captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. i m joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. wall street welcomes a new chapter in barnes and noble s search for a buyer. since august the bookstore has been looking for a buyer and it found one in liberty media. suzanne, the buyout offer sent barnes and noble shares up 30%. suzanne: tom, now everyone wants to know what liberty s c.e.o. john malone sees in the deal. many analysts think he s focused on the nook barnes and noble s e-book reader. a new version of the nook is due out next week. tom: liberty media has been known for seemingly unconventional deals in the past. it owns the atlanta braves, major league baseball team; a technology company that can locate mobile phone signals for security purposes, called true position but the billion-dollar offer to buy a book store has many wondering about this deal. is this a good deal for liberty media? it can t be. you ha
captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. i m joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. wall street welcomes a new chapter in barnes and noble s search for a buyer. since august the bookstore has been looking for a buyer and it found one in liberty media. suzanne, the buyout offer sent barnes and noble shares up 30%. suzanne: tom, now everyone wants to know what liberty s john malone sees in the many analysts think he s focuses e-book reader. a new version of the nook is due out next week. tom: liberty media has been known for seemingly unconventional deals in the past. it owns the atlanta braves, major league baseball team; a technology company that can locate mobile phone signals for security purposes, called true position but the billion-dollar offer to buy a book store has many wondering about this deal. is this a good deal for liberty media? it can t be. you have a case where booksteers it s a dying media
captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. i m joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. wall street welcomes a new chapter in barnes and noble s search for a buyer. since august the bookstore has been looking for a buyer and it found one in liberty media. suzanne, the buyout offer sent barnes and noble shares up 30%. suzanne: tom, now everyone wants to know what liberty s c.e.o. john malone sees in the deal. many analysts think he s focused on the nook barnes and noble s e-book reader. a new version of the nook is due out next week. tom: liberty media has been known for seemingly unconventional deals in the past. it owns the atlanta braves, major league baseball team; a technology company that can locate mobile phone signals for security purposes, called true position but the billion-dollar offer to buy a book store has many wondering about this deal. is this a good deal for liberty media? it can t be. you ha
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. one more night in jail for dominque strauss-kahn. the former chief of the international monetary fund will be released tomorrow on $1 million bail. susie, a federal judge granted bail late today, pending strauss-kahn s trial on charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid in new york city. susie: tom, those charges forced strauss-kahn to resign as the i.m.f. s chief, and also set in motion a high-profile search for his replacement. it s a coveted job the i.m.f. acts like the top central banker for the global financial system. tom: and it s also a pressure cooker job, given the state of the world s finances. acting chief john lipsky today called the global economy shaky. speaking to world bankers, lipsky said the global recovery is fragile and beset by uncertainties. susie: joining us now to talk
nightly business report is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. i m joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. wall street welcomes a new chapter in barnes and noble s search for a buyer. since august the bookstore has been looking for a buyer and it found one in liberty media. suzanne, the buyout offer sent barnes and noble shares up 30%. suzanne: tom, now everyone wants to know what liberty s c.e.o. john malone sees in the deal. many analysts think he s focused on the nook barnes and noble s e-book reader. a new version of the nook is due out next week. tom: liberty media has been known for seemingly unconventional deals in the past. it owns the atlanta braves, major league baseball team; a technology company that can locate mobile phone signals for security purposes, called true position but the billion-dollar offer to buy a boo