Here. Well discuss it with mr. Hays in terms of the decisions they made and what ive heard, of course, is how serious those conversations were. Last april and may, when they began. When they were revisited from the honeywell side in september, when they sent utx a letter. Most recently last week when they made a new proposal at 108 a share, 40 ownership of the combined company, 42 a share in cash. 22 premium to the then stock price. So, a lot to talk to mr. Hayes about. Not to mention my man here, mr. Cramer, always has questions when it comes to the fundamentals of the company. Sure. You get this combination going. Its hard not to say, look, we can finally deal with boeing and airbus. On a level playing field. The partners for Success Program that boeing has had has crushed a lot of these companies. You put these two together, they could have muscle against boeing. Like that. Utx doesnt seem to be it is a combination that would pass antitrust muster. Thats something well focus on. Doe
Cspan2. Booktv live coverage of the Annapolis Book festival continues. Starting now a panel on drone warfare. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the Annapolis Book festival. We will be Getting Started in just a minute. This is being broadcast on cspan booktv. We ask that you silence yourself and then remain quiet during the discussion. It is my distinct honor to share the stage with these tremendous authors. Im going to start on my immediate right in introducing them. After my introductions, im going to let each of them talk for about ten minutes, then im going to take the power of the chair and ask a few questions and then open up to the audience for questions. On my immediate right is richard whittle. His book, predator the secret origins of the drone revolution, is the book well be discussing today. Richards a career journalist, he cut his teeth at the raleigh news and observer, then on to the Dallas Morning News where he covered defense issues for a numb
She coauthored the smartest guys in the room about the fall of enron, but more important than that, she actually foretold it a few years earlier when she started asking questions, is enron overvalued x is it transparent. Actually, when she says there may be another issue brewing, we probably ought to sit up and listen. To my left, ben strauss, hes written in depth on College Athletics, but hes really dived into the very rich and multidimensional Human Interest stories behind College Athletes and athletes around the world. Actually, hes got my sons dream job. Frankly, my dream job. So its really great to have you here, and thank you pote for coming both for coming to this years Annapolis Book festival. American dream, american greed, you know, its a very provocative title. And i think today were in for a real treat. Were going to try to have a very lively 30minute discussion, and im going to try to leave room for about 10, 15 minutes of audience questions before we break, and we have a
We are on high alert. If you are planning on heading out of town this week, just give yourself some extra time at the airport. Greg lets get to work. The snow is over. Mike woods. Mike done with snow probably until next season. Some times, Mother Nature throws you a curve ball. That does not seem to be the case. A pretty chilly start to your tuesday evening. Twentythree in monticello. Here is what is happening with the wind. Starting to be around to the southwest. That will be printing in the warmer temperatures. Coming through at 8 miles per hour. We do have a mainly to your skype. We have a lot of sunshine on tap for you here today. Nothing really coming at you as far as rain or snow is concerned. High of 254. There are the shower is making a comeback. Here comes ines. Ines good morning. The Grand Central parkway. Accident. Lets go to our cameras. An accident here. This is pioneer drive. Second accident in that area this morning. Southbound side, not affect it. 495, 45 into the city.
We saw World Markets opening up on monday there was no panic. Dow started slightly lower at opening bell. All the money came in. To melissas point, Energy Leading the way. Oil doing better. Sector as a whole up 3 . Exxon and chevron up 3 and 4 . They led gainers on the dow today. We also saw the Defense Sector moving higher in relation to whats going on. Lockheed martin, one of the standouts in that section. Raytheon and Lockheed Martin up 3 . Airlines across the board down. Delta down 2 . Priceline and expedia also down. Concerns what has been going on in paris will hurt tourism and peoples travel plans going forward. David Ashley Webster at nyse. Thank you very much. Reporter my pleasure. Melissa back to our top story. France is at war. French president hollande is vowing to ramp up attacks against isis. Along with pledging to be merciless in the countrys pursuit of the Islamic State. Fox businesss Deirdre Bolton is in paris with the latest. Deirdre . Hi, melissa, you said it, presid