Different meeting. The first annual meeting since Charlie Mungers death at the end of last year. It raised questions of what Berkshire Hathaway will look like after Warren Buffett. Those are the things that shareholders have been asking about and the types of things we see reflected in the media. Big questions, obviously, thrown to Warren Buffett and greg abel and jane who will be on stage this weekend to answer those questions. Well talk about those over the next few hours. Some of the issues surrounding berkshire. These are issues that Warren Buffett was direct about in his annual letter to shareholders. He laid out the disappointments they have seen. Bnsf was a disappointment on earnings. Earnings dropped significantly from a year ago. Buffett laid out how its railroad has fallen behind the other five major north american railroads in terms of margins. He talked about bhe. Berkshire hathaway energy. The major Utility Company Berkshire Hathaway owns as well. Laid out the issues on th
Payment model. And transitioning from a fee for service to a value based reimbursement system. This event was hosted by the National Institute for Healthcare Management foundation. Its about two hours. Good afternoon. So wed like to go ahead and get started. Im nancy chockley. President and ceo of foundation and im just dlieded to welcome you all here today. We have an incredible panel of business and policy leaders. They come at the problems from different perspective. But one unifying theme between all of them is their concern for what rising healthcare costs do to americans. And the need to increase value in our Healthcare System. So each of them will present their own ideas of how to increase value or how they are increasing value in the Healthcare System. A nonprofit nonpartisan organization. And we believe by bringing people together with different perspectives, we can improve healthcare through evidence and collaboration. We have a wonderful audience today. I recognize some of y
And thanks so much for joining us today. The nfl is up holding his four game suspension. They say brady had his cell phone destroyed before investigators could review it. Thats the theme of this mornings daily news. Go to cell. Sacking bradys appeal. Reporter six months after it blew up into a major sports scandal, deflategate appears headed to even more controversy. Roger goodell upheld the fourgame suspension. They say the quarterback destroyed his cell phone and nearly 10 thousand text messages, putting the ball in the hands of the players association. Todays revelations, i think, are definitely a bomb shell. It might not be deeming from a legal sense, but from public perception, that is quite possibly the death now for tom brady. Reporter he concluded that brady was generally aware that footballs used by his team were intentionally deflated below the league specifications. They say that two equipments had text him and both men suspended indefinitely. He instructed his assistant to
Manipulation of social media and says they were caught flatfooted. Betty speaking about russia, it within the last hour a new headline about George Papadopoulos, the former trump advisor. Some claims he made in an email stating Top Trump Campaign Officials agreed to a preelection meeting with representatives of russian president vladimir putin. We saw inrevelation the last couple minutes, bolstering the claim and making it harder for the Trump Administration to distance itself when it comes to these meddling issues, as well as collusion allegations we continue to see. How we have to look at this with a grain of salt, the details still unclear. Betty it is still a little murky. Lets get clarification with megan murphy, our bloombergs nest week editor and Washington Bureau chief. How significant are these new claims . Every revelation that comes out of this nature is significant in that it furthers what we know, expands on the investigation in terms of what is out there. This Program Blo
Administration, cash sunscene, talked about his new book. Representatives from twitter, facebook and google testified before congress tuesday. As to russias influence on the 2016 elections. On wednesday, two hearings, live on cspan3, 9 30 achl eastern the Senate Intelligence committee. At 2 p. M. , hear testimony from sean edgette of twitter and kent and walker, general counsel for google. Watch them live, online or listen live on the free cspan radio app. A panel of healthcare policy officials shared their views on lowering costs while trying to maintain quality. Topics included changes in payment models and transitioning from a fee for service to a valuebased reimbursement system. This was hosted foundation. Good afternoon. So wed like to go ahead and get started. Im nancy chalkly. Im delighted to welcome you here today. We have an incredible panel of business and policy leaders. They come at the problems from different perspective. But one unifying theme between all of them is their