Unsolicited stakeover bid led by anbang insurance group. Well give you the latest. United airlines ceo back to work today but the activists are not cutting him slack. Whats ahead for munoz and the airline at large. Starwood is up sharply in premarket trading. They received a takeover proposal from chinas anbang insurance. Its worth about 75 a share in cash. The board of starwood says it is not changing its recommendation at this point and supports the companys planned merger with marriott, but they have a waiver from marriott that will allow them to negotiate until thursday. People familiar with the situation indicate the hope is they can hammer out a definitive agreement with anbang insurance, which has chris flowers, former investment banker people may have known. And primivera, not an old Italian Restaurant on the west side, but a large private equity firm in china. Some of these names may be unfamiliar, but the 76 a share all cash offer and that 5. 50 is a significant premium over
Mark secretary kerry arrived in the french capital under unusual security, and they were not allowed to report about his planned visit. It is the first like this for a visit to a european capital, and some are saying they will no longer accept Syrian Refugees, the states of alabama, arkansas, florida, and north carolina, although it is not clear how they would stop the refugees from settling in their states, and advising vigilance in the wake of the paris attacks, and a new video reportedly posted today by the Islamic State. A fighter vowed to attack washington and said they should take all precautions including taking the secure underground tunnels between buildings. You can get all of this information on the new bloomberg. Com. I am mark crumpton. John i now bring in another mark. My colleague, mark halperin. Today, president obama set the agenda in turkey with questions are swirling around what the Global Response will be for the attacks, including more call for troops in iraq and s
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Palestinians. The death toll in eight days there up to 137. The secretary of state Hillary Clinton is finishing up those direct talks this morning with the Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas. Thats happening in ramallah on the west bank. And netanyahu, the Prime Minister, in jerusalem, another conversation shes having. Now she goes to cairo where shes meeting with the egyptian president mursi. Mrs. Clinton making it clear that she is not interested in a quick fix in gaza. The goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional stability, and advances the security and legitimate aspirations of israelis and palestinians alike. Cnn reporters flanking the middle east today to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of the crisis in gaza and in jerusalem and in israel. Ben wedeman is in gaza city. Frederick pleitgen is in ashkelon city. We begin with sara sidner at the scene of that bus explosion that happened just a little while ago in tel aviv. Sara first of all describe fo
Romney who on a Conference Call with donors attributed his loss to gifts bestowed by president obama. What the president president s campaign did was focus on certain members of his base toolgs, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. Despite the fact that they supported his positions throughout the entire campaign, a frightened herd of republicans trampled over each other in a stampede away from romneys remarks. Intent on selling a friendlier more compassionate gop, they included bobby jindal who was best known for totally blowing the republican response to the 2009 state of the union. Good evening and happy mardi gras. Im bobby jindal, governor of la louisiana. Jindal has been the lead voice in the romney dissing, selfcritical ameliorated gop. I absolutely reject that notion that description. I think thats absolutely wrong. This is completely not helpful. This is not where the republican needs to go. We ne