors that use these facilities, the threat the federal government has a long history. In 1995, Timothy Mcveigh and his coconspirators used a truck filled with homemade explosives to bomb the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, includin
And jeff bezos, stepping forward as the top ceo. The question, is he the next steve jobs . Varney company is about to begin. President obama in phoenix today. Is going to take a victory lap on the countrys real estate recovery, but he wants more. Here is his plan. Help families save up to 3000 a year by refinancing. Cut red tape so responsible buyers can get a mortgage. Wind down fannie and freddie and the housing recovery. This fits president obamas theme, i am helping the middle class, its the republicans faulty cant do more. However, the president is struggling with that message. Ive got one negative item on the economy this morning, actually several, but here is the big one. Parttime workers dominate the jobs scene. New numbers from house ways and Means Committee using the Household Employment survey, government numbers. Look at this, since january 2009, weve added 270,000 fulltime jobs, thats four years. During that same time 1. 8 million, seven out of ten jobs created under presi