The senate plans to vote on the minimum wage increase on wednesday this week. Workers are voicing their opinions. Joining me now is one of the the organize. She is the cofounder of rock united. Thank you so much for joining us today. I want to ask you, youre talking about a lot of Different Things in this protest. Income inequality, minimum wage, Corporate Tax breaks. Who is paying their fair share. Seems like youre all over the place. What are you focusing on . Well, tomorrowings is the annual lobbying days of the National Restaurant association and so one of the key focus areas of todays rally is the fact that the National Restaurant association, which has been named the 10th most powerful lobbying group in congress, has lobbied against some things including raising the minimum wage and have managed to keep the tips minimum wage, the minimum wage for tips workers, 2. 13 an hour. But they have also lobbied for tax breaks. They have lobbied against any kind of sustainable request. Meli
You will hear his remarks to the obama administration. And we introduce you to huddle house, a Company Making a business footprints across the United States. Lets start in washington, d. C. Mark zuckerberg and five other Technology Executives meeting with president obama at the white house right now. They are talking privacy and government reforms. Bloombergs megan hughes is outside the white house and means me now. What do we know about this meeting . This meeting got underway at 4 00. No sign of them coming out just yet. They have been in there for an hour now. You mentioned facebook ceo Mark Zuckerberg. Also google chairman eric schmidt, Reed Hastings from netflix, another from dropbox among others. Among those who declined the invitation, marissa mayer, the ceo from twitter. Some of the things were watching number one, zuckerbergs growing public frustration with nsa surveillance. We know that he spoke with president obama earlier this month over the phone. He posted of facebook blo
Legalized marijuana. Plus, an actress, bridget monahan. She tells us how living below the poverty line can change ones perspective. My producers will once again try to stop me over the next hour, but first, lets get headlines from my radio cohost carol massar. Thanks so much, pimm. After the close of trading, herbalife raising its forecast. Plus, they halted their dividends. The stock is higher in afterhours trading. , a companyh results reporting their earnings exceeding estimates, higher in trading, hours of buffalo wild wings, and there is a lot of backlash over donald sterling. Companies, including virgin , ended theirrmax sponsorship of the team after a ledger traces comments attributed to sterling. Much, terrellery massar. And another delay in the and wee xl pipeline, have t boone pickens. Erik schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle are standing by at the milken global conference in los angeles. But as you just said, we are here with one of the legendary oilman, t boone pickens. He has be
Plus, an actress, bridget moynahan. She tells us how living below the poverty line can change ones perspective. About the world. And it is monday, so my producers will once again try to stop me over the next hour, but first, lets get headlines from my radio cohost carol massar. Carol . Thanks so much, pimm. After the close of trading, herbalife raising its forecast. Plus, they halted their dividends. The stock is higher in afterhours trading. And Buffalo Wild Wings out with results, a company reporting their earnings exceeding estimates, higher in the after hours of trading, and there is a lot of backlash over donald sterling. Clippers owner. Companies, including Virgin Mobile and carmax, ended their sponsorship of the team after a ledger traces comments attributed to sterling. Back over to you. Thank you very much, carol massar. And another delay in the keystone xl pipeline, and we have t. Boone pickens. Erik schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle are standing by at the milken global conferenc
Reaching this reality and yes, cinnabon, you know, cinnabons, the smell of all of that frosting and cinnamon. Talking about how to avoid the same fate as the gorman gourmet cake maker crimes. First headlines from su keenan. Earnings season. Wells fargo came out with numbers this morning. Profits increased 4 on lower credit cost. Wells fargo pershare earnings failed to top the preceding quarters for the First Time Since 2009. Has agreed to delay it started in new york until monday. The court has granted an injunction against uber. Lebron james is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers where he started his career. Cavaliershe cleveland a billiondollar franchise, double what the team was worth without him. Those are the headlines. Thanks very much. And his on lebron james to surgeon to return to cleveland. Joining me on the telephone is some of his clients include players such as richart tony felton. Great to have you on bloomberg. What does this mean for the future of the nba . I think it