By the time i took this job in 2015, having come out of the private sector. All the loan funding had been obligated and my principle focus was to ensure we had the best possible oversight practices, one of the first things i did was hire an independent Consulting Firm to do a Risk Assessment of all the companies fresh. Our approach was driven by three unique challenges. First, the challenges coops have had should not be viewed as a co op problem. But as a Small Business startup problem in a very difficult industry. I hazard to say that all the Small Companies experience similar challenges. Co op and nonco op. While we were making loans with companies to 30 to 50 employees, they are competing with companies with multiple thousands of people and worth tens of billions of dollar s in capital. Trial and error is a part of creating success. In this situation, with the limited capital available, and competing against giants. The coops had very little room for error. Second, as mr. Cumaha the
Generating 46 million in proceeds. Beyond our brick and mortar infrastructure is our Information Technology infrastructure in which the government and the Global Economy depends. Reliable i. T. Is vital to all of the services the government provides. However, many agencies are not able to effectively have i. T. Infrastructure, emission writ call systems due to large upfront Capital Investment needs and increasing share of costs that maintaining these older systems occupy in technology budgets. To address these issues, the budget includes requests to establish a 3. 1 billion Information Technology fund, which would be used to retire and modernize legacy and Information Technology systems to improve Cyber Security and the delivery of services as well as reduce costs. In closing, gsa has made significant progress in fulfilling our mission to delivery the best value and Real Estate Acquisition and Technology Services to government and the American People. The president s fy2017 request wil
Business week. We have been talking about this buying aours Google Company that makes digital smoke detectors. 3. 2 billion. Not bad for a little thermostat company. I dont know what is more surprising, google buying it or them selling. One of the cofounders of nest made a ton of money make working at apple both of the cofounders worked at apple. They were behind the ipod. These guys dont need the money, that is for darn sure. But teaming up with google gives them some runway in some capacity that they wouldnt have otherwise because they still remain a very small company. Hardware company is different from a software company. They were looking at raising hundreds of millions of dollars. The deal, i should mention, is still pending regulatory approval. Once they are part of google they will mandatory about money. Scaling is a much easier proposition for them. What else do they do . Faddell and rogers have always talked about the greater implications than just come in this case, a smoke
Change the game for what the fed koss or does not do, and ron will be here to make his case and well talk to a famed pen Warden School as well. Jeremy segal. Want him to weigh in on that as well. Warren buffett is ready to scoop up kellogg. Theres speculation buffet could make a play for the maker of corn flakes and so many other household names. Kelloggs market value approaching 20 billion. How much would buffet worth 50 billion in cash offer, and why would he be interested in the company . A full report coming up. The question is the kellogg brand the kind you could run with a ham sandwich . Thats what Warren Buffett has said in the past. I dont think Warren Buffett is a cereal guy. I think hes more of a coke in the morning kind of guy, cocacola. And dairy queen brands. Yeah. Also a warning for the retirement fund, the target funds that change the investment mix automatically the closer you get to retirement . Well, they may be hurting investors who are saving for retirement more tha
Implementation of new tariffs. Most of that deal came together months in advance. Im dealing with mexico right now. They need us. We dont need them. They need us. I know what to do with the mexicans, im asking them for everything. And pride and defiance after an nbc news report shows that embassies have not been allowed to raise the flag for pride month, diplomatic outposts are doing it anyway. This is part of the Trump Administrations attack on the best traditions of the United States of america. Not just tolerance, not just respect, but embracing our differences. Its sunday, june 9th, and the namecalling continues. Trump unveiled a new nickname for nancy pelosi. I call her nervous nancy. Something about me having control of the Nuclear Arsenal makes her skiddish. I dont know what it is. Up with me this morning. Scott is a white collar criminal defense attorney. And christina greer, associate professor at university. And Maria Hinojosa and david joll jolley an msnbc contributor. The c