One of the largest shareholders to gain access to an executive and to obtain confidential details about the transaction in question. I spoke with mr. Cooperman within the last hour with the Hedge Fund Manager telling me that he will vigorously defend himself, that the charges are without merit and he will be vindicated. In addition, mr. Cooperman also telling me that omega was offered a settlement by the s. E. C. , which he turned down saying it was totally unacceptable. New at noon, our kate kelly just off the call with the s. E. C. Live in new york with the very latest. Kate, what can you tell us . Good afternoon, scott. The s. E. C. Standing very firm behind its 34page complaint right here that contains what really reads as some damning evidence against mr. Cooperman. Talking about how a Family Member of his who also was in the Hedge Fund Business noticed some of the options trades that are at issue here and said they look fishy, they look shady, and even that somebody should invest
Good thursday morning. Business insider ceo henry blodget. Good to see you. Great to be here. A rally on our hands. The dow and the s p wiping out their losses for september. The industrials are leading the s p. Once again, henry, were at a stage where the fed acts, people who doubted their resolve get faked out, and a rush to buy again. Great to see a successful ipo. Always more fun when stocks are going up. I think from a high level as weve talked about in the last couple years, valuations are high. At some point if the economy keeps doing what its doing, chugging along, inflation keeps coming up, that will raise rates more aggressively. I dont think the outlook is great from here for a long time, but its in terms of equity valuation. I think so. Unless you think something has fundamentally changed with the Rate Companies can increase profits, which ultimately drive the market, over the next ten years, valuations are such well have very low returns from stocks on the order of 1 to 2
Western hemisphere. Mexicos western coast braces for Hurricane Patricia. Tens of thousands of palestinians are allowed into prayers. Israel eases restrictions on access to the al asqa mosque. Were counting down to the Rugby World Cup semifinals that get underway in 24 hours time. Its the world champions on saturday. Well hear them from later in the program. South africas president zuma will freeze a rise in fees proposed for University Students next year. It came after massive demonstrations in the capital city of pretoria. Here thousands of University Students. This is what they think of the proposed increase. Some of them tried to storm the seat of government but were held back by riot police that fired stun grenades and used water cannons. Al jazeera was in the middle of that protest. This is what she sent us. Reporter these protests where we are now have been going on for over eight days. Theyve, in fact, spread across the country, and that will explain why students are becoming in
Dangerous request, the dynamics do change. Announcer and sunday afternoon, race and the criminal Justice System with Valerie Jarrett and others. Then at 6 30, portions of this years washington ideas festival. Al gore and author annemarie slaughter. Annemarie we have to banish the word he is helping at home. Helping is not taking the burden off of you. You are still figuring out what needs to be done. And you are asking him to help, he is not the agent he is the assistant. And if we are going to get where we need to go, men do have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. For our full schedule, go to cspan. Org. Next, president ial chris town hallolds a meeting in new london, New Hampshire. They host the first in the nation president of primary grade from monday, this is two hours. [applause] nice to see you. How do you do . [applause] welcome. Thank you. I am mary. Nice to meet you. Thank you. Nice to see you guys. [applause] dan i used to be the counselor. And now i am the attorne
Hello, everyone. Welcome to the early sunday morning to the brooklyn book festival being hosted here at Brooklyn Law School. Our dean nick allard is here to welcome you. That dean has been a really wonder for bridge between the law school in brooklyn and the brooklyn book festival. Its on like to introduce nick allard to you all. [applause] thank you, professor. Well, welcome to all of you. Were so proud to be able to host part of the largest free letter very festival in new york city in one of the largest in the United States. It certainly is the hippest and most diverse book festival. So weve got that working for us. Also, welcome to the best law school in brooklyn. Some of you know were the only law school in brooklyn. [laughter] but, you know, we are the best law school in the largest and most vibrant borough in the greatest city in the leading state in the most wonderful country. So we have that working force. Its pretty good. Yesterday, marla and i returned from a short trip to r