But to take the money and buy down the rates. So you had all kinds of odd potential alliancewer a iu3 xrl g ry[8 oe6]l[d34 democratic leadership that wasnt exactly bought in on it either. In the meantime, our good friends over in the house were calling it on my side of the aisle were calling it the boxer bill, which, of course, was really great for me to hear. So we just had all kinds of didnt we, senator inhofe . We had all kinds of trip wires on 9s js j8pd8o important which we all thought was for the states, localities, the people who build and rerepair the roads to have e certainty. So in the end there wasnt really a philosophical prosh here. The question was, how could we pull together these disparate pieces into one mosaic that actually a chance to get somewhere . And i want to say to senator boxer in particular, this has been one of the most exhilarating and satisfying experiences ive had in the time that ive been in the senate. I never would have preducpredid 20someodd years ag
Bernie sanders lied, i mean, he went out and said things that never took place. I didnt say that about mexicans. I have great relationships with the hispanics. I didnt say what he said. You know, they make up things in the world of politics, theyre all tack and no action. Theyre politicians. Maria clinton opening 11point lead in a possible headtohead match. Tune into the market this is morning. We are expected a big gain. Take a look at the bounceback we are seeing in the heels of shortfalls last week. 150 points this morning. Nasdaq and s p also in positive territory. The gd punishing report is out tomorrow. Take a look there. You have the ft and cac. Mostly gains overnight in asia as well. Take a look at asian indices this morning and you see the shanghai composite in china. Nikkei down a fraction. But the kospi in korea almost 6 . Huge weekend for the Star Wars Franchise the force awakening. Blockbuster taking 238 million domestically blowing the previous records set by Jurassic Wor
How poorly midsize suvs performed in crashes. We will show you the best and the worst on the list and the midsize suvs become a top selling vehicle in the United States. We will give you a sneak peek on the profit. It begins at 10 00 and look who is here. He is on billboards on the westside. He is here live the man, the and only. We have a lot to react to today. We sure will, but we want to begin with verizon buying aol for almost 4. 5 billion. Surging by about 18 right now. Verizon down by a tad. More on what this deal means for investor and the media landscape. As you mentioned, it is not your parentss aol that we remembered that did represent the internet back in the early to mid90s with the wild garden and the enormous market value that let it go into a quiet timewarner. A disaster for all the companies involved. Not aol shareholders. Back on that fateful day in early 2000 it was. Aol goes on to be spun off by timewarner in 2009. As i said its not that company any longer. The focus
Point of earnings season. A good start. Earnings beat for microsoft, despite falling pc sales and once again, its all about the cloud. Amazon reports strong sales growth. Who cares about margins. Customers dont blink at a price hike for prime. Drum beat of new services continues. Analyst notes this morning are pressuring the stocks. Starbucks up, earnings as analysts expected. Exclusive with Howard Schultz ceo and chairman coming up, coffee, Digital Payments and why lunch is next. Ford is slipping despite strong sales. Profit did miss analyst estimates. Fords margins hit by higher production costs. Shares are dropping. Well hear from bob shanks. First up, microsoft did Beat Estimates by a nickel, fiscal had thirdquarter profit of 68 cents a share. Company was helped by momentum in Cloud Services as total commercial cloud revenue more than doubled in the period and last night during his first earnings call, nadella spoke about betting on the cloud. We will continue to invest in our clou
Expect ecommerce will drive Consumer Habits in that direction for the foreseeable future. Reporter fedex and u. P. S. Compete with the Postal Service, but they are also suppliers and customers that rely on mail carriers to deliver some packages. Analysts say the Postal Service would have to run into far more trouble, for fedex and u. P. S. To see a big financial boost. We dont think either u. P. S. Or fedex is interested in carrying first class mail, well i should say theyre not interested in carrying it for 5o cents a package. Theyll carry it at their normal ground and express rates and theyll deliver it on a timely manner, but to deliver something for 50 cents, thats just not in the profit mandate for these companies. Reporter congress will have the last word on saturday delivery. One in ten Americans Still have no Internet Access at home. Thats a large group of voters with a good reason to press lawmakers to keep the mail coming on the weekend. Darren gersh, n. B. R. , washington. T