Claimants who can file a claim. Third, i want to explain a bit the dollars and the compensation that is available under the program. We started drafting is protocol about two months ago at initially gms request. We have reached out to a wide variety of individuals and institutions to get as much information as we could about what ought to be in this program. I thank General Motors for their total cooperation in establishing this program, they are funding it, and they are funding it without any tap on the aggregate amount of money that will be available. Gm basically has said whatever it costs to pay all eligible claims under the protocol, they will pay it. There is no ceiling on the aggregate dollars. Also, gm has said under this program that anybody who already settled their claim with General Motors before they knew about this coverup or his ignition switch problem, meyrick up the release they signed and come back into this program to get additional compensation. So ive read that the
But with respect to title vii, of course, its still the case that that employers with 15 or fewer people are not subject to that law, and thats 80 of the employers in the country. And if you run the math, thats its at least 80 thats its going to be somewhere between 10 million and 22 Million People who are not within the coverage. No one would say that because the coverage is incomplete in that respect, that title vii enforcing title vii doesnt advance those were decisions those were decisions that congress made, right . Yes. Well, the grandfathering is not a decision that congress made, is it . Well, the way in which its implemented is a decision that the agency has made, thats true. But even with respect to the Preventive Services, i dont think anyone would say that theres not a compelling interest in advancing Colorectal Cancer screening and immunizations and the things that the Preventive Services provisions provide in addition to contraceptive coverage. I just think this a compell
Accurate and reliable information that could reassure the public hes safe to be around. The virtual debate flies in the face of trumps claim hes cured. Cure is the word he used. Reporters learn hes pushing for a return to the campaign trail in person as early as monday which might be why trump announced on fox business if the Debate Commission isnt willing to risk another super spreader event for the sake of president ial optics then hes not participating. No, im not going to waste my time on a virtual debate. You sit behind a computer and do a debate, its ridiculous. Then they cut you off whenever they want. Interesting from a guy calling in. Out there with the people today, joe biden. Hes expected to launch a bus tour across the state of arizona. Still able to interact safely with voters. The mask truther trapped in the white house where every candidate wants to be in the final sprint of election day. Donald trump is running out of options to resuscitate his campaign. Joe biden is op
Merge. Hacking america, a secret military unit is said to be behind a series of attacks, but our friend, china, denying the reports. And countering it was the victim of u. S. Hacking. And the bulls are back from a threeday weekend. Can the s p 500 post an eighth straight week of gains . Weve got four days to find out. Its tuesday, february 19th, 2013. Squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin who is back from vacation. Lets get started with the markets. As joe mentioned, the s p winning streak has been a strong one. In the meantime, the dow is coming off a second straight weekly loss. Although, really, if you looked at this last week, it was the ever so slightest of losses. U. S. Equity futures are indicated higher. Dow up by 21 points. S p is up by two points above value fair and the nasdaq is up about 3. In 20 minutes, well turn to predictions on where the markets go from here.
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