They want. Sure. Im head of federal public policy. You you have not heard of it before, website that thats people to businesses in places. Currently currently about a hundred and 42 million unique monthly visitors and 32 countries start 11 years ago. And as a part of that process connecting people it has also become a site for aggregating and assigning ratings. So for example we are here in washington dc right now. I think that the rayburn cafeteria has about a two star rating on yelp. Yeah. So whether it is restaurants or dry cleaners or plumbers or businesses in general or places in general they have a yelp page generally speaking and ratings that are there. And and it does not just apply for yelp. You have sites like trip advisor for travel and hotels and things around the world. You have a sock stock a site that has come up for doctors and finding out the best doctors the mighty around you. Google does it as well. Even facebook as well. If you go on to a business page you will see
Between 2005 in 2010 the Judicial Council notes parties recorded 2881 antislap motions in trial court throughout california 81 anti slap motions in trial court throughout california were roughly 481 motions per year. An appeal an appeal was filed in only 375 cases. Put another put another way nearly 90 percent of the cases no appeals while. And that is sort of given that there were about 6. 2 million civil filings and superior courts during that time the 2881 the 2,881 constitutes about i dont know,. 046 percent of all lawsuits. And thats just california. I think thats a good question. I that is for california. We dont know. This bill is a federal bill. We dont know anything about how many of these lawsuits are being filed in other states and federal court. Is. Is a good question to ask for before we pass legislation thats going to circumvent the rules enabling that and also expand the jurisdiction of federal court. How big of a problem is this goahead quakes one thing to keep in mind
Afternoon. Some economists are cautioning investors to remember that this fed meeting were going to hear about took place before june jobs numbers were out. Meantime, the start of earnings season is always a driving force for the market, as well. Scott has the details on some of the first reports. Alcoa beating the street on the top and bottom line. The company says it saw strong results in its engineered products business. Meantime, its looking to cut costs. Shares are up nearly 40 so far this year and out after the dow last night, results from the Container Stores. The company posting a better than expected loss and lowered its full year guidance. The ceo pointing out what he calls, quote, a retail funk saying the Container Store and its fellow retailers are experiencing slight traffic declines in what he describes as a surprising tepid retail environment. Shares down sharply in extended trading. A mixed story for bob echts. The food earnings beat expectations, but revenues fell a bi
It is both a military mess and a political mess. Embattled iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki made his first Public Comments since the u. S. Air strike, saying he will not step down. He says he plans to file a legal complaint against the new president for a clear constitutional violation. Troop movement overnight in baghdad had people wondering, is a coup under way . Is he starting one or preventing one . This is video of fierce fighting on the ground in iraq yesterday. Helped by u. S. Bombing raids, the Kurdish Forces overtook isis. Well have a live report from erbil, the capital in a few minutes. Scott has our top stories. Kinder morgan consolidating assets in a 44 billion, bringing all of the companys publicly traded units under a Single Corporation, rather than the current Master Limited partnership structure. Buzzfeed is expected to announce a new cash injection today that could value the company at about 850 million. The New York Times reports the online media startup just close