Have received 50 more pay. And the widely anticipated movie 50 shades of grey hitting the silver screen. Already breaking Box Office Records in europe. Could have a big valentines day weekend. Universal is part of the comcast family. In the meantime lets go to michelle with a check on the markets at this hour. Yeah lets take a look at the u. S. Futures following yesterdays 100 point gain on the dow and the nasdaq at a 15 year high. Strength in europe feeding into the u. S. The numbers suggest the dow would open higher by 33 points we want to bring your attention to the european markets. Theyre on track to end this volatile week on seven year highs. The german dax crossing the 11,000 mark after germany gdp numbers came in higher than expected. Greece however weaker than expected. Well talk more about that later. Shares of conagra tanking citing a strong dollar and weak sales. They are also appointing former chief Sean Connolly as the new ceo ceo. Kraft is switching up the ranks. Its cfo
Trajectory that it was fired from russia, but well see. Uk inflation surges to a 41year high, topping 11 , a day ahead of the budget. Tackling inflation is his top priority. Its the number one thing thats on peoples minds, causing the most anxiety, opening up bills, seeing the emails come in with rising prices thats why its right we grip it tomorrow the chancellor will set out a plan. Tailwinds with stocks flying to the top 600 as top Quarter Sales top the forecast, but the group holds back on a dividend day and widening loss. We see the challenges in wind and we see obviously ourselves confronted with the supply chain challenges, what we have and what the citizens of the pandemic see. Blockfi could be the next crypto casualty as the lender reportedly prepares to file for bankruptcy the sector still needs developing. Any time you have the formative stages of the industry, it draws all kinds of interesting people, char le tons and potentially crooks crypto has never been sunshine and ro
The Number One Community partner as the va. The other group didnt even put the va on their list. And if you think that the va doesnt bring something to the table, youre mistaken. I just want to point out one other thing. We talk about nonprofits. Nonprofits are businesses. Were businesses. And you have to speak when youre talking to a community, this is how you get with em to work, you have to speak in terms of business. And thats where, what youre doing at the chamber of commerce, ross, is huge. Because it resonates. Emotions will only go so far. You know, the emotions and the commitment, emotional commitment to veterans is going to wane here in the next few years. But what we point out to community leaders, what we point out to colleges and universities, what we point out to businesses is the Economic Impact a veteran has on their community. You know, we look at a hundred veterans going to school in our local Community Brings 2. 8 million in federal funds that are unsolicited into th
The National Press club as Outgoing National Transportation Safety board chair deborah herzman gives her farewell address. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Host and on april 22nd the Supreme Court will hear the case of American Broadcasting Companies etal v. Aereo. The networks are claiming that aereo is transmitting their broadcasts without compensation and without permission. Here to discuss that case and some of the technology surrounding this company is chet kanojia, ceo and founder of aereo. Mr. Kanojia, what is your strongest argument to the Supreme Court justices that you are not stealing broadcast signals . Guest and great start to the questions. I think all of our arguments are extremely strong. So if you start with the basics which is everybody acknowledges that consumers have the right to an antenna, everybody acknowledges a consumer has a right to make a recording of fre
Them a monthly fee. They maintain the software. This is very common in software businesses. There used to be something called 15 annual maintenance. Software companies and Cloud Companies that has migrated toward an annualized fee model or monthly fee model because we constantly update, create, maintain your equipment, your software on an ongoing basis which requires an ongoing commitment and relationship. We dont ask you to sign a contract. Youre free to come and go as you l. None of those things are prohibitedded in any way, shape or form. Furthermore, you can walk into radio shack or walmart and, in fact, they do have a layaway program, or you can make installment payments. In fact, every time you purchase an antenna on your credit card, you are leasing it. Youre in an ongoing relationship. If you dont pay your bill in advance. You know, where do you draw the line on these things . Its impossible theres no basis in law or good policy to say how you charge somebody somehow makes a di