Walk us through just how big a deal this merger would happen, and how close the scrutinizing has been. One of the longest deals weve had running. Its been more than the year. It would have been a very big deal. Halliburton and baker hughes were looking to merge to better compete against slumber j which recently acquired cameron. They dont fly. Its been very seldom that a market can be down to a duopoly. Lisa baker hughes shares not moving much. However insurers also not moving that much. Why . This has been dragging on so Long Committee of investors may have already been expecting this. Halliburton and baker hughes have been trying to make concessions, trent to offer up settlement for a long time now trying to offer up settlement for a long time now. Theyre facing regulators in europe and brazil as well. Theyve been trying to make this work, weeks and weve seen halliburton trying to offload a bunch of assets. Antitrust officials will be talking about the global reach. It is a huge deal
Super tuesday results. Mr. Trump won seven of the 11 contests. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can post your comments on facebook. We will get your calls in just a minute. While there is momentum for donald trump and Hillary Clinton after last nights super tuesday results, it is all about the delegate count. John has more on those numbers. Delegates are the key to securing the nomination and super tuesday, more delegates were at stake than any other day in the primary season. Democraticavailable delegates at stake yesterday. 24 of the available republican delegates yesterday. Right,look at the far you will see the numbers, delegates gained yesterday. Donald trump gained 203, ted cruz, 144, marco rubio, 71. Needed toates are secure the nomination on the republican side. You can see the democratic results. Hillary clinton gained 453. Bernie sanders, 284. How the delegates are allocated, that is a bit complicated predominant republican side, t
Havens. And we will look at how puerto rico has stunned washington and wall street by voting to suspend all payments on its 72 billion public debt. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton by winning over 56 of the vote. Ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. Sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its Democratic Caucus on saturday. With our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and primaries. [cheers] almost all ofn them with overwhelming landslide numbers. Amy senator ted cruz celebrated his victory during a rally in milwaukee wisconsin. Asa result of tonight a result of the people of wisc
If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares today, the Online Payment Service pay pal said that it is canceling plans to open a facility in North Carolina and will take the 400 jobs elsewhere. It is the latest reaction to a new state law that critics say allows discrimination against gays and lesbians. 21 states mostly in the south have enacted similar laws that allow businesses to refuse services to people who offend the Business Owners religious beliefs. Today, mississippi took it one step further. And here is mark strassmann. Reporter after weeks of protest, mississippi now offers gays and lesbians the least discrimination protection in america. Its new socalled religious freedom law allows Business People and government workers to deny Services Based on their religious beliefs. Th
Tremendous to your tremendous governor, Governor Scott walker. Amy then we will go to iceland where the countrys Prime Minister has resigned just days after the Panama Papers revealed he had benefited from offshore investment accounts in tax havens. And we will look at how puerto rico has stunned washington and wall street by voting to suspend all payments on its 72 billion public debt. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton by winning over 56 of the vote. Ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. Sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its Democratic Caucus on saturday. With our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of e