All of which will become part of campbells division that makes Pepperidge Farm and goldfish snacks meanwhile Hershey Foods located in pennsylvania is buying amplify snack brand of texas for one point six billion dollars amplify makes skinny pop and other non chocolate snacks at her she is hoping to integrate into its businesses but still the major changes in the Food Industry have not been able to outshine the mergers in health care at least not yet not long after we learned that c. V. S. Is buying aetna humana and two private equity firms announced their purchase of kinda health care for four point one billion dollars the deal mainly impacts kindred at home which employs forty thousand caregivers who serve nearly one hundred thirty patients per day. Thank. You after disney announced its plan to acquire parts of twenty First Century fox question. About everything from competition to cable bundles quickly popped up but there are just as many if not more about the future of Sports Broadc
This is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d. C. And beyond coming up disneys purchase of twenty First Century fox could mean more than just antitrust and cable bundle headaches in fact it could mean big changes Global Sports programming well talk to the aftermath of about that plus can we expect a jump in gold prices next year peter schiff of europes effect capital and gold will tell us what we can see now lets get to todays top business and financial headlines. Point might be hovering around seven hundred thousand dollars there are still plenty of critics that say its way too risky to get involved in and you can now include one of bitcoin dot coms founders on that side of the spectrum and the oldenburg c. T. O. And cofounder of the site recently said in an interview with break it investment in bitcoin right now i would say is the most risky investment you can make it is an extremely high risk he added ive actually sold all my bitcoins recently and switched to bit
Today aged 46. In your head zombie good evening. Should the government be giving a company thats issued three profit warnings millions and millions of pounds worth of further contracts . The question sadly, is a rhetorical one. Shortly after dawn this morning, carillion declared itself bust. It had racked up debts of more than £900 million, and a pension deficit of nearly £600 million. And even though the first warning came injuly, the second in september and the third just two months ago, back in november, the government continued to ply them with work. Is it enthusiasm for the Public Private ideology, or incompetence that the financial ill health of such a huge company had been so badly misread . Carillion started out as the construction arm of tarmac in 1999. Since then it has built a lot. Gchq in cheltenham. High speed one and heathrow terminal five for example. But it also provides services managing 200 operating theatres and 11,800 beds for the nhs for example. 0r providing cle
We spend the hour with one of the countrys best known gold star fathers whose son was killed in iraq in 2004. Khan spoke out at the Democratic National convention. Donald trump, youre asking americans to trust you with their future. Let me ask you, have you even read the United States constitution . Will i will gladly lend you my copy. Amy khizr khan is the author of an American Family a memoir of hope and sacrifice. Today he joins us to discuss his families struggle and sacrifice, their experience as muslim immigrants in the United States, and more. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In puerto rico, less than 10 of the islands Public Schools were able to resume classes on tuesday, now a month after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Of the schools that were able to reopen, most had no electricity or internet access. More than 80 of the island is still without power. On tuesday, Congress Approved a 3
Killed in iraq in 2004. Khan spoke out at the Democratic National convention. Donald trump, youre asking americans to trust you with their future. Let me ask you, have you even read the United States constitution . Will i will gladly lend you my copy. Amy khizr khan is the author of an American Family a memoir of hope and sacrifice. Today he joins us to discuss his families struggle and sacrifice, their experience as muslim immigrants in the United States, and more. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In puerto rico, less than 10 of the islands Public Schools were able to resume classes on tuesday, now a month after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Of the schools that were able to reopen, most had no electricity internet access. More than 80 of the island is still without power. On tuesday, Congress Approved a 36. 5 billion emergency spending plan to fund the recovery from hurricanes harvey, irma, a