The obvious infrastructure deployment requires the expectation of a healthy return on capital. That should be taken as a given but all too often in my experience the issue of return on capital is either ignored or misunderstood in policy forums. Its not a matter of whether a business is or isnt profitable. It is instead a matter of whether a business is sufficiently profitable to warrant the high levels of Capital Investment required for the deployment of infrasfrur. We that in mind, in 2014, the Largest Companies in the cable industry earned a very healthy return. The physical assets of comcast, time warner cable, charter and cablevision, the four publicly traded Cable Operators in 2014 all earned healthy returns in excess of their cost of capital with returns ranging from 13 to 33 . Those returns were unusually high for a capital intensive industry. On the other hand it should be noted the cable industry earned returns below the cost of capital for decades. Any longterm return on Net
Issues. And president ial candidate Mike Huckabee campaigns in newton iowa. President obama has nominated Lieutenant General Robert Miller to head the u. S. Marine corp. At his Senate Confirmation hearing, members of the Armed Service Committee Questioned general miller about the marine corp budget, military Sexual Assaults, and the militarys strategy in iraq and syria. We want to consider the nomination of Lieutenant General Robert Miller. General miller we thank you for joining us this morning. We are grateful for your many years of distinguished service to the nation and for your continued willingness to serve. As our tradition at the beginning of your testimony we invite you to introduce any family members that are joining us. As our nation confronts the most diverse and complex array of global crisis, the next commander after more than a decade of war in afghanistan and iraq, our marines have remained in high demand performing a range of services across the globe. Tension gripping
Welcome to americas news headquarters, im jillian turner. Good morning to you, im leland vittert. A former United States marine has been arrested after the fbi says he wanted to carry out an attack on a christmas spot. Will carr on what is a thwarted terror attack from our west coast bureau. The fbi releasing terrifying details. 26yearold Evan Jamieson planned to attack pier 39. Hes a sharpshooter qualification and a tow truck driver living in modesto, california. According to the fbi, jamieson jumped on their radar he was liking a lot of pro isis, pro terror posts on social media. An Undercover Agency posing as a senior isis leader then talked to him and he described wanting to use explosives to funnel a large amount of people at one place where he could attack at pier 39. The fbi filed a terror charge against jamieson, and while he expressed hesitation about the attack earlier this week and denies theologist, Authorities Say they found a note inside his home insinuating he was carryi
And senator Lindsey Graham will be here to sit down with me and share his fondest memories of his colleague and close friend john mccain. Lindsey, arent you a lawyer . Yeah, i am, john. You know the difference between a lawyer and a catfish . No, i dont. One say bottom dwelling scumsucking creature and the other is a im going to miss these dumb jokes. Youre looking at live pictures of the arizona statehouse where john mccain will soon lie in state on what would have been his 82nd birthday. Much more on his life and his legacy including an interview with his dear friend senator Lindsey Graham in minutes but we begin with two primary races and a contrast between the old way and new way in politics. In arizona, the old way, two relative moderates winning their primaries but in florida, the new way. The winning democratic candidate comes from the progressive left. The republican from the partys trumploving right. Andrew gillam, the democratic mayor of tallahassee surged to a surprise win i
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