raqqa, ramadi and raids. okay. so, the three rs, raqqa, ramadi and raids. let s bring in general hertling. what does he mean? first of all, raqqa is the headquarters for isis and they have been on the receiving ends of a lot of bombings but they need more precision bombings in that area. so i think you re going to see a whole lot more attention paid to the headquarters, the intelligence gathering and also the revenue factor of isis. them generating revenue for oil. over the last couple of months, while we ve been paying attention to other things, the iraqi security forces in ramadi have begun their improvements and they have recruited quite a bit of the sunni tribes. you ll see the train and equip mission that s been going on in several bases in iraq are now producing the brigades that can fight, so the key factor there in ramadi is beginning to take back the key cities and towns in
where it debuted less than an hour ago. cnbc reporter julia boorstin joins us live from twitter headquarters in san francisco. julia, i understand you got to spend time talking to that company s ceo? reporter: that s right, craig. yes, i could. i did speak to the company s ceo dick costello and he talked about the company s long-term vision for growth. the key thing here now that twitter s stock is trading is the fact that twitter shares were up more than $50 after opening at $26 per share and now they re the shares are up about 75% from where it opened. so the stock has had an impressive run. at the current market cap, twitter is $32.5 million. and that s less than a third of facebook s and it is bigger than linkedin s market cap. twitter, though it is generating revenue is not profitable and it
look. ameri-health is our current provider right now that just sent the letter. i do have to bid it out. what i hear from other business owners i m not going to have much luck there either, it is all about the same. what do you think about the fact some people got big business waivers, unions, on capitol hill they managed to make sure they get subsidies on health care for themselves. what is your thought about that? it is tough. you know, as a small business owner i m used to getting the dirt kicked on me. and i have to think of more ways to keep generating revenue and keepi ining floating. while i m unhappy about it, i continue to keep pushing forward with my business and we ll continue to do great things. anthony, thank you so much, come on back if anything changes, will you? yes, thank you so much. nice to see you, lee. okay, where were you at 8:00
look. ameri-health is our current provider right now that just sent the letter. i do have to bid it out. what i hear from other business owners i m not going to have much luck there either, it is all about the same. what do you think about the fact some people got big business waivers, unions, on capitol hill they managed to make sure they get subsidies on health care for themselves. what is your thought about that? it is tough. you know, as a small business owner i m used to getting the dirt kicked on me. and i have to think of more ways to keep generating revenue and keepi ining floating. while i m unhappy about it, i continue to keep pushing forward with my business and we ll continue to do great things. anthony, thank you so much, come on back if anything changes, will you? yes, thank you so much. nice to see you, lee. okay, where were you at 8:00
experience and how that s changed over the last three years. three years ago i went into the banks with my business plan ready to go, feeling confident i was going to get approved, and i did not. so i was able to save my own money, went in against advice, built it all on my own with my own money. three years later i decided that i want to try and expand the business and offer more jobs and more classes and more for my community. went in and was approved just last week. jenna: what did they tell you the difference was? was there any sort of explanation? they wanted to see that my business was up and running and that it was generating revenue. jenna: so when you re looking to, what to do next for the business and what economists look like when they look at these statistics about borrowings, whether or not people are doing it because business isn t going good or because demand is up and business is better. for you, it sounds like there s a good reason to get more money invested in you